Huawei Mate S vs. Honor 7A

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

In depth comparison and review of Huawei Mate S and Honor 7A. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory, and other important specifications and features to easily choose the right phone for you. Our goal is to help you uncover differences between the products and find the phone that will best fit your needs.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate S vs. Honor 7A Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Touch
Height 149.8 mm 152.4 mm Honor 7A has greater height than Huawei Mate S.
Width 75.3 mm 73 mm Huawei Mate S has greater width than Honor 7A.
Depth 7.2 mm 7.8 mm Huawei Mate S is narrower than Huawei Mate S.
Weight 156 g 155 g Honor 7A is lighter than Huawei Mate S.
Body Colour Rose gold | Titanium grey | Mystic champagne | Luxurious gold Black
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - -
SAR Value 0.91 W/kg (hotspot), 0.42 W/kg (body), 1.35 W/kg (head) 0.26 W/kg
Integrated Components FM radio -
Connector Type Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
Micro-USB - 5 pin Micro-USB Type B
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Single-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Display Type OLED display LCD display
Display Technology AMOLED IPS
Screen Size (Display Size) 5.5" 5.7" Honor 7A has larger screen size than Huawei Mate S.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 1920 x 1080 pixels 1440 x 720 pixels Huawei Mate S has better screen resolution than Honor 7A.
Display Format Full HD -
Pixel Density 401 ppi 282 ppi Huawei Mate S has better pixel density than Honor 7A.
Aspect Ratio - 18:9.
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours -
Display Enhancement Technology OnCell technology -
Display Features 2.5D curved glass 2.5D Glass, FullView Display
Display Protection (Screen Protector) Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (scratch resistant glass) -
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 935 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
Clock Speed 2.2 GHz 1.4 GHz Huawei Mate S has higher clock speed than Honor 7A.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate S has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) Mali T628 MP4 -
MEMORY Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
RAM 3 GB 2 GB Huawei Mate S has more RAM than Honor 7A.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 32 GB 16 GB Huawei Mate S has more internal memory than Honor 7A.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 128 GB microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 256 GB
CAMERA Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution 13 Megapixel 13 Megapixel Both phones have the same camera resolution.
Lens Aperture F/2.0 -
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Huawei Mate S has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic Automatic
Minimum Focal Length (Focal Distance) 28 mm -
HDR Mode Auto HDR mode -
Camera Modes Panorama -
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Video Resolutions 1920 x 1080 (1080p) -
Camera Features (Functions) Sapphire crystal lens cover -
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 1
Sensor Resolution (Front) 8 Megapixel 8 Megapixel Both phones have the same front camera resolution.
Sensor Type (Front) BSI-CMOS -
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.4 F/2.2 Honor 7A has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate S.
Focus Adjustment Focus free -
Light Source (Front) LED flash -
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 2700 mAh 3000 mAh Honor 7A has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate S.
CELLULAR Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 4G Both phones have the same mobile network generation.
Operating System Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android 8.0 Oreo
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 3.1 HUAWEI Emotion UI 8.0
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 7, Band 8, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 25, Band 26, Band 28, Band 40 -
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 1900+, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2300 -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b/g/n IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.1 Bluetooth 4.2
NFC Yes - Huawei Mate S has NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS SMS, MMS
MEDIA Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, MP3, FLAC, eAAC+ -
Supported Digital Video Standards XviD, MPEG-4, WMV, H.265 -
FEATURES Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
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 Accelerometer, proximity sensor, digital compass, gyro sensor -
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader
Additional Phone Features Active noise-cancellation, guaranteed upgrade to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) -
OTHERS Huawei Mate S Honor 7A
Included Accessories Power adapter Power adapter
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