Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 76.5 | 79.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie |
| 2019-07-20 | 2019-04-10 |
| 6.26 x 2.99 x 0.33 inches | 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 4.94 ounces |
| Charming red, Crush blue and Midnight black | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Plastic and Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 437 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 710 chipset | Exynos 7904 chipset |
| Cortex-A73 and Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2200 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 |
| 9.18 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.18 | 11.74 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 9.24 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a little bit better than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), getting a 79.6 score against 76.5. Samsung Galaxy A40 is a extremely lighter and a little thinner phone than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), although both of them were only released 3 months apart. Both phones we compare here have Android OS (Operating System), but the Samsung Galaxy A40 has 11 version while Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has Android 9.0 Pie version.
Galaxy A40 features a little sharper display than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a slightly better 1080 x 2340px resolution and a quite greater count of pixels in each screen inch. Huawei P20 Lite (2019) has just a bit better performance than Galaxy A40. They have a Octa-Core processing unit and 4 GB of RAM memory.
The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features a bigger memory capacity to install applications and games than Galaxy A40, because although it has a slot for an external memory card that allows a maximum of 256 GB against 512 GB, it also counts with 64 GB more internal storage capacity. The Huawei P20 Lite (2019) features superior battery life than Samsung Galaxy A40, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity instead of 3100mAh.
Galaxy A40 takes a little bit better pictures and videos than Huawei P20 Lite (2019), and although they both have the same (Full HD) video resolution, a 16 mega-pixels camera and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy A40 also has a bigger aperture.
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