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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A7 (2017) is slightly better than Huawei Mate 20 X, with a 75.8 score against 75.6. Despite of the fact that the Galaxy A7 (2017) is older than the Huawei Mate 20 X, it's design is somewhat lighter and just a bit thinner. Huawei Mate 20 X has a bit better processing power than Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has more RAM memory.
The Galaxy A7 (2017) has a bit sharper screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a way smaller screen and a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 1920, it also counts with a just a little better pixels quantity in each inch of display. The Huawei Mate 20 X counts with a better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory capacity.
Galaxy A7 (2017) captures greater pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a smaller aperture, they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same video frame rate. Huawei Mate 20 X has a way better battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 3600mAh.
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