Huawei Mate 8 vs Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei Mate 8

Huawei Mate 8

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Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4

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Huawei Mate 8 or Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei Mate 8 Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4
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Release date 2015, November 2013, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.1 x 80.6 x 7.9 mm | 6.19 x 6.19 x 3.17 in 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.75 in
Weight 185 g | 6.53 oz 130 g | 4.59 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Champagne Gold, Moonlight Silver, Space Gray, Mocha Brown White Frost, Black Mist, Aurora Red (AT&T only), Arctic Blue, Purple Mirage, Brown Autumn, Pink Twilight, Black Edition
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 528 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 98 h
Stand by time - Up to 350 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
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Screen

Technology IPS-NEO LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 5" in
Screen area 98.7 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 78.0% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 368 PPI 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8'', OIS, PDAF -13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, HDR
Video 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard)
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); EMUI 4 Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 950 (16 nm) - Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A72 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A53) - Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300
GPU Mali-T880 MP4 Adreno 320
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - NXT-L09, NXT-L29
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - NXT-L29
16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 363
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1131
GeekBench 5 Single Core 339 149
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1273 475
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1683 698
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5282 1776
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3812

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM - NXT-L09Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - NXT-L29 Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - NXT-L29, NXT-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L29 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300) - NXT-L09
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100  
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - SGH-i337
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - SGH-i337
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.49 W/kg (head)     0.32 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.46 W/kg (head)     0.21 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.77 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.40 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging: 37% in 30 min

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
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Versions
- Also known as Huawei Ascend Mate8

- Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Value Edition I9515 Samsung SGH-i337 for AT&T Samsung I9505G Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition

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