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Huawei Mate 8 vs Huawei Mate S

3.17 in
6.19 in
Huawei Mate 8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Mate 8
2.96 in
5.9 in
Huawei Mate S Mobile Phone
Huawei Mate S
Available colors
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Hardware

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 5.1
CPU clock speed2.3 GHz2.2 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 935
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-T624
RAM memory
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
3 GB

Display

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Screen size6.0 in5.5 in
Touchscreenyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyIPS TFTAMOLED
Pixel density367.0 ppi401.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnono
Scratch resistant displayyesyes
HDRnono

Rear camera

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f2.0 f
Video recordingyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyes
Burst Modeyesyes
Digital zoomyesyes
Face detectionyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyes
HDR Captureyesyes
LED Flashyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyesyes
Panoramayesyes
Smile detectionyesyes
Touch focusyesyes

Front camera

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx

Storage

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyes
Maximum card storage128GB128GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD

Design

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Silver
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Rose Gold
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • White
  • Titanium
  • Grey
  • Pink
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Metal
Aluminum
Water resistantnono
Shock resistantnono

Dimensions

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Height6.19 in5.9 in
Width3.17 in2.96 in
Depth0.31 in0.28 in
Weight6.53 oz5.5 oz

Sensors

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Other features

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
FM radioyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Dual sim supportyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyes
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.0
Bluetooth profileA2DPA2DP
NFCyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
Video outputNoNo

Cellular

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGLONASSS-GPS
2G GSMyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyes

Battery

Huawei Mate 8Huawei Mate 8
Huawei Mate SHuawei Mate S
Replaceable batterynono
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Battery capacity4000.0 mAh2700.0 mAh
Standby time528.0 h483.0 h
Talk time18.0 h13.0 h
Fast chargingnono
Wireless charging nono

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