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| Global Score | |
| 80.2 | 77.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2015-08-21 | 2020-05-08 |
| 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches | 6.11 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches |
| 6.03 ounces | 5.75 ounces |
| Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan and White pearl | Aurora blue, Emerald green and Midnight black |
| Glass and Metal | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.7 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 515 pixels per inch | 416 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2100 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-T760 MP8 GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 2560 x 1440 (60 fps) (Quad HD / 2K) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.01 | 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 - Ion Battery | 3400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | 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 |
Comparison review
Galaxy Note5 is just a bit better than the Huawei P Smart (2020), having a score of 80.2 against 77.5. The Galaxy Note5 construction is a little bit thinner than Huawei P Smart (2020), but it's just a bit heavier and was released many years before. Samsung Galaxy Note5 counts with a bit better display than Huawei P Smart (2020), because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit greater screen density and a better resolution of 1440 x 2560px.
Huawei P Smart (2020) has a much better storage for games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Note5, because it has 64 GB more internal memory capacity and a SD extension slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. Huawei P Smart (2020) features a processing unit that's just as good as the Galaxy Note5 one, both of them have a 4 GB RAM and 8 processing cores.
Huawei P Smart (2020) counts with just a little better battery performance than Galaxy Note5, because it has a 3400mAh battery size. Galaxy Note5 counts with a slightly better camera than Huawei P Smart (2020), because although it has a smaller camera aperture which is not good for taking images in poorly lited environments, it also counts with a back camera with a better resolution and a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video definition.
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