Huawei Honor Play 8A vs Vertu Aster

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

  Honor Play 8A: 43 g lighter

  Honor Play 8A:

  150 g

  Aster:

  193 g

• Width

  Aster: 4.5 mm narrower

  Honor Play 8A:

  73.5 mm

  Aster:

  69 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Aster: 1.31 in smaller diagonal

  Honor Play 8A:

  6.01 in

  Aster:

  4.7 in

• Memory variants

  At 64 GB storage

  Honor Play 8A:

  3 GB RAM

  Aster:

  2 GB RAM

• Chipset

  Honor Play 8A:

  Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)

  Aster:

  Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)

• Depth

  Honor Play 8A: 3.2 mm thinner

  Honor Play 8A:

  8 mm

  Aster:

  11.2 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 8A

   Height:

   156.3 mm +12.9 mm versus Aster

   Width:

   73.5 mm +4.5 mm versus Aster

   Depth:

   8 mm

2. 2. Aster

   Height:

   143.4 mm

   Width:

   69 mm

   Depth:

   11.2 mm +3.2 mm versus Honor Play 8A

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 8A

   Screen diagonal:

   6.01 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   19.5:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   88.7 cm²

2. 2. Aster

   Screen diagonal:

   4.7 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   60.9 cm²

Honor Play 8A has approximately 45.6% more rectangular screen area than Aster.

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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