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| Global Score | |
| 81.6 | 77.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| 2017-10-19 | 2015-12-01 |
| 5.74 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches | 6.19 x 3.17 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.04 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Black, Blue and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 129.00 | $ 690.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 367 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset |
| Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 540 GPU | Mali-T880 MP4 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 12.42 |
| Camera | |
| 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2700mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.64 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Google Pixel 2 is a little bit better than Huawei Mate 8, getting an 81.6 score against 77.4. Google Pixel 2 is a way lighter phone than the Huawei Mate 8, but they are equally thin. The Google Pixel 2 features a slightly better looking screen than Huawei Mate 8, because although it has a quite smaller display, and they both have the same 1080 x 1920px resolution, the Google Pixel 2 also counts with a just a bit better pixel density.
Huawei Mate 8 counts with much more storage capacity for games and applications than Google Pixel 2, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Huawei Mate 8 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 128 GB. Huawei Mate 8 has a CPU that is very similar to the processing unit in Google Pixel 2, both have the same number of cores and the same RAM amount.
Google Pixel 2 shoots just a bit better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 8, because although it has a way worse 12.2 mega-pixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a much higher 3840x2160 video quality and a larger diafragm aperture to take better images and videos in poorly lited situations.
Huawei Mate 8 counts with a much longer battery performance than Google Pixel 2, because it has a 48% larger battery capacity.
The Google Pixel 2 is not only the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones, which makes this phone an obvious call.
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