Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 77 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2014-06-23 | 2019-04-05 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 6.02 x 2.86 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black, Blue and White |
| -- | Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | $ 491.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2312 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 432 pixels per inch | 412 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.72 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3340mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei P30 Lite has an overall score of 77, which is slightly better than Galaxy S5 Active's 75.6 overall score. These phones come with Android operating system, but Huawei P30 Lite has newer 9.0 Pie version and Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4 version, so it counts with some nice extra features and optimized performance. Huawei P30 Lite's construction is a lot newer, somewhat thinner and a bit lighter than Galaxy S5 Active.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active features just a bit better hardware performance than Huawei P30 Lite, because although it has lesser cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a graphics processing unit. The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a brighter screen than Huawei P30 Lite, because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1920 x 1080 and a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a little bit higher quantity of pixels per screen inch.
Huawei P30 Lite features a superior memory capacity to install applications and games than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has 112 GB more internal memory capacity and a slot for external memory cards that supports up to 512 GB. Huawei P30 Lite counts with better battery duration than Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a 19% bigger battery capacity.
Huawei P30 Lite shoots slightly better photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video quality and the same video frame rate, the Huawei P30 Lite also has a camera with a lot better 24 megapixels resolution.
Although Huawei P30 Lite is a better device, it is way more expensive than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. So if you need that extra features, you can buy the Huawei P30 Lite, but if you don't you can save some money and buy the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, letting go some features and specs.
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