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| Global Score | |
| 80.2 | 91.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| 2015-08-21 | 2020-03-05 |
| 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches | 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches |
| 6.03 ounces | 10.58 ounces |
| Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan and White pearl | Interstellar blue |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 8 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2480 x 2200 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 515 pixels per inch | 414 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T760 MP8 GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 512 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 17.6 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 40.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 2560 x 1440 (60 fps) (Quad HD / 2K) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 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 | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate Xs is better than Galaxy Note5, with a 91.6 score against 80.2. Even though the Huawei Mate Xs is incredibly newer than the Galaxy Note5, it is a lot heavier and extremely thicker. Galaxy Note5 has a little sharper display than Huawei Mate Xs, because although it has a bit lower resolution of 1440 x 2560 and a way smaller screen, it also counts with a just a little higher pixel number per inch in the display.
The Huawei Mate Xs counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy Note5, and although they both have a Octa-Core processor, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a higher amount of RAM memory. Huawei Mate Xs captures slightly better photographs and videos than Galaxy Note5, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same (4K) video definition, the Huawei Mate Xs also has a way more mega pixels back-facing camera, a bigger camera aperture to take better low light images and a lot larger back-facing camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors.
Huawei Mate Xs features much more memory capacity to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Note5, because it has more internal memory. Huawei Mate Xs has a much longer battery performance than Galaxy Note5, because it has a 50% larger battery size.
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