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| Global Score | |
| 75.3 | 86.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2015-09-15 | 2020-05-08 |
| 5.90 x 2.96 x 0.28 inches | 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 5.50 ounces | 7.83 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | OLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 935 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53e, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T628 MP4 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 28.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.13 | 12.43 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 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 |
| 6.6 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2700mAh Battery | 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.64 | 6.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 is better than Huawei Mate S, with a overall score of 86.6 against 75.3. Although the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 is noticeably newer than Huawei Mate S, it's extremely heavier and thicker. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a slightly better looking screen than Huawei Mate S, because although it has a little bit less pixels per inch of display, it also counts with a bigger display and a slightly higher resolution of 1080 x 2400.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has just a little better hardware performance than Huawei Mate S, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a higher amount of RAM. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features a greater camera than Huawei Mate S, because it has a much larger camera sensor capturing more light and vivid colors, a lot better 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, a back camera with way more mega pixels and a bigger diafragm aperture to take better low-light photos and video.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features as much memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos as the Huawei Mate S, both of them have equal 128 GB internal storage. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features a way better battery lifetime than Huawei Mate S, because it has a 75% greater battery capacity.
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