Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend Mate7 vs Huawei Ascend P8 vs Samsung Galaxy A8

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Huawei Samsung
Announced September 2014 Expected Announcement - April 2015 July 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Rumored - Q2 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold Black, white Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157 x 81 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
6 mm thickness
(0.24 in thickness)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) - 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 20)
LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, HiSilicon Kirin 925 Quad-core, HiSilicon Kirin 930 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Mali-T628 - Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory Yes, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 5.2 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.68% - 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - FM radio FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 8 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM (3GB on 32GB model) 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage Yes, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4100 mAh 2600 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 648 h (3G) - -
Talk Time - - -