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| Global Score | |
| 81.7 | 78.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Microsoft |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | Android 10 |
| 2019-04-05 | 2020-09-10 |
| 5.87 x 2.81 x 0.30 inches | 7.36 x 5.72 x 0.19 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 8.82 ounces |
| Black, Breathing and Crystal aurora | Glacier |
| Glass and Metal | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 504.00 | $ 540.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 8.1 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2700 x 1800 pixels |
| AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 422 pixels per inch | 401 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SM8150 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 11.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 11.66 | 8.91 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3650mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3577mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.6 | 5.52 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Huawei P30 has a general score of 81.7, which is a little bit better than the Microsoft Surface Duo's 78.8 score. These phones use the same Android 10 OS (Operating System), so you shouldn't notice any difference in that aspect. Huawei P30's design is much lighter than the Microsoft Surface Duo, although it's notably thicker and was released around 17 months before.
Microsoft Surface Duo has a display that's very similar to the screen in Huawei P30, because although the Microsoft Surface Duo has a just a bit lower display density, it also counts with a way bigger display and a better resolution of 1800 x 2700 pixels. The Huawei P30 and the Microsoft Surface Duo both have quite similar storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, both have exactly the same internal memory.
Microsoft Surface Duo features a bit faster CPU than Huawei P30. They have 6 GB of RAM memory and 8 processing cores. Huawei P30 features just a little better battery performance than Microsoft Surface Duo, because it has 3650mAh of battery capacity against 3577mAh. The Huawei P30 counts with a much better camera than Microsoft Surface Duo, because although it has worse 30 frames per second video frame rates, and they both have the same 3840x2160 video resolution, the Huawei P30 also counts with a bigger aperture to capture better low light photography and video and a lot more mega pixels back facing camera.
Despite of being the best phone between the ones we are comparing, Huawei P30 is also cheap compared to the other phone, making it easy to pick between these phones.
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