Huawei P9 Plus vs Nokia 8.1 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 06, 2016	Dec 05, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.00 x 2.96 x 0.27 inches 152.3 x 75.3 x 6.98 mm	6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches 154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm
Weight
5.71 oz / 162.0 g	6.35 oz / 180.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, White	Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.78% screen-to-body	6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	IPS LCD, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Corning Gorilla Glass
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 955	Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2500 MHz ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 360
GPU
Mali-T880 MP4	Adreno 616
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 400 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3400 mAh, Li - Polymer	3500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
12 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9" Pixel size: 1.25 μm	13 MP
Flash
Dual LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Autofocus) Video capture: 1080p	20 MP

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	b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	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	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Apr 22, 2016 FCC ID value: QISVIE-L09
Measured SAR
Head: 1.40 W/kg Body: 0.72 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.19 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes
FCC approval	Date approved: Apr 27, 2016 FCC ID value: QISVIE-L29
Measured SAR	Head: 1.37 W/kg Body: 0.68 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.17 W/kg

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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