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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2018-10-26 | 2018-07-18 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | 16 777 216 |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 346 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 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 | -- |
| 10.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei nova 3 is just a bit better than Huawei Mate 20 X, getting a 76.3 score against 75.6. These phones include Android operating system, but the Huawei nova 3 has the previous 8.1 Oreo version while Huawei Mate 20 X has Android 9.0 Pie version. The Huawei nova 3 is a a lot lighter and a little thinner device than the Huawei Mate 20 X, although they were released only 3 months apart.
The Huawei nova 3 counts with a little sharper display than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a little better count of pixels in each inch in the screen and a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2340. Huawei Mate 20 X features a bit faster CPU than Huawei nova 3. Both of them have the same RAM memory amount and the same number of cores.
The Huawei nova 3 has a lot bigger memory for games and applications than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have the same 128 GB internal memory capacity, the Huawei nova 3 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds up to 256 GB. Huawei Mate 20 X features longer battery performance than Huawei nova 3, because it has a 5000mAh battery capacity against 3750mAh.
Huawei nova 3 counts with a much better camera than Huawei Mate 20 X. Both of them have the same diafragm aperture, the same 30 frames per second video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video quality.
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