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Huawei Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

2.8 in
5.73 in
Huawei Honor 8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor 8
2.68 in
5.86 in
Samsung Galaxy S8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S8
Available colors
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Hardware

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
4 GB

Display

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Screen size5.2 in5.8 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • LTPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Quad HD+ Super AMOLED
Pixel density424.0 ppi570.0 ppi

Rear camera

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Primary sensor size1/2,9"1/2.55"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px

Front camera

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary sensor size1/2,9"1/2.55"
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
  • Automatic
  • Manual

Storage

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
Maximum card storage128GB256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Midnight black
  • Pearl white
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Arctic silver
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Midnight black
  • Orchid grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Rose pink
  • Silver
  • Turquoise

Dimensions

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Height5.73 in5.86 in
Width2.8 in2.68 in
Depth0.29 in0.31 in
Weight5.4 oz5.47 oz

Sensors

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Dual sim supportyesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.15.0
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
NFCyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
Video outputNoDisplayPort over USB-C

Cellular

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • Galileo
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
Streaming standardsMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Huawei Honor 8Huawei Honor 8
Samsung Galaxy S8Samsung Galaxy S8
Battery capacity3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time420.0 h326.0 h
Talk time20.0 h20.0 h

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