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Nokia 8.1 vs Nokia 5.1 Specs Comparison

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Nokia 8.1
Nokia 5.1
Nokia 8.1 Nokia 5.1
Released · Dec 21, 2018
Released · Aug 10, 2018
6.2-inch · 2280x1080px
5.5-inch · 2160x1080px
Dual camera
Single camera
4GB · 64GB
3GB · 32GB
3500 mAh
2970 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 05, 2018 May 29, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches
154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm 		5.95 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches
151.1 x 70.73 x 8.27 mm
Weight
6.35 oz (180.0 g) 5.29 oz (150.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Plastic 		Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue Black, Brown, Blue

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body 5.5-inch, 73.15% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR IPS LCD
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI 2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 439 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm) MediaTek Helio P18 MT6755S
Processor
Octa-core
2200 MHz
Kryo 360 		Octa-core
2000 MHz
GPU
Adreno 616 Yes
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
6GB/128GB 		3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
2GB/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Ion 2970 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Sensor size: 1/2.55"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm 		16 MP (PDAF)
Second camera
13 MP
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p
EIS, Video calling, Video sharing 		1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP 8 MP (Wide Angle)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 4.2
WLAN
b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 b, g, n, ac 		a,b,g,n,dual-band
Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, 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
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 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, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage
Memory 6GB/128GB
with 16 GB storage
Memory 2GB/16GB
for India
4G (FDD) Bands 1, 3, 5
4G (TDD) Bands 40, 41
for LATAM, AU and Taiwan
4G (FDD) Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 28
4G (TDD) Bands 38, 40
3G Bands 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
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