Honor 8X vs Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018)

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Honor 8X or Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018)
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Release date 2018, September 2018, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 160.2 x 75.7 x 7.9 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 2.98 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 186 g | 6.56 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Glass front, aluminum back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Black, Gold, Blue, Lavender
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 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% 75.3%
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 3
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), PDAF
-5 MP, f/1.9, depth sensor
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 24 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 24 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide)
Functions HDR LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 10, One UI 2.0
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 506
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, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3/4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 171131
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1565
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5451
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 4055
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), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - A605G/DS
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (optional)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 0.36 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recordin
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-Dolby Atmos sound (headphones only)

Other features

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

- ANT+
--Samsung Pay
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Also known as Samsung Galaxy A9 Star Lite in China; Galaxy Jean in Korea

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