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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
SM-G870| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 86.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 10 |
| 2014-06-23 | 2020-04-07 |
| 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches | 5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches |
| 6.00 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Gray, Green and Red | Black, Blush gold, Deep Sea blue, Ice white and Silver frost |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 199.00 | $ 244.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 432 pixels per inch | 422 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 23.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.78 inches (1/1.28") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.69 | 12.21 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3800mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 480 hours standby time 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | 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 P40 is better than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, having an 86.4 score against 75.6. Huawei P40's body is incredibly newer and just a little bit thinner, but also just a bit heavier than the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. Both of these devices use Android operating system, but the Huawei P40 has the previous 10 version while Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has Android 4.4.4.
The Huawei P40 counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has doesn't have an extra graphics co-processor, it also counts with a larger number of faster cores and 4 GB more RAM memory. Galaxy S5 Active features a bit better looking display than Huawei P40, because although it has a little worse resolution of 1920 x 1080px and a quite smaller display, it also counts with a quite greater pixel amount in each screen inch.
Huawei P40 features a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, and although they both have the same video definition, the Huawei P40 also has better video frame rate and a back-facing camera with a much better resolution. The Huawei P40 features a lot bigger storage for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory.
Huawei P40 counts with a superior battery duration than Samsung Galaxy S5 Active, because it has a 36% greater battery size.
Huawei P40 costs more than the Galaxy S5 Active, but you can get a better phone for that extra dollars.
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