Huawei Honor 8x Max vs Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Huawei Honor 8x Max

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 2100

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

3.1 Mbps download, 1.8 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (2CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Aluminium alloy, plastic

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

177.6 mm

156 mm
Width

86.3 mm

77 mm
Thickness

8.1 mm

7.9 mm
Weight

210 g

195 g
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black, Blue, Red

Deepsea Black, Luminous Chrome

Display
Display type

IPS capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

7.12 inches

5.5 inches
Resolution

1080 x 2244 pixels

3840 x 2160 pixels
Pixel density

350 ppi

801 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

2.5D curved glass screen, GFF full lamination

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes, max 10 fingers

Main camera
Camera type

Dual

-
Main camera

16 MP, f/2.2

19 MP
2 MP
Primary camera resolution

4608 x 3456 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

2160p@30fps, 720p@960fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection and laser autofocus
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera image stabilization

-

electronic image stabilization(gyro)
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

-
Camera features

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

1/2.3" sensor size, HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
Beidou

Yes

-
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Java

-

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyroscope, light, proximity

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, barometer, color spectrum, compass, gyro, proximity