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| Global Score | |
| 72.6 | 79.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2015-04-15 | 2018-01-06 |
| 7.19 x 3.66 x 0.27 inches | 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches |
| 8.04 ounces | 6.07 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey |
| Metal; metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 2000.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 441 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset | Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 2000 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Mali-G71 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.03 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4360mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.24 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0, EDR | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 (2018) is a bit better than Huawei P8 Max, having a 79.2 score against 72.6. The Galaxy A8 (2018) body is noticeably newer and extremely lighter than the Huawei P8 Max's, but it is also thicker. The Huawei P8 Max counts with a little sharper display than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), because although it has a way lower screen pixel density and a bit lower resolution of 1920 x 1080, it also counts with a larger display.
Galaxy A8 (2018) features a slightly better memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P8 Max, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal memory, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a slot for SD memory cards that admits up to 256 GB. The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) counts with a little faster CPU than Huawei P8 Max, because it has a larger amount of RAM and a larger number of cores (and also faster).
The Huawei P8 Max has a very superior battery duration than Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has a 4360mAh battery capacity instead of 3000mAh. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) takes better videos and photos than Huawei P8 Max, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video definition, the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) also has a larger diafragm aperture to capture better low light photography and video and a back-facing camera with a higher 16 megapixels resolution.
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