Honor Note 8 vs Nothing Phone (2a) Plus Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 01, 2016	Mar 05, 2024
Prices (MSRP)
$420	$399

Design

Dimensions
7.04 x 3.58 x 0.28 inches 178.8 x 90.9 x 7.18 mm	6.37 x 3.00 x 0.33 inches 161.7 x 76.3 x 8.5 mm
Weight
7.73 oz / 219.0 g	6.70 oz / 190.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Yes; IP54
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray	Black, Grey

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 73.85% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 87.28% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	AMOLED, 120Hz, 1300 nits
Resolution
2560x1440px, 445 PPI	2412x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 394 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955	MediaTek Dimensity 7350 Pro (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2500 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x3.0GHz Cortex-A715 6x2.0​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Mali-G610 MC4
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/32GB 4GB/64GB	8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1205
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	2672
3D Mark High
Untested	1380
3D Mark Low
Untested	1371

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Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh
Charging
Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 50.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 40min

Browsing

14h 4min

Video

10h 27min

Gaming

9h 19min

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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 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	50 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps)
Front
8 MP	50 MP

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N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

121

Overall

132

Photo

110

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 Multiple antennas, MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
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, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n39, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 7	1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 42
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	$345

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Memory	12GB

Memory	64GB
Prices (MSRP)	$375

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