Phone Comparison - ZTE nubia Air vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

ZTE nubia Air
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Samsung
Announced September 2025 August 2017
Status Coming Soon - September 2025 Coming Soon - September 2017
Colors Titanium Black, Titanium Desert Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 164.2 x 76.6 x 6.7 mm
(6.46 x 3.02 x 0.26 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight 172 g (6.07 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Single/Dual SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 LTE
5G Network 1, 3, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP68/IP69K dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
Notification LED - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 15 Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Unisoc T8300 (6 nm) [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 Mali-G57 MP2 [Similar] Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 [Similar]
RAM 8 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type FHD+ AMOLED Screen
120Hz, 4500 Nits (peak)
Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.78 inches [Similar] 6.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1224 x 2720 pixels (440 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 88.21% 83.03%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes
Radio Unspecified No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 50 MP + 2 MP [Similar] Dual 12 MP [Similar]
Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features 50 MP, f/1.6, (wide), PDAF
2 MP, (depth)
Auxiliary lens
Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 20 MP

Yes [Similar]
8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth 5.4, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB USB Type-C 2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser Yes HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor not present heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 33W wired
Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 5000 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -