Which device is the better buy? We pit the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge against the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 to see which is worth the purchase.
In terms of design and display, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has good looking faux leather casing, but added some improvements like having a metallic frame which had to take the shape of the display and be also curved on the right side. It features a 5.6 inches display Super AMOLED which can support a resolution up to 1600×2560 pixels with 524ppi, and its signature S Pen stylus. To unlock or lock the home screen, just use your fingerprint which will be recognized by the scanner that was integrated into the home button from below the screen. Its thickness of 8.3 mm, a height of 151.3 mm, and weighs 174 grams.
The Huawei Ascent Mate 7 features only a thin strip at the top and lacks the two front facing speakers on the front panel. Its display is 0.5 inches larger, but it’s IPS LCD and has a resolution of 1080×1920 pixels at 368ppi. With a thinner bezels, it measures 7.9 mm in height and the fingerprint sensor are the main advantages of the handset.
For the hardware and OS, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core 2.7GHz Krait 450 processor that is backed by an advanced Adreno 420 GPU and 3GB of RAM. Its internal storage is available two variants: 32 and 64GB, with the possibility to expand the capacity up to 128GB. It runs on the Android v4.4.4 (KitKat) and some of its features that are worth mentioning are WiFi calling, Download Booster, Quick Charge feature, IR Blaster, UV and oxygen saturation and heart rate sensor.
The Huawei Ascend Mate 7 has eight processor cores clocked at 1.8GHz and 1.3GHz, backed by a HiSilicon Kirin 925 chipset and a Mali-T628 GPU. It supports 2GB of RAM and has a smaller internal memory of 16GB, while a better performance user's will get with 3GB of RAM, but the internal storage is double. If they add a microSD card, they will get a capacity of 128GB.
For the battery and camers specs, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge has a battery of 3000mAh which offers 18 hours of talktime as the camera on the back has a resolution of 16MP and it’s equipped being equipped with optical image stabilization using ISOCELL technology.
The Huawei Ascend Mate 7 has a rear camera of 13MP and a secondary shooter of 5MP, while the battery is non-removable and has an incredible capacity of 4100mAh.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 32GB variant cost $924 dollars, while the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 32GB variant costs $857 in Amazon.com.
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