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| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2020-09-28 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.52 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Blush gold, Crush green and Midnight black | Black and White |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710A chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 11.33 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A8 Star is a bit better than the Huawei P Smart (2021), with a global score of 82.1 against 79.2. The Galaxy A8 Star is an notably older cellphone than the Huawei P Smart (2021), but it is a little lighter and somewhat thinner anyway. Both of these phones use Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy A8 Star has newer 9.0 Pie version and Huawei P Smart (2021) has Android 10, so it gives some additional features and performance improvements.
Huawei P Smart (2021) and Galaxy A8 Star have very similar displays, although the Galaxy A8 Star has a bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2220px, a little bit smaller screen and a just a bit less pixels per inch of display. Huawei P Smart (2021) has a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a SD card slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity.
The Galaxy A8 Star features a little bit better hardware performance than Huawei P Smart (2021), and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Galaxy A8 Star also has 2 GB more RAM. The Huawei P Smart (2021) shoots much clearer photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a smaller aperture which is worse for low-light captures and video, and they both have the same video definition and the same video frame rates, the Huawei P Smart (2021) also counts with a way larger camera sensor providing a much higher image quality and a way higher resolution back facing camera.
Huawei P Smart (2021) features improved battery performance than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
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