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| Global Score | |
| 75.4 | 75.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 8.0 Oreo | Android |
| 2018-03-19 | 2018-06-08 |
| 5.85 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches | 5.80 x 2.88 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.11 ounces | 5.78 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Black, Blue, Gold and Red |
| Aluminum and Glass | -- |
| $ 200.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.8 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2280 x 1080 pixels | 2244 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 435 pixels per inch | 422 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SDM710 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-T830 MP2 GPU | Adreno 616 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.78 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.13 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3120mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.96 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE is just a bit better than Huawei P20 Lite, with a 75.9 score against 75.4. Even though the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE is a better cellphone than Huawei P20 Lite, it must be told that it's also heavier and a bit thicker. Xiaomi Mi 8 SE works with Android operating system, while Huawei P20 Lite works with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system.
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei P20 Lite, because although it has a little worse number of pixels per inch in the screen and a little bit lower 1080 x 2244px resolution, it also counts with a quite bigger display. The Huawei P20 Lite counts with a much bigger storage to store more games and applications than Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, and although they both have equal 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Huawei P20 Lite also has a slot for external memory cards that allows up to 256 GB.
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE and Huawei P20 Lite count with quite similar CPUs, and although the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE has 2 GB more RAM memory, they both have 8 CPU cores. Xiaomi Mi 8 SE has a little bit better camera than Huawei P20 Lite, because although it has a lot less megapixels back-facing camera, it also counts with a lot higher 3840x2160 video quality and a bigger aperture to capture better photography and video in low-light environments.
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE has a little longer battery lifetime than Huawei P20 Lite, because it has 3120mAh of battery capacity.
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