Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8

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Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)

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Honor 8 or Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8 Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016)
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Release date 2016, July 2015, December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm | 5.73 x 5.73 x 2.8 in 134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3 mm | 5.3 x 5.3 x 2.57 in
Weight 153 g | 5.4 oz 132 g | 4.66 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Gold Black, White, Gold, Pink
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 58 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 4.7" in
Screen area 74.9 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.5% 69.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 423 PPI 312 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF & laser AF
-12 MP B/W, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9'', 1.25µm, PDAF & laser AF
-13 MP, AF, f/1.9
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 1/3.2'', 1.4µm 5 MP, f/1.9

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 8 Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Exynos 7578
- Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-T720MP2
Adreno 306
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 357
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1021
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 436
GeekBench 5 Single Core 338 102
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1208 358
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1665 613
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5203 1827
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3962 1124
GeekBench 4 Battery 1920

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps or LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 1.45 W/kg (head)    
SAR - 1.31 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.49 W/kg (head)     0.62 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
-DTS sound
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass , Infrared port - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
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--Custom function back button
- Fast battery charging: 47% in 30 min (Smart Power 4.0)

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Versions
- Versions: FRD-L19 (Europe, Global); FRD-L14 (USA); FRD-L04 (USA, Canada); FRD-AL00 (Hong Kong, China, USA); FRD-TL00 (China); FRD-AL10 (China)

- Versions: A310F (Europe); A310F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); A310M (LATAM); A310M (LATAM, Brazil); A310Y (Australia, New Zealand). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) Duos with dual-SIM card slots

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