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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 91.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| 2017-01-13 | 2020-03-05 |
| 5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches | 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches |
| 5.61 ounces | 10.58 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Interstellar blue |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2480 x 2200 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 414 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 40.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 10.56 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| 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
Huawei Mate Xs is much better than the Galaxy A5 (2017), getting a 91.6 score against 75.8. Huawei Mate Xs's design is incredibly newer than the Galaxy A5 (2017)'s, but it is noticeably heavier and notably thicker. Huawei Mate Xs counts with just a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has more RAM memory.
Huawei Mate Xs counts with a bit more vivid screen than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has a little less pixels per display inch, it also counts with a lot larger display and a way higher resolution of 2200 x 2480. The Huawei Mate Xs captures much clearer photographs and videos than Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has a bigger camera aperture, a way better (4K) video quality and a back camera with a much better resolution.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a much bigger memory capacity for games and applications than Galaxy A5 (2017), because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 512 GB internal storage. Huawei Mate Xs features a much longer battery performance than Galaxy A5 (2017), because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity instead of 3000mAh.
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