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Huawei Honor V8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor V8
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Nokia Lumia 520 Mobile Phone
Nokia Lumia 520
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Nokia Lumia 820 Mobile Phone
Nokia Lumia 820
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An extraordinarily shiny Android phone with extraordinary specsRead more
With dual cameras, dual Sim, microSD card slot, premium build and two-day battery life, the only thing holding back the Honor 8 is Huawei’s softwareRead more
This well-crafted, midprice handset takes good photos with its double cameras, while saving you big bucks.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Windows Phone 8.1Windows Phone 8
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz1.0 GHz1.5 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreDual-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4Qualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 225
RAM memory4 GB512 MB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in4.0 in4.3 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px800 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS LCDIPS TFTAMOLED
Pixel density386.0 ppi233.0 ppi217.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yesno

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f2.4 f
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Digital zoomyes
N/A
yes
Face detectionyes
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyes
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/4"1/3.2"
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Optical zoom
N/A
4x
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
8 GB8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB64GB64GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
  • Yellow
MaterialMetal
  • Glass
  • Plastic
Plastic
Water resistantnonono
Shock resistantnonono

Dimensions

Height6.18 in4.72 in4.87 in
Width3.06 in2.52 in2.7 in
Depth0.31 in0.39 in0.39 in
Weight6.0 oz4.37 oz5.64 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.04.0
NFCyesnoyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version
3.1
2.02.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesno
N/A
Video outputDisplayPort over USB-CNoNo
DLNA certified
N/A
noyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTEyesnoyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyes
N/A
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3500.0 mAh1430.0 mAh1650.0 mAh
Standby time437.0 h360.0 h330.0 h
Talk time25.0 h14.0 h14.0 h
Fast chargingnonono
Wireless charging nonoyes
Replaceable battery
N/A
yesyes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
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