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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2020-03-05 | 2019-04-10 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G 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 | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.80 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 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 10.56 | 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 |
| 6.32 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | 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
Huawei Mate Xs is much better than Galaxy A40, having a 91.6 score against 79.6. The Huawei Mate Xs is a newer cellphone than Galaxy A40, but it's much thicker and way heavier. The Huawei Mate Xs has a bit sharper screen than Galaxy A40, because although it has a quite lower number of pixels per inch of display, it also counts with a much larger display and a lot higher resolution of 2200 x 2480 pixels.
Huawei Mate Xs features a way bigger memory to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has no slot for external memory cards, it also counts with 512 GB internal storage. The Huawei Mate Xs counts with a little better performance than Samsung Galaxy A40, and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has 4 GB more RAM memory.
Huawei Mate Xs takes better photographs and videos than Galaxy A40, because although it has a tinier camera aperture which is not nice for shooting photographs and/or video in poorly lited environments, it also counts with a back-facing camera with much more mega-pixels, a way higher 3840x2160 (4K) video definition and a way bigger sensor capturing much better quality photos.
The Huawei Mate Xs counts with a very superior battery performance than Samsung Galaxy A40, because it has 4500mAh of battery capacity.
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