Honor Note 8 vs Nothing Phone (2) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 01, 2016	Jul 11, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
$420	$599

Design

Dimensions
7.04 x 3.58 x 0.28 inches 178.8 x 90.9 x 7.18 mm	6.38 x 3.01 x 0.34 inches 162.1 x 76.4 x 8.6 mm
Weight
7.73 oz / 219.0 g	7.10 oz / 201.2 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water; IP54
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 73.85% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 89.61% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1600 nits
Resolution
2560x1440px, 445 PPI	2412x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 394 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	3 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955	Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SM8475 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2500 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.0GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.5GH​z Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 730
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1658
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	4358
3D Mark High
Untested	2674
3D Mark Low
Untested	1654

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Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Polymer	4700 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 29min

Browsing

15h 59min

Video

10h 14min

Gaming

5h 27min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	50 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/2.76"
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (60 fps) OIS, HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
8 MP	32 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

139

Overall

147

Photo

131

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
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, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, SBAS, NavIC, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n75, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 7	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$345

Memory	12GB/256GB

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$375

Memory	12GB/512GB