Honor 20 vs OnePlus 7: Battle of the Non-Pros

It’s pretty common nowadays to see a company release two phones at the same time with one being a more powerful “Pro” version. Naturally, these Pro models tend to get most of the attention and the non-Pro variants get unfairly overlooked. Joshua Vergara from PocketNow recently compared two non-Pro variants from popular duos: the Honor 20 and OnePlus 7.

One reason why these two particular phones are overlooked is that they’re hard to get in the US. Regardless of availability, these two phones have a lot in common. Their screen sizes are similar, though the Honor has an LCD while the OnePlus has an AMOLED panel. Performance is mostly similar between the Kirin 980 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 as well, though the latter fares slightly better in gaming. The biggest differences come with the cameras as the Honor 20 is packing four sensors to the OnePlus 7’s two.

Honor 20 XDA Forums / OnePlus 7 XDA Forums

Overall, Joshua is impressed by these phones, despite them not being the more popular “Pro” variants. Check out the full video to see the full 7-minute comparison.

Category	Honor 20	OnePlus 7
Size	154.3 x 74 x 7.9 mm, 174g	157.7 × 74.8 × 8.2 mm, 182 g
Display	6.26-inch FHD+ IPS LCD	6.41-inch 2340×1080 (19.5:9) 60 Hz Optic AMOLED
SoC	7nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 2x Cortex-A76 @2.6GHz + 2x Cortex-A76 @1.9GHz + 4x Cortex-A55 @1.8GHz Mali-G76 MP10 GPU	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU 1x 2.84GHz Kryo 485 3x 2.42GHz Kryo 485 4x 1.8GHz Kryo 385 Adreno 640 GPU
RAM & Storage	6GB + 128GB	6/8GB + 128/256GB
Battery	3750 mAh with 22.5W fast charging support	3700 mAh with OnePlus Quick Charge (5V 4A)
USB	USB 2.0 with Type-C connector	USB 3.1 Type-C
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac support Bluetooth 5.0 A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Infrared Port	Wi-Fi: 2×2 MIMO, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz/5GHz Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.0, with Qualcomm aptX, aptX HD support, LDAC and AAC NFC: Yes Positioning: GPS(L1+L5 dual-band), GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo(E1+E5a dual-band), SBAS, A-GPS
Fingerprint Scanner	Side-mounted	In-display
Rear Camera	48MP Sony IMX586, f/1.8, 0.8μm, PDAF 16MP, f/2.2, 117° wide-angle camera 2MP, f/2.4, macro camera 2MP, f/2.4, depth sensor	Sony IMX586 (48MP, f/1.7, 1.6μm) with OIS and EIS. Telephoto: 5MP, f/2.4, 1.12μm. Dual LED Flash PDAF
Front Camera	32MP, f/2.0	16MP, f/2.0
Android Version	Magic UI on top of Android 9 Pie	OxygenOS on top of Android 9 Pie

Note: Huawei/Honor have stopped providing official bootloader unlock codes for its devices. Therefore, the bootloaders of their devices cannot be unlocked, which means that users cannot root or install custom ROMs.

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