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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| HTC | Huawei |
| Android 5.0, 4.4.3, 4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-03-25 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.64 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and Red | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| $ 325.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 4.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.36 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 6.3 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 20 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 has a global score of 76.3, which is slightly better than HTC One (M8)'s score of 71.9. Although Huawei nova 3 is just a little heavier than the HTC One (M8), it's much thinner and also notably newer. These phones have Android OS, but Huawei nova 3 has the newer 8.1 Oreo version while HTC One (M8) has Android 5.0, so it gives you some nice extra features and a performance increase.
The Huawei nova 3 and HTC One (M8) feature incredibly similar processors, because although the Huawei nova 3 has doesn't have an extra graphics processing unit, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and more cpu cores (but slower). HTC One (M8) has a much better display than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a way smaller display and a little worse 1920 x 1080 resolution, it also counts with a little greater count of pixels in each display inch.
Huawei nova 3 captures much clearer photos and videos than HTC One (M8), because it has a lot better video definition, a bigger camera aperture to take better photos in low-light environments and a back facing camera with lot more mega-pixels. Huawei nova 3 has a much better memory capacity for applications and games than HTC One (M8), because it has an external SD slot that allows up to 256 GB and more internal memory capacity.
Huawei nova 3 has a much longer battery life than HTC One (M8), because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity.
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