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| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2018-07-18 | 2018-10-20 |
| 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches | 6.29 x 3.02 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.86 ounces | 5.93 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 411 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7885 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.9 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3300mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A7 (2018) has a score of 84.2, which is much better than Huawei nova 3's general score of 76.3. Although it's the best in this comparison, we must note that it's also a a little heavier and just a little thicker phone. The Huawei nova 3 features a little faster processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018). Both of them have 8 cores and 6 GB of RAM.
The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) and Huawei nova 3 count with similar screens, because although the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) has a little bit smaller display and a quite lower 1080 x 2220px resolution, it also counts with a just a little greater display density. The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)'s camera is just as good as the camera in Huawei nova 3, and although the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) has a bigger diafragm aperture for better low-light images and videos and a way more MP back-facing camera, they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video resolution and the same 30 fps video frame rate.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) has slightly more storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei nova 3, and although they both have equal 128 GB internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) also has a SD extension slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. Huawei nova 3 has a little longer battery performance than Galaxy A7 (2018), because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity against 3300mAh.
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