Honor 5X vs Motorola DROID Maxx 2

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Comparing the Honor 5X vs Motorola DROID Maxx 2 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Motorola DROID Maxx 2 runs at a higher processing speed of 1.7 GHz, while Honor 5X runs at 1.5 GHz, making Motorola DROID Maxx 2 the better performer.


Display: Both Honor 5X and Motorola DROID Maxx 2 offer the same screen size of 5.5 inches and feature the same IPS LCD display.


Rear Camera: Motorola DROID Maxx 2 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 21 MP, while Honor 5X offers 13 MP, making Motorola DROID Maxx 2 better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Both Honor 5X and Motorola DROID Maxx 2 feature a 5 MP primary front camera.


Battery: Motorola DROID Maxx 2 offers a higher battery capacity with 3630 mAh, while Honor 5X offers 3000 mAh, making Motorola DROID Maxx 2 better for longer battery life.


Storage: Both Honor 5X and Motorola DROID Maxx 2 offer the same internal storage of 16 GB.


User Rating: Motorola DROID Maxx 2 receives a higher user rating of 5, while Honor 5X has a rating of 4.1.

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Honor 5X
₹12,999
(Out of Stock)
Motorola DROID Maxx 2
₹25,990
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Spec Score

69%
67%

Release Date

01 Feb, 2016
N/A

Performance

Snapdragon 616
Snapdragon 615
Octa Core (upto 1.5 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 1.7 GHz)
2 GB RAM
2 GB RAM

Display

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

Rear Camera

13 MP
Primary Camera
21 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

5 MP
5 MP

Battery

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

Storage

16 GB
16 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)
5/5
(1 rating)

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 v5.1.1 (Lollipop)

Custom UI

EMUI
N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg
Avg

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939

Processor

Octa core

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

1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53 1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 405
Adreno 405

RAM

2 GB
2 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD
IPS LCD

Screen Size

5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)
5.5 inches  (13.97 cm)

Resolution

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

Pixel Density

401 ppi
401 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

72.07 %
74.95 %

Screen Protection

N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Design

Height

151.3 mm
148 mm

Width

76.3 mm
75 mm

Thickness

8.1 mm
10.9 mm

Weight

158 grams
169 grams

Build Material

Frame: Metal
Back: Metal
N/A

Water Resistance

N/A
Yes Splash proof IP52

Ruggedness

N/A
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good
Good

Resolution

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.028 mm focal length Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor
21 MP
Primary Camera4x Digital Zoomf/2.0

Autofocus

Yes
Yes Phase Detection autofocus

OIS

No
N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Image Resolution

4128 x 3096 Pixels
5288 x 3968 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation

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
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Good
Avg

Resolution

5 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

No
N/A

Flash

No
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Very Good

Capacity

3000 mAh
3630 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer
Li-ion

TalkTime

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

Quick Charging

Yes Quick Charging v3.0
N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
16 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB
Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Single SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano

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:
FD-LTE 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 800(band 20)
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 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n)

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
Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm
3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
N/A

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear
N/A

Other Sensors

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