Phone Comparison - Huawei Ascend Mate7 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 vs Huawei Ascend P8

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung Huawei
Announced September 2014 Expected Announcement - December 2014 Expected Announcement - April 2015
Status Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Rumored - January 2015 Rumored - Q2 2015
Price - Rs. 19,499 ($286.75) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Black, white
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157 x 81 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.99 x 0.25 in)
6 mm thickness
(0.24 in thickness)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - SM-A700*/DS
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, HiSilicon Kirin 925 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core, HiSilicon Kirin 930
GPU Mali-T628 Adreno 405 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory Yes, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches 5.5 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 77.68% 72.64% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - - FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP [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 Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP, 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

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