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| Global Score | |
| 74.2 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | Android 11 |
| 2017-07-11 | 2021-03-12 |
| 6.06 x 2.95 x 0.27 inches | 5.79 x 2.82 x 0.36 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Black |
| Aluminum | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 5.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | LCD |
| 401 pixels per inch | 311 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.02 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 5.28 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy XCover 5 has an overall score of 78.1, which is just a bit better than the Huawei nova 2 Plus's global score of 74.2. Galaxy XCover 5's body is a lot newer than the Huawei nova 2 Plus's, although it's a lot thicker and a little bit heavier. Both of these devices use Android operating system, but Galaxy XCover 5 has the previous 11 version and Huawei nova 2 Plus has Android 7.0 Nougat.
Huawei nova 2 Plus features a bit better display than Galaxy XCover 5, because it has a higher 1080 x 1920 resolution, a better display pixels density and a little larger screen. The Huawei nova 2 Plus has a bit better processing unit than Samsung Galaxy XCover 5. They have the same RAM amount and 8 processing cores.
The Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 has much more storage capacity to store more apps and games than Huawei nova 2 Plus, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy XCover 5 also has a slot for SD memory cards that supports a maximum of 1 TB. Galaxy XCover 5 counts with just a bit better camera than Huawei nova 2 Plus, and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution, the same video frame rate and the same diafragm aperture, the Galaxy XCover 5 also has a back facing camera with much more megapixels.
Huawei nova 2 Plus counts with a bit better battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy XCover 5, because it has 3340mAh of battery capacity.
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