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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2020-03-05 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Black and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 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 |
| 10.56 | 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 | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| 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
The Huawei Mate Xs is better than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, having a 91.6 score against 82.1. Huawei Mate Xs's design is newer, but much thicker and incredibly heavier than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star. The Huawei Mate Xs features a slightly better display than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a larger display, a lot higher resolution of 2200 x 2480 and a just a little better quantity of pixels in each inch in the screen.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a much bigger storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with more internal memory capacity. The Huawei Mate Xs has a little faster processor than Galaxy A8 Star, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a higher amount of RAM.
The Huawei Mate Xs has greater battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity against 3700mAh. Huawei Mate Xs captures slightly better photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a tinier aperture which is not good for low light captures and videos, and they both have the same video resolution and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, the Huawei Mate Xs also counts with a lot more megapixels back-facing camera and a way bigger back camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors.
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