Honor 8 vs Motorola Moto X Play 32GB

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Comparing the Honor 8 vs Motorola Moto X Play 32GB across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Honor 8 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.3 GHz, while Motorola Moto X Play 32GB runs at 1.7 GHz, making Honor 8 the better performer.


Display: Motorola Moto X Play 32GB offers a screen size of 5.5 inches, while Honor 8 offers 5.2 inches, making Motorola Moto X Play 32GB the larger display of the two. Both Honor 8 and Motorola Moto X Play 32GB feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Motorola Moto X Play 32GB offers a higher rear camera resolution with 21 MP, while Honor 8 offers 12 MP, making Motorola Moto X Play 32GB better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Honor 8 offers a higher front camera resolution with 8 MP, while Motorola Moto X Play 32GB offers 5 MP, making Honor 8 better for front camera photography.


Battery: Motorola Moto X Play 32GB offers a higher battery capacity with 3630 mAh, while Honor 8 offers 3000 mAh, making Motorola Moto X Play 32GB better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Honor 8 and Motorola Moto X Play 32GB offer the same internal storage of 32 GB.


Expert Review: Motorola Moto X Play 32GB receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while Honor 8 is rated 7.


User Rating: Honor 8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Motorola Moto X Play 32GB has a rating of 4.2.

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Honor 8
₹29,999
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Motorola Moto X Play 32GB
₹18,499
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Spec Score

73%
68%

Release Date

12 Oct, 2016
14 Sep, 2015

Performance

HiSilicon Kirin
Snapdragon 615
Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 1.7 GHz)
4 GB RAM
2 GB RAM

Display

5.2 inches (13.21 cm)
5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
IPS LCD
IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera

12 MP
Primary Camera
21 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Camera
N/A

Front Camera

8 MP
5 MP

Battery

3000 mAh
3630 mAh
Fast Charging
N/A
No Wireless Charging
No Wireless Charging

Storage

32 GB
32 GB

Expert Review

7.0/10
8.0/10

Pros

  • Gorgeous design
  • Good cameras
  • Day-long battery life
  • Smart Key implementation is useful
  • Gorgeous display
  • Pure Android
  • Improved camera performance
  • Powerful battery

Cons

  • No VoLTE support
  • No dual-SIM
  • Fast charger not included
  • Expensive
  • Unimpressive design
  • Middling hardware

User Ratings

4.3/5
(3,917 ratings)
4.2/5
(61,350 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

Oct 12, 2016
(Official)
N/A

Operating System

Android v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Android v5.1.1 (Lollipop)

Custom UI

EMUI
N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Good
Avg

Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 950
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939

Processor

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Octa core, 1.7 GHz, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-T880 MP4
Adreno 405

RAM

4 GB
2 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.2 inches  (13.21 cm)
5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Aspect Ratio

16:9
N/A

Pixel Density

424 ppi
401 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

71.99 %
74.95 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3 Scratch-resistant glass
Corning Gorilla Glass v3 Scratch-resistant glass

Design

Height

145.5 mm
148 mm

Width

71.0 mm
75 mm

Thickness

7.4 mm
10.9 mm

Weight

153 grams
169 grams

Water Resistance

N/A
Yes Splash proof IP52

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1.25µm pixel size
21 MP
Primary Camera4x Digital Zoomf/2.0CMOS image sensor
12 MP
N/A

Autofocus

Yes Laser Autofocus
Yes Phase Detection autofocus

OIS

No
No

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
5288 x 3968 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus
4 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A
Video HDR

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good
Good

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
No

Flash

No
No

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

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Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Very Good

Capacity

3000 mAh
3630 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 17.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 21 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging
N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

32 GB / 64 GB
16 GB / 32 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G
5G Not Supported 4G

VoLTE

N/A
Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
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SIM 2

N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20)
N/A
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
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SAR Value

Head: 1.45 W/kg
Head: 0.8 W/kg Body: 1.23 W/kg

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
N/A

Bluetooth

Yes v4.2
Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS

NFC

Yes
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
No

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
N/A

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass