Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 83.4 | 76.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Huawei |
| Android 10 | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| 2020-06-17 | 2018-07-18 |
| 6.39 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches | 6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.67 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Space silver | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 405 pixels per inch | 409 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 820 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G57 MP6 GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 13.18 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 11.22 | 9.9 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10.7 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3750mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.68 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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
The Huawei P40 lite 5G has a global score of 83.4, which is a little bit better than Huawei nova 3's 76.3 global score. Both devices we compare here work with Android OS (Operating System), but Huawei P40 lite 5G has an older 10 version and Huawei nova 3 has Android 8.1 Oreo version. Although the Huawei P40 lite 5G is newer than Huawei nova 3, it is somewhat heavier and somewhat thicker.
Huawei nova 3 counts with a display that is very similar to the screen in Huawei P40 lite 5G, because although the Huawei nova 3 has a little bit smaller display and a little lower resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, it also counts with a bit more pixels per inch of display. The Huawei nova 3 has a CPU that is very similar to the Huawei P40 lite 5G one, both of them have a 6 GB RAM and a Octa-Core CPU.
Huawei nova 3 has a much bigger memory to store more games and applications than Huawei P40 lite 5G, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory, the Huawei nova 3 also has a SD memory slot that admits a maximum of 256 GB. Huawei P40 lite 5G takes much clearer photographs and videos than Huawei nova 3, and although they both have the same (4K) video quality, the same diafragm aperture and the same 30 frames per second video frame rate, the Huawei P40 lite 5G also has a lot more MP back camera.
The Huawei P40 lite 5G features just a bit longer battery duration than Huawei nova 3, because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity.
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