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| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 84.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2018-07-18 | 2019-05-29 |
| 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches | 6.50 x 3.01 x 0.37 inches |
| 5.86 ounces | 7.76 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Angel gold, Ghost white and Phantom black |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 SM7150-AA chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 470, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Adreno 618 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 10.78 |
| 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 | 3700mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.68 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A80 is much better than the Huawei nova 3, getting a overall score of 84.9 against 76.3. The Samsung Galaxy A80 is a newer phone than the Huawei nova 3, but it's heavier and notably thicker. The Huawei nova 3 has a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A80, because although it has a little bit worse resolution of 1080 x 2340 and a little smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater display pixel density.
Huawei nova 3 features a lot bigger memory to install games and applications than Galaxy A80, and although they both have equal internal storage capacity, the Huawei nova 3 also has a slot for an SD memory card that admits up to 256 GB. Huawei nova 3 has a little faster processor than Samsung Galaxy A80, although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have 8 cores.
Samsung Galaxy A80's battery performance is very similar to the Huawei nova 3 one, although the Samsung Galaxy A80 has a 1% lower battery size. The Galaxy A80 captures just a bit better photographs and videos than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a smaller camera aperture which is not good for low-light images, and they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video definition, the Galaxy A80 also counts with a back-facing camera with much more MP.
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