The latest POCO X2 houses a set of four cameras of 64/8/2/2 MP with Dual LED while the Huawei Honor 9x include a three camera set of 48/2/8 MP with a flash type of LED. These two phones brings new hardware,camera and software improvements. The review for this version with new specs are detailed next.
Processor
The POCO X2 runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G chipset and the processor has a total of 8 cores composed by 2 cores of 2.2 GHz Kryo 470 and 6 cores of 1.8 GHz Kryo 470. It has a maximun CPU frequency of 2200 MHz (megahertz). Some other special features include 64 bit architecture.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G is a less powerful chipset processor than the Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710F.
Meanwhile, the Huawei Honor 9x Global has a Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 710F, the second processor has a total of 8 cores composed by 4 cores of 2.2 GHz ARM Corte cores of -A73 and 4 cores of 1.7 GHz ARM Corte cores of -A53. It has a maximun CPU frequency of 2200 MHz (megahertz). Some other special features include 64 bit architecture.
Battery
The POCO X2 battery capacity is 4500 mAh which is a 12.5% (percent) more powerful than the 4000 mAh offered by the Huawei Honor 9x Global. Some features include Fast charging and Non-removable
The Huawei Honor 9x Global battery include Fast charging and Non-removable
Screen
The smartphone is using a IPS display with 1080 x 2400 pixels and a screen size of 6.67 in (inches).
Meanwhile the Huawei Honor 9x Global is featuring a IPS with 1080 x 2340 pixels and a display size of 6.59 in (inches)
As we can see here, the POCO X2 is a 1.2% bigger than Huawei Honor 9x Global screen.

Memory
On the memory hardware side, the POCO X2 is carrying a ram memory of 6 GB (gigabytes) or 8 GB (gigabytes) with some features like 1866 MHz (megahertz), LPDDR4X and Double channel and a built-in storage of 64 GB (gigabytes),128 GB (gigabytes),256 GB (gigabytes)
. The Huawei Honor 9x Global is coming with a 4 GB (gigabytes) or 6 GB (gigabytes), some features like and a built-in storage of 64 GB (gigabytes),128 GB (gigabytes)In the basic edition, the POCO X2 gives a 50% more ram memory capacity than Huawei Honor 9x Global.
The maximum capacity offered by the POCO X2 is 8 gigabytes ,which is a 33.33% bigger than the Huawei Honor 9x Global with 6 gigabytes.
How much built-in storage space you can get for apps and saving photos, files and video? The POCO X2 comes with 64 GB (gigabytes) or 128 GB (gigabytes) or 256 GB (gigabytes),In the basic edition, both phones have the same storage capacity of 64 gigabytes.
The max storage capacity offered by the POCO X2 is 256 gigabytes ,which is a 100% more than the Huawei Honor 9x Global with 128 gigabytes.
Huawei Honor 9x Global gets you 64 GB (gigabytes) or 128 GB (gigabytes) of internal storage.

Rear Camera
The POCO X2 main camera setup is composed by 64/8/2/2 MP , the flash type is Dual LED , carrying sensor like Sony IMX686 , a pixel size of 0.8 µm (micrometers) and aperture lens of f/1.7 f/2.2 f/2.4 f/2.4 F.Meanwhile the Huawei Honor 9x Global rear camera comes with 48/2/8 MP , the flash type is LED , carrying sensor like Sony IMX582 Exmor RS , a pixel size of 0.8 µm (micrometers) and aperture lens of f/1.8 f/2.4 f/2.4 F.
POCO X2 | Huawei Honor 9x Global |
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1080p @ 120 fps | 720p @ 480 fps |
10x digital zoom | Angle of view – 120° (#3) |
720p @ 960 fps | Aperture size – f/2.4 (#2) |
Angle of view – 120° (#2) | Aperture size – f/2.4 (#3) |
Aperture size – f/2.2 (#2) | Autofocus |
Aperture size – f/2.4 (#3) | Continuous shooting |
Aperture size – f/2.4 (#4) | Contrast detection autofocus (CDAF) |
Autofocus | Digital image stabilization |
Continuous shooting | Digital zoom |
Digital image stabilization | Exposure compensation |
Digital zoom | Face detection |
Exposure compensation | Geotagging |
Face detection | HDR |
Fourth rear camera – 2 MP (macro) | ISO settings |
Geotagging | Optical image stabilization |
HDR | Panorama |
ISO settings | Phase detection autofocus (PDAF) |
Macro shooting distance – 2 cm (#4) | Pixel size – 1.6 μm (4-in-1 pixel binning) |
Optical image stabilization | Scene mode |
Panorama | Secondary rear camera – 2 MP (depth sensing) |
Phase detection autofocus (PDAF) | Self-timer |
Pixel size – 1.12 μm (#2) | Third rear camera – 8 MP (ultra-wide angle) |
Pixel size – 1.6 μm (4-in-1 pixel binning) | Touch focus |
Pixel size – 1.75 μm (#3) | White balance settings |
Pixel size – 1.75 μm (#4) | |
Scene mode | |
Secondary rear camera – 8 MP (ultra-wide angle) | |
Self-timer | |
Third rear camera – 2 MP (depth-sensing) | |
Touch focus | |
White balance settings |
Price
The POCO X2 price is $265 and the Huawei Honor 9x Global price tag is $270