Product
Honor 8
Honor 8
Honor 9
Honor 9
Battery
Charging 18W wired, 47% in 30 min 18W wired, 40% in 30 min
Type Li-Po 3000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po 3200 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), glass back, aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), glass back, aluminum frame
Dimensions 145.5 x 71 x 7.5 mm (5.73 x 2.80 x 0.30 in) 147.3 x 70.9 x 7.5 mm (5.80 x 2.79 x 0.30 in)
SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 153 g (5.40 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
  Custom function back button -
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Infrared port Yes Yes
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG USB Type-C, OTG
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~423 ppi density) 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~428 ppi density)
Size 5.2 inches, 74.9 cm2 (~72.5% screen-to-body ratio) 5.15 inches, 73.1 cm2 (~70.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Launch
Announced 2016, July. Released 2016, July 2017, June. Released 2017, July
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual - 12 MP, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), PDAF, 2x lossless zoom 20 MP B/W, f/2.2, 27mm (wide), 1/2.7"
Features Laser AF, Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Single 12 MP, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9", 1.25µm, PDAF 12 MP B/W, f/2.2, 35mm (standard), 1/2.9", 1.25µm -
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@60fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 32GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM 64GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM
Misc
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Sapphire Blue, Gold Glacier Grey, Sapphire Blue, Midnight Black, Gold, Blue Bird, Robin Egg Blue
Models FRD-L19 FRD-L14, FRD-L04, FRD-AL00, FRD-TL00, FRD-AL10, FRD-L09, FRD-L02, FRD-L19, FRD-L14, FRD-DL00 STF-AL00, STF-AL10, STF-AL10, STF-TL10, STF-L09, STF-L09S
SAR EU 1.45 W/kg (head)     -
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 38, 40, 41
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Our Tests
Audio quality Noise -98.3dB / Crosstalk -97.3dB Noise -89.1dB / Crosstalk -86.7dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 70h Endurance rating 77h
Camera Photo / Video Photo / Video
Display Contrast ratio: 1243:1 (nominal), 3.346 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: 1479:1 (nominal), 3.289 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 67dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 82dB Voice 68dB / Noise 71dB / Ring 80dB
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 2099Basemark X: 16592 AnTuTu: 156984 (v7) GeekBench: 6457 (v4.4) GFXBench: 14fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Kirin 950 (16 nm) Kirin 960 (16 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-G71 MP8
OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo), EMUI 8 Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), EMUI 9.1
Selfie camera
Single 8 MP, f/2.4, 1/3.2", 1.4µm 8 MP, f/2.0
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes