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| Global Score | |
| 74.2 | 79.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Asus |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | Android 14 |
| 2017-07-11 | 2024-01-08 |
| 5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches | 6.45 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 5.04 ounces | 7.94 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Phantom Black and Rebel Grey |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| -- | 2500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (3 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 9.27 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 24.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.02 | 12.54 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2950mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 4.96 | 7.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Asus ROG Phone 8 has a global score of 79.5, which is slightly better than Huawei nova 2's 74.2 overall score. These phones come with Android operating system, but the Asus ROG Phone 8 has the previous 14 version and Huawei nova 2 has Android 7.0 Nougat. The Asus ROG Phone 8 is a a lot newer phone than the Huawei nova 2, but it is a lot thicker and notably heavier.
The Asus ROG Phone 8 features a much better display than Huawei nova 2, because although it has a quite inferior pixels amount per screen inch, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a really larger display. The Asus ROG Phone 8 has a much bigger memory capacity to store more games and applications than Huawei nova 2, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 192 GB more internal storage.
The Huawei nova 2 has a lot better hardware performance than Asus ROG Phone 8, although it has 8 GB less RAM, they both have the same number of cores. The Asus ROG Phone 8 captures much better photos and videos than Huawei nova 2, because although it has a smaller camera aperture, it also counts with a lot higher resolution back-facing camera and a lot higher 7680x4320 video quality.
Asus ROG Phone 8 counts with a much better battery performance than Huawei nova 2, because it has 5500mAh of battery capacity against 2950mAh.
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