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Samsung Galaxy A7
Dual SIMSM-A700YD
| Global Score | |
| 75.4 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2015-01-11 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.94 x 3.00 x 0.25 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 4.97 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Blue, Gold and White | 16 777 216 |
| Metal | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 360.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 401 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1500 MHz + Quad-Core 1000 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 405 (500 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.45 | 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 |
| 8.03 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 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 has a score of 76.3, which is a bit better than Galaxy A7's 75.4 score. The Huawei nova 3 construction is much newer than the Galaxy A7's, although it's somewhat heavier and thicker. Both phones in our current comparison use Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei nova 3 has newer 8.1 Oreo version and Galaxy A7 has Android 4.4.4 version, so it gives you a couple nice extra features and performance tweaks.
Samsung Galaxy A7 features a better display than Huawei nova 3, although it has a just a little lower quantity of pixels per display inch, a quite lower 1920 x 1080 resolution and a quite smaller display. The Galaxy A7 has a little faster processor than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, and they both have 8 cores, the Galaxy A7 also counts with a 64-bits processing unit and a graphics processing unit.
The Huawei nova 3 shoots way better videos and photos than Samsung Galaxy A7, because it has a better 16 mega-pixels resolution back facing camera and a way higher 3840x2160 video definition. Huawei nova 3 features a lot bigger memory capacity for apps and games than Samsung Galaxy A7, because it has a slot for external memory cards that supports a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal memory capacity.
Huawei nova 3 has a superior battery life than Galaxy A7, because it has 3750mAh of battery capacity against 2600mAh.
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