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| Global Score | |
| 77.5 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2020-05-08 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.11 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches | 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Aurora blue, Emerald green and Midnight black | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Plastic and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.2 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 416 pixels per inch | 386 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.13 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Battery | 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.36 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | 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 | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei P Smart (2020) is slightly better than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), getting a global score of 77.5 against 75.8. The Huawei P Smart (2020) is a a lot newer and lighter phone than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), but it is just a little thicker. The Huawei P Smart (2020) counts with just a little better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have 8 cores, the Huawei P Smart (2020) also has more RAM.
Huawei P Smart (2020) has a bit sharper display than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a little higher resolution of 1080 x 2340, a quite higher quantity of pixels in each display inch and a bit bigger screen. Huawei P Smart (2020) counts with a much greater memory capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and a slot for external memory cards that allows a maximum of 512 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) counts with just a bit better battery lifetime than Huawei P Smart (2020), because it has a 6% larger battery capacity. Galaxy A7 (2017) captures slightly better photographs and videos than Huawei P Smart (2020), because although it has slower 30 frames per second video frame rates and a tinier aperture which is not favorable for low light captures and videos, and they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video resolution, the Galaxy A7 (2017) also counts with a back camera with more mega-pixels.
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