OnePlus 5 vs. Honor 50

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of OnePlus 5 and Honor 50. 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

OnePlus 5 vs. Honor 50 Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number - NTH-NX9
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 154.2 mm 159.96 mm Honor 50 has greater height than OnePlus 5.
Width 74.1 mm 73.76 mm OnePlus 5 has greater width than Honor 50.
Depth 7.25 mm 7.78 mm OnePlus 5 is narrower than OnePlus 5.
Weight 153 g 175 g OnePlus 5 is lighter than OnePlus 5.
Body Colour Midnight black | Slate grey Midnight black | Emerald Green
Body Material Anodised aluminium -
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value 1.19 W/kg (body), 1.37 W/kg (head) 1.1 W/kg (body), 0.8 W/kg (head), 2.76 W/kg (limb)
Connector Type Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology Optic AMOLED AMOLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 6.57" Honor 50 has larger screen size than OnePlus 5.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2340 x 1080 pixels Honor 50 has better screen resolution than OnePlus 5.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 401 ppi 403 ppi Honor 50 has better pixel density than OnePlus 5.
Colour Depth - 1073.7 million colours
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Touch Sampling Rate - 300 Hz
Display Features Night Display -
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Processor Type (CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
Processor Number MSM8998 -
Clock Speed 2.45 GHz -
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - OnePlus 5 has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Qualcomm ADRENO 540 -
MEMORY OnePlus 5 Honor 50
RAM LPDDR4X SDRAM - 6 GB 6 GB Both phones have the same RAM size.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 64 GB 128 GB Honor 50 has more internal memory than OnePlus 5.
CAMERA OnePlus 5 Honor 50
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 2 4
Sensor Resolution 20 Megapixel 108 Megapixel Honor 50 has better camera resolution than OnePlus 5.
Sensor Size - 1/1.52"
Sensor Name Sony Exmor RS IMX350 sensor -
Lens Aperture F/2.6 F/2.2 Honor 50 has better lens aperture than OnePlus 5.
Pixel Size - 2.1 μm
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Special Effects Portrait, HDR -
Camera Modes Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Pro mode, RAW mode Slow motion mode, Fast Motion mode, Multi-video recording
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 12032 x 9024
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps, 3840 x 2160 (4K) at 30 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 120 fps 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS)
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 16 Megapixel 8 Megapixel OnePlus 5 has better second camera resolution than Honor 50.
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/1.7 F/2.2 OnePlus 5 has better second camera lens aperture than OnePlus 5.
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) - 2 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/2.4
Camera Functions (3rd Camera) - Macro camera
FOURTH CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (4th Camera) - 2 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (4th Camera) - F/2.4
Camera Functions (4th Camera) - Depth camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 16 Megapixel 32 Megapixel Honor 50 has better front camera resolution than OnePlus 5.
Sensor Name (Front) Sony Exmor RS IMX371 sensor -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.2 OnePlus 5 has better front lens aperture than OnePlus 5.
Field of View (Front) - 90 degree(s)
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Special Effects (Front) HDR -
Camera Modes (Front) - Super night selfie mode, AI Wide-angle selfie
Face Recognition (Face ID) Smile Capture - OnePlus 5 has face detection.
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 6528 x 4896
Video Resolutions (Front) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 60 fps
Camera Features (Front) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS) -
BATTERY AND CHARGING OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3300 mAh 4300 mAh Honor 50 has larger battery capacity than OnePlus 5.
Fast Charging Technology - Honor SuperCharge Honor 50 has fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) - 45 min
Battery Technology Lithium polymer -
CELLULAR OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Technology CDMA2000 1X / GSM / WCDMA (UMTS) / TD-SCDMA WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor 50 has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System OxygenOS (based on Android Nougat) Android 11
User Interface - Magic UI 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
COMMUNICATIONS OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM, 800 CDMA2000 1X, 1900 CDMA2000 1X -
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 8 Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 900 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800
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 29, Band 30, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66 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 26, Band 28, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66
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, FDD 700d, FDD 2300 WCS, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3 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 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3
5G NR Band - N1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n40
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 2600, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD 2300
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, WMA, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, AAC +, OGG, APE (Monkey's Audio), M4A, apt-X, IMY, MID, AMR-WB, AMR-NB, apt-X HD WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, LDAC, SBC
Supported Digital Video Standards MKV, FLV, AVI, MOV, MPEG-4, WMV, 3GP, TS, WebM, H.265 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements Dirac Power Sound technology, Dirac HD Sound Qualcomm aptX audio, Qualcomm aptX HD audio
FEATURES OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Phone Functions Speakerphone, call timer, conference call, flight mode, vibrating alert -
Sensors Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor, hall sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gravity sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (under display)
Additional Phone Features MIMO technology, Android Sensor Hub, Three microphones with noise-cancellation, Dash Charge technology -
OTHERS OnePlus 5 Honor 50
Included Accessories Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, screen protector, USB-C cable USB cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger
Compliant Standards - TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light Certification
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