Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Huawei Ascend Y520 vs Honor Note 8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei Honor
Announced September 2013 December 2014 August 2016
Status Available - September 2013 Available - December 2014 Coming Soon - August 2016
Price - Rs. 15,500 ($230.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,100 ($346.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Pink Black, White, Blue, Pink White, Gold, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
(5.95 x 3.12 x 0.33 in)
134.2 x 67 x 10.2 mm
(5.28 x 2.64 x 0.4 in)
178.8 x 90.9 x 7.2 mm
(7.04 x 3.58 x 0.28 in)
Weight 168 g (5.93 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 219 g (7.73 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA 800
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Y520-U03, Y520-U33
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Y520-U12, Y520-U22
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA
4G Network LTE - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features S Pen stylus - - Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 955
GPU Adreno 330 (LTE model) Mali-400 Mali-T880 MP4
RAM 3 GB 512 MB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB storage 4 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 Slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 4.5 inches 6.6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (445 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.98% 61.89% 73.90%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS FM radio FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 13 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) 480p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] VGA [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.0, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps or LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 Slot)
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3200 mAh 1750 mAh 4500 mAh
Stand by Up to 420 h (3G) - -
Talk Time Up to 21 h (3G) - -