Huawei G8 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo Comparison and Differences

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Huawei G8

Huawei G8

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Huawei G8 or Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei G8 Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo
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Release date 2015, July 2015, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 152 x 76.5 x 7.5 mm | 5.98 x 5.98 x 3.01 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 167 g | 5.89 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Colors Black, White, Gold Black, Gray, Gold
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 15 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 73 h
Approximate price 330 EUR 350 EUR

Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" inc 5.1" inc
Screen area 83.4 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.7% 69.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 432 PPI

Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), OIS, AF -16 MP, f/1.9, 31mm (standard), AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide) 5 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); EMUI 3.1 Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - Exynos 7580 Octa
Processor CPU - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
32 GB, 3 GB RAM
16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 105
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 403
GeekBench 4 Single Core 619 641
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1972 3067
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2123 1979

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Hybrid Dual SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
-3G - HSDPA
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G903F 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G903W
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G903F 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 29(700) - G903W
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Class 12 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.03 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.46 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Huawei GX8

- Versions: G903F (Europe); G903W (Canada)

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