Samsung Galaxy S20 FE vs Honor Note 8 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

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Honor Note 8

Honor Note 8

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Samsung Galaxy S20 FE or Honor Note 8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S20 FE Honor Note 8
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Release date 2020, September 23 2016, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 159.8 x 74.5 x 8.4 mm | 6.29 x 6.29 x 2.93 in 178.8 x 90.9 x 7.2 mm | 7.04 x 7.04 x 3.58 in
Weight 190 g | 6.7 oz 219 g | 7.73 oz
Body Build Glass front, plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Cloud Lavender, Cloud Mint, Cloud Navy, Cloud White, Cloud Red, Cloud Orange White, Gold, Gray
Battery 4500 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 4500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price $ 500 400 EUR
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6.6" in
Screen area 101.0 cm2 121.2 cm2
Screen format 20:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.8% 74.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2400 px 1440 x 2560 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 407 PPI 443 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Always-on display
-120Hz refresh rate
-HDR10+
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-8 MP, f/2.4, 76mm (telephoto), 1/4.5", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.12µm
-13 MP, f/2.0, OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS 2160p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 115
DxOMark Photo 119
DxOMark Video 101
Front camera, selfie 32 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm 5 MP, f/2.0
Functions HDR
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 10, One UI 2.5 Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 4.1
Chipset - Exynos 990 (7 nm+) - HiSilicon Kirin 955 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.50 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) - Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G77 MP11 Mali-T880 MP4
External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 727232
Antutu 9 Total 623211
Antutu 8 Total 525962
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 735
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2524

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual SIM model only) 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat19 1800/200 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/6, dual-band, 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, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
USB USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.45 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Tuned by AKG
- DTS sound
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 25W
-Fast wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging 4.5W
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Charging 5V/2A 10W
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S20 Fan Edition, Samsung Galaxy S20 Lite, Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

- Also known as Huawei Honor V8 Max

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