Nang makarating sa angkop na kategorya ng mid-range na may presyong humigit-kumulang PHP 15K, mas marami tayong natutunghay na katangian. Ang mga telepono sa kategoryang ito ay mayroong mas magandang display, sapat na chipsets, kakayahang kamera, at iba pang katangian tulad ng mas mabilis na pag-charge.
Kapag ngayon, ikukumpara natin ang budget na device ng seryeng Nova mula sa Huawei at ang Galaxy A51 ni Samsung.
Pagdidisenyo at Pagtatayo
Kahit parehong gumagamit ng glossy na glasstic na likurang takip, magkaiba ang mga disenyo. Ang Samsung Galaxy A51 ay may nakakaakit na disenyo na may heometrikong mga pattern at repleksyon ng liwanag sa prisma, habang ang Huawei Nova 7i ay nag-iingat sa simpleng anyo nito sa pamamagitan ng kanyang makintab na takip at malalim na kulay. Para sa panlasa ko, mas tumutugma ang Huawei Nova 7i dahil mas eleganteng disenyo ito, na tila isang malaking hindi pinuputol na emeryald. Maaari ka ring makakuha ng Huawei Nova 7i sa Sakura Pink at Midnight Black, habang ang Samsung Galaxy A51 ay available din sa Prism Crush Black, White, at Pink.
Ngayon ay ang build quality, mas matibay at mabigat ang Huawei Nova 7i dahil sa makapal nitong frame. Gayunpaman, tulad ng mga nakaraang paghahambing namin, mas komportable ang Samsung Galaxy A51 dahil sa manipis nitong katawan. Mas kaunti rin ang lumalabas na camera bump ng Galaxy A51, kaya't mas matatag ito kapag inilagay sa mga mesa.
Para sa biometrika, ang Huawei Nova 7i ay gumagamit ng side-mounted na fingerprint scanner, habang ang Samsung Galaxy A51 naman ay may in-display na scanner. Bagama't parehong maaasahan, mas malinaw na mas mabilis ang side-mounted na fingerprint scanner sa Nova 7i.
Kinakailangan nating bigyan ng kaunting panalo ang Huawei Nova 7i dito, dahil sa mas matibay na katangian at mas mabilis na biometrics nito. Ang Samsung Galaxy A51, gayunpaman, ay makapagbibigay ng sapat na suporta at malaking kaginhawaan habang ginagamit.
Displey at Multimedia
Mahirap na ang Samsung Galaxy A51 sa display, dahil sa kanyang Super AMOLED screen. Mas buhay-buhay ang mga kulay, may mas malawak na dynamic range, at kayang mag-output ng mas maraming liwanag. Hindi naman ibig sabihin ay mahina ang display ng Huawei Nova 7i. Parehong matapang ito dahil sa kanyang Full HD+ resolution, may mga ekselenteng viewing angles at magandang pagpapalabas ng kulay. Nakikita mo rin ang benepisyo ng punch-hole module na nasa kaliwang itaas na sulok (sa halip na gitna), na nagbibigay sa iyo ng walang katapusan na karanasan sa pagtingin.
Ngayon ay kung tungkol sa kalidad ng tunog, ang Huawei Nova 7i ay kayang gumawa ng mga tunog na may mas maraming detalye. Ang lakas naman ng tunog, gayunpaman, ay katulad sa pagitan ng dalawang device.
Nagbibigay kami ng maliit na panalo sa Samsung Galaxy A51 dito dahil sa kanyang Super AMOLED display. Gayunpaman, ang pagkonsumo ng nilalaman sa Huawei Nova 7i ay naging masaya rin dahil sa kanyang mga kakayahan sa audio.
Kamera
Mahusay ang pagganap ng dalawang device sa kamera, pareho silang kayang magkuha ng magagandang litrato, lalo na kung titingnan ang presyo. Tingnan ang mga sample na litrato sa ibaba:
Huawei Mga Sample na Kuha ng Nova 7i:
Samsung Mga Sample na Larawan ng Galaxy A51:
(Nova 7i sa kaliwa, Galaxy A51 sa kanan)Mahusay na ang Samsung Galaxy A51 kapag ito ay tumitingkad ng larawan (8x kumpara sa 6x) habang pinapanatili ang mas maraming detalye.
(Nova 7i sa itaas, Galaxy A51 sa ibaba)
Para sa ultra-wide na kamera, ang Huawei Nova 7i ay nakakuha ng kaunting mas maliit na POV pero nakapag-imbak ng maraming detalye. Samantala, ang mga litrato ng Samsung Galaxy A51 ay lumalabas na may mas buhay na kulay, magandang dynamic range, at mas malawak na POV, ngunit ang mga gilid ay may distortion.
Para sa mga larong gabi, mas malinaw na mas maganda ang Huawei Nova 7i, kaya ito ay nakakakuha ng detalye at kulay habang binabawasan ang ingay.
Kinakailangan namin ang dalawang device para sa kategoryang kamera
Prosesador
Under the hood, ang Huawei Nova 7i ay may Kirin 810 chipset habang ang Samsung Galaxy A51's Exynos 9611. Tignan ang mga resulta ng AnTuTu V8 sa ibaba:
| AnTuTu V8.3.9 | Huawei Nova 7i | Samsung Galaxy A51 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 80,129 | 55,138 |
| GPU | 65,492 | 45,484 |
| Memory | 66,490 | 45,552 |
| UX | 53,913 | 38,087 |
| Total | 266,024 | 184,261 |
The Huawei Nova 7i trumps the Samsung Galaxy A51 in every aspect of the AnTuTu test. It also has the GPU Turbo 3.0 feature, which boosts gaming performance further with minimal impacts on the battery life.
RAM & Storage
Another important factor that dictates performance, especially when multitasking, is RAM. The Huawei Nova 7i comes with 8GB of RAM, while the Samsung Galaxy A51 comes with either 6GB or 8GB.
As for the storage, both devices come with 128GB, which is more than enough to fit your apps, but may fall short when you take a lot of photos, videos, or downloading a lot of files.
We're giving the Huawei Nova 7i a win here, as the AnTuTu results show the RAM and storage are faster than the Samsung Galaxy A51.
Battery Life
Before going over our standard video loop test, let's first take note of each device's battery and charging capacity. The Huawei Nova 7i is powered by a 4,200mAh battery with support for Huawei's 40W SuperCharge. The Samsung Galaxy A51, on the other hand, is powered by a 4,000mAh battery with 15W fast charging support.
Moving over to our standard video loop test where we loop a 1080p video with 50% volume, 50% brightness, on airplane mode, with headphones plugged in, we got the following results:
- Huawei Nova 7i - 16 hours and 42 minutes
- Samsung Galaxy A51 - 14 hours and 13 minutes
The Huawei Nova 7i takes a good lead here, especially considering its fast 40W charging capabilities.
OS
Both devices run on Android 10 out of the box, with their own skins on top: EMUI for the Huawei Nova 7i, and One UI 2 for the Samsung Galaxy A51. An important thing to note is that the Huawei Nova 7i does not come with Google Mobile Services but instead use Huawei's own - HUAWEI AppGallery, the third largest App Store in the world, and it also has the Huawei Petal Search Widget to help users reach millions of apps. It supports over 90% of the apps in the market, and can definitely meet your daily use. It includes several of my essential apps, such as the BPI Mobile app, GCash, Lazada, and Viber. While it still lacks native support for several apps, the App Gallery makes it easy for users to sideload them onto the device.
The aforementioned Huawei Petal Search Widget is a great addition, as it allows users to conveniently look for the apps they need. Users may add the Petal Search widget directly on their home screen, or on the browser's speed-dial shortcut.
Because this is all based on user preference, we'll be leaving this up to you to decide whether or not you can live GMS.
Price
Here are the prices of each smartphone:
- Huawei Nova 7i - PHP 13,990
- Samsung Galaxy A51 (8GB + 128GB) - PHP 17,990
The Huawei Nova 7i is PHP 4,000 cheaper than the Galaxy A51.
Now for the recap:
- Design and Build – Huawei Nova 7i
- Display and Multimedia – Samsung Galaxy A51
- Camera – Tie
- Processor – Huawei Nova 7i
- RAM & Storage – Huawei Nova 7i
- Battery Life – Huawei Nova 7i
- OS – Tie
- Price – Huawei Nova 7i
Looking at the final scores, the Huawei Nova 7i took 5 out of 8 categories from the competition. It had slightly better design and build quality, a much faster chipset, RAM and storage, longer battery life, faster charging, all for a lower price.
On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy A51 is a well-rounded device, only losing heavily when it came to the chipset, battery life, and charging capabilities. It had a better display and was able to trade blows when it comes to camera quality. It is, however, 28% more expensive.
It is too biased. You focused on the app gallery. First, you can’t watch netflix in an amazing quality in Nova 7i. Also the YouTube is not an app. It’s just a browser. Which is nahh. Google Play Store is still the better/best. You can see in the pictures taken, Samsung Galaxy A51 is better. It provides great contrast, color and so on. Don’t compare SAMOLED to IPS. Also you didn’t even mentioned that Samsung Galaxy A51 has NFC. As far as I know, Nova 7i has no FM Radio. There’s so many more that you can know about these devices. They just focused on keeping the Nova 7i look good. Because of this review, sadly I won’t watch your reviews in YouTube again.