Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2018-03-27 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.10 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.35 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Black and White |
| Glass and Metal | Glass and Metal |
| $ 348.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2240 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 408 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.56 inches (1/1.78") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.55 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 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 is a bit better than Huawei P20 Pro, getting a global score of 82.1 against 81.4. Galaxy A8 Star's design is just a little bit thinner but a little bit heavier than the Huawei P20 Pro, and both of them were released with only a couple of months difference. Both of these phones include Android OS (Operating System), but Galaxy A8 Star has a more recent 9.0 Pie version and Huawei P20 Pro has Android 10 version.
Huawei P20 Pro counts with a little faster processing unit than Galaxy A8 Star. They have the same number of cores and a 6 GB RAM memory. Huawei P20 Pro features a little more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit greater pixels density and a quite better 1080 x 2240 pixels resolution.
The Huawei P20 Pro captures better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a tinier aperture which is not so good for taking images or videos in low-light situations, and they both have the same (4K) video quality and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Huawei P20 Pro also counts with a lot larger sensor which provides a much higher image and video quality and a back camera with much more mega-pixels.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star counts with more storage capacity to store more games and applications than Huawei P20 Pro, because although it has less internal memory, it also counts with an external SD slot that holds a maximum of 400 GB. Huawei P20 Pro features just a little better battery performance than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has an 8 percent larger battery size.
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