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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 77.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2015-12-01 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.19 x 3.17 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Metal |
| -- | $ 690.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 346 pixels per inch | 367 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-T880 MP4 GPU |
| 9.45 | 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 | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 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 Huawei Mate 8 is a bit better than Huawei Mate 20 X, with a 77.4 score against 75.6. The Huawei Mate 8 body is notably lighter and a little thinner than Huawei Mate 20 X, even though it was released many years before. The Huawei Mate 8 features a slightly better looking screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a little lower resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater quantity of pixels per inch of screen.
The Huawei Mate 8 has a way bigger storage capacity to install games and applications than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory capacity, the Huawei Mate 8 also has a slot for SD memory cards that admits a maximum of 128 GB. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a little faster processing unit than Huawei Mate 8, and although they both have 8 cpu cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has 2 GB more RAM memory.
The Huawei Mate 20 X counts with superior battery lifetime than Huawei Mate 8, because it has a 5000mAh battery size against 4000mAh. The Huawei Mate 8 shoots much clearer pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not good for low light photography and video, and they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition, the Huawei Mate 8 also counts with higher 60 fps video frame rate.
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