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| Global Score | |
| 75.6 | 79.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2018-10-26 | 2017-06-01 |
| 6.87 x 3.36 x 0.32 inches | 6.14 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 8.18 ounces | 6.74 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Phantom silver | Black, Pink, Red and Silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.2 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 3840 x 2160 pixels (4K) |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 346 pixels per inch | 801 pixels per inch |
| -- | 700 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 10.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2450 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") 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 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 3.52 | 10.34 |
| 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 | 3230mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.2 |
| 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, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Xperia XZ Premium is a bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 X, getting a overall score of 79.8 against 75.6. Although Xperia XZ Premium is older than the Huawei Mate 20 X, it's design is somewhat lighter and just a bit thinner. Huawei Mate 20 X has a bit superior processing unit than Xperia XZ Premium, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate 20 X also has a larger amount of RAM memory.
Xperia XZ Premium has a much better display than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has a really smaller display, it also counts with a much higher resolution of 2160 x 3840 and a much greater number of pixels per inch in the screen. Xperia XZ Premium takes way better videos and photos than Huawei Mate 20 X, although it has a smaller diafragm aperture which is not favorable for capturing photographs or video in low light situations and a much tinier sensor which gives a way worse image and video quality, they both have the same video frame rate and the same (4K) video quality.
The Xperia XZ Premium features a little bit better memory for games and applications than Huawei Mate 20 X, because although it has only 64 GB internal memory, it also counts with a SD memory slot that allows a maximum of 256 GB. Huawei Mate 20 X counts with a much longer battery life than Xperia XZ Premium, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3230mAh.
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