Huawei Honor Play 3 Vs Huawei Honor Play 9A Specs Comparison


Honor Play 3 features Kirin 710F chipset, 4 GB or 6 GB RAM, 64 GB or 128 GB storage, 6.39" IPS screen, 4000 mAh battery, triple rear camera with 48 MP main sensor + 8 MP ultra-wide lens + 2 MP depth-sensor, 8 MP front camera and 138 dollars price on launch.

While Honor Play 9A packs with Helio P35 chipset, 4 GB RAM, 64 GB or 128 GB storage, 6.3" IPS screen, 5000 mAh battery with 10W fast charging, dual rear camera with 13 MP main sensor + 2 MP depth-sensor, 8 MP front camera and 127 $ price on launch.



Here’s an in-depth specifications comparison between Huawei Honor Play 3 Vs Huawei Honor Play 9A.

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  1. System  on  Chip (SOC)
  2. RAM
  3. Storage
  4. Display
  5. Rear Camera 
  6. Front Camera
  7. Battery
  8. Price
  9. Network


Huawei Honor Play 9A
Huawei Honor Play 3
Brand and Model   
Brand and Model
Brand 
Brand 
Huawei
  Huawei
Model
Model 
Honor Play 9A
  Honor Play 3
Model Alias
Model Alias
MOA-AL00
 Honor Play3
MOA-TL00

MED-AL20

MOA-AL20

Honor Play 9A Operating System 
Honor Play 3 Operating System (OS)
Android 10
Android 9.0 Pie 
User Interface (UI)
User Interface (UI)
Magic UI 3.0
EMUI 9.1



Honor Play 9A System on  Chip (SOC) Honor Play 3 System on  Chip (SOC)    
SOC SOC 
MediaTek Helio P35 (MT6765) Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710
Process Technology  Process Technology 
12 nm 12 nm 
CPU CPU
4x 2.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x 2.22 GHz ARM Cortex-A73
4x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x 1.7 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
CPU Bits  CPU Bits 
64 bit  64 bits 
Instruction Set   Instruction Set  
ARMv8-A  ARMv8-A
CPU Frequency  CPU Frequency 
2300 MHz  2200 MHz  
CPU Cores  CPU Cores 
8   8
GPU GPU
PowerVR GE8320 ARM Mali-G51 MP4
 GPU Cores GPU Cores
4
 GPU Frequency GPU Frequency
680 MHz 1000 MHz



Honor Play 9A RAM Capacity Honor Play 3 RAM Capacity 
4 GB  4 GB
  6 GB
RAM Type   RAM Type  
LPDDR4X
Other Features 
Other Features 
GPU Turbo 2.0
i7 coprocessor
Ark compiler 
EROFS super file system
Link Turbo



Honor Play 9A Storage Honor Play 3 Storage
64 GB    64 GB
128 GB  128 GB 
eMMC 5.1
Honor Play 9A Memory Cards Honor Play 3 Memory Cards
microSD microSD
microSDHC  microSDHC
microSDXC  microSDXC



Honor Play 9A Display Honor Play 3 Display
Type / Technology  Type / Technology 
IPS IPS
Diagonal Size  Diagonal Size 
6.3 in   6.39 in 
160.02 mm   162.31 mm 
16 cm   16.23 cm 
Width  Width 
2.59 in   2.74 in 
65.67 mm   69.48 mm 
6.57 cm   6.95 cm 
Height  Height 
5.75 in   5.77 in 
145.93 mm   146.68 mm 
14.59 cm   14.67 cm 
Aspect Ratio  Aspect Ratio 
2.222:1  2.111:1
Resolution  Resolution 
720 x 1600 pixels 720 x 1520 pixels
Pixel Density  Pixel Density 
278 ppi   263 ppi 
109 ppcm   103 ppcm 
Color Depth  Color Depth 
24 bit   24 bits  
16777216 colors   16777216 colors 
Display Area  Display Area 
81.61%
Other Features  Other Features 
Capacitive  Capacitive 
Multi-touch  Multi-touch 
2.5D curved glass screen  2.5 D curved glass screen
Honor Play 9A Sensors Honor Play 3 Sensors
Proximity  Proximity
Light  Light
Accelerometer  Accelerometer
 Compass
Fingerprint  Fingerprint
 Hall



Honor Play 9A Rear Camera Honor Play 3 Rear Camera 
Sensor type  Sensor type 
CMOS BSI
Aperture Aperture
f/1.8  f/1.8
Flash Type Flash Type
LED LED
 Image Resolution   Image Resolution 
4160 x 3120 pixels  8000 x 6000  pixels 
12.98 MP  48 MP 
Video resolution Video resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels  1920 x 1080 pixels
2.07 MP  2.07 MP
Video FPS Video FPS
30 fps 60 fps
Features  Features 
Autofocus Autofocus 
Continuous shooting Continuous shooting 
Digital zoom Digital zoom
 Digital image stabilization
Geotagging Geotagging 
Panorama Panorama 
HDR HDR 
Touch focus Touch focus 
Face detection Face detection
White balance settings White balance setting 
ISO settings ISO setting 
Exposure compensation Exposure compensation 
Self-timer Self-timer 
Scene mode Scene mode 
Phase detection autofocus (PDAF) Phase detection
 Sensor size- 1/2"
 Pixel size- 1.6 um (4-in-1 pixel binning)
Secondary rear camera - 2 MP (depth-sensing) Secondary rear camera- 8 MP (ultra-wide)
Aperture size- f/2.4 (#2)
 Angle od view- 120 degree (#2)
Third rear camera- 2 MP (depth-sensing)
Aperture size- f/2.4 (#3)



Honor Play 9A Front Camera Honor Play 3 Front Camera    
Sensor Type Sensor Type
CMOS BSI
Aperture Aperture
f/2.2  f/2
Image Resolution  Image Resolution 
3264 x 2448 pixels  3264 x 2448  pixels  
7.99 MP   7.99 MP  
Video Resolution Video Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels  1920 x 1080 pixels
2.07 MP  2.07 MP
Video FPS Video FPS
30 fps  30 fps
Features  Features 
Face unlock
HDR
Honor Play 9A Audio Honor Play 3 Audio
Speaker Speaker
Loudspeaker Loudspeaker 
Earpiece Earpiece
Honor Play 9A Radio Honor Play 3 Radio
Yes   Yes
Honor Play 9A Tracking /  Positioning  Honor Play 3 Tracking /  Positioning
GPS GPS
A-GPS  A-GPS 
GLONASS GLONASS
BeiDou BeiDou



Honor Play 9A Wi-Fi Honor Play 3 Wi-Fi
802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999)  802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999)
802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003)  802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003)
802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009)  802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009) 
Wi-Fi Hotspot  Wi-Fi Hotspot 
Wi-Fi Direct  Wi-Fi-Direct
Honor Play 9A Bluetooth Honor Play 3 Bluetooth
Version  Version 
5  4.2
Features  Features 
A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile) A2DP 
EDR
LE (Low Energy) LE
Honor Play 9A USB Honor Play 3 USB
Connector Type   Connector Type  
Micro USB Micro USB
Version Version 
2 2
Features  Features 
Charging Charging 
Mass storage Mass Storage 
On-The-Go On-The-Go
Honor Play 9A Headphone Jack Honor Play 3 Headphone Jack
Yes  Yes
Honor Play 9A Connectivity Honor Play 3 Connectivity
Computer sync  Computer sync 
OTA sync  OTA sync 
Tethering  Tethering
VoLTE VoLTE
Honor Play 9A Browser Honor Play 3 Browser
HTML HTML 
HTML5 HTML5 
CSS 3 CSS 3 
Honor Play 9A Audio File Formats /  Codecs Honor Play 3 Audio File Formats /  Codecs    
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) AAC 
AAC+ / aacPlus / HE-AAC v1 AAC+ / aacPlus / HE-AAC v1
AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr, .3ga) AMR / AMR-NB / GSM-AMR 
AMR-WB (Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband, .awb) AMR-WB
eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2 eAAC+ / aacPlus v2 / HE-AAC v2
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec, .flac) FLAC  
M4A (MPEG-4 Audio, .m4a)
MIDI MIDI 
MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer II, .mp3) MP3 
OGG (.ogg, .ogv, .oga, .ogx, .spx, .opus) OGG 
WMA (Windows Media Audio, .wma) WMA 
WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave) WAV 
Honor Play 9A Video File Formats /  Codecs Honor Play 3 Video File Formats /  Codecs    
3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project, .3gp) 3GPP 
AVI (Audio Video Interleaved, .avi) AVI 
DivX
H.263
H.264 / MPEG-4 Part 10 / AVC video
H.265 / MPEG-H Part 2 / HEVC
MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container, .mkv .mk3d .mka .mks)
MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v) MP4
VP8
VP9
WebM WebM
WMV (Windows Media Video, .wmv) WMV
Xvid Xvid



Honor Play 9A Battery Honor Play 3 Battery
Capacity Capacity
5000 mAh  4000 mAh
Type  Type 
Li-Polymer  Li-Polymer
Features  Features 
Fast charging
Non-removable  Non-removable 
 Charger Output Power  Charger Output Power
5 V / 2 A 5 V / 2 A
Honor Play 9A Launch Honor Play 3 LaunchDate
Announced  Announced 
 2020, 30th March  2019, Sept.
Status Status 
Release 30th March 2020 Release Sept. 2019



Honor Play 9A Price Honor Play 3 Price
4 GB + 64 GB = 127 $  4 GB + 64 GB = 138 $
4 GB + 128 GB = 169 $  6 GB + 128 GB = 182 $
Honor Play 9A Design Honor Play 3 Design
Colors  Colors 
Blue Water Emerald Night Black
Jasper Green Aurora Blue
Dark Night Black Flame Red
Width  Width 
74.06 mm
7.41 cm
0.24 ft
2.92 in
Height  Height 
159.06 mm
15.91 cm
0.52 ft
6.26 in
Thickness  Thickness 
9.04 mm
0.9 cm
0.03 ft
0.36 in
Weight  Weight 
185 g
0.41 lbs
6.53 oz
Volume  Volume 
106.49 cm³
6.47 in³
Body Materials Body Materials
Polycarbonate Plastic
Honor Play 9A SIM Card SIM Card
SIM Card Type   SIM Card Type  
Nano-SIM (4FF - fourth form factor, since 2012, 12.30 x 8.80 x 0.67 mm) Nano-SIM (4FF-fourth form factor, since 2012, 12.30 x 8.80 x 0.67 mm)  
  Nano-SIM / microSD
Number of SIM Cards  Number of SIM Cards 
2   2
Features Features
Dual SIM stand-by (Both cards are active. When one is busy, the other is not active)
Honor Play 9A Mobile Network Technology and Bandwidth    Mobile Network Technology and Bandwidth   
UMTS (384 kbit/s )  UMTS (384 kbit/s) 
EDGE  EDGE 
GPRS  GPRS  
HSPA+  HSPA
LTE Cat 4 (51.0 Mbit/s , 150.8 Mbit/s )  LTE Cat 12 (102.0 Mbit/s, 603.0 Mbit/s



Honor Play 9A Networks    Networks    
GSM GSM
GSM 850 MHz (B5) GSM 850 MHz (B5)
GSM 900 MHz (B8) GSM 900 MHz (B8)
GSM 1800 MHz (B3) GSM 1800 MHz (B3)
GSM 1900 MHz (B2) GSM 1900 MHz (B2)
UMTS UMTS
UMTS 800 MHz (B6) UMTS 850 MHz (B5)
UMTS 900 MHz (B8) UMTS 900 MHz (B8)
UMTS 2100 MHz (B1) UMTS 2100 MHz (B1)
LTE LTE
 LTE 800 MHz
LTE-FDD 850 MHz (B5)   LTE 850 MHz
LTE-FDD 900 MHz (B8)   LTE 900 MHz
LTE-FDD 1800 MHz (B3)  LTE 1800 MHz
LTE-FDD 2100 MHz (B1)  LTE 2100 MHz
 LTE 2600 MHz
LTE-TDD 1900 MHz (B39)
LTE-TDD 2000 MHz (B34)
LTE-TDD 2300 MHz (B40)
LTE-TDD 2500 MHz (B41)
LTE-TDD 2600 MHz (B38)

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