Which is better between Honor Play, Xiaomi Mi A2, Vivo V9 and Nokia 7 Plus?
For your convenience, we have compared Honor Play with Xiaomi Mi A2, Vivo V9 And from Nokia 7 Plus. Have tried to find out on paper which is the better handset among these?
Honor Play vs Xiaomi Mi A2 vs Vivo V9 vs Nokia 7 Plus: Price
honor play The price starts from Rs 19,999. 4 GB RAM variant will be available at this price. The price of 6 GB RAM variant is Rs 23,999. Apart from Amazon India, both the variants are being sold on HiHonorStore website. The smartphone will be available in Midnight Black and Navy Blue colors. On purchasing Honor Play, Vodafone customers will be given 10 GB free data every month for one year. Apart from this, Amazon Prime subscription will also be available.
Xiaomi has launched three variants of Mi A2 in the market based on RAM and storage. The price of 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage variant of Xiaomi Mi A2 has been kept at 249 Euro (about Rs 20,100). The model with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage will be sold for 279 euros (about Rs 22,500). At the same time, the price of the most powerful variant with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage has been kept at 349 Euro (about Rs 28,100).
Vivo V9 was launched in the month of March this year. Only one variant of this phone is sold in India, the price of which was Rs 22,990 at the time of launch. Now Vivo V9 now sells for Rs 20,990.
Nokia 7 Plus is available in the Indian market for Rs 25,999. It is available exclusively on e-commerce site Amazon India in Black/Copper and White/Copper colors. This phone is also sold in Nokia Mobile Shop and select offline stores.
Honor Play vs Xiaomi Mi A2 vs Vivo V9 vs Nokia 7 Plus: Specifications
The dual SIM Honor Play will run on EMUI 8.2, which is based on Android 8.1. The smartphone has a 6.3 inch Full HD + display. The phone uses the octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset, which is supported by Mali-G72 GPU. The handset will come with 4 GB and 6 GB RAM.
Talking about camera, Honor Play has dual camera setup with AI feature. It has a 16 megapixel primary and 2 megapixel secondary camera. The front camera is 16 megapixels, which comes with F/2.0 aperture.
The inbuilt storage of both variants of Honor Play is 64 GB and it is possible to use microSD card up to 256 GB if needed. In terms of connectivity, the phone has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and USB Type-C support. A 3750 mAh battery powers the phone with adequate sensors. The total weight of the phone is 176 grams.
The new Xiaomi Mi A2 smartphone has a 5.99 inch display. It has 18:9 aspect ratio. The screen comes with 2.5D curved Gorilla Glass protection. Dual-SIM Xiaomi Mi A2 will run on Android 8.1 Oreo. Octa-core Snapdragon 660 processor has been used in it. Adreno 512 GPU is integrated for graphics. As we told you earlier, the phone will have up to 6 GB RAM. Inbuilt storage will be up to 128 GB.
The important feature of this smartphone is the cameras. They come with Artificial Intelligence for better photography. Mi A2 has a 20-megapixel selfie camera equipped with AI. It is equipped with F/1.75 aperture, fixed focal length and soft LED flash. There is an AI dual camera setup on the rear. The primary sensor is 12 megapixels and the secondary sensor is 20 megapixels. The rear camera setup comes with phase detection autofocus and dual-tone LED flash.
The cameras present on the back and front of the phone come with AI scene recognition so that photos come with better colors. Apart from this, front and rear cameras are equipped with AI portrait mode. Apart from this, features like AI Background Bokeh and AI Smart Beauty 4.0 have been provided. The handset has face unlock feature and fingerprint sensor is also present on the back.
The battery of the smartphone is 3010 mAh. It comes with Quick Charge 3.0 support. Connectivity features of Xiaomi Mi A2 include 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast, Bluetooth 5.0, IR emitter, and USB Type-C port. Let us tell you that this time there is no 3.5 mm headphone jack in the phone. Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope and proximity sensor are part of the phone. The dimensions of the smartphone are 158.7×75.4×7.3 millimeters and its weight is 168 grams.
The dual-SIM Vivo V9 has a 6.3-inch full-HD+ (1080×2280 pixels) display. The aspect ratio is 19:9. Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor has been used in the smartphone. 4 GB RAM is available for Jugalbandi. The inbuilt storage is 64 GB and if needed, a microSD card up to 256 GB can be used. Vivo’s latest smartphone will run on Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo.
Now let’s talk about the camera of Vivo V9. A 24-megapixel sensor is provided on the front panel which has F/2.0 aperture. The front camera comes with features like AR stickers, face unlock and face beauty mode. The company claims that Artificial Intelligence is used to get better output from these features. At the same time, there are two sensors on the back side. The primary sensor is 16 megapixels and the secondary is 5 megapixels. The aperture of the rear camera is also F/2.0. There is no doubt that users will be able to achieve Bokeh effect from the rear camera.
The battery is of 3260 mAh. Connectivity features of Vivo V9 include 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and Micro-USB port. Let us tell you that the fingerprint sensor in this phone is on the back. Launched in Thailand, this phone has been made available in gold and black ceramic colors. Its price has not been revealed yet. The dimensions of the smartphone are 154.81×75.03×7.89 millimeters and weight is 150 grams.
Nokia 7 Plus runs on Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box. Please note that this is an Android One device, which means regular Android updates are guaranteed. The smartphone comes with a 6-inch full-HD+ (1080×2160 pixels) IPS LCD display. The aspect ratio of the screen is 18:9 and it has the protection of Corning Gorilla Glass. The handset is equipped with an eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor and is equipped with 4 GB LPDDR4 RAM.
One of the features of the smartphone is its camera. Two rear cameras are provided in the handset. There is a 12-megapixel wide angle primary camera on the rear, which is equipped with F/1.75 aperture. So the second is a 13-megapixel camera, whose aperture is F/2.6. The option of 2x optical zoom has also been added to it. Both the cameras come with dual tone LED flash and Zeiss optics. The front camera is 16 megapixels, which is equipped with F/2.0 aperture with fixed focus.
The inbuilt storage of the handset is 64 GB and it will be possible to use a microSD card up to 256 GB if needed. In terms of connectivity, it has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, NFC, USB Type-C along with a 3.55 mm headphone jack. The phone has accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor and fingerprint sensor on the rear. The user will get the experience of 3 mics and 1 speaker with smart amplifier and Nokia Spatial Audio in the phone. A battery with 3800 mAh capacity has been used in the handset. It has been claimed that once fully charged, it will give the user up to 19 hours of talk time and will be able to keep the phone on standby for 723 hours.
Honor Play versus Xiaomi Mi A2 versus Vivo V9 versus nokia 7 plus
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display | ||||
Screen Size (inches) | 6.30 | 5.99 | 6.30 | 6.00 |
resolution | 1080×2340 pixels | 1080×2160 pixels | 1080×2280 pixels | 1080×2160 pixels |
aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 18:9 | 19:9 | 18:9 |
pixels per inch (ppi) | , | 403 | , | 403 |
Protection Type | , | , | , | gorilla Glass |
Hardware | ||||
processor | 2.36 GHz octa-core | octa-core | 2.2 GHz octa-core | octa-core |
processor model | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 | snapdragon 626 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 |
ram | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
internal storage | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
expandable storage | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Expandable Storage Type | microSD | microSD | microSD | microSD |
Expandable Storage Capacity (GB) | 256 | , | 256 | 256 |
camera | ||||
rear camera | 16-megapixel (f/2.2) + 2-megapixel (f/2.4) | 12-megapixel (f/1.8, 1.25-micron) + 20-megapixel (f/1.8, 1.0-micron) | 16-megapixel (f/2.0) + 5-megapixel | 12-megapixel (f/1.8, 1.4-micron) + 13-megapixel (f/2.6, 1.0-micron) |
rear autofocus | phase detection autofocus | phase detection autofocus | phase detection autofocus | phase detection autofocus |
rear flash | LED | dual led | dual led | Yes |
front camera | 16-megapixel (f/2.0) | 20-megapixel (f/2.2, 1.0-micron) | 24-megapixel (f/2.0) | 16-megapixel (f/2.0, 1.0-micron) |
front flash | , | LED | , | , |
software | ||||
operating system | Android | Android | Android | Android |
Skin | EMUI 8.2 | , | FunTouch OS 4.0 | , |
connectivity | ||||
Wi-Fi standard support | 802.11 a/ac | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | , | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
usb type c | Yes | , | , | Yes |
number of sim | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
nfc | , | Yes | , | Yes |
usb otg | , | Yes | Yes | , |
Wi-Fi Direct | , | Yes | , | Yes |
micro USB | , | , | Yes | , |
sim 1 | ||||
sim type | nano sim | nano sim | nano sim | nano sim |
4G/LTE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
sims 2 | ||||
sim type | nano sim | nano sim | nano sim | nano sim |
4G/LTE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
sensor | ||||
face unlock | Yes | , | Yes | Yes |
3d face recognition | Yes | , | , | , |
fingerprint sensor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
compass/magnetometer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
proximity sensor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
accelerometer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gyroscope | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |