When comparing Sony vs Huawei, the Slant community recommends Huawei for most people. In the question“What are the best Android phone manufacturers?” Huawei is ranked 15th while Sony is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Huawei is:
Excellent bang for the buck if you're looking for a true flagship phone.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Superb cameras
Most smartphones use Sony components in their cameras.
Pro High build quality
Build quality is very good.
Pro Easy bootloader unlock
Pro Loud speakers
Devices are very loud.
Pro Good price
Excellent bang for the buck if you're looking for a true flagship phone.
Pro Hardware
Huawei phones have the best hardware available at any given of time.
Pro Helps China's technological development
Helps China to acquire/develop key technologies.
Pro Guaranteed disconnect from US intelligence services
Huawei phones are the only phone brand that doesnt have connection with NSA, CIA and other intelligence agencies of USA.
Cons
Con Availability in the USA
Con No long-term software support
Like recommended by Google, after 2 years you won't see any new updates.
Con Killing their own phone lines
Every half year a successor comes around.
Con Proprietary code and DRM-keys
Uses proprietary code and DRM-keys stored on an extra (TA) partition which will get lost if you just flash a custom rom.
Con Terrible customer service
They do everything to refuse your 2 year guarantee.
Con Chinese company
No Chinese company is fully independent of its government.
Con China bought phones hard to configure for google
If you buy huawei phone in China, it is hard to configure google playstore. Some youtube watching is required.
Con No google apps anymore
Google can't allow to bundle it apps any longer with Huawei phones.
Con Does not support all LTE Bands
Huawei and Honor phones often miss many LTE Bands that are used in America and Europe.
