Huawei nova 2 vs Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 11, 2017	Jan 02, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches 142.2 x 68.9 x 6.9 mm	5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.04 oz / 143.0 g	4.87 oz / 138.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue	Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.39% screen-to-body	4.7-inch, 67.85% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 441 PPI	1280x720px, 312 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 659	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-T830 MP2
Memory
4GB/64GB	2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
2950 mAh, Li - Polymer	2350 mAh
Charging
Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.25 μm	13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Second camera
8 MP Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), 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
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	40
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Dual SIM	Yes

Dual SIM	Yes

Links

Full specifications
Huawei nova 2 Specs	Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) Specs
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