Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 78.1 | 93.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo | iOS 15.x, 14.x |
| 2018-04-27 | 2020-11-13 |
| 5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches | 6.33 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 8.03 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Gold, Graphite, Pacific blue and Silver |
| Glass and Metal | Glass and Stainless steel |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 274.00 | $ 1100.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2244 x 1080 pixels | 2778 x 1284 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 429 pixels per inch | 457 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G72 MP12 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.62 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") 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 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.01 | 10.01 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3687mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.36 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max has a score of 93.2, which is much better than Huawei P20's 78.1 general score. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max is a newer and just a bit thinner cellphone than Huawei P20, although it's also much heavier. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max has iOS 15.x operating system, while Huawei P20 counts with Android 9.0 Pie operating system.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max has a much better display than Huawei P20, because it has a better resolution of 1284 x 2778, a just a little higher screen pixel density and a bigger display. IPhone 12 Pro Max features a quite better hardware performance than Huawei P20, because although it has an inferior number of cores , it also counts with a larger amount of RAM memory and a 64-bits processing unit.
IPhone 12 Pro Max features a camera that's very similar to Huawei P20's camera, and although the iPhone 12 Pro Max has a larger aperture to take better low-light captures and video and faster video frame rate, they both have a 12 MP resolution back camera and the same (4K) video quality. Huawei P20 and iPhone 12 Pro Max count with really similar memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, both of them have exactly the same internal storage capacity.
The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max features a bit superior battery performance than Huawei P20, because it has an 8% bigger battery size.
Although Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max is a better device, it is way more expensive than Huawei P20, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Huawei P20. So if you need that extra features, you can buy Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max, but if you don't you can save some dollars and buy the Huawei P20, resigning a couple specifications.
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