Nokia 6 (2018) vs Nokia 8.1 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 6 (2018) Nokia 8.1
Released · Apr 02, 2018
Released · Dec 21, 2018
5.5-inch · 1920x1080px
6.2-inch · 2280x1080px
Single camera
Dual camera
3GB · 32GB
4GB · 64GB
3000 mAh
3500 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2018 Dec 05, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
$269

Design

Dimensions
5.86 x 2.98 x 0.34 inches
148.8 x 75.8 x 8.6 mm
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches
154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm
Weight
6.07 oz / 172.0 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
Black, Blue, White Silver, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 74.02% screen-to-body 6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 450 nits IPS LCD, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI 2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent) Untested

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 630 SDM630 (14 nm) Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2200 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2200 MHz
Kryo 360
GPU
Adreno 508 Adreno 616
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
4GB/64GB
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 400 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo) Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh 3500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Pixel size: 1 μm
12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Second camera
13 MP
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Video calling
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Wide Angle) 20 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 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, USB 2.0 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, 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, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA 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
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 64 GB storage
Memory 4GB/64GB
with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
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