Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design vs. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design and Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018). Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory capacities and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect phone. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the phone that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design vs. Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Manufacturer Model Number - SM-A530F
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 154.2 mm 149.2 mm Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has greater height than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Width 74.5 mm 70.6 mm Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has greater width than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Depth 7.9 mm 8.4 mm Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design is narrower than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Weight 178 g 172 g Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is lighter than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Body Colour Diamond black Orchid grey | Gold | Black
Body Material Aluminium, glass -
Protection - Dustproof, waterproof
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - Yes Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) is waterproof.
IP rating - IP68
SAR Value - 1.25 W/kg (body), 0.241 W/kg (head)
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Single-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Display Type OLED display OLED display
Display Technology AMOLED Super AMOLED
Screen Size (Display Size) 6" 5.6" Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has larger screen size than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2160 x 1080 pixels 2220 x 1080 pixels Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has better screen resolution than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Pixel Density 402 ppi 440 ppi Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has better pixel density than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Aspect Ratio - 18.5:9
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 16.7 million colours Both phones have the same color depth.
Contrast Ratio 70000:1 -
Display Features - Always-on display, Infinity Display
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 970 - with i7 Samsung Exynos
Processor Number - 7885
Clock Speed - 2.2 GHz
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes Yes Both phones have 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali G72 MP12 -
MEMORY Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
RAM 6 GB 4 GB Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has more RAM than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 256 GB 32 GB Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has more internal memory than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
User Memory - 22.7 GB
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) - microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 256 GB
CAMERA Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 2 1
Sensor Resolution 20 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has better camera resolution than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Sensor Size - 1/2.8"
Sensor Type BSI-CMOS -
Lens Aperture - F/1.7
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Laser Auto Focus Yes -
Digital Zoom 2x 4x Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has better digital zoom than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Special Effects Monochrome HDR, Beauty effect, Grid Line
Camera Modes - Panorama, Pro mode, night mode, Beauty mode, HYPERLAPSE, low-light shots, Food mode
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection, smile detection Face detection Both phones have face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Video Resolutions 3840 x 2160 (4K) 1920 x 1080 (1080p) at 30 fps, 1280 x 720 (720p) at 30 fps
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), Depth Auto Focus Quick Launch, Playback zoom, Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), VDIS (Video Digital Image Stabilisation), Hyperlapse video with stabilisation, Tracking AF, Video location tags, Live stickers, Stamps, location tags, High CRI flash
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 12 Megapixel -
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/1.6 -
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has better front camera resolution than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Sensor Size (Front) - 1/3.1"
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/1.9 Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design.
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Special Effects (Front) - HDR, Grid Line
Camera Modes (Front) - Night mode, wide selfie mode, Beauty mode, Live Focus mode
Camera Features (Front) - Quick launch, Live stickers, Stamps, location tags
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Front) - 8 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (2nd Front) - F/1.9
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4000 mAh 3000 mAh Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design has larger battery capacity than Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018).
Talk Time - 1140 minutes
Run Time Details - Active online usage (3G): up to 12 hrs
Active online usage (LTE): up to 14 hrs
Active online usage (Wi-Fi): up to 15 hrs
Playback (video): up to 17 hrs
Playback (audio): up to 43 hrs
Playback (audio (Always On Display Off)): up to 64 hrs
Talk (3G): up to 1140 min
Battery Technology Lithium polymer -
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Technology TD-SCDMA / WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 4G Both phones have the same mobile network generation.
Operating System Android 8.0 Oreo Android 7.1.1 Nougat
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 8.0 -
Intelligent Assistant - Bixby
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19 Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 8
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 900
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 32, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40 Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 13, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 38, Band 40, Band 41, Band 66
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, FDD 1500 L, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300 FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700c, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2600, TDD 2300, TDD 2500, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS-3
Wireless Interface Infrared (IrDA), IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, ANT+/ANT
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0 LE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, apt-X HD WAV, WMA, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, XMF, OGG, MIDI, M4A, MXMF, OGA, 3GA, AWB, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, MID
Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, 3GP MKV, FLV, AVI, MPEG-4, WMV, ASF, 3GP, M4V, WebM, 3G2
FEATURES Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, G-sensor, hall sensor Accelerometer, proximity sensor, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, RGB sensor, geomagnetic sensor
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader
Additional Phone Features Infrared remote control, noise reduction microphone Fast Charging, S-Voice, Samsung KNOX, Dual Messenger, Smart View, Bixby Vision, Secure Folder function, MEMS microphones
OTHERS Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
Included Accessories Headset, carrying case, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C to 3.5 jack adapter, USB-C headphones, 2 x USB-C cable Power adapter
Compliant Standards DisplayPort 1.2 IP68
Max Depth of Water Resistance - 1.5 m
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