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| Global Score | |
| 75.8 | 79.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| 2017-01-13 | 2017-04-05 |
| 6.17 x 3.06 x 0.31 inches | 6.04 x 2.92 x 0.27 inches |
| 6.56 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black sky, Blue mist, Gold sand and Peach cloud | Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Pink and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 386 pixels per inch | 534 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 960 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP3 GPU | Mali-G71 MP8 GPU |
| 9 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.88 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 28.00mm 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 |
| 9.24 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3600mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.6 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Huawei P10 Plus has a global score of 79.8, which is a bit better than Galaxy A7 (2017)'s 75.8 general score. Although the Huawei P10 Plus and the Galaxy A7 (2017) were released only a few months apart, the Huawei P10 Plus is lighter and thinner. The Huawei P10 Plus counts with a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a better 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution and a higher number of pixels per display inch.
The Huawei P10 Plus counts with a superior storage capacity for applications and games than Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have a slot for external memory cards that holds a maximum of 256 GB, the Huawei P10 Plus also has 96 GB more internal memory capacity. Huawei P10 Plus has a bit better CPU than Galaxy A7 (2017), and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei P10 Plus also has more RAM memory.
Huawei P10 Plus takes a bit better videos and photos than Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017), because although it has a back-facing camera with a much lower resolution, it also counts with a lot better 3840x2160 video resolution and a bigger camera aperture to capture better low-light photography and video.
The Huawei P10 Plus counts with a little longer battery performance than Galaxy A7 (2017), because it has a 4% more battery capacity.
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