Honor 8X vs Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

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Honor 8X or Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)
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Release date 2018, September 2017, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 159.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm | 6.3 x 6.3 x 2.98 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 191 g | 6.74 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 73 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 91.4 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 75.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 2220 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 411 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8”, 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 16 MP, Dual
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), 1/3.1'', 1.0µm
8 MP, f/1.9, 1/4.0'', 1.12µm
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G71
External memory microSD, up to 400 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 171131 137850
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340 311
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 816
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435 402
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 305
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 950
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1565 1455
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5451 4083
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055 3547
GeekBench 4 Battery 3935

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.30 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Charging 5V/2A 10W

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-ANT+
- Fast battery charging
- Samsung Pay
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Versions: A730F (Global Single-SIM); A730F/DS (Global Dual-SIM). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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