Huawei Mate S vs. Honor Magic Vs

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Huawei Mate S and Honor Magic Vs. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate S vs. Honor Magic Vs Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Folder - touch screen, dual screen
Height 149.8 mm 160.3 mm Honor Magic Vs has greater height than Huawei Mate S.
Width 75.3 mm 72.6 mm Huawei Mate S has greater width than Honor Magic Vs.
Depth 7.2 mm 12.9 mm Huawei Mate S is narrower than Huawei Mate S.
Weight 156 g 267 g Huawei Mate S is lighter than Huawei Mate S.
Dimensions Details - Folded - 72.6 mm x 12.9 mm x 160.3 mm
Unfolded - 141.5 mm x 6.1 mm x 160.3 mm
Body Colour Rose gold | Titanium grey | Mystic champagne | Luxurious gold Black
Body Material - Titanium alloy
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - - Honor Magic Vs is waterproof.
SAR Value 0.91 W/kg (hotspot), 0.42 W/kg (body), 1.35 W/kg (head) 1.12 W/kg (body), 0.78 W/kg (head), 2.63 W/kg (limb)
Integrated Components FM radio -
Connector Type Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology AMOLED OLED
Foldable Display - Yes
Display Design - Inward folding
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 7.9" Honor Magic Vs has larger screen size than Huawei Mate S.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2272 x 1984 pixels Honor Magic Vs has better screen resolution than Huawei Mate S.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 401 ppi -
Aspect Ratio - 10.3:9
Max Brightness - 800 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor Magic Vs has better colour depth than Huawei Mate S.
HDR - Yes Honor Magic Vs has HDR.
HDR Technology - HDR10+
Display Enhancement Technology OnCell technology -
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features 2.5D curved glass DCI-P3 Wide colour gamut, Honor Full View Display, 1920Hz high frequency PWM Dimming, dynamic dimming
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (scratch resistant glass) -
SECOND DISPLAY
Second Display Type - OLED display - colour
Second Display Screen Size - 6.45"
Second Display Resolution - 2560 x 1080 pixels
Second Display Colour Depth - 1.07 billion colours
UNFOLDED DISPLAY
Unfolded Display Screen Size - 7.9 in
Unfolded Display Resolution - 2272 x 1984 pixels
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 935 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Clock Speed 2.2 GHz 3 GHz Honor Magic Vs has higher clock speed than Huawei Mate S.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate S has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali T628 MP4 Qualcomm ADRENO 730
MEMORY Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
RAM 3 GB 12 GB Honor Magic Vs has more RAM than Huawei Mate S.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 32 GB 512 GB Honor Magic Vs has more internal memory than Huawei Mate S.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB -
CAMERA Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 3
Sensor Resolution 13 Megapixel 54 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate S.
Sensor Name - Sony IMX800 sensor
Lens Aperture F/2.0 F/1.9 Honor Magic Vs has better lens aperture than Huawei Mate S.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Both phones have optical image stabilization.
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Minimum Focal Length (Focal Distance) 28 mm -
Special Effects - HDR
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes Panorama Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Story, Documents, Capture smiles, Aperture mode, Filter mode, Super Macro, Night Shot, Movie Mode
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8768 x 6144
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p) 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Sapphire crystal lens cover Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), Enhanced AI Photography
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) - 50 Megapixel
Lens Type (2nd Camera) - Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) - F/2.0
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 122 degree(s)
Camera Functions (2nd Camera) - Macro camera
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - 2.5cm macro photography
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) - 8 Megapixel
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Telephoto lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/2.4
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic Vs has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Optical Zoom - 3x
Digital Zoom - 30x
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better front camera resolution than Huawei Mate S.
Sensor Type (Front) BSI-CMOS -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.4 F/2.45 Huawei Mate S has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate S.
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Camera Modes (Front) - Night mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Capture smiles, Mirror reflection, Filter mode, High-res
Light Source (Front) LED flash -
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 4608 x 3456
Video Resolutions (Front) - 2520 x 1080
Camera Features (Front) - Gesture control
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Front) - 16 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (2nd Front) - F/2.45
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 2700 mAh 5000 mAh Honor Magic Vs has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate S.
Fast Charging Technology - Honor SuperCharge Honor Magic Vs has fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) - 46 min
Battery Technology - Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor Magic Vs has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 13
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 3.1 MagicOS 7.1
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 25, Band 26, Band 28, Band 40 -
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 1900+, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2300 -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b/g/n IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, MP3, FLAC, eAAC+ WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, SBC, apt-X HD, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards XviD, MPEG-4, WMV, H.265 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements - DTS: X Ultra
FEATURES Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features Active noise-cancellation, guaranteed upgrade to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) MIMO technology, OTG Reverse Charge, HONOR Connect, gearless hinge
OTHERS Huawei Mate S Honor Magic Vs
Included Accessories Power adapter Protective cover, SIM card removal tool, pre-installed screen protection film, USB-C cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger
Compliant Standards - USB 3.1
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