Huawei Mate 9 Lite vs Motorola Moto Z Play Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 9 Lite

Huawei Mate 9 Lite

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Motorola Moto Z Play

Motorola Moto Z Play

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Huawei Mate 9 Lite or Motorola Moto Z Play Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 9 Lite Motorola Moto Z Play
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Release date 2016, October 2016, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150.9 x 76.2 x 8.2 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in 156.4 x 76.4 x 7 mm | 6.16 x 6.16 x 3.01 in
Weight 162 g | 5.71 oz 165 g | 5.82 oz
Body Build Aluminum body Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Gray, Gold, Silver Black/Silver/Black Slate, White/Fine Gold/Sugar White
Battery 3340 mAh,  Non-removable 3510 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 650 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 82.6 cm2 82.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.8% 69.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 403 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/2.0, 1.3µm, PDAF & laser AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP 5 MP, f/2.2, 1/4'', 1.4µm
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 5 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 655 (16 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T830MP2 Adreno 506
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 168 148
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 766 597
GeekBench 4 Single Core 814 822
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3336 3801
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2678 2832

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300) - USA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) - India 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700) - Europe
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, magnetic connector
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - DTS sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging
- Splash and dust resistant
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Mate 9 Lite, Huawei GR5 2017

- Also known as Motorola Moto Z Play Droid in USA

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