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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 87 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 11, 10 |
| 2020-03-05 | 2020-11-06 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.47 x 2.99 x 0.34 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 6.81 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Prism Dot black, Prism Dot grey and Prism Dot white |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 6.6 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 1600 x 720 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 266 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SM7225 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 570, 64-bit, 8 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 619 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.18 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 15.38 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.56 | 11.11 |
| 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 |
| 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4500mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 6.8 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
The Huawei Mate Xs is a little bit better than the Galaxy A42, getting a 91.6 score against 87. The Huawei Mate Xs is an extremely thicker and notably heavier device than Galaxy A42. The Huawei Mate Xs has a little better performance than Galaxy A42, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has more RAM.
The Huawei Mate Xs features a sharper display than Samsung Galaxy A42, because it has a way higher pixel amount per inch of screen, a much higher 2200 x 2480px resolution and a bigger display. The Samsung Galaxy A42 has a slightly better camera than Huawei Mate Xs, and although they both have a F1.8 diafragm aperture, the same video frame rate and the same (4K) video quality, the Samsung Galaxy A42 also has a more mega-pixels back-facing camera.
Huawei Mate Xs counts with a quite bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy A42, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with 512 GB internal storage. Samsung Galaxy A42 features just a bit better battery lifetime than Huawei Mate Xs, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4500mAh.
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