Cubot A40 vs Honor Magic8
Cubot
A40
Honor
Magic8
At a glance
- Brand
- Cubot
- Honor
- Release date
- July 2025, 10 months ago
- October 2025, 7 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 240.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 58% of devices
- 4.028.332 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 4,274.00 ($ 626.03)
Display
- Size
- 6.88"
- 6.58"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1640 px HD+
- 1256 x 2760 px QHD
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled
- Density
- 260 ppi Medium Density
- 461 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, 1-120 Hz refresh rate, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, 4320 Hz PWM, Variable refresh rate 1 Hz, Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 6000 cd/m², Always-On Display, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel (8-bit +2-bit FRC), Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, King Kong Diamond JuRhino Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T606
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.6 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- ARM Mali-G57
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 1920 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Tracking AF, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual 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, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX906
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 16 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX816
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5100 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 18.0W
- Yes , 90.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1300 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 44h
- —
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 64 GB
- 256 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 4.0
Body
- Dimensions
- 78.1 mm 172.3 mm 8.8 mm Print 3D Model
- 74.0 mm 157.1 mm 8.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 198 g
- 205 g
- Materials
- Plastic , Faux leather
- Aluminium alloy
- Colors
- Black Gray Purple
- Black White Gold Green
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 270 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 83 %
- 90 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68, IP69
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 Android 16
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- 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) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n12 (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
