The Lenovo Moto Z Play is often compared with the Huawei Mate 9, and consumers are wondering which phone is the best buy. Both phablets receive positive reviews, and taking a closer look into each specification, one can decide which phone has much to offer (if not all).
Both phones, if compared have very few things in common, which means that Lenovo Moto Z Play may have something to offer that the Huawei Mate 9 do not, and vice versa. Getting down to the commons, both devices have non-removable batteries, fingerprint sensor, Wi-Fi connection, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and a reversible Type-C port, as mentioned by Android Headlines.
Lenovo Moto Z Play
There are three Lenovo Moto Z models namely Moto Z Force, Moto Z, and Moto Z Play. Unlike the Moto Z and Moto Z Force with a metal backing, the Moto Z Play has a glass backing. The battery runs in 3510mAh with quick charge support.
The Lenovo Moto Z Play's 5.5 AMOLED FHD display gives a 1920 x 1080 resolution. It is partnered with a Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz. The graphics run in Adreno 506 GPU. It has a 3GB RAM capacity coupled with 32GB internal memory expandable via microSD. The rear camera has 16MP sensor with Phase Detection Autofocus and laser autofocus and dual-tone flash. The front camera will sport 5MP capacity with its own LED flash. It will have an Android Marshmallow out-of-the-box but may soon receive a major upgrade to Nougat.
Huawei Mate 9
The Huawei Mate 9 will have a 5.9 inch FHD display with resolution of 1920 x 1080. It runs with a 64-bit Hisilicon Kirin 960 octa-core. Four cores run in 2.4GHz while the remaining four is clocked at 1.8GHz. The graphics will run with Mail-G71 MP8 GPU. The RAM will be 4GB and has a 64GB ROM expandable via microSD card.
The camera department flaunts a 20MP sensor and 12MP shooter for front camera, both are Leica brands. Both cameras can perform PDAF, laser autofocus, and dual-tone LED flash. An 8MP sensor on front handles wide-angled selfies and video-chats. The battery of Huawei Mate 9 will have a 4000mAh capacity that also handles quick charging feature.
The Wrap-Up
Both the Lenovo Moto Z Play and Huawei Mate 9 have their advantage over the other. In terms of overall specifications. However, it seems that the Mate 9 wins this round.
