Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76.2 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | Android 11, 10 |
| 2018-09-12 | 2020-11-06 |
| 6.23 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| 6.07 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 11.74 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 20.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.68 | 11.11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.68 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Galaxy A42 has a score of 87, which is better than Huawei Mate 20 lite's score of 76.2. Galaxy A42's construction is incredibly newer than Huawei Mate 20 lite's, although it's somewhat thicker and heavier. Both devices in this comparison review have Android OS, but Galaxy A42 has the previous 11 version and Huawei Mate 20 lite has Android 8.1 Oreo.
The Huawei Mate 20 lite features a much better looking screen than Galaxy A42, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a lot more pixels per inch in the screen and a much better resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. Galaxy A42 counts with a processor that's very similar to the CPU in Huawei Mate 20 lite, both of them have 8 processing cores and a 4 GB RAM memory.
The Galaxy A42 features a better camera than Huawei Mate 20 lite, and although they both have a same size camera aperture, the Galaxy A42 also has a way better video quality and a back facing camera with a way better 48 mega-pixels resolution. The Galaxy A42 has a very superior storage for applications, games, photos and videos than Huawei Mate 20 lite, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that allows up to 1000 GB and 128 GB internal storage.
The Galaxy A42 has improved battery duration than Huawei Mate 20 lite, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 3750mAh.
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