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Samsung Galaxy A5
SM-A500, SM-A500F, SM-A500K, SM-A500H, SM-A500L, SM-A500HQ| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 81.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-10-30 | 2019-04-05 |
| 5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 inches | 5.87 x 2.81 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.34 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Breathing and Crystal aurora |
| Aluminium | Glass and Metal |
| $ 239.00 | $ 504.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 294 pixels per inch | 422 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 MP10 GPU |
| 9.09 | 9.45 |
| 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 + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 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 |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 7.92 | 11.66 |
| 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 | 3650mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 5.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei P30 is much better than the Samsung Galaxy A5, with an 81.7 score against 72.4. Even though the Huawei P30 is extremely newer than Samsung Galaxy A5, it is somewhat thicker and incredibly heavier. Both of these phones work with Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei P30 has the previous 10 version while Samsung Galaxy A5 has Android 4.4.4 version.
The Huawei P30 counts with a little better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A5, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processor and a 32 bits processing unit instead of 64-bits, it also counts with 4 GB more RAM memory and a larger number of cores. Samsung Galaxy A5 has a little more vivid screen than Huawei P30, although it has a lot worse screen pixels density, a way worse 1280 x 720 resolution and a quite smaller screen.
The Huawei P30 shoots much better photos and videos than Galaxy A5, because it has a lot more MP back-facing camera and a much better 3840x2160 video resolution. Huawei P30 features a very superior memory capacity for applications and games than Galaxy A5, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal storage.
The Huawei P30 has a very superior battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy A5, because it has a 3650mAh battery size instead of 2300mAh.
Although Huawei P30 is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy A5, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Samsung Galaxy A5. If you want to save a few dollars, you can buy Samsung Galaxy A5, letting go some specs and features, but you will get the most with your money.
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