Honor 8 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 05, 2017	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 3.05 x 0.27 inches 157 x 77.5 x 6.97 mm	5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
Weight
6.49 oz / 184.0 g	5.61 oz / 159.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 73.65% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
2560x1440px, 515 PPI	1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
5 (Poor)	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 (16 nm)	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2400 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
4000 mAh, Li - Polymer	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm
Second camera
12 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle) Video capture: 1080p	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12 (600/100 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Dec 06, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.55 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

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