OnePlus’s flagship OnePlus 5 was announced almost a month ago and is now selling pretty well all over the globe including India. Another Chinese smartphone maker Honor had also recently launched their Honor 8 Pro in India and it will go on sale starting today evening at 6 PM. So, if you are wondering how the newly launched Honor 8 Pro compares to the OnePlus 5. We have got 5 reasons to pick the new Honor 8 Pro against the OnePlus 5. So let’s get started –
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Display
Honor had a Full HD display on the previous gen smartphone(Honor 8) and OnePlus also had the same resolution on its OnePlus 3/3T. But, this time around Honor has moved up to Quad HD (2K) display and also upgraded the display to 5.7-inch. The VR experience will be more enjoyable on Honor 8 Pro because of the 2K display and you will get more immersive VR experience. Honor 8 Pro also comes with a free VR headset in the box.
2. Camera
3. Battery
4. Price
OnePlus 5 with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at INR 32,999 and 8GB RAM and 128GB variant is priced at INR 37,999. While the Honor 8 Pro with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage comes for 29,999 and also buyers can avail some offers on Amazon Prime Day. As mentioned for INR 29,999 you will be also getting a VR headset in the box. Both the smartphones are available on Amazon.in.
5. Other features
Honor 8 Pro comes with a couple of features like expandable storage via MicroSD card slot and IR Blaster that are missing on the OnePlus 5. Even though these two features are not a deal breaker, they really add to worth for this price.
These 5 features make Honor 8 Pro slightly better than the OnePlus 5. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Follow us on Twitter for more news and updates.