Cubot KingKong ES 3 vs Honor Magic8
Cubot
KingKong ES 3
Honor
Magic8
At a glance
- Brand
- Cubot
- Honor
- Release date
- July 2025, 10 months ago
- October 2025, 7 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 225.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 56% of devices
- 4.028.332 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 4,274.00 ($ 626.03)
Display
- Size
- 6.74"
- 6.58"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- 1256 x 2760 px QHD
- Type
- LCD IPS
- Oled
- Density
- 269 ppi Medium Density
- 461 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, In-cell
- 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
- 6 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 48 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 1.9
- Flash
- Dual LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 1920 fps
- Features
- Triple camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Geotagging, HDR, 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
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX816
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 10200 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 33.0W
- Yes , 90.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1300 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 61h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 256 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 4.0
Body
- Dimensions
- 78.3 mm 162.5 mm 13.3 mm Print 3D Model
- 74.0 mm 157.1 mm 8.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 284 g
- 205 g
- Materials
- Rugged Smartphone, Metal
- Aluminium alloy
- Colors
- Black Orange
- Black White Gold Green
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, IP69
- IP68, IP69
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 73 %
- 90 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- 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
- 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), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 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), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 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
- No
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Compass
- Yes
- —
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers
