We bring you today our comparison on every noticeable aspect of the two devices: Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5. Both smartphones are in the same price range, and is put into a fierce battle….

Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5: Overall impression

One Plus Pro 5 and Honor 8 Pro both have a metal unibody build and a dual camera at the back. It has been quite a fuzz that OnePlus 5 looks similar to the iPhone 7 Plus. Since the camera setting is quite rising above the surface, users might need to buy a case to avoid breaking. The finishing process seems to be not perfect: the remaining chips of the painting process are still there on our review device. Meanwhile, Honor 8 Pro has a more genuine design: round edges, the dual camera is flat with the body, under a glass visor.

Before we move on, let’s review their prices quickly. The Honor 8 Pro is available in India at Rs. 29,999, which is around 460 USD. The OnePlus 5 has a starting price of Rs. 32,999, which equals around 500 USD. With similar price tags, which would be the elements that affect our decision whether which one would the ideal handset for each user?

Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5: Specs comparison

The OnePlus 5 sports a 5.5-inch full HD AMOLED panel and the Honor 8 Pro has a 5.7-inch Quad HD LTPS panel. The OnePlus 5 is powered by the latest Snapdragon 835, which has an octa-core processor clocked at 1.9GHz and is based on a 10nm process. On the other hand, the Honor 8 Pro has Huawei’s Kirin 960 processor clocked at 1.8GHz based on a 16nm process. Both phones come with 6GB of RAM. The Honor 8 Pro possesses 128GB of internal storage, while the OnePlus 5 has only 64GB of storage.

Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5: Performance and battery life

In daily tasks, both seem having no big problem; however, we found the OnePlus 5 takes over here. The Honor 8 Pro gets warm when we use the camera or play games, especially games with graphics intensity. The OnePlus definitely ran cooler. Both devices ran on Android Nougat with some customized features on top. While OnePlus tries to develop its own interface – OxygenOS, Honor adopts EMUI skin on top. OxygenOS is closer to Android’s interface; hence pure Android lovers will definitely prefer the OnePlus 5

Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5: amazing Cameras

Both the phones have a dual camera setting; however, the implementation is quite different. The OnePlus 5 has a 16-megapixel sensor and a 20-megapixel telephoto lens while the Honor 8 Pro uses a 12-megapixel RGB sensor and a 12-megapixel monochrome sensor. The OnePlus 5 uses the second sensor for better portraits by using it to calculate depth. The telephoto lens is only used in zooming into the subject. For the Honor 8 Pro, the monochrome sensor is used to capture better details. You also get a monochrome mode which lets you shoot photos in black and white.

Huawei Honor 8 Pro VS OnePlus 5: battery beast or camera flagship?

Everything depends on what you need to do with your phone. If you are looking for a device with better graphics display, Honor 8 Pro sure has the edge in this case. Nowadays, with our intensive activities performed on phone, it is pretty normal that you have to charge your phone once a day; however, if you need a device that can survive after a long session of HD movie, OnePlus is the one.