Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 90.5 | 85.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Microsoft |
| Android 10 | Android 11 |
| 2019-12-17 | 2021-09-20 |
| 6.22 x 2.88 x 0.35 inches | 5.72 x 7.26 x 0.22 inches |
| 6.98 ounces | 10.02 ounces |
| Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green, Space silver and Vegan leather - Orange and Forest green | Glacier and Obsidian |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 540.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 8.3 inches |
| 2400 x 1176 pixels | 2688 x 1892 pixels |
| OLED | AMOLED |
| 411 pixels per inch | 396 pixels per inch |
| -- | 800 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.3 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 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 (7680 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 12.1 | 10.01 |
| 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) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4449mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.32 | 6.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| 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
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has a score of 90.5, which is a bit better than the Microsoft Surface Duo 2's 85.3 score. Both phones we are comparing here come with Android OS, but the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has older 10 version while Microsoft Surface Duo 2 has Android 11. Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G's design is incredibly lighter than the Microsoft Surface Duo 2, although it's notably thicker and was released about 21 months before.
The Microsoft Surface Duo 2 has a little bit better looking display than Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, because although it has a just a little inferior quantity of pixels per inch of screen, it also counts with a bigger screen and a higher resolution of 1892 x 2688 pixels. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G counts with a much bigger memory to install applications and games than Microsoft Surface Duo 2, because it has 128 GB more internal memory capacity.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G and the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 both have extremely similar CPUs, both of them have the same number of cores and 8 GB of RAM. The Microsoft Surface Duo 2's battery duration is just as good as the battery duration in Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, although the Microsoft Surface Duo 2 has just 4449mAh of battery capacity instead of 4500mAh.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G shoots way better photos and videos than Microsoft Surface Duo 2, and although they both have the same video quality and the same video frame rate, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G also has a back facing camera with a much better resolution and a bigger camera aperture to take better low-light photos and videos.
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