Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – Affordable Chinese premium smartphones

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – Affordable Chinese premium smartphones. Xiaomi and Huawei are the two leading smartphone makers in China. And they’re among the top 5 largest in the world today. One thing the Chinese market is good at is offering value. Value for your money in any product you purchase. Unlike the Western market, where you have Apple and Samsung dominating and quoting an exorbitant price on their smartphones. Xiaomi and Huawei have smartphones with premium specs at a very reasonable price.

The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S features Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. This very chipset is found in the like of Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, LG G7 ThinQ, Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium and so on. While the Huawei Honor 10 features Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset, which is Huawei’s high-end chipset. And yet the Honor 10 is relatively affordable. This comparison will help you decide which one to buy the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S and Huawei Honor 10.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – The Design

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10
Huawei Honor 10

It’ll be hard for most smartphones to beat the Mi Mix 2S in design. The phone features a somewhat unique ceramic back with an aluminum frame and front glass. The Honor 10 features the normal front and glass back with aluminum frame. But the glass back is made of 15 layers of 3D glass panels, which makes the back to create different colors in different angles. The Huawei Honor 10 features a notch display and also a bottom bezel. The fingerprint sensor is front mounted inside the home button. While on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S there’s no notch display or home button. Instead, what you see is a tri-bezel-less display with minimal bottom bezel, which houses the front camera.

The dual rear camera and LED flash of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S and Honor 10 is at the top left corner. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S’s dual rear camera is placed in a vertical direction. While the dual rear camera of the Honor 10 is placed in a horizontal direction. You get a simple Black and White body colors to choose from in the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S. And Phantom Blue, Phantom Green, Midnight Black and Glacier Grey body colors to choose from in the Honor 10. The Huawei Honor 10 will feel light when handled thanks to its weight of 153 grams and a thickness of just 7.7mm. While the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S’s 191 grams and 8.1mm thickness will make it feel kind of heavy.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – The Display

The display of the Mi Mix 2S is protected by Corning gorilla glass 4. While that of the Honor 10 is protected by an unspecified version of Corning Gorilla Glass. Though my guess would be the glass 4 version. The Mi Mix 2S features a 5.99 inch IPS LCD touchscreen with 81.9% screen-to-body ratio. While the Honor 10 features a 5.84 inch IPS LCD touchscreen with 79.9% screen-to-body ratio. The display of the Honor 10 has a 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution, 432 PPI density and 19:9 aspect ratio. While the Mi Mix 2S’s display has a 1080 x 2160 pixels resolution, 403 PPI density and 18:9 aspect ratio.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – The Camera

This category looks like a tough call to make. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S is among the top 10 in DxOMark best camera phones. And we know the Honor 10 was manufactured to imitate the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro, which features amazing camera qualities. The front-facing camera of the Honor 10 features a 24 megapixels shooter with an aperture of f/2.0. And at the rear camera, you find a primary 16 megapixels shooter with f/2.0 aperture and a secondary 24 megapixels shooter.

The front-facing camera of the Mi Mix 2S comes with a 5 megapixels shooter and f/2.0 aperture. At the back is a dual 16 megapixels primary and secondary shooter. The camera of the Mi Mix 2S houses fascinating features such as OIS, 2x optical zoom, and dual pixel phase detection autofocus.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – Hardware and Software

They’re both powered by high-end chipset like I said in the introduction. Under the hood of the Honor 10 is Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset while in the Mi Mix 2S is Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset. The Huawei Honor 10 runs on EMUI 8.1 skin overlaid on top of Android 8.1 Oreo. While the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S runs on MiUI 9.5 skin overlaid on top of Android 8.0 Oreo.

In terms of memory, the Mi Mix 2S has two variants; the 6GB memory with 64/128GB storage and the 8GB memory with 256GB storage. The Honor 10 also offers two variants in memory; the 4GB memory with 64/128GB storage and the 6GB memory with 64/128GB storage.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – The Battery

Powering the Mi Mix 2S is a non-removable Li-lon 3400 mAh battery while a non-removable Li-Po 3400 mAh battery powers the Honor 10. The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S supports Qi wireless charging while the Honor 10 doesn’t.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 – The Price

Being affordable is one of the highlights of these two smartphones. But it’s the Huawei Honor 10 that’s more affordable when compared together. The Honor 10 cost around $470 (N164,500). While the Mi Mix 2S cost about $600 (N210,000). At least they’re both under $700 mark, unlike other high-end smartphones. Both phones offer great value and any choice will definitely be worth it.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S VS Huawei Honor 10 Full Specs Comparison

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Huawei Honor 10
Dimensions and Weight 150.9 x 74.9 x 8.1 mm. Weight – 191 g 149.6 x 71.2 x 7.7 mm. Weight – 153 g
Display 5.99 inch (81.9% screen-to-body ratio), 1080 x 2160 pixels with 403 PPI density and IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen 5.84 inch (79.9% screen-to-body ratio), 1080 x 2280 pixels with 432 PPI density and IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Memory RAM – 6GB. ROM – 64/128GB OR RAM – 8GB. ROM – 256GB RAM – 4GB. ROM – 64/128GB OR RAM – 6GB. ROM – 64/128GB
Software Android 8.0 Oreo (with MiUI 9.5) Android 8.1 Oreo (with EMUI 8.1)
Hardware Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with Octa-core (4×2.8GHz & 4×1.8GHz) processor Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset with Octa-core (4×2.4GHz & 4×1.8GHz) processor
Camera 5MP f/2.0 aperture front camera + Dual – 12MP f/1.8 aperture and 12MP f/2.4 aperture with dual-LED dual-tone flash 24MP f/2.0 aperture front camera + Dual – 16MP f/1.8 aperture and 24MP rear camera with LED flash
Connectivity 2G/3G/4G Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, 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-lon 3400 mAh battery Non-removable Li-Po 3400 mAh battery
Additional Features Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Fast battery charging 9V/2A (Quick Charge 3.0), Qi wireless charging Fingerprint (front-mounted), Fast battery charging – 50% in 24 min (5V/4.5A)

 

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