Honor 8 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8

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Honor 8 or Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8 Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S
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Release date 2016, July 2011, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm | 5.73 x 5.73 x 2.8 in 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm | 4.92 x 4.92 x 2.48 in
Weight 153 g | 5.4 oz 117 g | 4.13 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame
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Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Gold Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black, Sakura Pink
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 460 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 7 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 35 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 37 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD LED-backlit LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 4.2" in
Screen area 74.9 cm2 48.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.5% 61.7%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 480 x 854 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 423 PPI 233 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Scratch-resistant glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 8 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
-8 MP, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 1/3.2'', 1.4µm

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 8 Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread), 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon S2
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - 1.4 GHz Scorpion
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 205
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 8 GB included
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 1 GB (320 MB user available), 512 MB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 357
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1021
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 436
GeekBench 5 Single Core 338
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1208
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1665 310
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5203 289
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3962
GeekBench 4 Battery 1920

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
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
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS; GLONASS
NFC Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 2.1, A2DP, EDR
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 1.45 W/kg (head)    

SAR EU - 0.66 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
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)

- ANT+
-HDMI port
-MP4/H.264/WMV player
-MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
-TrackID music recognition
-NeoReader barcode scanner
-Document viewer
-Voice memo/dial/commands
-Predictive text input
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)

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