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Huawei Honor V8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor V8
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
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Sony Xperia M2 Mobile Phone
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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 6.0Android 4.1Android 4.2Android 4.4
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz1.0 GHz1.0 GHz1.2 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreDual-coreQuad-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8230Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-400 MP1Qualcomm Adreno 305Qualcomm Adreno 305
RAM memory4 GB1 GB1 GB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in4.0 in4.3 in4.8 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px854 x 480 px960 x 540 px
TechnologyIPS LCD
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
TN TFTTN TFT
Pixel density386.0 ppi233.0 ppi228.0 ppi229.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnononono
HDRnononono
Multi touchyesyesyesyes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
noyesyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f2.6 f
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Digital zoomyesyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyesyes
Smile detectionyesyesyesyes
Touch focusyesyesyesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
N/A
4x

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx0.3 Mpx0.3 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
8 GB8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB32GB32GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
microSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Purple
  • White
MaterialMetalPlasticPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnononono
Shock resistantnononono

Dimensions

Height6.18 in4.78 in5.07 in5.5 in
Width3.06 in2.48 in2.56 in2.8 in
Depth0.31 in0.39 in0.38 in0.34 in
Weight6.0 oz3.95 oz4.83 oz5.22 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyes
N/A
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnonono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMini-SIMMini-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.04.04.0
NFCyes
  • no
  • yes
yesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version
3.1
2.02.02.0
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesnoyes
Video outputDisplayPort over USB-CNoMHLNo
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyesyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBCSBCSBC

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGPSGLONASSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
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
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesnonoyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
MiracastMiracast

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3500.0 mAh2000.0 mAh1750.0 mAh2300.0 mAh
Standby time437.0 h450.0 h498.0 h633.0 h
Talk time25.0 h14.0 h8.0 h15.0 h
Fast chargingnononono
Wireless charging nononono
Replaceable battery
N/A
yesyesno

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