Honor 6A vs Honor 8 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 12, 2017	Jul 11, 2016
Prices (MSRP)
	$499

Design

Dimensions
5.66 x 2.80 x 0.32 inches 143.7 x 71 x 8.2 mm	5.73 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches 145.5 x 71 x 7.45 mm
Weight
5.01 oz / 142.0 g	5.40 oz / 153.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver	Black, Gold, Pink, Blue, White

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 67.41% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 72.02% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 430 MSM8937 (28 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 505	Mali-T880 MP4
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 3GB/32GB 4GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3020 mAh	3000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Focal length: 28 mm	12 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 35 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 35 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE, HSPA	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Sep 20, 2016 FCC ID value: QISFRD-L04
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.07 W/kg Body: 0.24 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$399

with 32 GB storage

Memory	3GB/32GB

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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