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| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-09-28 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.52 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Blush gold, Crush green and Midnight black | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710A chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2000 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 |
| 9.09 | 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 | |
| 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 11.33 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | 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
Huawei P Smart (2021) has an overall score of 79.2, which is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)'s overall score of 75.8. Huawei P Smart (2021) is a notably newer phone than the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), although it's heavier and thicker. The Galaxy A5 (2017) has a bit better looking display than Huawei P Smart (2021), because although it has a much smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 1920, it also counts with a little bit greater number of pixels per inch in the display.
Huawei P Smart (2021) features a bit faster processor than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have 8 cores, the Huawei P Smart (2021) also has a greater amount of RAM memory. Huawei P Smart (2021) captures much better pictures and videos than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a much better 48 MP resolution back-facing camera, a larger camera aperture to capture better low-light images and video and a way better 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
Huawei P Smart (2021) features a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a SD extension slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 96 GB more internal memory. The Huawei P Smart (2021) features a really longer battery life than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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