Huawei nova vs Nokia 8 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 8
Huawei nova Nokia 8
Released · Oct 15, 2016
Released · Aug 28, 2017
5.0-inch · 1920x1080px
5.3-inch · 2560x1440px
Single camera
Dual camera
3GB · 32GB
4GB · 64GB
3020 mAh
3090 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016 Aug 16, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
€399

Design

Dimensions
5.56 x 2.72 x 0.28 inches
141.2 x 69.1 x 7.1 mm
5.96 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches
151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.15 oz / 146.0 g 5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IP54
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Iris scanner, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.64% screen-to-body 5.3-inch, 69.44% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD, 700 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 441 PPI 2560x1440px, 554 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
4 (Poor) 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953 Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2500 MHz
Kryo 280
GPU
Adreno 506 Adreno 540
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3020 mAh, Li - Polymer 3090 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Camera

Rear
Single camera Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Pixel size: 1.25 μm
13 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
13 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Focal Length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP 13 MP (Wide Angle)
Video capture: 4K UHD

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 5.0
WLAN
b,g,n
802.11 b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, 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
Additional microphone(s)
Yes Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 7, 8, 20 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Sep 09, 2016
FCC ID value: QISCAN-LX1
Measured SAR
Head: 1.42 W/kg
Body: 0.72 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.43 W/kg

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