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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-10-30 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 294 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 is just a bit better than the Samsung Galaxy A5, getting a score of 76.3 against 72.4. Although the Huawei nova 3 is extremely newer than Samsung Galaxy A5, it's thicker and heavier. Both phones we are comparing here use Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei nova 3 has a more recent 8.1 Oreo version while Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version, offering lots of additional features and performance tweaks.
The Huawei nova 3 counts with a little better performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has a 32-bits processing unit against 64-bits and doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with 4 GB more RAM memory and a higher number of cores (and faster). Samsung Galaxy A5 counts with a bit sharper display than Huawei nova 3, although it has a really smaller screen, a lot worse screen density and a way lower resolution of 1280 x 720px.
The Huawei nova 3 features a very superior camera than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a lot higher (4K) video resolution and a back facing camera with a higher resolution. Huawei nova 3 has much more storage capacity for apps and games than Galaxy A5, because it has a slot for external memory cards that allows a maximum of 256 GB and 112 GB more internal storage.
The Huawei nova 3 features a really longer battery life than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 3750mAh battery capacity.
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