Honor Magic8 Pro vs Meizu Note 21
Honor
Magic8 Pro
Meizu
Note 21
At a glance
- Brand
- Honor
- Meizu
- Release date
- October 2025, 8 months ago
- October 2024, 1 years 8 months ago
- Launch price
- € 1,299.00 ($ 1,522.86)
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- AnTuTu
- 4.027.702 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
- 239.300 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 57% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.71"
- 6.74"
- Resolution
- 1256 x 2808 px QHD
- 720 x 1600 px HD+
- Type
- Oled
- LCD IPS
- Density
- 458 ppi Very high density
- 260 ppi Medium Density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- 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)
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Unisoc Tiger T606
- CPU
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 3 nm
- 12 nm
- Frequency
- 4.61 GHz
- 1.6 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- ARM Mali-G57
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
- LPDDR4X RAM
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.6
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Omnivision OVH9000
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- 1.20 µm
- 0.80 µm
- Sensor size
- 1/1.3"
- 1/2.76"
- Flash
- Dual LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- No
- Slow motion
- Yes, 1920 fps
- No, 30 fps
- Features
- Tracking AF, UIS, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Face unlock, 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, Laser AF, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Dual front camera, Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode, RAW 14 bits
- Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, 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
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 8 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.0
- Sensor
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- Hynix HI-846
- Pixel size
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- 1.12 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6270 mAh
- 6000 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 100.0W
- Yes , 18.0W
- Wireless charging
- 80W wireless charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1600 cycles
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- Runtime
- ~ 64h
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- Features
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 512 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.1
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.0 mm 161.2 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.4 mm 168.8 mm 9.1 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 219 g
- 215 g
- Materials
- Aluminium alloy
- Plastic
- Colors
- Black White Blue Gold Green Orange
- Black White Blue
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68, IP69
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- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
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- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
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- Usable surface
- 89 %
- 84 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 16 Android 16
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Updates
- OS updates: 7 years, Security updates: 7 years
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- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM / eSIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC, Apt-x Adaptive
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- USB
- USB Type-C
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- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n18 (850), n20 (800), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800), n81 (900), n83A (700), n84 (2100)
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- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), 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), B5 (850)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, on the side
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
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- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- No
- Audio
- Hi-Res Audio, Stereo Speakers
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