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Nokia 8 vs Huawei nova 2 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 8
Huawei nova 2
Nokia 8 Huawei nova 2
Released · Aug 28, 2017
5.3-inch · 2560x1440px
5.0-inch · 1920x1080px
Dual camera
Dual camera
4GB · 64GB
4GB · 64GB
3090 mAh
2950 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 16, 2017 Jul 11, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.96 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches
151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm 		5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches
142.2 x 68.9 x 6.9 mm
Weight
5.64 oz (160.0 g) 5.04 oz (143.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IP54
Biometrics
Iris scanner, Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue Black, Gold, Blue

Display

Size
5.3-inch, 69.44% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 70.39% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 700 nits IPS LCD
Resolution
2560x1440px, 554 PPI 1920x1080px, 441 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 659
Processor
Octa-core
2500 MHz
Kryo 280 		Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 540 Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB 		4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat) Android (7.0 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3090 mAh, Li - Ion 2950 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Dual camera
Main camera
13 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm 		12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Pixel size: 1.25 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 		8 MP
Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing 		1080p (30 fps)
Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
13 MP (Wide Angle)
Video capture: 4K UHD 		20 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac 		b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1 Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync 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
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 6, 5, 8, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM

Alternative variants
Memory 6GB/128GB
Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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