Huawei Honor Play 3 vs Xiaomi Mi 8

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.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Honor Play 3:

  LCD

  Mi 8:

  OLED

• Width

  Mi 8: 1.3 mm narrower

  Honor Play 3:

  76.1 mm

  Mi 8:

  74.8 mm

• Chipset

  Honor Play 3:

  Hisilicon Kirin 710F (12 nm)

  Mi 8:

  Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)

• Rear camera layout

  Honor Play 3:

  Triple

  Mi 8:

  Dual

• Depth

  Mi 8: 0.5 mm thinner

  Honor Play 3:

  8.1 mm

  Mi 8:

  7.6 mm

• Height

  Mi 8: 4 mm shorter

  Honor Play 3:

  158.9 mm

  Mi 8:

  154.9 mm

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. Honor Play 3

   Height:

   158.9 mm +4 mm versus Mi 8

   Width:

   76.1 mm +1.3 mm versus Mi 8

   Depth:

   8.1 mm +0.5 mm versus Mi 8

2. 2. Mi 8

   Height:

   154.9 mm

   Width:

   74.8 mm

   Depth:

   7.6 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. Honor Play 3

   Screen diagonal:

   6.39 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19.5:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   100.2 cm²

2. 2. Mi 8

   Screen diagonal:

   6.21 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   96.3 cm²

Honor Play 3 has approximately 4.1% more rectangular screen area than Mi 8.

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

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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