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| Global Score | |
| 89.4 | 80.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-11-15 | 2015-08-21 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.41 ounces | 6.03 ounces |
| Blue | Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan and White pearl |
| Glass | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 2299.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 515 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2100 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-T760 MP8 GPU |
| 9.54 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 17.6 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 2560 x 1440 (60 fps) (Quad HD / 2K) slow motion video |
| 9.02 | 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 and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.32 | 4.96 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate X has a general score of 89.4, which is better than Samsung Galaxy Note5's 80.2 score. Although the Huawei Mate X is much newer than the Samsung Galaxy Note5, it's way thicker and extremely heavier. The Huawei Mate X has just a little better performance than Galaxy Note5, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate X also has a higher amount of RAM memory.
Samsung Galaxy Note5 has a little sharper display than Huawei Mate X, because although it has a really smaller screen and a quite lower resolution of 1440 x 2560px, it also counts with a just a little more pixels per inch in the display. The Galaxy Note5 captures much better photographs and videos than Huawei Mate X, although it has a tinier aperture, a much smaller back-facing camera sensor giving a way worse image quality and a back-facing camera with way less megapixels.
Huawei Mate X counts with a superior storage capacity for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Note5, because it has more internal memory. Huawei Mate X features a way better battery life than Galaxy Note5, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity instead of 3000mAh.
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