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| Global Score | |
| 79.8 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2017-04-05 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.04 x 2.92 x 0.27 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Pink and Silver | Black and White |
| Aluminum | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 534 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") 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 | -- |
| 9.46 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 Star has a global score of 82.1, which is just a bit better than Huawei P10 Plus's 79.8 global score. The Galaxy A8 Star design is newer than the Huawei P10 Plus's, although it is somewhat heavier and a little bit thicker. The Huawei P10 Plus features a bit better CPU than Galaxy A8 Star. Both have the same RAM memory amount and a Octa-Core CPU.
Huawei P10 Plus counts with a bit better looking screen than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 1440 x 2560px and a greater display pixel density. Huawei P10 Plus has a quite bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has an external memory card slot that allows up to 256 GB against 400 GB, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage capacity.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star takes slightly better videos and photos than Huawei P10 Plus, and although they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same video quality, the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star also has a way higher resolution camera in the back and a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light photography and videos.
Huawei P10 Plus and Galaxy A8 Star count with very similar batteries, although the Galaxy A8 Star has a 1 percent smaller battery capacity.
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