Huawei nova 3 vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 18, 2018	Mar 17, 2022
Prices (MSRP)
	$450

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches 157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm	6.30 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 159.9 x 74.7 x 8.1 mm
Weight
5.86 oz / 166.0 g	6.67 oz / 189.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Resistance
	Yes; IP67
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Purple, Blue, Red

Display

Size
6.3-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 85.36% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 800 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 409 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.7 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz CortexA-78 6x2.0G​Hz CortexA-55
GPU
Mali-G72 MP12	Yes
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (12)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	621
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	1856
3D Mark High
Untested	636
3D Mark Low
Untested	631

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Battery

Type
3750 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

15h 45min

Video

7h 45min

Gaming

Untested

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Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
24 MP (Black and White, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 27 mm	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 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	Yes
Front
24 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Yes 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), 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

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	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

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

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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