Blackview Shark 8 vs Nothing Phone (2a) Plus
Blackview
Shark 8
Nothing
Phone (2a) Plus
At a glance
- Brand
- Blackview
- Nothing
- Release date
- October 2023, 2 years 7 months ago
- August 2024, 1 years 9 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 420.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 69% of devices
- 805.721 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 80% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.78"
- 6.7"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2460 px FHD+
- 1084 x 2412 px FHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED
- Density
- 396 ppi High Density
- 395 ppi High Density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, 580 cd/m² peak brightness, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, DCI-P3, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Peak brightness - 1300 cd/m², Max brightness HBM - 1100 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, Always-On Display, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, LED Notifications, Scratch resistant, 2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789)
- MediaTek Dimensity 7350
- CPU
- 2x Cortex A76 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz
- 2x3 GHz ARM Cortex A715 + 6x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex A510
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 6 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2.2 GHz
- 3 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MC2
- Arm Mali-G610 MC4
- RAM
- 8 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 64 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.69
- ƒ/ 1.88
- Sensor
- Samsung GW3
- Samsung GN9
- Pixel size
- 0.80 µm
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.97"
- 1/1.56"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Front Flash
- Time-Lapse, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- Samsung S5K3L6
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh
- 5000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 50.0W
- Charge cycles
- 800 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 52h
- —
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- No charger in box
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 2.2
- UFS Storage 2.2
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 76.6 mm 168.5 mm 8.4 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.3 mm 161.7 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 190 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Plastic , Corning Gorilla Glass
- Colors
- Blue Gold Gray
- Black White Gray
- Water/dust resistance
- IP53
- IP54
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 126 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 84 %
- 87 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 13 Tiramisu Android 13
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 3 years, Security updates: 4 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.3
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), NavIC System
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B19 (800), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B40 (TDD 2300)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers, 3 microphones
