Phone Comparison - Honor 5X vs Samsung Galaxy S8

Honor 5X
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general General Info

Manufacturer Honor Samsung
Announced October 2015 March 2017
Status Available - October 2015 Available - April 2017
Price Rs. 12,999 ($191.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Gold, Silver Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.3 x 76.3 x 8.2 mm
(5.96 x 3 x 0.32 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - USA
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor
Unibody Metal
DTS Sound
-
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
GPU Adreno 405 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM 2/3 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 5.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.07% 84.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels [Similar] 12 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual tone) Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video Yes 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -