Honor 8X vs Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra Comparison and Differences

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Honor 8X

Honor 8X

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Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra

Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra

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Honor 8X or Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Honor 8X Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra
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Release date 2018, September 2018, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 160.4 x 76.6 x 7.8 mm | 6.31 x 6.31 x 3.02 in 163 x 80 x 9.5 mm | 6.42 x 6.42 x 3.15 in
Weight 175 g | 6.17 oz 221 g | 7.8 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink Silver, Black, Blue, Gold
Battery 3750 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3580 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 270 EUR 330 EUR
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6" in
Screen area 103.2 cm2 99.2 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 76.1%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2340 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 397 PPI 367 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 20 MP, Dual 23 MP, Single
Camera specs -20 MP, f/1.8, 27 mm (wide), PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-23 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.3'', PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30/60fps, 480fps, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR
DxOMark Main Score 75
DxOMark Photo 75
DxOMark Video 74
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 16 MP, Dual
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 26 mm (wide) 16 MP, f/2.0, 23mm (wide), 1/2.6'', OIS, AF
8 MP, f/2.4, 1/4''
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30ps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); EMUI 8.2 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Adreno 508
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 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 171131
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 340 190
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1031 825
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 435
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 943
GeekBench 5 Single Core 331 170
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1312 981
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 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat13 600/150 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)    

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, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Charging 5V/2A 10W

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
Versions
- Also known as Honor View 10 Lite

- Also known as Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra Dual with dual-SIM card slots

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