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.