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| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 76.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2018-01-06 | 2019-07-20 |
| 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches | 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.07 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Orchid grey | Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.6 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2220 x 1080 pixels | 2310 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 398 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| 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 | Cortex-A73 and 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 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.78 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 9.24 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| 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 | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A8 (2018) is just a bit better than the Huawei P20 Lite (2019), getting a general score of 79.2 against 76.5. Galaxy A8 (2018)'s body has the same thickness than the Huawei P20 Lite (2019), but it is just a bit lighter. The Galaxy A8 (2018) has a bit more vivid display than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), because although it has a quite smaller display and a little lower resolution of 1080 x 2220 pixels, it also counts with a just a bit better display density.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) counts with a way bigger memory to install applications and games than Galaxy A8 (2018), and although they both have a SD memory slot that supports up to 256 GB, the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) also has more internal memory capacity. Huawei P20 Lite (2019) and Galaxy A8 (2018) count with similar processors, they have a Octa-Core processor and 4 GB of RAM memory.
Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a camera that's very similar to the camera in Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018), and although the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has a tinier camera aperture, they both have a back facing camera with a 16 mega pixels, the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition.
The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has longer battery life than Galaxy A8 (2018), because it has a 33 percent bigger battery capacity.
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