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| Global Score | |
| 91.6 | 82.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| -- | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-03-05 | 2019-03-07 |
| 6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches | 6.26 x 2.96 x 0.33 inches |
| 10.58 ounces | 6.14 ounces |
| Interstellar blue | Black and Blue |
| Aluminum and Aluminum | Plastic |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 2480 x 2200 pixels | 2280 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 414 pixels per inch | 394 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 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 | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 17.6 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.32 inches (1/3.1") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 10.56 | 9.13 |
| 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 | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.32 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Huawei Mate Xs has an overall score of 91.6, which is much better than the Samsung Galaxy M30's global score of 82.4. Huawei Mate Xs's construction is newer than the Samsung Galaxy M30's, but it is a lot heavier and incredibly thicker. The Huawei Mate Xs counts with just a bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy M30, and although they both have 8 CPU cores, the Huawei Mate Xs also has 2 GB more RAM memory.
The Huawei Mate Xs has a little sharper screen than Galaxy M30, because it has a larger display, a lot better resolution of 2200 x 2480 pixels and a bit better pixels density. Huawei Mate Xs takes better photographs and videos than Galaxy M30, because it has a camera with a much higher 40 MP resolution, a larger aperture for better low-light captures, a lot better (4K) video resolution and a much larger back camera sensor which provides a lot better image and video quality.
Huawei Mate Xs counts with a much greater memory to install applications and games than Galaxy M30, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 512 GB internal memory capacity. The Samsung Galaxy M30 features a little longer battery performance than Huawei Mate Xs, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity against 4500mAh.
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