Phone comparison · UK prices · October 2026
Galaxy A57 or Honor X7c: which should you buy?
The short answer
The Galaxy A57 leads on the screen, the camera, speed and toughness, and is thinner. The Honor X7c doesn't pull clearly ahead on anything we compare. We have no current UK price for either phone.
Comparing 2 phones
Galaxy A57Overall score 77/100
Honor X7cOverall score 56/100
Differences in daily life
Battery and charging
EvenBoth have similar battery sizes (5,000 mAh and 5,200 mAh) and similar wired charging speeds (45 W and 35 W), close enough not to matter much day to day.
Screen
Best: Galaxy A57The Galaxy A57 has an OLED screen where the Honor has LCD, so blacks look deeper and colours stand out more.
It also has the brighter screen (1,900 nits vs 850 nits on the Honor), so it is easier to read in strong sunlight.
Camera
Best: Galaxy A57The Galaxy A57 is the only one with an ultra-wide camera, so it fits more into group shots and landscapes.
Its selfie camera also has more megapixels (12 MP vs 5 MP on the Honor), so selfies and video calls can look more detailed.
Speed
Best: Galaxy A57The Galaxy A57's chip (Samsung Exynos 1680) scores higher in benchmark tests than the one in the Honor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2), so it should feel quicker in demanding apps and games.
Toughness
Best: Galaxy A57The Galaxy A57 has the better water and dust rating (IP68 vs IP64 on the Honor), so it is rated to survive being dropped in water, not just splashes.
Size and weight
Best: Galaxy A57The Galaxy A57 is thinner (6.9 mm vs 8.2 mm on the Honor), so it feels slimmer in the hand.
Still can't decide?
Your pick
Galaxy A57
- An OLED screen (OLED vs LCD on the Honor)
- A brighter screen (1,900 nits vs 850 nits on the Honor)
- An ultra-wide camera
What you give up: Nothing that shows up in the specs we compare.
We may earn a commission whichever phone you buy. It does not change the pick.
Scores
| Score | Galaxy A57 | Honor X7c |
|---|---|---|
| Battery | 62 | 56 |
| Screen | 82 | 59 |
| Camera | 73 | 47 |
| Speed | 72 | 55 |
| Toughness | 89 | 53 |
| Connections and extras | 83 | 68 |
| Overall | 77 | 56 |
How these scores are made: Each score is calculated from the maker's published specs and benchmark results, using one fixed formula for every phone. We have not tested these phones in the hand. How we score phones
Specs side by side
Display
- Type
- Super AMOLED PlusTFT LCD
- Size
- 6.7 inches6.8 inches
- Resolution
- 1080 × 2340 pixels1080×2412 pixels
- PPI
- 385389
- Aspect ratio
- 19.5:920:9
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 88.8 %86.8 %
- Display features
- Capacitive Touchscreen, HDR10+, Multi-touch displayCapacitive Touchscreen Multi-touch display
- Max rated brightness
- 1900 nits850 nits
- Screen protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+, Mohs level 5Aluminosilicate Glass
Core Specifications
- Chipset
- Samsung Exynos 1680Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2
- CPU max frequency
- 2.9 GHz2.2 GHz
- Microarchitecture
- 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A720 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A720 3x 1.95 Ghz Cortex-A5202x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- Memory type
- LPDDR5LPDDR5X
- GPU
- Xclipse 550Qualcomm Adreno 613
- RAM
- 8GB, 12GB8GB
- Storage
- 128GB, 256GB, 512GB256GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 3.1N/A
- Expandable Storage
- NoN/A
Software
- Operating System
- Android 16 (Baklava), with up to 6 major Android upgrades, Samsung One UI 8.5Android 14 (Upside Down Cake)
Main Camera
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 30 fps, 1080p @ 30/60 fps1080p @ 30 fps
- Video Features
- Gyro-EISN/A
- Features
- Best Face, High Dynamic Range (HDR), PanoramaHigh Dynamic Range (HDR)
- Lenses
- 50 MP, ƒ/1.8 ( Wide angle ), 1.0 μm, 1/1.56" Sensor size, - Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) - PDAF 12 MP, ƒ/2.2, 13 mm ( Ultra-wide angle ), 1.12 μm, 1/3.06" Sensor size 5 MP, ƒ/2.4 ( Macro )50 MP , ƒ /1.8 ( Wide-angle ) - PDAF 2 MP , ƒ /2.4 ( Depth )
Selfie camera
- Matrix
- 12 MP5 MP
- Lenses
- 12 MP, ƒ/2.2 ( Wide angle ), 1.12 μm, 1/3.2" Sensor size5 MP , ƒ /2.2 ( Wide-angle )
- Video Resolution
- 2160p @ 30 fps, 1080p @ 30/60 fps1080p @ 30 fps
- Video Features
- 10-bit HDRN/A
General
- Announced
- Wednesday, 25 March 2026Monday, 18 August 2025
- Released
- Thursday, 09 April 2026Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Battery
- Capacity
- 5000 mAh5200 mAh
- Type
- Li-ionLi-Poly
- Wired charging power
- 45 W35W
- Wireless charging power
- N/AN/A
- Fast charging support
- Yesno
Battery Life Test
- Browsing
- N/A19:43 hh:mm
- Video watching
- N/A10:08 hh:mm
- Playing games
- N/A11:52 hh:mm
Design
- Height
- 161.5 mm166.9 mm
- Thickness
- 6.9 mm8.2 mm
- Weight
- 179 g193 g
- Resistance certificate
- IP68IP64
- Resistance cert. meaning
- Dust-tight and water-resistant (submersible up to 1.5m for 30 minutes)Dust-tight and water-resistant (against water splashes)
Network
- SIM cards
- Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + eSIM) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM + eSIM)Dual SIM
- Network_5G bands
- 5G: n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28 (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n66 (2100), n77 (3700), n78 (3500 MHz)5G: n1 (2100), n2 (1900 MHz)
- Network_4G bands
- LTE: b1 (2100), b2 (1900), b3 (1800), b4 (1700), b5 (850), b7 (2600), b8 (900), b12 (700), b17 (700), b20 (800), b25 (1900), b26 (850), b28 (700), b32 (1500), b38 (2600), b40 (2300), b41 (2500), b66 (1700 MHz)LTE: b3 (1800), b41 (2500 MHz)
Connectivity
- WiFi support
- Yes (Wi-Fi 6)Yes ( Wi-Fi 5 )
- Bluetooth support
- Yes, v6.0Yes, v5.0
- USB ports
- USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-GoUSB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go,
- GPS features
- BDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPS, QZSSBDS, GALILEO, GLONASS, GPS
- Wi-Fi standards
- 802.11/a/b/g/n/ac/ax802.11/a/b/g/n/ac
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual-band or Tri-band: Varies by market or region, Wi-Fi DirectDual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Multimedia
- Headphone jack
- NoYes
- Audio type
- Stereo speakers24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio, Stereo speakers,