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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2018-01-06 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 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), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 (2018) is just a bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, with a general score of 79.2 against 75.6. Galaxy A8 (2018) is an older and just a little thicker device than Huawei Mate 20 X, but Samsung was able to build it a lot lighter anyway. The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) features just a bit better screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a quite lower 1080 x 2220 pixels resolution and a much smaller screen, it also counts with a greater pixels density.
Huawei Mate 20 X has a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a higher amount of RAM. Galaxy A8 (2018) counts with a little bit more storage capacity to store more games and applications than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has only 64 GB internal storage, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that allows a maximum of 256 GB.
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a much better camera than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better images and videos in poorly lited environments. The Huawei Mate 20 X features a superior battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has a 5000mAh battery size.
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