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| Global Score | |
| 74.2 | 84.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-07-11 | 2018-09-21 |
| 6.06 x 2.95 x 0.27 inches | 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.96 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| Black, Blue and Gold | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum | Glass and Stainless steel |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2688 x 1242 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 456 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") 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 |
| 9.02 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.28 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPhone XS Max is better than Huawei nova 2 Plus, having an 84.5 score against 74.2. Although Apple iPhone XS Max is newer than Huawei nova 2 Plus, it's just a bit thicker and heavier. The Apple iPhone XS Max features a bit sharper screen than Huawei nova 2 Plus, because it has a just a little greater amount of pixels in each inch in the screen, a higher 1242 x 2688 resolution and a larger screen.
The Huawei nova 2 Plus features a lot bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone XS Max, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Huawei nova 2 Plus also has a slot for external memory cards that holds up to 128 GB.
Apple iPhone XS Max has a superior processing unit than Huawei nova 2 Plus, because although it has a lower number of cores (although faster), and they both have a 4 GB RAM memory, the Apple iPhone XS Max also counts with a 64 bits processor. Apple iPhone XS Max has a much better camera than Huawei nova 2 Plus, and although they both have a same resolution camera in the back and a same size camera aperture, the Apple iPhone XS Max also has a way higher video quality.
The Huawei nova 2 Plus has just a bit longer battery life than iPhone XS Max, because it has 3340mAh of battery capacity.
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