Nokia 8.1 vs Huawei nova 5T Specs Comparison

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Nokia 8.1 Huawei nova 5T
Released · Dec 21, 2018
Released · September 2019
6.2-inch · 2280x1080px
6.3-inch · 2340x1080px
Dual camera
Quad camera
4GB · 64GB
6GB · 128GB
3500 mAh
3750 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 05, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches
154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm
6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches
154.25 x 73.97 x 7.87 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g 6.14 oz / 174.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Plastic
Back: Glass
Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue Midsummer purple, Black, Crush blue

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body 6.3-inch, 84.41% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR IPS LCD
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 412 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2200 MHz
Kryo 360
Octa-core
2600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 616 Mali-G76 MP10
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB not expandable
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie) Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Ion 3750 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Quad camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
48 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 28 mm
Sensor size: 1/2"
Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP 16 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 13 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.1"
Third camera
2 MP (Macro)
Aperture size: F2.4
Focal Length: 27 mm
Fourth camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
20 MP 32 MP (EIS, HDR)
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 5.0
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, 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 32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1
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, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
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