Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 91 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | Android 11, 10 |
| 2018-03-27 | 2020-05-22 |
| 6.10 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches | 6.54 x 2.83 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.35 ounces | 6.38 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Black and Purple |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 348.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2240 x 1080 pixels | 3840 x 1644 pixels |
| OLED | OLED |
| 408 pixels per inch | 643 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 18.58 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.56 inches (1/1.78") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (120 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.55 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.92 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Sony Xperia 1 II is much better than Huawei P20 Pro, with a score of 91 against 81.4. The Sony Xperia 1 II is a just a little heavier device than Huawei P20 Pro, but they are equally thin. Both phones we compare here include Android OS, but the Sony Xperia 1 II has a more recent 11 version and Huawei P20 Pro has Android 10.
The Xperia 1 II features a bit better hardware performance than Huawei P20 Pro, and although they both have 8 CPU cores, the Xperia 1 II also has 2 GB more RAM. The Sony Xperia 1 II counts with a better screen than Huawei P20 Pro, because it has much more pixels per inch of screen, a quite larger screen and a way better 1644 x 3840px resolution.
The Huawei P20 Pro features a much better camera than Sony Xperia 1 II, because although it has a tinier aperture which is not favorable for low-light images and videos, worse video frame rates and a smaller back-facing camera sensor which provides a lower image and video quality, and they both have the same (4K) video quality, the Huawei P20 Pro also counts with a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels.
Xperia 1 II has a way bigger memory to install applications and games than Huawei P20 Pro, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that holds up to 1000 GB and 256 GB internal storage. Huawei P20 Pro and Sony Xperia 1 II feature quite similar batteries duration.
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