OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The OnePlus 6 can’t win against all flagship smartphones. OnePlus and Huawei are among the Chinese OEM companies to have made it out of China in recent years. They both have a sizable market share in the western market and are making good headlines. Huawei started 2018 by releasing their flagships; the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro. Both smartphones have done quite well, not only in the Chinese market or the Asian market but also the Western market. The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro have the best camera quality you can think of in a smartphone. Even arguably better than the legendary iPhone X.
After six months of releasing the OnePlus 5T, the Chinese company OnePlus are back with a successor called the OnePlus 6. The brand OnePlus has been nicknamed “flagship killer.” The OnePlus 6 is the cheapest smartphone that’s powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. Other high-end smartphones with Snapdragon 845 chipset comes with a big price tag. So how does the OnePlus 6 challenge one of its fellow country product? Stay with me for a detailed comparison between the OnePlus 6 and the Huawei P20 Pro.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The Design
Both the OnePlus 6 and Huawei P20 Pro comes in different design from their previous predecessor. The 2017’s OnePlus 5T and Huawei P10 has metal backs and frames. While the OnePlus 6 and Huawei P20 Pro adopts an all-glass design with aluminum only seen at the frame and power buttons. The OnePlus 6 measures 155.7 x 75.4 x 7.8mm and weighs 177 grams. And is quite similar to the Huawei P20 Pro that measures 155 x 73.9 x 7.8mm and weighs 180 grams. The Huawei P20 Pro has a fingerprint sensor mounted in its home button while the OnePlus 6 fingerprint sensor is rear mounted.
The Huawei P20 is waterproofed with an IP67 certified rating. While according to OnePlus, the OnePlus 6 is also resistance to water but they failed to release its IP rating. They only said it could handle an accidental drop into a small pool of water. The Huawei P20 Pro features a first of its kind triple rear camera, which is in a vertical position at the top left corner. While the OnePlus 6 comes in a dual rear also in a vertical position but at the center of the device. The Huawei P20 Pro is available in four body colors; Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue and Pink Gold body colors. While the Silk White, Mirror Black, and Midnight Black body colors are available for the OnePlus 6.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The Display
The OnePlus 6 and Huawei P20 Pro features a notch display, which is becoming a norm for smartphones these days. They both feature AMOLED touchscreen. For the OnePlus 6 is an Optic AMOLED 6.28 inch screen with 83.8% screen-to-body ratio. While for the Huawei P20 Pro is an AMOLED 6.1-inch screen with 82% screen-to-body ratio. The OnePlus 6 features a 19:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution and 402 PPI density. Meanwhile, the Huawei P20 Pro features an 18.7:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2240 pixels resolution and 408 PPI density.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The Camera
Sincerely, it’ll be hard for OnePlus 6 to beat Huawei P20 Pro in this category. Even the iPhone X or the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus couldn’t beat the P20 Pro here. The Huawei P20 Pro triple rear camera is co-designed with Leica. And is capable of taking amazing super night mode pictures and even a 5-times hybrid zoom. The triple rear camera of the Huawei P20 Pro consists of a primary 40MP f/1.8 sensor, a secondary 20MP f/1.6 sensor, and an 8MP f/2.4 sensor.
Meanwhile, the OnePlus 6 dual rear camera consists of a primary 16MP f/1.7 sensor and a secondary 20MP f/1.7 sensor. At the front camera, we have a 24MP f/2.0 sensor on the Huawei P20 Pro and a 16MP f/2.0 sensor on the OnePlus 6.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – Hardware and Software
Huawei is one of few OEM companies that doesn’t make use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. We know Samsung only use their Exynos chipset for the USA market. Well, Huawei uses their in-house Hisilicon Kirin chipset for all of their smartphones. The Huawei P20 Pro houses the Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset, which carries 4-core processor at 2.4GHz and 4-core processor at 1.8GHz.
The OnePlus 6 features the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, which carries 4-core processor at 2.8GHz and 4-core processor at 1.7GHz. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset CPU is 8.81% faster than the Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset. The maximum rate a data can be read from or stored into memory on the Snapdragon 845 chip is 29.9GB/s while on the Hisilicon Kirin 970 chip is 12.8GB/s.
The Huawei P20 Pro comes in a standard 6GB memory with 128GB internal storage. While the OnePlus 6 has a 6GB memory with 64GB storage model and an 8GB memory with 128/256GB storage model. Both the Huawei P20 Pro and OnePlus 6 runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with their in-house user interface on top of it. The Huawei P20 Pro runs on EMUI 8.1 interface while the OnePlus 6 runs on Oxygen OS 5.1 interface.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The Battery
The OnePlus packs a non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh battery capacity and features OnePlus version of fast battery charging called “Dash Charge.” The Dash Charge is one of the fastest battery charging technology out there. While the Huawei P20 Pro packs a non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery capacity with fast battery charging 4.5V/5A.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro – The Price
The Huawei P20 Pro is almost twice the price of the OnePlus 6. The triple rear camera smartphone cost around $1,058 (N370,300). Affordability is one of the OnePlus attributes, which is why the phone cost about $613 (N214,550). Obviously, the Huawei P20 Pro features are better than that of the OnePlus 6. But since the OnePlus 6 is sold at almost half the price of the P20 Pro, it should be my pick here.
OnePlus 6 VS Huawei P20 Pro Full Specs Comparison
| OnePlus 6 | Huawei P20 Pro | |
| Dimensions and Weight | 155.7 x 75.4 x 7.8 mm. Weight – 177 g | 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm. Weight – 180 g |
| Display | 6.28 inch (83.8% screen-to-body ratio), 1080 x 2280 pixels with 402 PPI density and Optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen | 6.1 inch (82% screen-to-body ratio), 1080 x 2240 pixels with 408 PPI density and AMOLED capacitive touchscreen |
| Memory | RAM – 6GB. ROM – 64GB OR RAM – 8GB. ROM – 128/256GB | RAM – 6GB. ROM – 128GB |
| Software | Android 8.1 Oreo (with Oxygen OS 5.1.1) | Android 8.1 Oreo (with EMUI 8.1) |
| Hardware | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with Octa-core (4×2.8GHz & 4×1.7GHz) processor | Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset with Octa-core (4×2.4GHz & 4×1.8GHz) processor |
| Camera | 16MP f/2.0 aperture front camera + Dual – 16MP f/1.7 aperture and 20MP f/1.7 aperture with dual-LED flash | 24MP f/2.0 aperture front camera + Triple – 40MP f/1.8 aperture, 20MP f/1.6 aperture and 8MP f/2.4 aperture with LED flash |
| Connectivity | 2G/3G/4G Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS | 2G/3G/4G Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh battery | Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh battery |
| Additional Features | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Fast battery charging 5V/2A 20W (Dash Charge) | Fingerprint (front-mounted), Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min) |
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