Honor 8X vs Samsung Galaxy A71 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 03, 2018	Dec 12, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.31 x 3.02 x 0.31 inches 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm	6.44 x 2.99 x 0.30 inches 163.6 x 76 x 7.7 mm
Weight
6.17 oz (175.0 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, Blue, Red	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush white, Prism Crush pink, Prism Crush blue

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 84.36% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 87.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED Plus, 60Hz
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm)	Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 470
GPU
Mali-G51 MP4	Adreno 618
Memory
4GB/128GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 8GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)	Android (12, 11, 10)

Battery

Type
3750 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging

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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
20 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm	64 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4	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
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) EIS
Front
16 MP	32 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
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, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, 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, 3, 7, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA, HSUPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

with 8 GB RAM

Memory	8GB

Links

Full specifications
Honor 8X Specs	Samsung Galaxy A71 Specs
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