Nokia 8.1 vs Nokia 7.2 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Dec 05, 2018	Sep 05, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.09 x 2.98 x 0.31 inches 154.8 x 75.76 x 7.97 mm	6.29 x 2.96 x 0.32 inches 159.88 x 75.11 x 8.25 mm
Weight
6.35 oz (180.0 g)	6.35 oz (180.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Silver, Brown, Blue	Cyan green, Charcoal, Ice

Display

Size
6.2-inch, 81.42% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 81.11% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, HDR	IPS LCD, HDR
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 408 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 409 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 710 SDM710 (10 nm)	Snapdragon 660 SDM660 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 360	Octa-core 2200 MHz Kryo 260
GPU
Adreno 616	Adreno 512
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB 4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 400 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

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

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

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Gaming

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Battery Life Estimate

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Browsing

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Video

7h 29min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple 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 Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
13 MP	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	5 MP (Depth information)
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p
Front
20 MP	20 MP 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	b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 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, 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

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	aptX
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD)
	Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 28, 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
	Bands 38, 40, 41
3G
	Bands 1, 2, 4, 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 Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), 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

Global version

4G (FDD)	Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28
3G	Bands 5, 8, 1
Other	NFC

with 64 GB storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

Links

Full specifications
Nokia 8.1 Specs	Nokia 7.2 Specs
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