Huawei Mate 8 vs Samsung Google Nexus S Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Samsung Google Nexus S

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Huawei Mate 8 or Samsung Google Nexus S Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 8 Samsung Google Nexus S
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Release date 2015, November 2010, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in 123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm | 4.88 x 4.88 x 2.48 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown Black, White
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
Stand by time - Up to 713 h (2G) / Up to 428 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
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Screen

Technology IPS-NEO LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 4" in
Screen area 98.7 cm2 45.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 78.0% 58.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 368 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Oleophobic coating
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF -5 MP, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps w480p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide) VGA
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4 Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Hummingbird Exynos
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 PowerVR SGX540
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) No
Internal memory 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29
16 GB, 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1683
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5282
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29 Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 2.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.58 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.47 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min

- MP4/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
-Organizer
-Photo/video editor
-Voice memo/dial/commands
-Predictive text input
-Near Field Communications
Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

- Previously known as Samsung i9020

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