When comparing Huawei vs Samsung, the Slant community recommends Samsung for most people. In the question“What are the best Android phone manufacturers?” Samsung is ranked 4th while Huawei is ranked 15th.
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Pros
Pro Good price
Excellent bang for the buck if you're looking for a true flagship phone.
Pro Hardware
Huawei phones have the best hardware available at any given of time.
Pro Helps China's technological development
Helps China to acquire/develop key technologies.
Pro Guaranteed disconnect from US intelligence services
Huawei phones are the only phone brand that doesnt have connection with NSA, CIA and other intelligence agencies of USA.
Pro High quality
Pro Spare parts available
Spare parts can be ordered by anyone on samsungparts.
Cons
Con Chinese company
No Chinese company is fully independent of its government.
Con China bought phones hard to configure for google
If you buy huawei phone in China, it is hard to configure google playstore. Some youtube watching is required.
Con No google apps anymore
Google can't allow to bundle it apps any longer with Huawei phones.
Con Does not support all LTE Bands
Huawei and Honor phones often miss many LTE Bands that are used in America and Europe.
Con Too much bloat
Basically everything custom Samsung and preinstalled via their own app store...
Con No Bootloader unlock
On many Samsung Snapdragon devices you can't unlock the bootloader, so you will own an expensive device that will become out of date very fast. And without an unlocked bootloader you won't be able to use any after market rom.