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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 77.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| 2016-03-11 | 2015-12-01 |
| 5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches | 6.19 x 3.17 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.36 ounces | 6.53 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink, Pink gold, Silver and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 124.00 | $ 690.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 576 pixels per inch | 367 pixels per inch |
| 855 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.6 | 7.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 950 chipset |
| Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 530 GPU | Mali-T880 MP4 GPU |
| 9 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.56 | 12.42 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.4 inches (1/2.5") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 5.92 |
| 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S7 is a little bit better than Huawei Mate 8, having a 79.5 score against 77.4. Galaxy S7 is a lighter cellphone than the Huawei Mate 8, but both are equally thin. Huawei Mate 8 has a bit better hardware performance than Galaxy S7, and although they both have the same RAM amount, the Huawei Mate 8 also has more CPU cores.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 counts with a much sharper display than Huawei Mate 8, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 1440 x 2560 and a lot better screen pixel density. Samsung Galaxy S7 features a bit better camera than Huawei Mate 8, because although it has a much lower 12 megapixels resolution camera in the back, it also counts with a way higher video definition and a bigger diafragm aperture to capture better images and videos in low light situations.
The Huawei Mate 8 features much more storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy S7, because although it has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 128 GB against 200 GB, it also counts with more internal storage capacity. The Huawei Mate 8 has better battery lifetime than Galaxy S7, because it has a 33% bigger battery capacity.
Samsung Galaxy S7 not only is the best phones in our current comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest one.
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