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| Global Score | |
| 71.9 | 76.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2016-01-08 | 2019-07-20 |
| 5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches | 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches |
| 5.47 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink and White | Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2310 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 424 pixels per inch | 398 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor | Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 405 GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 8.73 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.91 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2900mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.88 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) is just a bit better than the Galaxy A5 (2016), with a 76.5 score against 71.9. Even though Huawei P20 Lite (2019) is much newer than Galaxy A5 (2016), it's somewhat thicker and somewhat heavier. The Galaxy A5 (2016) counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), because although it has a bit worse 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution and a little smaller screen, it also counts with a bit better quantity of pixels in each display inch.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a much bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), because it has a slot for an external memory card that holds up to 256 GB and 112 GB more internal storage capacity. Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A5 (2016), and although they both have a Octa-Core processor, the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) also has 2 GB more RAM memory.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) takes just a bit better photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video resolution and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) also has a higher resolution camera and a larger aperture.
The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a much longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A5 (2016), because it has a 38 percent greater battery capacity.
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