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| Global Score | |
| 87.4 | 86.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 10 | Android 10 |
| 2019-10-20 | 2020-05-08 |
| 6.33 x 3.00 x 0.33 inches | 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 6.91 ounces | 7.83 ounces |
| Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green, Space silver and Vegan leather - Orange and Forest green | Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver |
| Aluminum and Glass | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.6 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | OLED |
| 390 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.67 inches (1/1.5") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.99 | 12.43 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.08 | 6.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| 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 Mate 30 5G has a general score of 87.4, which is slightly better than Xiaomi Black Shark 3's 86.6 score. The Huawei Mate 30 5G is a thinner and somewhat lighter cellphone than Xiaomi Black Shark 3, even when both of them were released with only a couple months difference. Both of these phones have the same Android 10 OS, so both of them should offer all the same OS features.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a display that is very similar to the Huawei Mate 30 5G one, although the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a little bit more pixels per screen inch, a quite larger display and a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2400. The Huawei Mate 30 5G and the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 both feature quite similar CPUs, both of them have 8 cpu cores and 8 GB of RAM memory.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3's storage capacity for games and applications is very similar to the Huawei Mate 30 5G one, they have the same internal memory. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 takes slightly better pictures and videos than Huawei Mate 30 5G, because although it has a smaller back camera sensor giving a worse image quality, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video quality, the same video frame rate and a same size camera aperture, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also counts with a back camera with a way better resolution.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features just a bit longer battery performance than Huawei Mate 30 5G, because it has a 12% bigger battery size.
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