Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 2016

Comparing the Honor 8 vs Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Honor 8 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.3 GHz, while Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 runs at 1.6 GHz, making Honor 8 the better performer.

Display: Both Honor 8 and Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 offer the same screen size of 5.2 inches, but Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 features a Super AMOLED display compared to Honor 8's IPS LCD, making Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 13 MP, while Honor 8 offers 12 MP, making Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Honor 8 offers a higher front camera resolution with 8 MP, while Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 offers 5 MP, making Honor 8 better for front camera photography.

Battery: Honor 8 offers a higher battery capacity with 3000 mAh, while Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 offers 2900 mAh, making Honor 8 better for longer battery life.

Storage: Honor 8 offers higher internal storage with 32 GB, while Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 offers 16 GB, making Honor 8 the better option for storage.

User Rating: Honor 8 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 has a rating of 4.

Honor 8

₹29,999

(Out of Stock)

Samsung Galaxy A5 2016

₹14,490

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Spec Score

73%

Release Date

12 Oct, 2016

15 Feb, 2016

Performance


HiSilicon Kirin	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580
Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)	Tru-Octa Core (upto 1.6 GHz)
4 GB RAM	2 GB RAM

Display


5.2 inches (13.21 cm)	5.2 inches (13.21 cm)
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
1080x1920 px (FULL HD)	1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Rear Camera


12 MP Primary Camera	13 MP Primary Camera
12 MP Camera	N/A

Front Camera


8 MP	5 MP

Battery


3000 mAh	2900 mAh
Fast Charging	Fast Charging
No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

32 GB

16 GB

Expert Review

7.0/10

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Pros

Gorgeous design
Good cameras
Day-long battery life
Smart Key implementation is useful

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

No VoLTE support
No dual-SIM
Fast charger not included
Expensive

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.3/5

(3,917 ratings)

4/5

(1,115 ratings)

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General

Launch Date

Oct 12, 2016

(Official)

N/A

Operating System

Android v6.0 (Marshmallow)

Android v5.1 (Lollipop)

Custom UI

EMUI

N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Avg

Chipset

HiSilicon Kirin 950

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580

Processor

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A72 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53

Octa core, 1.6 GHz, Cortex A53

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-T880 MP4

Mali-T720 MP2

RAM

4 GB

2 GB

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

5.2 inches (13.21 cm)

Resolution

1080x1920 px (FULL HD)

Aspect Ratio

16:9

Pixel Density

424 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

71.99 %

72.34 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3 Scratch-resistant glass

Corning Gorilla Glass v4 Oleophobic coating Scratch-resistant glass

Design

Height

145.5 mm

144.8 mm

Width

71.0 mm

71 mm

Thickness

7.4 mm

7.3 mm

Weight

153 grams

Build Material

N/A	Frame: Metal Back: Metal

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Cameraf/2.2Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 1.25µm pixel size

13 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.9CMOS image sensor

12 MP

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Laser Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual-color LED Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

4128 x 3096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Digital image stabilization
Face detection
Touch to focus

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Good

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

5 MP
f/1.9 Primary CameraCMOS

Autofocus

Flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

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Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

3000 mAh

2900 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 17.5 Hours(3G) / Up to 21 Hours(2G)

Up to 16 Hours(3G)

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes

Storage

Internal Storage

32 GB / 64 GB

16 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 128 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)

SIM 2

N/A	4G Bands: TD-LTE 2300(band 40) FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20)

N/A	4G Speed: 50 Mbit/s ↑ 300 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category 6)

SAR Value

Head: 1.45 W/kg

Head: 0.286 W/kg

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 5GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v4.2

Yes v4.1

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

Front

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor rgbw sensor Accelerometer Compass