Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 11, 10 |
| 2018-10-26 | 2020-11-06 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 346 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 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 | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 11.11 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | 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 Samsung Galaxy A42 is much better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, with a general score of 87 against 75.6. The Samsung Galaxy A42 is a way newer and somewhat lighter cellphone than Huawei Mate 20 X, but it is also a little bit thicker. Both phones we compare here use Android OS (Operating System), but the Samsung Galaxy A42 has the previous 11 version and Huawei Mate 20 X has Android 9.0 Pie.
Huawei Mate 20 X has a little bit better looking display than Galaxy A42, because it has a way higher resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels, a higher display pixels density and a quite larger display. The Huawei Mate 20 X counts with a bit more powerful processing unit than Galaxy A42, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a larger amount of RAM memory.
The Galaxy A42 features a much bigger storage capacity for games and applications than Huawei Mate 20 X, and although they both have equal 128 GB internal storage, the Galaxy A42 also has an external memory card slot that admits a maximum of 1000 GB. Galaxy A42 counts with a much better camera than Huawei Mate 20 X. They have the same video frame rate, a same size camera aperture and the same video resolution.
Samsung Galaxy A42 features a battery performance that's very similar to Huawei Mate 20 X's battery performance.
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