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Huawei Mate 20 vs Huawei Mate 8

    3.04 in
    6.23 in
    Huawei Mate 20 Mobile Phone
    Huawei Mate 20
      3.17 in
      6.19 in
      Huawei Mate 8 Mobile Phone
      Huawei Mate 8
      Available colors
      Editiorial reviews
      17
      4.5 out of 5
      8 user ratings
      5 stars
      		75 %
      4 stars
      		25 %
      3 stars
      		0 %
      2 stars
      		0 %
      1 stars
      		0 %
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      7 editorial reviews
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      User rating
      43
      4.3 out of 5
      43 user ratings
      5 stars
      		46 %
      4 stars
      		37 %
      3 stars
      		16 %
      2 stars
      		0 %
      1 stars
      		0 %
      37
      4.1 out of 5
      37 user ratings
      5 stars
      		37 %
      4 stars
      		32 %
      3 stars
      		29 %
      2 stars
      		0 %
      1 stars
      		0 %

      Full Comparison

      Units:

      Hardware

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Operating systemAndroid 9.0Android 6.0
      CPU clock speed2.6 GHz2.3 GHz
      CPU cores8-core8-core
      CPU modelHuawei Hisilicon Kirin 980Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 950
      RAM memory
      • 4 GB
      • 6 GB
      • 3 GB
      • 4 GB

      Display

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Screen size6.53 in6.0 in
      Number of colors16.7M16.7M
      Resolution2244 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
      TechnologyIPSIPS TFT
      Pixel density381.0 ppi367.0 ppi

      Rear camera

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx

      Front camera

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Primary resolution24.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx

      Storage

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Internal storage
      • 128 GB
      • 64 GB
      • 128 GB
      • 32 GB
      • 64 GB

      Design

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Colour of productTwilight
      • Black
      • Brown
      • Grey
      • Silver
      • White
      • Yellow

      Dimensions

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Height6.23 in6.19 in
      Width3.04 in3.17 in
      Depth0.33 in0.31 in
      Weight6.63 oz6.53 oz

      Sensors

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Proximityyesyes
      Digital compassyesyes
      Ambient light sensoryesyes
      Gyroscopeyesyes
      Barometeryesyes

      Connectivity

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Dual sim supportyesyes
      Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
      Bluetoothyesyes
      Bluetooth version5.04.1
      NFCyesyes
      Charging connectionUSBUSB
      Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm

      Cellular

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Data transmission
      • GPRS
      • EDGE
      • HSDPA
      • HSUPA
      • HSPA+
      • VoLTE
      • FDD-LTE
      • TDD-LTE
      • VoWiFi
      		HSPA+
      Navigation system
      • GPS
      • A-GPS
      • GLONASS
      • BeiDou
      • Galileo
      • QZSS
      		GLONASS
      GSM frequencies
      • 1800 MHz
      • 1900 MHz
      • 850 MHz
      • 900 MHz
      • 850 MHz
      • 900 MHz
      • 1800 MHz
      • 1900 MHz
      UMTS frequences
      • 1700 MHz
      • 1900 MHz
      • 2100 MHz
      • 800 MHz
      • 850 MHz
      • 900 MHz
      • 850 MHz
      • 900 MHz
      • 1800 MHz
      • 1900 MHz

      Battery

      Huawei Mate 20Huawei Mate 20
      Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
      Battery capacity4000.0 mAh4000.0 mAh

      Pros & Cons

      Pros
          Cons

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