Honor 6 Plus vs. Honor 6A

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Honor 6 Plus and Honor 6A. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Honor 6 Plus vs. Honor 6A Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 150.4 mm 143.7 mm Honor 6 Plus has greater height than Honor 6A.
Width 75.7 mm 70.95 mm Honor 6 Plus has greater width than Honor 6A.
Depth 7.5 mm 8.2 mm Honor 6 Plus is narrower than Honor 6 Plus.
Weight 165 g 142 g Honor 6A is lighter than Honor 6 Plus.
Body Colour Gold | White Grey
Body Material Plastic, aluminium Metal
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value - 0.94 W/kg (body), 0.44 W/kg (head)
Integrated Components FM radio FM radio
Connector Type Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
SIM Card Type (Size) Micro SIM, nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM (SIM1 and SIM2/MicroSD slots)
SIM Card Configuration Details - Nano SIM + nano SIM/microSD
DISPLAY Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Display Type LCD display LCD display
Display Technology IPS IPS
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 5" Honor 6 Plus has larger screen size than Honor 6A.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 1280 x 720 pixels Honor 6 Plus has better screen resolution than Honor 6A.
Display Format Full HD HD
Pixel Density 401 ppi 294 ppi Honor 6 Plus has better pixel density than Honor 6A.
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 16.7 million colours Both phones have the same color depth.
Contrast Ratio 1500:1 -
Display Features In-Cell Display Technology Eye protection mode, Colour temperature adjustment
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 925 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
Processor Number - MSM8937
Clock Speed - 1.4 GHz
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali T628 MP4 Qualcomm ADRENO 505
MEMORY Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
RAM 3 GB 2 GB Honor 6 Plus has more RAM than Honor 6A.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 16 GB 16 GB Both phones have the same internal memory capacity.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB
CAMERA Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution 8 Megapixel 13 Megapixel Honor 6A has better camera resolution than Honor 6 Plus.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes Panoramic pictures -
Face Recognition (Face ID) - Face detection Honor 6A has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash LED light
Still Image Resolutions 4160 x 3120 -
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps
Camera Features (Functions) QR-code scanner, Full Focus technology (EDOF) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF)
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 5 Megapixel Honor 6 Plus has better front camera resolution than Honor 6A.
BATTERY AND CHARGING Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 3600 mAh 3020 mAh Honor 6 Plus has larger battery capacity than Honor 6A.
Talk Time - 1920 minutes
Run Time Details - Talk (2G): up to 1920 min
Playback (HD video): up to 16 hrs
Continuous browsing (4G): up to 8 hrs
Playback (Music): up to 47 hrs
Battery Technology Lithium polymer Lithium Ion
CELLULAR Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 3G 4G Honor 6A has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 4.4 (KitKat) Android 7.0 Nougat
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 3.0 HUAWEI Emotion UI 5.1
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
COMMUNICATIONS Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+ GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth 4.1
Bluetooth Profiles - A2DP
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, M4A WAV, WMA, AAC, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, MP4
Supported Digital Video Standards RMVB, RM, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, 3GP RMVB, RM, MPEG-4, ASF, 3GP, WMC
Sound Enhancements DTS Sound support -
FEATURES Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Phone Functions Speakerphone, call timer, conference call, flight mode, vibrating alert Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
Sensors Accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor Accelerometer, proximity sensor, digital compass
Security Devices - Fingerprint reader
OTHERS Honor 6 Plus Honor 6A
Included Accessories Stereo headset, USB cable, power adapter Power adapter
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