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Huawei Nova Mobile Phone
Huawei Nova
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Huawei P20 Pro Mobile Phone
Huawei P20 Pro
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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3.7 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 8.1Android 7.1
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz2.36 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 506ARM Mali-G72 MP12ARM Mali-G71 MP20
RAM memory3 GB6 GB6 GB

Display

Screen size5.0 in6.1 in6.3 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1080 x 2240 px1440 x 2960 px
Technology
  • IPS
  • IPS TFT
AMOLEDAMOLED
Pixel density443.0 ppi408.0 ppi521.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnono
N/A
Scratch resistant displaynoyes
N/A
HDRnono
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx40.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps960.0 fps240.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/1.7"1/2.55"
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
20.0 Mpx
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
F/1.6
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
3D Capture
N/A
N/A
no
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
2x
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yes
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx24.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
Lens aperture
N/A
F/2.0
N/A

Storage

Internal storage32 GB128 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesnoyes
Maximum card storage128GB
N/A
256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • Titanium grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Twilight
  • Gold
  • Black
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Magnesium
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnoyes
N/A
Shock resistantnono
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.56 in6.1 in6.4 in
Width2.72 in2.91 in2.94 in
Depth0.28 in0.31 in0.34 in
Weight5.15 oz6.35 oz6.88 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyes
N/A
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
Fingerprintyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometer
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yes
Face scanner
N/A
N/A
no

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
  • no
  • yes
no
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednonono
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version4.14.25.0
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX HD
  • aptX
  • LDAC
  • SBC
SBC
NFCnoyes
N/A
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm
N/A
3.5 mm
USB version1.0
3.0/3.1
3.0/3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputNoDisplayPort over USB-CDisplayPort over USB-C

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
N/A
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 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
  • LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
VoWiFi
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
3G UMTSyesyesyes
4G LTEyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynono
N/A
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium Polymer
N/A
Battery capacity3020.0 mAh4000.0 mAh3300.0 mAh
Standby time420.0 h421.0 h220.0 h
Talk time33.0 h22.0 h22.0 h
Fast chargingnoyes
N/A
Wireless charging nono
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
Huawei SuperChargeQualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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