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| Global Score | |
| 82.1 | 83.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo | Android 10 |
| 2018-08-27 | 2020-06-17 |
| 6.39 x 3.03 x 0.30 inches | 6.39 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches |
| 6.74 ounces | 6.67 ounces |
| Black and White | Crush green, Midnight black and Space silver |
| Glass and Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2220 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 392 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 820 chipset |
| Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 512 GPU | Mali-G57 MP6 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.34 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 10.01 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3700mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Huawei P40 lite 5G is slightly better than Galaxy A8 Star, having a general score of 83.4 against 82.1. The Huawei P40 lite 5G is a newer and a little lighter device than Galaxy A8 Star, but it is thicker. Both of these phones work with Android OS (operating system), but the Huawei P40 lite 5G has the older 10 version and Galaxy A8 Star has Android 9.0 Pie version.
Huawei P40 lite 5G counts with a slightly better looking display than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has a quite bigger screen, a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2400px and a just a bit more pixels per inch of display. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star features a quite bigger storage for games and applications than Huawei P40 lite 5G, because although it has only 64 GB internal storage, it also counts with a SD memory slot that holds a maximum of 400 GB.
The Huawei P40 lite 5G counts with a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star. They have the same RAM amount and the same number of cores. Huawei P40 lite 5G has a better camera than Samsung Galaxy A8 Star, because although it has a tinier camera aperture which is not so good for low-light photos and videos, and they both have the same (4K) video quality and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, the Huawei P40 lite 5G also counts with a lot better 64 megapixels resolution camera in the back.
Huawei P40 lite 5G counts with just a little bit longer battery lifetime than Galaxy A8 Star, because it has an 8% larger battery size.
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