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Huawei Honor V8 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 4.1
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz1.0 GHz1.7 GHz
CPU cores8-coreDual-coreDual-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8420Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4ARM Mali-400 MP1Qualcomm Adreno 320
RAM memory4 GB1 GB1 GB

Display

Screen size5.7 in4.0 in4.6 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px800 x 480 px1280 x 720 px
TechnologyIPS LCD
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
TN TFT
Pixel density386.0 ppi233.0 ppi319.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonoyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
noyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f2.6 f2.4 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Digital zoomyesyes
N/A
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Smile detectionyesyesyes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx0.3 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 8 GB
8 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB32GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
microSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
MaterialMetalPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
Water resistantnonono
Shock resistantnonono

Dimensions

Height6.18 in4.78 in5.14 in
Width3.06 in2.48 in2.64 in
Depth0.31 in0.39 in0.39 in
Weight6.0 oz3.95 oz5.47 oz

Sensors

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

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMini-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.04.0
NFCyes
  • no
  • yes
yes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
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)yesyesyes
Video outputDisplayPort over USB-CNoMHL
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBCSBC

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
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesnoyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
Miracast

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3500.0 mAh2000.0 mAh2370.0 mAh
Standby time437.0 h450.0 h734.0 h
Talk time25.0 h14.0 h19.0 h
Fast chargingnonono
Wireless charging nonono
Replaceable battery
N/A
yesno

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