Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 88.7 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Huawei |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-10-23 | 2018-07-18 |
| 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 829.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2532 x 1170 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 457 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| 1200 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.4 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 10.62 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | -- |
| 10.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 4.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone 12 has a score of 88.7, which is better than the Huawei nova 3's global score of 76.3. IPhone 12 counts with iOS 15.x OS, and Huawei nova 3 works with Android 8.1 Oreo OS. IPhone 12's design has the same thickness than Huawei nova 3, but it is just a little bit lighter. IPhone 12 has a superior hardware performance than Huawei nova 3, because although it has lesser processing cores (although they are faster) and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
The iPhone 12 has a more vivid display than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a little smaller display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1170 x 2532 and a quite better screen pixels density. The Apple iPhone 12 has a slightly better camera than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a lot less MP resolution camera and a worse 3840x2160 video definition, it also counts with a larger camera aperture.
The Huawei nova 3 counts with a lot bigger memory capacity for games and applications than iPhone 12, because it has more internal memory capacity and a SD memory slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB. Huawei nova 3 counts with longer battery lifetime than iPhone 12, because it has a 3750mAh battery size against 2815mAh.
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