Huawei nova 3 vs Samsung Galaxy A31 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 18, 2018	Mar 24, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	€300

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches 157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm	6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 inches 159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm
Weight
5.86 oz / 166.0 g	6.53 oz / 185.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Purple, Blue, Red	Prism Crush black, Prism Crush blue, Prism Crush red, Prism Crush white

Display

Size
6.3-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 84.88% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 60Hz
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 409 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 411 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)	MediaTek Helio P65 MT6768 (12 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A75 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G72 MP12	Mali-G52 MC2
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3750 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
24 MP (Black and White, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 27 mm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps)
Front
24 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p	20 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	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, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, 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
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Full Specs Huawei nova 3 Specs

Full Specs Samsung Galaxy A31 Specs

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 1	1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 08, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMA315GL
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.53 W/kg Body: 0.56 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.42 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.65 W/kg Phablet: 0.89 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB