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| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 77.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-01-06 | 2020-05-08 |
| 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches | 6.11 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches |
| 6.07 ounces | 5.75 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey | Aurora blue, Emerald green and Midnight black |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.6 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2220 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 416 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A8 (2018) has a score of 79.2, which is just a bit better than the Huawei P Smart (2020)'s score of 77.5. Galaxy A8 (2018) is a notably older, a bit thicker and just a little bit heavier device than the Huawei P Smart (2020). The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a bit more vivid display than Huawei P Smart (2020), because although it has a bit smaller display and a little lower resolution of 1080 x 2220px, it also counts with a little bit greater amount of pixels per inch in the screen.
The Huawei P Smart (2020) has a very superior memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has a SD card slot that admits a maximum of 512 GB and 64 GB more internal memory. The Huawei P Smart (2020) has a processing unit that's just as good as the Galaxy A8 (2018) one, they have 8 processing cores and 4 GB of RAM.
The Huawei P Smart (2020) has just a bit better battery duration than Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has a 13 percent more battery size. Galaxy A8 (2018) features a bit better camera than Huawei P Smart (2020), because although it has slower 30 frames per second video frame rate, and they both have the same (Full HD) video quality, the Galaxy A8 (2018) also counts with a larger diafragm aperture to capture better low-light captures and videos and a higher 16 mega pixels resolution camera in the back.
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