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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 84 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10 |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-09-20 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.33 x 3.00 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.91 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green and Space silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 390 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.16 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 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 |
| 7.92 | 11.99 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate 30 has a score of 84, which is much better than Galaxy A5's 72.4 overall score. These devices use Android operating system, but Huawei Mate 30 has 10 version and Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4. The Huawei Mate 30 body is way newer, but heavier and much thicker than Galaxy A5. Samsung Galaxy A5 has a bit more vivid display than Huawei Mate 30, although it has a really smaller display, a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and a just a little less pixels per inch in the screen.
Huawei Mate 30 counts with a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an extra GPU and a 32 bits processor instead of 64-bits, it also counts with a greater number of faster cores and 6 GB more RAM memory. Huawei Mate 30 features a very superior camera than Galaxy A5, because it has a back-facing camera with a way higher resolution and a much higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality.
The Huawei Mate 30 has a lot bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because although it has no slot for an SD memory card, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory. Huawei Mate 30 has a way better battery life than Galaxy A5, because it has a 4200mAh battery size.
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