Product
Honor 30 Pro+
Honor 30 Pro+
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Battery
Charging 40W wired 27W wireless 5W reverse wired 15W wired, QC2 Wireless (Qi) (market dependent)
Music play - Up to 74 h
Talk time - Up to 22 h (3G)
Type Li-Po 4000 mAh Li-Ion 3300 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 160.3 x 73.6 x 8.4 mm (6.31 x 2.90 x 0.33 in) 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 190 g (6.70 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
  Water-repellent coating IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus
Comms
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Infrared port Yes -
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.0, OTG USB Type-C 3.1
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~392 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density)
Size 6.57 inches, 106.0 cm2 (~89.8% screen-to-body ratio) 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm2 (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Type OLED, 90Hz Super AMOLED, HDR10
  - 3D Touch (home button only)
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
  - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Launch
Announced 2020, April 15 2017, August 23. Released 2017, September
Status Available. Released 2020, April 21 Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual - 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6", 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Features Laser AF, LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Quad 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/3.4, 125mm (Periscope telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom 16 MP, f/2.2, 18mm (ultrawide), AF 2 MP, (depth) -
Video 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@1920fps; gyro-EIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS
Memory
Card slot Nano Memory (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM
  UFS UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors Titanium silver, Emerald Green, Midnight Black Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue, Star Pink
Models EBG-AN10 SM-N950F, SM-N950U, SM-N9500, SM-N950U1, SM-N950N, SM-N950W, SC-01K, SM-N950FD
SAR - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.17 W/kg (head)     1.29 W/kg (body)    
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66
5G bands 1, 3, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA -
Speed HSPA, LTE, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G GSM / HSPA / LTE
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -93.2dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 99h Endurance rating 89h
Camera Photo / Video Photo / Video
Display 586 nits max brightness (measured) Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.148(sunlight)
Loudspeaker -23.8 LUFS (Very good) Voice 67dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 71dB
Performance AnTuTu: 510031 (v8) GeekBench: 3191 (v5.1) GFXBench: 37fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) AnTuTu: 201065 (v7) GeekBench: 6784 (v4.4) GFXBench: 13fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) Exynos 8895 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Mali-G76 MP16 Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEAAdreno 540 - USA & China
OS Android 10, Magic UI 3, no Google Play Services Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Selfie camera
Dual 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide) 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features HDR HDR
Video 4K, 1080p; gyro-EIS 1440p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack No Yes
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
  - 32-bit/384kHz audio