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| Global Score | |
| 90.5 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2019-12-17 | 2019-04-10 |
| 6.22 x 2.88 x 0.35 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.98 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Black, Cosmic purple, Emerald green, Space silver and Vegan leather - Orange and Forest green | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) | Plastic and Plastic |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2400 x 1176 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 411 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.63 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.60 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (7680 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 12.1 | 9.46 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 6.32 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | 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 |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has a global score of 90.5, which is better than Samsung Galaxy A40's global score of 79.6. These devices come with Android OS (operating system), but Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G has an older 10 version while Samsung Galaxy A40 has Android 11 version. Even though Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G is better than the Samsung Galaxy A40, it must be told that it is also somewhat thicker and incredibly heavier.
Galaxy A40 features a display that's very similar to the screen in Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G, because although the Galaxy A40 has a bit smaller display and a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, it also counts with a bit greater pixels density. Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G counts with a little better performance than Galaxy A40, and although they both have 8 CPU cores, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G also has more RAM memory.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G features more storage to store more apps and games than Galaxy A40, because although it has no external memory card slot, it also counts with 192 GB more internal storage capacity. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G features a much longer battery duration than Samsung Galaxy A40, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity instead of 3100mAh.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G takes greater videos and photos than Samsung Galaxy A40, because it has a lot larger sensor which gives a way better image and video quality, a much higher resolution back camera, a way higher (4K) video quality and a bigger aperture to take better low light photography.
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