Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) vs Huawei P30 Pro Specs Comparison

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8.5
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
9.0
Huawei P30 Pro
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Huawei P30 Pro
Released · Jan 13, 2017
Released · Apr 05, 2019
5.2-inch · 1920x1080px
6.5-inch · 2340x1080px
Single camera
Quad camera
3GB · 32GB
6GB · 128GB
3000 mAh
4200 mAh
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Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017 Mar 26, 2019

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches
146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
6.22 x 2.89 x 0.33 inches
158 x 73.4 x 8.41 mm
Weight
5.61 oz / 159.0 g 6.77 oz / 192.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68 Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud Amber sunrise, Breathing crystal, Aurora, Black

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body 6.5-inch, 88.61% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED AMOLED, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 398 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
1.8 (Good) 4 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm) HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
1900 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP3 Mali-G76 MP10
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
8GB/256GB
8GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow) Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Ion 4200 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging Huawei SuperCharge
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W
Wireless: 15.0W
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Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
Untested
Video
Untested
Gaming
Untested
Battery Life Estimate
Untested
Browsing
Untested
Video
8h 39min
Gaming
Untested

Camera

Rear
Single camera Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 27 mm
40 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.6
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.7"
Pixel size: 1 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 16 mm
Third camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF)
Optical zoom: 5.0x
Aperture size: F3.4
Focal Length: 125 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
LED Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (960 fps)
OIS, Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
16 MP 32 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
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 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, 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
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback 32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41 34, 38, 39, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 06, 2016
FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F
Date approved: Mar 27, 2019
FCC ID value: QISVOG-LX9
Measured SAR
Head: 0.30 W/kg
Body: 0.55 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg
Head: 0.79 W/kg
Body: 0.64 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.36 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.88 W/kg
Phablet: 2.96 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
with 512 GB storage
Memory 8GB/512GB
with 256 GB of storage
Memory 8GB/256GB
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