Huawei Nova 3 vs Sony Xperia 8
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Waterproofness & dust-resistance |  | IP65, IP68 |
| Dimensions | 157.00 x 73.70 x 7.30 mm | 158.00 x 69.00 x 8.10 mm |
| Weight | 166.00 g | 170.00 g |
| Display size | 6.30" | 6.00" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 2340 px (6.30") 409 ppi | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 x 2520 px (6.00") 457 ppi |
| Display protection |   | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | | 2G: 700 min. (11.7 h) 3G: 1530 min. (25.5 h) 4G: 1560 min. (26.0 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | | 2G: 690 h. (28.8 days) 3G: 680 h. (28.3 days) 4G: 610 h. (25.4 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 3750 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 2760 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 64 GB, 128 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM memory | 4 GB, 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 256 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 512 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie |
| Interface | EMUI 8.2 | - |
| Processor | HiSilicon Kirin 970 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 |
| Processor clock | 2360 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G72 MP12 | Adreno 508 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(nanoSIM) | |
| Announced | 3Q 2018 | 4Q 2019 |
| Other names | PAR-LX1; PAR-LX1M; PAR-LX9 | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1700 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 1500, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2300, 2100, 1900 | |
| Standard 5G | | |
| CDMA | 850 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | 1900 2000 | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 16 Mpx | 12 Mpx |
| Resolution | | 4000x3000 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 3840x2160 px | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | |
| Additional | AF, f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Second camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 24 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | 5632x4224 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 3840x2160 px | |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | |
| Additional | FF, f/1.8 | f/2.4 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 24 Mpx | 8 Mpx |
| Resolution | 5632x4224 px | 3264x2448 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 2520x1080 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | |
| Additional | FF, f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Second camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | nd |
| Optical zoom | | nd |
| Flash | | nd |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | nd |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | nd |
| Additional | FF | nd |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.20 Mbit/s | |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | 979.00 Mbit/s | 400.00 Mbit/s |
| LTE UP | - | - |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.2 LE | v5.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 Type-C | v2.0 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | T9 | XT9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, FLAC, M4A, MID, OGG, WAV, WMA, eACC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |