Huawei nova vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016	Oct 04, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
€399	$599

Design

Dimensions
5.56 x 2.72 x 0.28 inches 141.2 x 69.1 x 7.1 mm	6.22 x 3.01 x 0.32 inches 158 x 76.5 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.15 oz (146.0 g)	7.37 oz (209.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.64% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1450 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 441 PPI	2340x1080px, 29.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x2.8GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14, 13)

Battery

Type
3020 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 18min

Browsing

16h 15min

Video

8h 3min

Gaming

8h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.25 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
8 MP	10 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

137

Overall

146

Photo

128

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.3
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Yes	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Sep 09, 2016 FCC ID value: QISCAN-LX1
Measured SAR
Head: 1.42 W/kg Body: 0.72 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.43 W/kg

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei nova Specs	Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Specs
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