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| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-10-25 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.15 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2160 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 13.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.14 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.28 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A5 (2017) has a general score of 75.8, which is a bit better than the Huawei nova 2i's global score of 72.4. Galaxy A5 (2017) is an older and just a little thicker phone than Huawei nova 2i, but Samsung made it a little lighter anyway. Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a screen that is very similar to the screen in Huawei nova 2i, because although the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) has a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a quite greater pixels amount per inch in the display.
The Huawei nova 2i counts with a quite bigger memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a slot for an SD memory card that supports 128 GB smaller, it also counts with 64 GB internal storage capacity. The Huawei nova 2i features a bit faster CPU than Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have a Octa-Core processor, the Huawei nova 2i also has more RAM.
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) captures better videos and photos than Huawei nova 2i. They have a same resolution camera, the same video frame rate and the same 1920x1080 video quality. The Huawei nova 2i has a bit superior battery lifetime than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has an 11 percent larger battery capacity.
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