Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A71 Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
5.73 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches 145.5 x 71 x 7.45 mm	6.44 x 2.99 x 0.30 inches 163.6 x 76 x 7.7 mm
Weight
5.40 oz (153.0 g)	6.31 oz (179.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, Blue, White	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush white, Prism Crush pink, Prism Crush blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch	6.7-inch
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
Technology
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED Plus
Refresh rate
	60Hz
Screen-to-body
72.02 %	87.24 %
Features
Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 470
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 618
RAM
4GB (LPDDR4)	6GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage
64GB	128GB, available to use: 106.1 GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow), Huawei Emotion UI	Android (12, 11, 10), Samsung One UI

Battery

Capacity
3000 mAh	4500 mAh
Type
Li - Polymer	Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 59min

Browsing

11h 32min

Video

11h 38min

Gaming

12h 46min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad 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	64 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 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	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 25 mm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (120 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (240 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (960 fps) EIS
Front
8 MP	32 MP (HDR), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
802.11 b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
NFC, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)	Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, 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

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

Buyers information

MSRP
$ 499

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 11, 2016	Dec 12, 2019

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Internal storage	32GB
MSRP	$ 399

with 8 GB RAM

RAM	8GB

with 32 GB storage

RAM	3GB
Internal storage	32GB

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

Full specifications
Honor 8 Specs	Samsung Galaxy A71 Specs
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