Huawei nova 2 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 11, 2017	Feb 26, 2018

Design

Dimensions
5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches 142.2 x 68.9 x 6.9 mm	5.31 x 2.56 x 0.48 inches 135 x 65 x 12.1 mm
Weight
5.04 oz / 143.0 g	5.93 oz / 168.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue	Black, Silver, Pink, Green

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.39% screen-to-body	5.0-inch, 73.56% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, HDR, 700 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 441 PPI	2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 483 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	5 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 659	Snapdragon 845 SDM845 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2800 MHz Kryo 385
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 630
Memory
4GB/64GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 400 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
2950 mAh, Li - Polymer	2870 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, USB Power Delivery

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.25 μm	19 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 25 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
8 MP Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP	5 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 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, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Step detector, Step counter, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 15/5 (800/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Jul 25, 2018 FCC ID value: PY7-24118Q
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.78 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.44 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.07 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

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