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Huawei Ascend Mate 7 Mobile Phone
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Huawei P Smart 2018 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Notebookcheck.com reviews the Huawei P Smart Plus (2018), which is also known as the Huawei Nova 3i in some countries. Huawei has equipped the P Smart Plus with a faster SoC than the P Smart, but the device also faces internal competition from the P Smart (2019). Read on to find out how the P Smart Plus (2018) fares in our tests and which of Huawei’s P Smart devices is the best value for money.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 8.0Android 4.1Android 5.1
CPU clock speed1.8 GHz2.36 GHz1.4 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreDual-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 925Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos 4 Dual 4210Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
GPU modelARM Mali-T628ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-400 MPARM Mali-T760
RAM memory
  • 2 GB
  • 3 GB
3 GB1 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size6.0 in5.65 in5.3 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCD
  • LCD
  • OLED
OLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px1080 x 2160 px1280 x 800 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologyIPS TFTIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density368.0 ppi427.0 ppi285.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
N/A
HDRno
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla GlassCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/4.3"
N/A
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f
N/A
N/A
1.9 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
N/A
Digital zoomyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
N/A
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yes
N/A
LED Flashyesyesyes
N/A
Panoramayes
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
N/A
3D Capture
N/A
N/A
no
N/A
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
no
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
32 GB16 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyesno
Maximum card storage32GB256GB32GB
N/A
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
No memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • White
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
MaterialAluminum
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnonono
N/A
Shock resistantnonono
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.18 in5.91 in5.78 in6.03 in
Width3.19 in2.84 in3.26 in3.0 in
Depth0.31 in0.29 in0.38 in0.3 in
Weight6.53 oz5.04 oz6.28 oz6.03 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesnoyes
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMNano-SIMMini-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesnoyes
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
N/A
Bluetooth version4.04.23.0 HS4.1
Bluetooth profileA2DPA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBC
N/A
SBCSBC
NFCyesyesyes
N/A
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
N/A
Video outputNoNoMHLMHL

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
N/A
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
N/A
Navigation systemS-GPSGLONASSA-GPS
N/A
2G GSMyesyesyes
N/A
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
N/A
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyes
  • no
  • yes
N/A
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
700 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
N/A
Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynonoyes
N/A
Battery typeLithium Polymer
N/A
Lithium ionLithium Polymer
Battery capacity4100.0 mAh3000.0 mAh2500.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Standby time648.0 h
N/A
820.0 h336.0 h
Fast chargingnoyesno
N/A
Wireless charging nonono
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
Huawei SuperCharge
N/A
N/A
Talk time
N/A
N/A
13.0 h21.0 h
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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