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| Global Score | |
| 76.7 | 91.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 10, 8.0 Oreo | -- |
| 2018-06-28 | 2020-03-05 |
| 6.27 x 2.98 x 0.32 inches | 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches |
| 6.24 ounces | 10.58 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Interstellar blue |
| Plastic | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6 inches | 8 inches |
| 1480 x 720 pixels | 2480 x 2200 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 274 pixels per inch | 414 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.2 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SDM450 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 506 GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 40.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 9.46 | 10.56 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.3 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3500mAh Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.44 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate Xs is much better than Samsung Galaxy J8, having a 91.6 score against 76.7. Although the Huawei Mate Xs is newer than the Samsung Galaxy J8, it's a lot thicker and much heavier. Huawei Mate Xs counts with a much better looking display than Samsung Galaxy J8, because it has a much better resolution of 2200 x 2480px, a lot greater pixels density and a much larger screen.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a superior memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy J8, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with 448 GB more internal storage. Huawei Mate Xs counts with a little faster CPU than Galaxy J8, and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a higher amount of RAM memory.
Huawei Mate Xs features a better camera than Galaxy J8, because although it has a tinier diafragm aperture, it also counts with a much higher 3840x2160 video definition, a back-facing camera with a much better resolution and a lot larger camera sensor which gives a lot better image and video quality.
Huawei Mate Xs has longer battery duration than Galaxy J8, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity against 3500mAh.
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