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| Global Score | |
| 76.5 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-07-20 | 2018-01-06 |
| 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| Plastic and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has a global score of 79.2, which is a bit better than the Huawei P20 Lite (2019)'s 76.5 score. The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is a just a little bit lighter phone than the Huawei P20 Lite (2019), but both are equally thin. The Galaxy A8 (2018)'s CPU is just as good as Huawei P20 Lite (2019)'s processing unit, they have the same RAM memory amount and the same number of cores.
The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a little sharper display than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), because although it has a little smaller display and a quite lower 1080 x 2220 resolution, it also counts with a just a little greater pixels number in each inch of screen. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a lot bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A8 (2018), and although they both have a SD memory card expansion slot that holds up to 256 GB, the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) also has 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3000mAh. Galaxy A8 (2018)'s camera is very similar to Huawei P20 Lite (2019)'s camera, and although the Galaxy A8 (2018) has a larger aperture to capture better captures and videos in poorly lited situations, they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate, the same video quality and the same resolution camera.
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