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Huawei Honor Note 8

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Huawei Honor Note 8

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Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900; CDMA 800

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100; CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA

HSDPA 850, 900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)

LTE 800, 850, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-8

2014-2
Status

2014-5

Design
SIM

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

Micro-SIM
Height

178.8 mm

139.7 mm
Width

90.9 mm

71.1 mm
Thickness

7.2 mm

8.6 mm
Weight

219 g

148 g
Colors

Gold, Gray, White

Black, Purple, White

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

TFT capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

6.6 inches

4.8 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

540 x 960 pixels
Pixel density

443 ppi

229 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Multitouch

Yes

-

Hardware
CPU

Quad-core 2.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A72

Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 955

Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (D2303, D2306)Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 (D2305)
GPU

Mali-T880 MP4

Adreno 305
Memory RAM

4 GB

1 GB
Internal storage

32, 64, 128 GB

8 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

256 GB

32 GB

OS
OS

Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Main camera
Camera type

-

Photo / Video
Main camera

13 MP, f/2.0

8 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

autofocus
Primary camera flash

dual-LED (dual tone) flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

-
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

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

-

Selfie camera
Secondary camera

-

VGA camera
Selfie camera

5 MP, f/2.0
Selfie camera video

1080p

480p

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Multimedia
Radio FM

FM radio

FM radio with RDS

Connectivity
WLAN

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

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

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

microUSB 2.0
USB On-The-Go

Yes

Yes
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.2

v4.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

-
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
BDS

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

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Sensors

Fingerprint, accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity

-

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Po

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

4500 mAh

2300 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Talk time 2G

-

13 h 25 min
Talk time 3G

-

14 h 36 min
Standby time 2G

-

588 h
Standby time 3G

-

633 h

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