Huawei P10 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Huawei P10
Huawei P10 Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016)
Released · Mar 07, 2017
Released · Oct 01, 2016
5.1-inch · 1920x1080px
5.7-inch · 1920x1080px
Dual camera
Single camera
4GB · 64GB
3GB · 32GB
3200 mAh
3300 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 26, 2017 Sep 30, 2016

Design

Dimensions
5.72 x 2.73 x 0.27 inches
145.3 x 69.3 x 6.98 mm
6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches
156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
Weight
5.11 oz / 145.0 g 6.42 oz / 182.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Aluminum
Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver, Pink, Green, Blue, White Gold, Silver, Blue

Display

Size
5.1-inch, 71.17% screen-to-body 5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 432 PPI 1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good) Untested

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 960 Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2400 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G71 MP8 Yes
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
4GB/32GB
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat) Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3200 mAh, Li - Ion 3300 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 28 mm
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Autofocus) 8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Multiple antennas, MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 40
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 15, 2017
FCC ID value: QISVTR-L29
Measured SAR
Head: 0.98 W/kg
Body: 0.07 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 0.16 W/kg

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