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| Global Score | |
| 76.3 | 84.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | -- |
| 2018-07-18 | 2018-09-21 |
| 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches | 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.86 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| 16 777 216 | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Aluminum and Glass | Glass and Stainless steel |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2688 x 1242 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 409 pixels per inch | 456 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.36 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 13.18 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.9 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 3 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.68 | 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 iPhone XS Max is better than the Huawei nova 3, having a score of 84.5 against 76.3. Even being the best in this comparison review, we must highlight that it's also a just a bit thicker and noticeably heavier phone. The iPhone XS Max features a bit more vivid screen than Huawei nova 3, because it has a little bit bigger screen, a little higher screen pixels density and a quite better resolution of 1242 x 2688px.
Huawei nova 3 has a much greater memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone XS Max, because it has a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 256 GB and 128 GB internal storage capacity. The iPhone XS Max features a bit more powerful processing unit than Huawei nova 3, because although it has a lower number of cores and less RAM, it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit.
The iPhone XS Max takes slightly better pictures and videos than Huawei nova 3, although it has a lower 3840x2160 video resolution and a camera in the back with way less megapixels resolution, they both have a F1.8 aperture. Huawei nova 3 has just a little better battery life than iPhone XS Max, because it has a 3750mAh battery capacity instead of 3179mAh.
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