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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 87.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2016-01-08 | 2019-10-20 |
| 5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches | 6.33 x 3.00 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.47 ounces | 6.91 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink and White | Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green, Space silver and Vegan leather - Orange and Forest green |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 390 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 405 GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.67 inches (1/1.5") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.91 | 11.99 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2900mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 4.88 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate 30 5G is way better than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), with an 87.4 score against 71.9. Huawei Mate 30 5G's design is newer than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016)'s, but it's somewhat thicker and noticeably heavier. Huawei Mate 30 5G and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) have incredibly similar screens, because although the Huawei Mate 30 5G has a quite worse pixel count per inch of screen, it also counts with a bigger screen and a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2340px.
The Huawei Mate 30 5G counts with a way bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5 (2016), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 112 GB more internal memory. Huawei Mate 30 5G has a more powerful processor than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), and although they both have a Octa-Core processing unit, the Huawei Mate 30 5G also has more RAM memory.
The Huawei Mate 30 5G features a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), because it has a 4200mAh battery capacity against 2900mAh. Huawei Mate 30 5G shoots a lot better pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), because it has a larger camera aperture to take better low light captures, a way higher video resolution and a back camera with way more megapixels.
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