Huawei nova Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A72 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016	Mar 17, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
€429	€449

Design

Dimensions
5.98 x 2.98 x 0.29 inches 151.8 x 75.7 x 7.3 mm	6.50 x 3.05 x 165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm
Weight
5.64 oz (160.0 g)	7.16 oz (203.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Plastic
Materials & Colors
	Black, Blue, White, Violet
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver, Pink

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.53% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 84.74% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED, 90Hz
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI	2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953	Snapdragon 720G SM7125 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.3GHz Kryo 465 6x1.8GHz Kryo 465
GPU
Adreno 506	Adreno 618
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB	6GB/128GB (UFS) 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
3340 mAh, Li - Polymer	5000 mAh
Charging
	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

13h 42min

Video

9h 19min

Gaming

10h 5min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (OIS, PDAF)	64 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Autofocus) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F24.0 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Fourth camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
8 MP	32 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.0
WLAN
b,g,n 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band,802.1x Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, 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
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

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

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 04, 2016 FCC ID value: QISMLA-LX2	Date approved: Jan 26, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA725M
Measured SAR
Head: 1.23 W/kg Body: 0.38 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.33 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg	Head: 0.29 W/kg Body: 0.30 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.59 W/kg
EU SAR
	Head: 0.23 W/kgBody: 1.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
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