Product
Honor 9C
Honor 9C
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Battery
Charging - 18W wired
Music play - Up to 66 h
Talk time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Type Li-Po 4000 mAh Li-Ion 3000 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build - Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 159.8 x 76.1 x 8.1 mm (6.29 x 3.00 x 0.32 in) 149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm (5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
  - IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Comms
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
NFC No Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio No FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 USB Type-C 2.0
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Resolution 720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~269 ppi density) 1080 x 2220 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~441 ppi density)
Size 6.39 inches, 100.2 cm2 (~82.4% screen-to-body ratio) 5.6 inches, 79.6 cm2 (~75.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Type IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Features
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
  - ANT+ Samsung Pay
Launch
Announced 2020, April 29 2017, December. Released 2018, January
Status Available. Released 2020, May 04 Discontinued
Main Camera
Features LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Single - 16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8”, 1.12µm, PDAF
Triple 48 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.4, 120˚ (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) -
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 64GB 4GB RAM 32GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM
  eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Misc
Colors Black, Blue Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Models AKA-L29 SM-A530F, SM-A530F, SM-A530K, SM-A530L, SM-A530S, SM-A530N, SM-A530W
SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.25 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -92.1dB / Crosstalk -90.0dB
Battery (old) - Endurance rating 92h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display - Contrast ratio: Infinity (nominal), 3.842 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker - Voice 69dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 81dB
Performance - GeekBench: 4418 (v4.4) GFXBench: 5.2fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Kirin 710A (14 nm) Exynos 7885 (14 nm)
CPU Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G71
OS Android 10, EMUI 10.1, no Google Play Services Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), One UI
Selfie camera
Dual - 16 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1/3.06", 1.0µm 8 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm
Features HDR -
Single 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide) -
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
  - 24-bit/192kHz audio