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| Global Score | |
| 83.4 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Samsung |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-06-17 | 2018-11-15 |
| 6.39 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.67 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Space silver | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| -- | Glass and Metal |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 2400 x 1080 pixels | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 405 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 820 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G57 MP6 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 9.36 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 11.22 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | 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
Galaxy A9 (2018) is a bit better than the Huawei P40 lite 5G, with a global score of 85.2 against 83.4. The Galaxy A9 (2018) design is a little lighter and just a bit thinner than the Huawei P40 lite 5G, despite of the fact that it was released about a year before. The Huawei P40 lite 5G has a little sharper display than Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has a slightly better resolution of 1080 x 2400, a quite bigger display and a just a bit higher number of pixels in each inch in the display.
Galaxy A9 (2018) has a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Huawei P40 lite 5G, and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal storage, the Galaxy A9 (2018) also has a slot for an external memory card that admits a maximum of 512 GB. The Huawei P40 lite 5G features a little bit better hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018). They have 8 processing cores and a 6 GB RAM.
The Huawei P40 lite 5G shoots clearer photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a smaller diafragm aperture which is worse for taking photos and video in poorly lited situations, and they both have the same video frame rate and the same 3840x2160 video definition, the Huawei P40 lite 5G also counts with a way higher resolution back facing camera.
Huawei P40 lite 5G features a little better battery performance than Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity.
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