Huawei nova 8 SE 4G vs Samsung Galaxy A25 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Dec 11, 2023
MSRP
	$ 300

Design

Dimensions
6.36 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches 161.5 x 74.8 x 7.5 mm	6.34 x 3.01 x 0.33 inches 161 x 76.5 x 8.3 mm
Weight
6.35 oz (180.0 g)	6.95 oz (197.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Blue, Aurora, Silver	Brave Black, Personality Yellow, Fantasy Blue, Optimistic Blue

Display

Size
6.5-inch, 84.56% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 84.24% screen-to-body
Type
OLED	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1000 nits
Resolution
2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 405 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 396 PPI

Hardware

System chip
Kirin 710A (14 nm)	Exynos 1280 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 4x2.0GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G51 MP4	Mali-G68
Memory
8GBROM: 128 MB	6GB (LPDDR4X)/128GB (UFS)
Storage expansion
not expandable	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
HarmonyOS 2	Android (14)

Battery

Type
3800 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 66.0W	Wired: 25.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

5h 44min

Browsing

14h 16min

Video

7h 27min

Gaming

8h 37min

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Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Triple camera
Main camera
64 MP Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm	50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 17 mm	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/1.4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
2 MP (Depth information)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes	4K UHD (30 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
16 MP	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

127

Overall

136

Photo

119

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G
	Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n13, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD)
Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 18, 19, 26	Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41	Bands 38, 40, 41
3G
Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s)
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Dual Nano SIM

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