Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note Edge vs Honor 8 vs Huawei Nova 2 Plus

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Honor Huawei
Announced September 2014 July 2016 May 2017
Status Available - Q4 2014 Available - August 2016 Coming Soon - June 2017
Price - Rs. 18,999 ($400.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 27,500 ($425.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink Sunrise Gold, Midnight Black, Sakura Pink, Sapphire Blue, White Aurora Blue, Grass Green, Streamer Gold, Obsidian Black, Rose Go
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 mm
(5.96 x 3.24 x 0.33 in)
145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm
(5.73 x 2.8 x 0.3 in)
153.9 x 74.9 x 6.9 mm
(6.06 x 2.95 x 0.27 in)
Weight 174 g (6.14 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail
Build Features Curved Edge screen - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 + quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex A53, HiSilicon Kirin 950 Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), HiSilicon Kirin 659
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 2.5D Curved Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.6 inches 5.2 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (539 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.96% 72.03% 72.17%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM radio FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels Dual 12 MP, f/2.2 Dual 12 MP + 8 MP
Flash LED Flash Yes Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8 aperture lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.4, LED flash [Similar] 20 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Yes
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3000 mAh 3340 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -