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| Global Score | |
| 87.7 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-11-16 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.21 x 2.85 x 0.38 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.60 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black and White |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 3120 x 1440 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 537 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.9 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.08 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design is a bit better than the Galaxy A8 Star, having an 87.7 score against 82.1. Both phones in this review have the same Android 9.0 Pie OS (operating system). The Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design body is way thicker but a bit lighter than the Galaxy A8 Star, and both of them were released with only 3 months difference.
Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design features a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a better resolution of 1440 x 3120px, a greater pixels number per display inch and a little bigger display. Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design has just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design also has 2 GB more RAM memory.
Galaxy A8 Star captures slightly better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design, because although it has a back-facing camera with lot less MP, a worse (4K) video resolution and a way tinier sensor, it also counts with a bigger aperture. Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design features a lot bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 512 GB internal memory capacity.
Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design features just a bit better battery life than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 4200mAh of battery capacity against 3700mAh.
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