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| Global Score | |
| 81.7 | 85.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-04-05 | 2018-08-29 |
| 5.87 x 2.81 x 0.30 inches | 6.12 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches |
| 5.82 ounces | 6.35 ounces |
| Black, Breathing and Crystal aurora | Black, Blue and Red |
| Glass and Metal | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 504.00 | $ 415.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2246 x 1080 pixels |
| AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 422 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP10 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.45 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 16.38 |
| Camera | |
| 40.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | -- |
| 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") 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 | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.66 | 10.23 |
| 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 |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3650mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.6 | 5.92 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is slightly better than the Huawei P30, with a score of 85.5 against 81.7. Despite being the best in this review, we must highlight that it's also a somewhat thicker and just a bit heavier phone. The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 counts with a little bit better display than Huawei P30, because although it has a just a little inferior pixels quantity in each screen inch and a little bit lower resolution of 1080 x 2246 pixels, it also counts with a little bigger screen.
The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 has a bit faster CPU than Huawei P30, and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 also has more RAM. The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 counts with a much better memory capacity to install games and applications than Huawei P30, because it has a slot for SD memory cards that admits a maximum of 256 GB and 256 GB internal storage.
The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 features just a little bit longer battery lifetime than Huawei P30, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity. The Huawei P30 has a superior camera than Xiaomi Pocophone F1, because although it has slower 30 frames per second video frame rates, and they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution, the Huawei P30 also counts with a much bigger back camera sensor which offers a lot better image and video quality, a camera with a much better 40 mega pixels resolution and a bigger aperture to capture better low-light photos and videos.
Even being the best phone in our current comparison, the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is also a bargain compared to others.
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