Nokia 8.1 vs Huawei Mate X2 Specs Comparison

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8.8
Huawei Mate X2
Nokia 8.1 Huawei Mate X2
Released · Dec 21, 2018
Released · Feb 25, 2021
6.2-inch · 2280x1080px
8.0-inch · 2480x2200px
Dual camera
Quad camera
4GB · 64GB
8GB · 256GB
3500 mAh
4500 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 05, 2018 Feb 22, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
$2785

Design

Dimensions
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches
154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm
6.37 x 5.74 x 0.32 inches
161.8 x 145.8 x 8.2 mm
Folded
6.37 x2.93 x0.57 inches (161.8 x 74.6 x 14.7 mm)
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g 10.41 oz / 295.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Plastic
Back: Aluminum
Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue Crystal Blue, Crystal Pink, White, Black

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body 8.0-inch, 86.89% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR OLED, 90Hz
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI 2480x2200px, 414 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass
Features
Folding inside the device
Front cover display
6.5 inches
2700 x1160 px
OLED
90Hz refresh rate, Ambient light sensor, Proximity senso
Rear cover display
Part of the main display
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 1.8 (Good)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm) Kirin 9000 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2200 MHz
Kryo 360
Octa-core
Cortex-A77@3.13 GHz
3 x Cortex-A77@2.54 GHz
4 x Cortex-A55@2.05 GHz
GPU
Adreno 616 Mali-G78
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB
8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB not expandable
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie) Android (10)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Ion 4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge
Charge speed
Wired: 55.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Quad camera, Doubles as a selfie camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
50 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 23 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.28"
Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
13 MP 16 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 17 mm
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF)
Optical zoom: 10.0x
Aperture size: F4.4
Focal Length: 240 mm
Fourth camera
12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF)
Optical zoom: 3.0x
Aperture size: F2.4
Focal Length: 70 mm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (960 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP 16 MP (Wide Angle)
Video capture: UW 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 5.2
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,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Infrared

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
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79, n80, n84
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
with 512GB storage
Memory 512GB
With HarmonyOS
OS HarmonyOS 2
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