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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 82.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2020-03-02 | 2018-08-27 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Metal |
| $ 244.00 | -- |
| 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 |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.27 | 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 | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 10.89 | 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 | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| 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 Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is a little bit better than the Huawei P40 Lite, getting a overall score of 82.1 against 79.5. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star construction is somewhat thinner than Huawei P40 Lite, but it is a little bit heavier and was released about 18 months before. Both phones we are comparing have Android operating system, but Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has 9.0 Pie version and Huawei P40 Lite has Android 10, providing the user some additional features.
The Galaxy A8 Star's processor is just as good as the Huawei P40 Lite one, they have a 6 GB RAM and the same number of cores. Huawei P40 Lite features a little bit better looking display than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a little larger screen, a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2310px and a bit greater count of pixels in each inch of display.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a quite bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has less internal storage capacity, it also counts with a SD extension slot that allows a maximum of 400 GB. The Huawei P40 Lite counts with a little better battery duration than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has 4200mAh of battery capacity against 3700mAh.
Huawei P40 Lite counts with a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a tinier diafragm aperture which is not recommended for shooting pictures or videos in low-light environments, and they both have the same (Full HD) video definition and the same 30 fps video frame rate, the Huawei P40 Lite also counts with a back camera with much more mega pixels and a lot larger sensor capturing lot higher quality photos and videos.
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