Honor 50 vs Apple iPhone 13
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75
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.57-inch Honor 50 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G) that was released on June 16, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Honor 50
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1073 mAh larger battery capacity: 4300 vs 3227 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Supports higher wattage charging (66W versus 20W)
- Has a 0.47 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (803K versus 499K)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Optical image stabilization
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Honor
- Stereo speakers
- Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (830 against 742 nits)
- 17% higher pixel density (460 vs 392 PPI)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.57 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 392 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 525 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 750 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.7% | 86% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 100% | 129% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 609 Hz |
| Response time | 2.4 ms | 7.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160 mm (6.3 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 73.8 mm (2.91 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 175 g (6.17 oz) | 174 g (6.14 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Red | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 642L | Apple A15 GPU |
| GPU clock | 490 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~753 GFLOPS | - |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
| CPU | 152737 | 202276 |
| GPU | 156226 | 340827 |
| Memory | 75304 | 132614 |
| UX | 115932 | 128546 |
| Total score | 499335 | 803399 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 38.4 °C | 45.7 °C |
| Stability | 98% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2487 | 8722 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9724 | - |
| Video editing | 7077 | - |
| Photo editing | 25105 | - |
| Data manipulation | 8749 | - |
| Writing score | 14881 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.4) |
| ROM | Magic UI 6 | - |
| OS size | 21 GB | 18 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4300 mAh | 3227 mAh |
| Max charge power | 66 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:54 hr | 1:46 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:48 hr | 13:11 hr |
| Watching video | 15:11 hr | 14:33 hr |
| Gaming | 05:34 hr | 05:31 hr |
| Standby | 116 hr | 123 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With the Best Battery Life (135th and 93rd place)
Camera
| Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12032 x 9024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (108 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 2 (12 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.9 - Pixel size: 0.7 micron - Sensor: 1/1.52", Samsung S5KHM2 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.6 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.7 micron - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 8 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 17 mm - Sensor: 1/4" (CMOS) |
- 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 - Focal length: 14 mm - Sensor: 1/3.4", Sony IMX372 (Exmor-RS CMOS) |
| Macro lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
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| Depth lens | - 2 MP - Aperture: f/2.4 |
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| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor type | ISOCELL CMOS | Exmor-RS CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.14" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | June 2021 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 66 W | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 13 is definitely a better buy.
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