Phone Comparison - Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S9+

Honor 8
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general General Info

Manufacturer Honor Samsung
Announced July 2016 February 2018
Status Available - August 2016 Coming Soon, March 2018
Price Rs. 18,999 ($400.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,999 ($890.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Sunrise Gold, Midnight Black, Sakura Pink, Sapphire Blue, White Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm
(5.73 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
158.1 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
(6.22 x 2.91 x 0.33 in)
Weight 153 g (5.4 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53, HiSilicon Kirin 950 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - USA & China, Exynos 9810 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 [Similar]
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 [Similar] Mali-G72 MP18 - EMEA
Adreno 630 - USA & China [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches [Similar] 6.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (531 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.03% 83.59%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP, f/2.2 [Similar] Dual12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Yes LED Flash
Features 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.6 + f/2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55", 1.4 µm, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, Dual Pixel AF, OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, HDR 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 8 MP, f/2.4, LED flash [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.6, autofocus, 1440p, dual video call, Auto HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -