Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 79.2 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2020-09-28 | 2019-04-10 |
| 6.52 x 3.03 x 0.36 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 7.27 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Blush gold, Crush green and Midnight black | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| -- | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.7 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 393 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710A chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G51 MP4 GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 14.14 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 11.33 | 9.46 |
| 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.6 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy A40 is a little bit better than the Huawei P Smart (2021), having a general score of 79.6 against 79.2. Both devices in this comparison include Android OS (Operating System), but the Galaxy A40 has a more recent 11 version and Huawei P Smart (2021) has Android 10, giving some nice extra features. The Galaxy A40 body is notably lighter and thinner than the Huawei P Smart (2021), despite of the fact that it was released around 18 months before.
The Galaxy A40 has just a bit better display than Huawei P Smart (2021), because although it has a quite lower 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and a little smaller display, it also counts with a little better amount of pixels per display inch. The Huawei P Smart (2021) has much more memory capacity for applications and games than Galaxy A40, and although they both have a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 512 GB, the Huawei P Smart (2021) also has 64 GB more internal memory capacity.
Huawei P Smart (2021) features a bit faster processor than Galaxy A40. They have 4 GB of RAM and 8 cores. The Huawei P Smart (2021) takes much better videos and photos than Galaxy A40, because although it has a smaller camera aperture, it also counts with a way larger camera sensor, a much better 48 mega-pixels resolution camera and a way higher (4K) video resolution.
Huawei P Smart (2021) has a superior battery lifetime than Galaxy A40, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity instead of 3100mAh.
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