Samsung Galaxy J3 vs Huawei Mate S Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy J3

Samsung Galaxy J3

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Huawei Mate S

Huawei Mate S

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Samsung Galaxy J3 or Huawei Mate S Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy J3 Huawei Mate S
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Release date 2015, November 2015, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.3 x 71 x 7.9 mm | 5.6 x 5.6 x 2.8 in 149.8 x 75.3 x 7.2 mm | 5.9 x 5.9 x 2.96 in
Weight 138 g | 4.87 oz 156 g | 5.5 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors White, Black, Gold Luxurious Gold, Mystic Champagne, Titanium Grey
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2700 mAh,  Non-removable
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 349 h
Talking time - Up to 22 h
Music play - Up to 77 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.2% 73.9%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Other specs - 3D Touch display (optional)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -8 MP, f/2.2, AF
-5 MP, f/2.2, AF - USA
-13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', OIS, AF
Functions LED flash, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP (USA)
5 MP, f/2.2 (all other regions)
8 MP, f/2.4, 26mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) or Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.1.1 (Nougat) Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); EMUI 3.1
Chipset - Spreadtrum SC9830
- Exynos 3475 Quad (28 nm) - USA
- HiSilicon Kirin 935 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7
-Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 - USA
- Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz & 4x1.5 GHz)
GPU Mali-400
Mali-T720 - USA
Mali-T628 MP4
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 8/16 GB, 1.5/2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 261
GeekBench 4 Single Core 441 750
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1159 2491
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 740 2047
GeekBench 4 Battery 1331

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)Nano-SIM (USA models only) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 / TD-SCDMA - CRR-UL00 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - CRR-L09
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - CRR-UL00 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 2526, 28(700), 40(2300) - CRR-L09
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 Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes (market dependent) Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0/4.1, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.12 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording (mark FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
Versions
- Versions: J320FN (Europe); J320F (EMEA); J320F/DD (India); J320A (AT&T); J320P (Sprint, Virgin Mobile, Boost); Galaxy Amp Prime (Cricket); Galaxy J3 V (Verizon); J320M (LATAM); J320G (Asia). Also know

- Also known as Huawei Mate S Dual SIM with dual-SIM card slots

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