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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
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| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2013-06-05 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.50 x 2.81 x 0.36 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.33 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Blue, Gray and Orange | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 145.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | IPS LCD |
| 441 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Krait 300 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 320 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 8.91 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 6.49 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2600mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.56 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 has an overall score of 76.3, which is slightly better than Galaxy S4 Active's general score of 71.7. Huawei nova 3's design is a lot newer and thinner than Galaxy S4 Active's, although it is also a bit heavier. These phones include Android OS, but Huawei nova 3 has a more recent 8.1 Oreo version while Galaxy S4 Active has Android 4.4, providing the user some extra features.
Huawei nova 3 features a little bit better hardware performance than Galaxy S4 Active, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor, it also counts with a larger number of cores and a greater amount of RAM. Samsung Galaxy S4 Active counts with a more vivid screen than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a really smaller display and a bit worse resolution of 1920 x 1080, it also counts with a quite higher display density.
The Huawei nova 3 has much more storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has more internal memory and a SD memory slot that holds up to 256 GB. The Huawei nova 3 captures way better pictures and videos than Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a lot higher (4K) video definition and a camera with a much higher resolution.
Huawei nova 3 counts with a way better battery life than Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, because it has a 44% greater battery capacity.
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