Honor 8 Specs Comparison

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Honor 8
Honor 8
Released · Jul 19, 2016
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
Dual camera
4GB · 64GB
3000 mAh

Availability

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

Design

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

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 72.02% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)

Hardware

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

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera
Main camera
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
Video recording
1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps)
Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP

Connectivity & Features

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

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
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-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

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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