Honor 5X vs Huawei Nova

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Comparing the Honor 5X vs Huawei Nova across performance, display, camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Huawei Nova runs at a higher processing speed of 2.0 GHz, while Honor 5X runs at 1.5 GHz, making Huawei Nova the better performer.


Display: Honor 5X offers a screen size of 5.5 inches, while Huawei Nova offers 5 inches, making Honor 5X the larger display of the two. Both Honor 5X and Huawei Nova feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Honor 5X offers a higher rear camera resolution with 13 MP, while Huawei Nova offers 12 MP, making Honor 5X better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Huawei Nova offers a higher front camera resolution with 8 MP, while Honor 5X offers 5 MP, making Huawei Nova better for front camera photography.


Battery: Huawei Nova offers a higher battery capacity with 3020 mAh, while Honor 5X offers 3000 mAh, making Huawei Nova better for longer battery life.


Storage: Huawei Nova offers higher internal storage with 32 GB, while Honor 5X offers 16 GB, making Huawei Nova the better option for storage.

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Honor 5X
₹12,999
(Out of Stock)
Huawei Nova
₹29,790
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Spec Score

69%
69%

Release Date

01 Feb, 2016
01 Oct, 2016

Performance

Snapdragon 616
Snapdragon 625
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
Tru-Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)
2 GB RAM
3 GB RAM

Display

5.5 inches (13.97 cm)
5.0 inches (12.7 cm)
IPS LCD
IPS LCD
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera

13 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

5 MP
8 MP

Battery

3000 mAh
3020 mAh
Quick Charging
Fast Charging
No Wireless Charging
N/A

Storage

16 GB
32 GB

Expert Review

7.0/10
N/A

Pros

  • Clean, classy build
  • Good battery life
  • Responsive fingerprint sensor
  • Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

  • Slow touch response on display
  • Sluggish UI
  • No USB OTG
  • Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.1/5
(20,212 ratings)
N/A

Video

Videos
4 More Videos
There are no videos available for the device.

User Feedback

General

Launch Date

Feb 01, 2016
(Official)
N/A

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)
Android v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Custom UI

EMUI
EMUI

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Avg

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953

Processor

Octa core

1.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53
Octa core, 2 GHz, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 405
Adreno 506

RAM

2 GB
3 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)
5.0 inches  (12.7 cm)

Resolution

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

Pixel Density

401 ppi
441 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.07 %
N/A

Screen Protection

N/A
Yes

Design

Height

151.3 mm
N/A

Width

76.3 mm
N/A

Thickness

8.1 mm
N/A

Weight

158 grams
N/A

Build Material

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal
Frame: Metal
Back: Metal

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Avg

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.028 mm focal length Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor
12 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes Phase Detection autofocus

OIS

No
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels
4000 x 3000 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)

Camera Features

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

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

5 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera
8 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
N/A

Flash

No
No

Video Recording

N/A
1280x720 @ 30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Very Good

Capacity

3000 mAh
3020 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-Polymer

TalkTime

Up to 26 Hours(3G) / Up to 27 Hours(2G)
N/A

Quick Charging

Yes Quick Charging v3.0
Yes Fast Charging

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
32 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

Network Support

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

SIM 1

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 150 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 4)
N/A
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SIM 2

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

Head: 0.69 W/kg Body: 0.49 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.1
Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS

NFC

No
No

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
Back

Other Sensors

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