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| Global Score | |
| 72.6 | 81.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2015-04-15 | 2017-04-21 |
| 7.19 x 3.66 x 0.27 inches | 5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.04 ounces | 5.47 ounces |
| Gold and Gray | Arctic silver, Burgundy red, Coral blue, Maple gold, Midnight black, Orchid gray and Rose pink |
| Metal; metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 2000.00 | $ 173.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.8 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2960 x 1440 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 324 pixels per inch | 568 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.4 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.27 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.03 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4360mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.24 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0, EDR | Bluetooth 5.0, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S8 is much better than Huawei P8 Max, getting an 81.7 score against 72.6. Even though Galaxy S8 is somewhat thicker than Huawei P8 Max, it's way lighter and also incredibly newer. Galaxy S8 features a little sharper display than Huawei P8 Max, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a way greater display pixel density and a lot higher resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels.
The Galaxy S8 features a slightly bigger memory for apps and games than Huawei P8 Max, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Galaxy S8 also has a SD memory slot that holds up to 256 GB. Samsung Galaxy S8 has a superior hardware performance than Huawei P8 Max, because it has 1 GB more RAM memory and a greater number of cores.
The Huawei P8 Max counts with a very superior battery performance than Samsung Galaxy S8, because it has a 4360mAh battery capacity against 3000mAh. The Samsung Galaxy S8 features a very superior camera than Huawei P8 Max, because although it has a camera with less MP resolution, it also counts with a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a larger diafragm aperture.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 not only is the best phones of the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other phones.
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