Nokia 5 vs Nokia 8 Sirocco Specs Comparison

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Nokia 5
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Nokia 8 Sirocco
Nokia 5 Nokia 8 Sirocco
Released · Jun 16, 2017
Released · Apr 20, 2018
5.2-inch · 1280x720px
5.5-inch · 2560x1440px
Single camera
Dual camera
2GB · 16GB
6GB · 128GB
3000 mAh
3260 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017 Feb 25, 2018

Design

Dimensions
5.89 x 2.85 x 0.32 inches
149.7 x 72.5 x 8.05 mm
5.55 x 2.87 x 0.30 inches
140.93 x 72.97 x 7.5 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Silver, Brown, Blue Black

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 68.83% screen-to-body 5.5-inch, 81.15% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 500 nits P-OLED
Resolution
1280x720px, 282 PPI 2560x1440px, 16:9 ratio, 534 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good) 3 (Average)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 430 8937 Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
1400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2450 MHz
Kryo 280
GPU
Adreno 505 Adreno 540
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
3GB/16GB
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat) Android (10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion 3260 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 4
Qi wireless charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
12 MP (PDAF, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.7
Focal length: 25 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
13 MP (PDAF, CMOS image sensor)
Optical zoom: 2.0x
Aperture size: F2.6
Focal Length: 48 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.4"
Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
1080p
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD
Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle, Autofocus) 5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 5.0
WLAN
b,g,n
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
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
microUSB, USB 2.0 Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

Dual SIM Yes
with 3 GB RAM
Memory 3GB
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