Nokia 8 vs Nokia 2 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 8
Nokia 8 Nokia 2
Released · Aug 28, 2017
Released · Nov 15, 2017
5.3-inch · 2560x1440px
5.0-inch · 1280x720px
Dual camera
Single camera
4GB · 64GB
1GB · 8GB
3090 mAh
4100 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 16, 2017 Oct 31, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.96 x 2.90 x 0.31 inches
151.5 x 73.7 x 7.9 mm
5.65 x 2.81 x 0.37 inches
143.5 x 71.3 x 9.3 mm
Weight
5.64 oz / 160.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Plastic
Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash; IP54 Splash; IP52
Biometrics
Iris scanner, 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, Brown, White

Display

Size
5.3-inch, 69.44% screen-to-body 5.0-inch, 67.28% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 700 nits LCD
Resolution
2560x1440px, 554 PPI 1280x720px, 294 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
3 (Average) Untested

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 (10 nm) Snapdragon 212 8909 v2 (28 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2500 MHz
Kryo 280
Quad-core
1300 MHz
ARM Cortex-A7
GPU
Adreno 540 Adreno 304
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
1GB (LPDDR3)/8GB
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 (8.1 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
3090 mAh, Li - Ion 4100 mAh
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Single 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
8 MP (Autofocus)
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 LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Yes
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
13 MP (Wide Angle)
Video capture: 4K UHD
5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 4.1
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
802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 3.1 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
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
Radio
FM, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

Memory 6GB/128GB
Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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