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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-07-18 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7.2 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 is a bit better than the Apple iPhone 5, getting a 76.3 score against 71.7. Huawei nova 3 is a notably newer and just a little bit thinner cellphone than the Apple iPhone 5, although it's also notably heavier. The Huawei nova 3 counts with Android 8.1 Oreo operating system, and Apple iPhone 5 counts with iOS 7.x operating system.
The Huawei nova 3 counts with a faster processing unit than iPhone 5, because it has a greater amount of RAM and a higher number of cores (and also faster). Apple iPhone 5 counts with a bit more vivid display than Huawei nova 3, although it has a really smaller display, a just a bit worse pixels density and a lot worse 1136 x 640 resolution.
Huawei nova 3 has a much better camera than iPhone 5, because it has a lot better (4K) video quality, a back camera with a much better resolution and a much bigger camera aperture to take better images and video in poorly lited environments. Huawei nova 3 counts with much more memory capacity to store more games and applications than iPhone 5, because it has a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal storage.
The Huawei nova 3 has a much longer battery duration than iPhone 5, because it has a 160 percent larger battery capacity.
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