Comparison of Honor 10 and Samsung A8 - flagships in the middle segment

Huawei's Honor sub-brand offers the buyer more and more interesting devices at reasonable prices. One of them is the Honor 10. The Samsung brand has a lot of interesting smartphones, but the closest in price and performance is the Samsung A8. A comparison of Honor 10 and Samsung A8 will make it clear that it is better to buy from two extremely good models.

Positioning

Honor was originally singled out as a brand to conquer the younger generation of buyers and was actively sold on the Internet. The company did not strive to overtake its main devices, so Honor was always inferior to Huawei in some ways. After some time, the situation began to change, and sometimes the devices from the sub-brand have a similar filling as that of the main brand, but they are cheaper. Honor 10 is the flagship of its company.and here is a very impressive iron. There is a model of 27 thousand in the version of 64 gigabytes and 30 thousand with a 128 gigabyte drive. Taking into account other parameters, the price tag is more than pleasant.

The Samsung company has a clear separation of the rulers, and A series is average between low cost devices and top devices.. The essence of middle-class phones is that the case and the materials here are not very different from the flagships, but in terms of hardware, everything is a bit simpler. A8 devices have already been sold in the world, but exclusively on the Asian market. In 2018, the company decides not to globally update the line, releasing the A3, A5 models marked 2018, but complements it with new A8 and A8 + devices, which obviously become the flagships within their class. Thus, to compare the Samsung A8 and Honor 10 - it means to evaluate two flagships in the middle price category, and the competition here is very serious, because for adequate money you need to make your smartphone more competitive than its rivals, and not lose in important parameters.

Specifications

Any comparison of phones should start with the technical parameters, and this review will not be an exception. The device indicators are tabulated below for clarity of comparison.

In general, the device from the company Honor looks more interesting. Here, the equipment is better, the display is larger, the native memory is an order of magnitude higher than Samsung, and the battery has a large capacity, but not all of this always speaks about the model from the positive side. It is important to understand how such a configuration behaves in action, and then it will be seen.

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Design

Visually, the device from Samsung is no different from the flagships.. If for the latter it is a minus, then for the first, plus, because due to the absence of an obvious difference, it will seem that the device is more expensive. The model is made in similar colors, with the same shape (rectangular),almost all of the front panel is given over to the power of the display, on top there is a small strip for a dual camera and sensors. Elements on the body:

• on the right is the power and speaker;
• on the left is the volume and slot for the first sim;
• on top of the slot for the memory card and the second sim;
• Bottom Type-C and 3.5;
• The back panel in the middle got a camera, a flash and a finger scanner.

Material performance of the phone is the same as before - glass Gorilla Glass 5 front and rear aluminum frame around the contour. Oleophobic coating is present, but any glass is smeared over time, so you have to rub it.

Important! The difference between the younger device and the flagship is the frame is matte, not glossy. It is very resistant to the formation of scratches, and even with the keys in your pocket no trace remains. This is undoubtedly a plus.

The model has IP68 protection class, that is, not afraid of water. Screen support AlwaysOn Display technology, does not go out while waiting and displays notifications and time.

The size of the device is more than pleasant to work with it with one hand. There are no questions about the assembly. The only negative design - no novelty. But on the other hand, there are a lot of reviews that the phone is very convenient, it looks nice, and considering that this is not a top segment, there is no special point in reworking a good body.

Huawei has recently been fascinated by the creation of smartphones made of glass, which, according to engineers, is created from 36 layers. The result of these manipulations - strong glass and interesting play of light when hit by the device in direct sunlight. It looks very nice, original and fresh for now. Each layer shimmers in the sun and gets a different shade than was originally.

The rest of the device is quite familiar to the modern device design.

1. Almost the entire front surface is occupied by the screen, beneath it is a finger touch scanner.
2. In the upper part there is an element copied from Apple for the camera, sensors and speaker.
3. At the bottom of the slot for power, speaker, headphone jack.
4. The right end is power and volume.
5. The left end is a SIM card slot. In the description of the model flashed information that the device is a device for one SIM, but in Russia versions are sold with the connection of two SIM cards.
6. At the top end of the infrared port and microphone.
7. The back side is a protruding dual camera module, a flash.

The edges of the device smoothly pass into the side frame, which is made of metal.On the assembly and ergonomics of the device is excellent, no doubt as to the quality does not arise, as well as complaints about the convenience of wearing.

Conclusion. By the criterion of "design" is difficult to identify the leader. Both models are pleasant both visually and ergonomically. Perhaps, in this unit, Samsung has an advantage due to the possibility to add memory, and also because of the presence of IP68 protection. For this reason, the score goes into the piggy bank of a Korean smartphone. The score is 1: 0.

Display

The next parameter that will make it clear that Samsung A8 or Honor 10 is better is the display. But comparing the displays of two brands manufactured using different technologies is not a good idea, since Samsung uses branded Amoled, and this is today the benchmark. Therefore, by default, Samsung wins at this point. If we talk about the matrix Honor 10 without looking at the A8, the display looks very high quality. Excellent resolution, viewing angles, no complaints about the matrix. Everything looks very nice and high quality.

Important! The only thing that spoils the overall impression is the Apple-style controller. It is copied mindlessly and looks silly. For those who do not want to look at this absurd element, it is possible to hide it. So the device looks more pleasant visually.

At Samsung, as mentioned above, the matrix is ​​created by its own technology. It's not only less power consumption, but also accurate color reproduction, a variety of modes of operation, in particular, the useful and popular AlwaysOn Display mode. In general, the picture looks very beautiful, and the only difference from the flagship S8 is only in maximum brightness, which is noticeable when directly comparing devices. In everyday life, the brightness that is available in the A8, is enough. In the afternoon everything is displayed perfectly on the screen.

Conclusion. In the block of screens, Samsung is the leader, but the point is not that he has installed Amoled. Honor 10 loses mindless constructive solution, which significantly impairs the overall aesthetic impression of using a smartphone. Score - 2: 0 in favor of Samsung.

Autonomy

An important point of comparison Honor 10 and Samsung A8 - autonomy. Modern man is in constant motion, so it is very important to be able to be in touch all day and not depend on the outlet. In Honor 10, the battery capacity is 3400 mAh. It means that the phone can work for about 20-24 hours under load, and these figures are quite achievable in real usage models.In addition, the device is equipped with fast charging Super Charge, which allows charge up to 100% in 80 minutes. This is a decent figure for the flagship.

The battery capacity of the A8 is slightly less than that of the opponent, and here you can see only 3000 mAh. At the same time in practical use the phone survives for about 1.5-2 days. However, the model has one negative point: some applications have a very strange effect on the battery, in particular, Facebook literally puts on a model. The device charges in 1 hour and 10 minutes, which is slightly faster than Honor.

Conclusion. By autonomy, the winner is Samsung A8. It is better for the time of work, despite the minor shortcomings, and it charges a little faster. The score is 3: 0.

Performance

Perhaps the most important stage in the confrontation of the Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Honor 10 is performance. The new Samsung is equipped with an eight-core Exynos 7885 processor. The peculiarity of this chipset is that there are two productive cores and six normal ones. This is evident in their frequency. In fact, the device works very quickly, and no lags or other troubles will be noticeable. In Antutu device gaining about 85 thousand points.

Important! The disadvantage of the device in the Russian version is a small stock of its own memory, which can be compensated by adding a card to the memory in a separate slot.

Honor 10 looks much more interesting in terms of performance, because it has an eight-core Kirin 970, where all cores have excellent performance. He is currently the best company. In addition, the chipset is sharpened working with artificial intelligence. In the company it is called neuromorphic. There are no questions for him at all. In the test, it shows 200 performance points, which is much more than Samsung. Obviously, there are no impossible tasks for the model. The device memory is represented by 4 gigabytes of RAM and 64 or 128 gigabytes of the main drive. At the same time, there is no separate memory slot, but with such a volume it is hardly necessary.

It is important to understand that if today both processors show the same speed of work and application launch, then already through Samsung it will start to behave more slowly, but Honor 10 will feel great.

Conclusion. In terms of performance, the Honor 10 is significantly better than the Samsung A8. Its processor is not just good in itself, it helps the operation of the camera, battery and other device nodes. The second moment is memory. Honor's 10 built-in storage device is larger, and this is important. Score: 3-1, Samsung is still the leader.

Camera

Gradually, the confrontation of Samsung A8 vs Honor 10 is moving to a logical conclusion, and the last criterion that will allow you to make a choice for or against this or that device is the camera. The criterion is the last one in the list, but far from being significant After all, the photo capabilities of modern phones matter, and for some buyers are key.

The Honor 10 has a double camera. The main color module has a resolution of 16 megapixels, and the auxiliary black and white 24 megapixels. Both have a phase focus. The downside is lack of optical stabilization and optical approximation. In general, the camera can be said that it takes great pictures at any time of the day.

But the minus of the initial stage, which was almost eliminated with the release of new firmware - the work of artificial intelligence (AI). At the first presentations of the device, it was said that the AI ​​will significantly improve the operation of the device, the camera in particular. The device contains 22 ready-made scenes, which during AI operation will be compared with the information collected by the sensors. As a result, special chipset units (neuromorphic) select the best parameters for shooting and make a frame. Over time, the device should analyze the information and add scenes.In simpler terms, the phone itself understands what the user is shooting and selects the settings for it. The process should improve as you use the phone, as the chipset learns. At first, the function did not work correctly, and many preferred to shoot in the old manner with the AI ​​disabled. As the firmware updates came out, the situation began to change, but not so drastically, to say that everything really began to work perfectly.

Sasmung A8 can not boast a double rear camera, but on the front panel it has just two of them. The task of the auxiliary module for 8 megapixels is to blur the background. The result is that the model makes decent selfie shots, it has different qualifiers and blur the background. It does it well, but this exhausts all the benefits of the auxiliary module.

The main camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels. In terms of the level, it gives out quite good pictures of the level of Chinese medium-sized smartphones, but it clearly falls short of the camera, which is installed in Honor 10. Night shooting is more grainyAnd in general, when viewing photos from two devices on a PC screen, the difference is very visible.

Conclusion.The victory on the item "camera" deservedly gets Honor 10, and the score thus becomes 3: 2.

Conclusion

The final comparison account makes it clear that the device from Samsung won in this confrontation, but if you think about the points on which this device won, then in the question what to choose, Honor 10 or Samsung Galaxy A8, everything is not so obvious.

Samsung won:

• in the item “design” due to protection against water;
• in the "screen", where Honor 10 lost because of the cut-out a la Apple;
• in the item "autonomy" - the only unconditional score.

The rest of Honor 10 is also beautiful, and the display has no negative points. If we talk about performance and the camera, then Honor 10 is clearly more convincing here.

Conclusion. Objectively, the best device can be called Honor 10, and it is quite reasonable to overpay for it about 3-5 thousand. But fans of the Samsung company, for whom the camera is not important, can safely take the A8, since the device will not disappoint them, and it is quite worthy to be called the flagship of the line of medium-priced devices.

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