Huawei Honor 8 vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Huawei Honor 8

Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100; HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat15, 800 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back
SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

145.5 mm

135 mm
Width

71 mm

65 mm
Thickness

7.5 mm

12.1 mm
Weight

153 g

168 g
Waterproof

-

IP65/IP68, 1.5m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

Yes, IP65/IP68
Colors

Midnight Black, Pearl White, Sakura Pink, Sapphire Blue, Sunrise Gold

Black, Coral Pink, Moss Green, White Silver

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.2 inches

5.0 inches
Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

1080 x 2160 pixels
Pixel density

423 ppi

483 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

Yes, max 10 fingers
Display features

-

HDR BT.2020 compliant, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 2.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A72

Quad-core 2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

quad-core 1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 950

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
GPU

Mali-T880 MP4

Adreno 630
Memory RAM

3, 4 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

32, 64 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD(uses second SIM slot)
Memory card max

256 GB

400 GB

Main camera
Main camera

12 MP, f/2.2

19 MP, f/2.0 , 25 mm, 1/2.3" , 1.22 µm
Primary camera resolution

-

5057 x 3796 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@120fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@960fps
Primary camera Autofocus

laser autofocus

predictive phase detection and laser autofocus
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash

LED flash
Electronic image stabilization

-

EIS (gyro)
Primary camera video hdr

HDR

-
Camera features

1.25 µm pixel size, HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Geo-tagging, HDR, face/smile detection, panorama, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

Type-C reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

aptX HD
Infrared

Yes

-
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

-
Java

No

-
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, barometer, color spectrum, compass, gyro, proximity