HTC Desire 825 vs Huawei Honor Play

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Weight

  Desire 825: 21 g lighter

  Desire 825:

  155 g

  Honor Play:

  176 g

• Width

  Honor Play: 2.6 mm narrower

  Desire 825:

  76.9 mm

  Honor Play:

  74.3 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Desire 825: 0.8 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 825:

  5.5 in

  Honor Play:

  6.3 in

• Chipset

  Desire 825:

  Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)

  Honor Play:

  Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  Desire 825:

  Single

  Honor Play:

  Dual

• Release year

  Desire 825:

  2016

  Honor Play:

  2018

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Desire 825

   Height:

   156.9 mm

   Width:

   76.9 mm +2.6 mm versus Honor Play

   Depth:

   7.4 mm

2. 2. Honor Play

   Height:

   157.9 mm

   Width:

   74.3 mm

   Depth:

   7.5 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Desire 825

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   83.4 cm²

2. 2. Honor Play

   Screen diagonal:

   6.3 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19.5:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   97.4 cm²

Honor Play has approximately 16.8% more rectangular screen area than Desire 825.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

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Battery capacity

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