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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 76.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-07-20 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black |
| Aluminium | Plastic and Plastic |
| $ 239.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2310 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 294 pixels per inch | 398 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.18 |
| 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 + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a score of 76.5, which is a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A5's general score of 72.4. Although the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) is noticeably newer than Samsung Galaxy A5, it's noticeably heavier and thicker. Both devices in this comparison review include Android OS (Operating System), but Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version, offering some additional features and some performance improvements.
The Galaxy A5 has a little more vivid display than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), although it has a much lower resolution of 1280 x 720px, a much smaller display and a much lower screen density. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features much more memory to store more games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has 112 GB more internal memory capacity and an external memory slot that supports a maximum of 256 GB.
The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) counts with a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU and a 32-bit processing unit instead of 64-bits, it also counts with 2 GB more RAM memory and more cores. Huawei P20 Lite (2019) takes better videos and photos than Galaxy A5, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same video quality, the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) also has a camera in the back with a better resolution.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) counts with a really longer battery performance than Galaxy A5, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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