OnePlus 5 vs. Huawei Mate Xs

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of OnePlus 5 and Huawei Mate Xs. 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. Huawei Mate Xs Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Folder
Height 154.2 mm 161.3 mm Huawei Mate Xs has greater height than OnePlus 5.
Width 74.1 mm 78.5 mm Huawei Mate Xs has greater width than OnePlus 5.
Depth 7.25 mm 11 mm OnePlus 5 is narrower than OnePlus 5.
Weight 153 g 300 g OnePlus 5 is lighter than OnePlus 5.
Dimensions Details - Unfolded - 146.2 mm x 11 mm x 161.3 mm
Body Colour Midnight black | Slate grey Interstellar blue
Body Material Anodised aluminium -
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value 1.19 W/kg (body), 1.37 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body), 3.19 W/kg (limb), 0.49 W/kg (head)
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 Huawei Mate Xs
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology Optic AMOLED Flexible OLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 8" Huawei Mate Xs has larger screen size than OnePlus 5.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 2480 x 2200 pixels Huawei Mate Xs has better screen resolution than OnePlus 5.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 401 ppi -
Colour Depth - 16.7 million colours
Display Features Night Display FullView Display, Main screen: 6.6" - 2480 x 1148 pixels, Secondary screen: 6.38" - 2480 x 892 pixels
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 5 (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Processor Type (CPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Hisilicon Kirin 990
Processor Number MSM8998 -
Clock Speed 2.45 GHz 2.86 GHz Huawei Mate Xs has higher clock speed than OnePlus 5.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes Yes Both phones have 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Qualcomm ADRENO 540 Mali-G76
MEMORY OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
RAM LPDDR4X SDRAM - 6 GB 8 GB Huawei Mate Xs has more RAM than OnePlus 5.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 64 GB 512 GB Huawei Mate Xs has more internal memory than OnePlus 5.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) - NM card - up to 256 GB
CAMERA OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 2 4
Sensor Resolution 20 Megapixel 40 Megapixel Huawei Mate Xs has better camera resolution than OnePlus 5.
Sensor Name Sony Exmor RS IMX350 sensor -
Lens Type - Wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture F/2.6 F/1.8 Huawei Mate Xs has better lens aperture than OnePlus 5.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Special Effects Portrait, HDR -
Camera Modes Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Pro mode, RAW mode -
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
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 -
Camera Features (Functions) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Huawei AI Image Stabilization (AIS), Leica Quad Camera System, Contrast detection focus, Mirror Shooting
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 16 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Both phones have the same second camera resolution.
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) - 8 Megapixel
Lens Type (3rd Camera) - Telephoto lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) - F/2.4
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Huawei Mate Xs has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
FOURTH CAMERA
Camera Functions (4th Camera) - HUAWEI Time-of-Flight (TOF) Camera
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 0
Sensor Resolution (Front) 16 Megapixel -
Sensor Name (Front) Sony Exmor RS IMX371 sensor -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 -
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Special Effects (Front) HDR -
Face Recognition (Face ID) Smile Capture - OnePlus 5 has face detection.
Video Resolutions (Front) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps -
Camera Features (Front) Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS) -
BATTERY AND CHARGING OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3300 mAh 4500 mAh Huawei Mate Xs has larger battery capacity than OnePlus 5.
Fast Charging Technology - HUAWEI SuperCharge technology Huawei Mate Xs has fast charging technology.
Battery Technology Lithium polymer -
CELLULAR OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Technology CDMA2000 1X / GSM / WCDMA (UMTS) / TD-SCDMA WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Huawei Mate Xs has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System OxygenOS (based on Android Nougat) Android 10
User Interface - EMUI 10.0.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS
COMMUNICATIONS OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR FR1
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM, 800 CDMA2000 1X, 1900 CDMA2000 1X 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
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 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41
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 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500
5G NR Band - N1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
5G NR Frequency - FDD 2100, FDD 1800, FDD 700APT, TDD TD 2600, TDD TD 2500, TDD TD 3700, TDD TD 3500, TDD TD 4500
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.0 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
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, MP4, SBC, 3GP
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 -
FEATURES OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Phone Functions Speakerphone, call timer, conference call, flight mode, vibrating alert Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
Sensors Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor, hall sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, colour temperature sensor
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features MIMO technology, Android Sensor Hub, Three microphones with noise-cancellation, Dash Charge technology Multitasking, Tiny-Core NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit), Dual Big Core
OTHERS OnePlus 5 Huawei Mate Xs
Included Accessories Power adapter, SIM card removal tool, screen protector, USB-C cable Headset, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, protective case, protective film
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