Nokia 8.1 vs Google Pixel 7a Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 05, 2018	May 10, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$499 | €509

Design

Dimensions
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches 154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm	6.00 x 2.87 x 0.35 inches (~0.41 inches with camera bump) 152.4 x 72.9 x 9 mm (~10.50 mm with camera bump)
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	6.81 oz / 193.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Plastic
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue	Charcoal, Snow, Sea, and Coral

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 80.86% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR	OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 431 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1277 (Average)
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm)	Google Tensor G2 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 360	Octa-core 2x2.85GHz Cortex-X1 2x2.35G​Hz Cortex-A78 4x1.80​GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 616	Mali-G710 MP7
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (15, 14, 13)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1437
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3461
3D Mark High
Untested	1631
3D Mark Low
Untested	1095

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Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Ion	4385 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging Qi wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 18.0W Wireless: 7.5W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 4min

Browsing

15h 27min

Video

9h 7min

Gaming

5h 27min

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm	64 MP Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.73" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP	13 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p
Front
20 MP	13 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

133

Overall

140

Photo

127

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n28, n30, n38, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n260, n261, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 25, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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