Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-10-26 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 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 |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 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 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 10.01 |
| 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+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 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
Galaxy A8 Star is slightly better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, with a global score of 82.1 against 75.6. Both phones we are comparing include the same Android 9.0 Pie OS (Operating System). The Galaxy A8 Star is a a little bit thinner and lighter cellphone than Huawei Mate 20 X, even though they were released only a couple of months apart.
Galaxy A8 Star counts with a bit sharper screen than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a quite lower 1080 x 2220 pixels resolution and a little smaller display, it also counts with a just a little better pixel count in each inch of screen. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star counts with a bigger storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has 0 less internal storage capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 400 GB.
Huawei Mate 20 X features a little better processing power than Galaxy A8 Star. Both have a Octa-Core CPU and the same RAM amount. Galaxy A8 Star captures much clearer photographs and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a lot smaller back-facing camera sensor taking way worse quality photos and videos, and they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate and the same video definition, the Galaxy A8 Star also counts with a bigger aperture.
Huawei Mate 20 X counts with superior battery life than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a 35% more battery size.
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