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| Global Score | |
| 73.4 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| HarmonyOS | -- |
| 2021-12-23 | 2017-01-13 |
| 6.69 x 2.97 x 0.28 inches | 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Silver | Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud |
| Glass | Glass and Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.9 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2790 x 1188 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 439 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.7 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm) chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset |
| processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 660 GPU | Mali-T830 MP3 GPU |
| 6.21 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 10.70 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 10.67 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A5 (2017) is a little bit better than the Huawei P50 Pocket, getting a 75.8 score against 73.4. Galaxy A5 (2017) is an a lot older and a little bit thicker phone than the Huawei P50 Pocket, but Samsung could make it lighter anyway. Galaxy A5 (2017) features a little more vivid display than Huawei P50 Pocket, although it has a just a little worse number of pixels per inch of screen, a way worse 1080 x 1920px resolution and a way smaller screen.
Galaxy A5 (2017) counts with a much better performing processing unit than Huawei P50 Pocket, although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores. Huawei P50 Pocket counts with a superior camera than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a larger aperture, a lot better resolution back-facing camera and a much higher video quality.
The Huawei P50 Pocket features a much better memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with more internal storage. The Huawei P50 Pocket features superior battery performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity.
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