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| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| 2017-03-07 | 2018-11-15 |
| 5.72 x 2.73 x 0.27 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.11 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Pink, Silver and White | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| Aluminum | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP8 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm 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 | 10.45 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3200mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.2 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A9 (2018) is better than the Huawei P10, getting an 85.2 score against 75.5. Galaxy A9 (2018) is a newer cellphone than Huawei P10, but it is thicker and extremely heavier. The Huawei P10 counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), although it has lesser RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
Huawei P10 has a bit sharper display than Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a bit worse resolution of 1080 x 1920 and a bit smaller display, it also counts with a little more pixels per inch of screen. The Galaxy A9 (2018) features a much better storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P10, because it has 128 GB internal storage capacity and an external memory card slot that allows up to 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) shoots much better photos and videos than Huawei P10, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, the Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) also has a much larger aperture for better images and video in poorly lited situations and a lot more mega-pixels camera.
Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) features greater battery life than Huawei P10, because it has 3800mAh of battery capacity instead of 3200mAh.
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