Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 72.4 | 86.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 7.0 Nougat | Android 10 |
| 2017-10-25 | 2020-05-08 |
| 6.15 x 2.96 x 0.30 inches | 6.64 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 5.78 ounces | 7.83 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Armor gray, Lightning black and Star silver |
| -- | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2160 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.02 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 13.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 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 |
| 8.14 | 12.43 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.5 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3340mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4720mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.28 | 6.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 is better than Huawei nova 2i, having an 86.6 score against 72.4. The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 construction is notably newer than the Huawei nova 2i's, but it's way thicker and heavier. Both phones we compare here use Android operating system, but Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has the older 10 version and Huawei nova 2i has Android 7.0 Nougat version.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a screen that is very similar to the Huawei nova 2i one, because although the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a bit inferior amount of pixels per inch of display, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a quite bigger display. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 has a bit more powerful processing unit than Huawei nova 2i, and although they both have the same number of cores, the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 also has a larger amount of RAM memory.
Xiaomi Black Shark 3 features a little bit more memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei nova 2i, because although it has no SD card slot, it also counts with 128 GB internal memory capacity. Xiaomi Black Shark 3 counts with a very superior battery performance than Huawei nova 2i, because it has 4720mAh of battery capacity.
The Xiaomi Black Shark 3 shoots a lot better photos and videos than Huawei nova 2i, because it has a lot higher 3840x2160 (4K) video quality and a back-facing camera with lot more megapixels.
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