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| Global Score | |
| 76.5 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-07-20 | 2018-11-15 |
| 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 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 |
| 9.18 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.76 |
| 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, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A9 (2018) has a score of 85.2, which is much better than Huawei P20 Lite (2019)'s 76.5 general score. Galaxy A9 (2018)'s body is just a little heavier but just a little bit thinner than the Huawei P20 Lite (2019), and both were only released 8 months apart. Galaxy A9 (2018) features a bit better hardware performance than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the Galaxy A9 (2018) also has a higher amount of RAM memory.
Galaxy A9 (2018) has a screen that is just as good as the screen in Huawei P20 Lite (2019), although the Galaxy A9 (2018) has a quite smaller screen, a little worse resolution of 1080 x 2220 and a just a bit less pixels per inch of display. Galaxy A9 (2018) counts with a little bit more storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), and although they both have exactly the same internal storage, the Galaxy A9 (2018) also has an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB.
Galaxy A9 (2018) takes much clearer videos and photos than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), because it has a larger diafragm aperture to take better low light captures, a camera in the back with a way better resolution and a way higher (4K) video definition. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a bit longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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