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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 80 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 10 |
| 2018-10-26 | 2021-03-18 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.46 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 7.80 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black, blue and white |
| Aluminum and Glass | Plastic and Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | PLS |
| 346 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Mali-G52 MP1 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.02 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 3.52 | 10.23 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M12 is just a bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, with an 80 score against 75.6. The Galaxy M12 design is a lot newer and a little bit lighter, but thicker than Huawei Mate 20 X. Both of these phones come with Android OS, but Galaxy M12 has older 10 version while Huawei Mate 20 X has Android 9.0 Pie version.
Huawei Mate 20 X has a bit better processor than Galaxy M12, and although they both have 8 CPU cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a larger amount of RAM. The Huawei Mate 20 X has a little sharper display than Galaxy M12, because it has a little bit larger display, a higher screen density and a way higher resolution of 1080 x 2244px.
Samsung Galaxy M12 has a greater camera than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a tinier diafragm aperture which is not recommended for shooting photos in poorly lited environments, they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate. Galaxy M12 has a much better memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has 0 less internal memory capacity, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 1 TB.
Samsung Galaxy M12 counts with greater battery duration than Huawei Mate 20 X, because it has 6000mAh of battery capacity instead of 5000mAh.
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