Coolpad Cool Play 6 Vs Honor 6x: The Dual Camera Duel

The Coolpad Cool Play 6 is the new dual-camera challenger in the market. Is is the ‘Coolest’ deal under 15k?

Both Coolpad Cool Play 6 (left) and Honor 6x (right) sport dual-camera

(Photo: The Quint)

Dual camera phones these days are a dime a dozen. From a starting price of as low as 14k to almost 80k, there are plenty of dual lens devices in the market today.

The Cool Play 6 from Coolpad is another newcomer in this category that claims it has the ‘specs to spark’. The Honor 6x on the other hand has been in the market for a while and sports one of the best dual-cameras in the budget segment.

So how do both fare when touted against each other? Let’s take a look.

A comparison via specifications between the Cool Play 6 and Honor 6x(Photo: The Quint) 

Design & Display

The new Coolpad Cool Play 6 comes with a full metal design, same as the Honor 6x. The Coolplay might look a bit bulky but still fits perfectly in hand. The Honor 6x is also a compact device, so there’s nothing to separate the two. Both phones sport a 5.5-inch full HD display with similar screen to body ratios.

The Cool Play 6 comes with a 5.5-inch display that’s full HD(Photo: The Quint)

Overall, they are good looking phones with good displays.

Performance & Hardware

The Cool Play 6 sports an impressive specs sheet and is a beast of a phone. It comes with a Snapdragon 653 processor coupled with 6GB RAM. Yes, 6GB of RAM!

The Honor 6x runs a HiSilicon 655 chipset with 4GB RAM inside. Both phones run on user interface’s which are a bit a iffy and tough to navigate through. Some points lost for the Honor 6x because of lesser RAM (not that it matters that much).

The Honor 6x comes with expandable storage up to 128GB(Photo: The Quint)

The Cool Play 6 is running the latest version of Android Nougat 7.1.1 while the Honor 6x is still on Marshmallow (with the update yet to come).

The biggest disadvantage with the Cool Play 6 is that it doesn’t offer expandable memory and that is a big deal-breaker.

Camera & Battery

The Honor 6x has an exemplary camera setup which has been tried and tested for long. The 12+2-megapixel rear camera clicks some very good pictures both in day and low light.

The 13+13 megapixel rear camera on the Cool Play 6 is an obvious winner on paper and also when it comes to the quality of pictures.

Not that the Honor 6x camera is bad but the Cool Play 6 has a slight upper edge in terms of sharpness and quality.

The Cool Play 6 packs a 4060mAh battery which steamrolls over the 3340mAh battery of the Honor 6x. Hence, no doubts over which one is a better back-up device.

Which One to Buy?

Where the 64GB variant of the Cool Play 6 can be bought for Rs 14,999 the Honor 6x is a bit more economical at Rs 13,999 for the 64GB variant.

Yes, the Rs 1,000 difference does look a lot in the sub-15k category but you are getting a lot of additional features with the Cool Play 6, like a better camera with more battery life and RAM.

With the Honor 6x you are getting a good phone, but if you can push yourself to spend that extra 1000 bucks then the Cool Play 6 is a very ‘Cool’ bargain at that price tag.

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