Phone Comparison - Huawei Honor 9 Lite vs Google Pixel 3a vs Realme 6

Price Comparison (India) -

general General Info

Manufacturer Honor Google Realme
Announced December 2017 2019, May March 2020
Status Available - December 2017 Available. Released 2019, May Coming Soon - March 5, 2020
Price Rs. 10,999 ($250.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 12,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Navy, Seagull Gray, Magic Nightfall, Pearl White Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink Comet Blue, Comet White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151 x 71.9 x 7.6 mm
(5.94 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
151.3 x 70.1 x 8.2 mm
(5.96 x 2.76 x 0.32 in)
162.1 x 74.8 x 8.9 mm
(6.38 x 2.94 x 0.35 in)
Weight 149 g (5.26 oz) 147 g (5.19 oz) 191 g (6.74 oz)
SIM Type Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.71 W/kg (head)
0.57 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Splash resistant
Notification LED Yes Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10.0
Processor Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), HiSilicon Kirin 659 Octa-Core (2 x 2GHz Kryo 360 + 6 x 1.7GHz Kryo 360), Qualcomm SDM670 Snapdragon 670 Octa-core (2x2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90 (12 nm)
GPU Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 615 Mali-G76 MC4
RAM 3/4 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32/64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 FHD+ IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
480 nits typ. brightness
90Hz
120Hz touch-sensing
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.65 inches 5.6 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2160 pixels (427 ppi) 1080 x 2220 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (405 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.03% 74.99% 84.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 13 MP + 2 MP 12.2 MP 64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP
Flash LED Flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash
Features Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Auto-HDR, Panorama
64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.72", 0.8µm, PDAF
8 MP, f/2.3, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (macro), 1/5.0", 1.75µm
2 MP B/W, f/2.4, (depth)
HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
Front Camera Dual 13 MP + 2 MP, 1080p [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.8, 28mm PDAF
No AF, Auto-HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]
16 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm
HDR,Panorama
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/75 Mbps
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3/4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor not present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 18W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 30W
Capacity 3000 mAh 3000 mAh 4300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -