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Huawei Honor V8 Mobile Phone
Huawei Honor V8
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Mobile Phone
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Tecno S5 Mobile Phone
Tecno S5
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3 editorial reviews
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 5.0Android 4.2
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz2.5 GHz1.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-coreDual-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-ACMediaTek MT6572
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4Qualcomm Adreno 330ARM Mali-400
RAM memory4 GB2 GB512 MB

Display

Screen size5.7 in5.1 in4.5 in
Touchscreenyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1080 x 1920 px854 x 480 px
TechnologyIPS LCDAMOLEDIPS LCD
Pixel density386.0 ppi432.0 ppi218.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnoyes
N/A
HDRnono
N/A
Multi touchyesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0
N/A
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px3840 x 2160 px1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
Digital zoomyesyes
N/A
Face detectionyesyes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyes
N/A
Smile detectionyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps
N/A
Burst Mode
N/A
yes
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx1.2 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
N/A
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB128GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD

Dimensions

Height6.18 in5.71 in5.35 in
Width3.06 in2.89 in2.71 in
Depth0.31 in0.35 in0.42 in
Weight6.0 oz6.0 oz
N/A

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
N/A
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
N/A
Gyroscopeyesyes
N/A
Barometer
N/A
yes
N/A
Pedometer
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A
ANT+
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesno
N/A
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIM
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.03.0 HS
NFCyesyes
N/A
Charging connectionUSBUSB
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version
3.1
2.0
N/A
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
Micro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
N/A
Video outputDisplayPort over USB-CMHL
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
yes
N/A
Bluetooth profile
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
Bluetooth codec
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSDPA
Navigation systemGPSGLONASSGPS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
3G UMTSyesyes
N/A
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
4G LTEyesyes
N/A
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
Miracast
N/A

Battery

Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity3500.0 mAh2800.0 mAh1800.0 mAh
Standby time437.0 h480.0 h
N/A
Talk time25.0 h29.0 h
N/A
Fast chargingnoyes
N/A
Wireless charging nono
N/A
Replaceable battery
N/A
yes
N/A

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