Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 77 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2016-03-11 | 2019-04-05 |
| 5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches | 6.02 x 2.86 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.36 ounces | 5.61 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink, Pink gold, Silver and White | Black, Blue and White |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) | Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 124.00 | $ 491.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.1 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) | 2312 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 576 pixels per inch | 412 pixels per inch |
| 855 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.6 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset |
| Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 530 GPU | Mali-G51 MP4 GPU |
| 9 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.56 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.4 inches (1/2.5") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 9.79 | 9.13 |
| 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+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3340mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.96 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy S7 is a little bit better than the Huawei P30 Lite, getting a general score of 79.5 against 77. Even though the Galaxy S7 is extremely older and a bit thicker than Huawei P30 Lite, it's construction is still a bit lighter. The Galaxy S7 counts with a more vivid screen than Huawei P30 Lite, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a higher resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a greater pixels density.
The Huawei P30 Lite has a bit faster processing unit than Samsung Galaxy S7, and although they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Huawei P30 Lite also has a larger number of 2200 MHz cores. Huawei P30 Lite has much more storage to store more apps and games than Galaxy S7, because it has a SD card slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB and 96 GB more internal storage.
Huawei P30 Lite counts with a little longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy S7, because it has an 11% bigger battery size. The Galaxy S7 shoots just a bit better videos and photos than Huawei P30 Lite, because although it has a smaller back camera sensor which offers a worse image and video quality and a way worse resolution camera, it also counts with a bigger diafragm aperture to take better images and videos in poorly lited environments and a way better (4K) video definition.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we compare here, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is also a lot cheaper.
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