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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| 2020-03-05 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 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 |
| 10.56 | 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 | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| 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
Huawei Mate Xs is way better than Galaxy A7 (2017), with a 91.6 score against 75.8. Even though the Huawei Mate Xs is noticeably newer than Galaxy A7 (2017), it is noticeably heavier and thicker. The Huawei Mate Xs counts with a bit more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a really larger screen, a lot better resolution of 2200 x 2480 pixels and a quite better number of pixels in each inch in the display.
Huawei Mate Xs features just a little better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a higher amount of RAM memory. Huawei Mate Xs has a much better storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 512 GB internal memory.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a better camera than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a lot higher video quality, a back camera with way more mega-pixels and a bigger aperture to take better captures and video in poorly lited situations. Huawei Mate Xs counts with longer battery duration than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a 25 percent bigger battery size.
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