Honor X8a vs Nothing Phone (3)
Honor
X8a
Nothing
Phone (3)
At a glance
- Brand
- Honor
- Nothing
- Release date
- February 2023, 3 years 4 months ago
- July 2025, 11 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 253.700 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 59% of devices
- 2.084.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 94% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- € 799.00 ($ 936.69)
Display
- Size
- 6.7"
- 6.67"
- Resolution
- 1080 x 2388 px FHD+
- 1260 x 2800 px QHD
- Type
- LTPS LCD
- AMOLED
- Density
- 391 ppi High Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G88
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen4
- CPU
- 2x Cortex A75 2.0 GHz + 6x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 2 GHz
- 4.32 GHz
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G52 MC2 1000MHz
- Adreno 825
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 100 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.9
- ƒ/ 1.69
- Flash
- LED
- LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 120 fps
- Yes, 240 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Contrast detection autofocus (CDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- Noise reduction, 4K 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), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Omnivision OV50H
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.20 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.28"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 16 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.45
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- —
- Samsung S5KJN1
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.64 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4500 mAh
- 5150 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 22.5W
- Yes , 65.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 15W wireless charging, 7.5W reverse wired charging, 5W reverse wired charging
- Charge cycles
- —
- 1400 cycles
- Runtime
- —
- ~ 56h
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 4.0
Body
- Dimensions
- 74.5 mm 162.9 mm 7.5 mm Print 3D Model
- 75.6 mm 160.6 mm 9.0 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 179 g
- 218 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Black Blue Silver
- Black White
- Usable surface
- 89 %
- 88 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68
- Drop resistance
- —
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Repairability
- —
- Class A B C D E
Software
- Operating system
- Android 12 Snow Cone Android 12
- Android 15 Android 15
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 7 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.1 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), 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) , 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, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), 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), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), 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)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), 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
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
