Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 88.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Apple |
| Android 10 | iOS 15.x, 14.x |
| 2020-03-02 | 2020-10-23 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 5.78 x 2.81 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 5.78 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black, Blue, Green, Purple, Red and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | $ 829.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2532 x 1170 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 457 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9.4 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Apple A14 Bionic (5 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | 64-bit 64-bit (Hexa-Core 3100 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Yes GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.62 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 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 | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 2815mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 6.08 | 4.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | 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
The Apple iPhone 12 is better than the Huawei P40 Lite, having an 88.7 score against 79.5. Apple iPhone 12 has iOS 15.x OS, and Huawei P40 Lite counts with Android 10 OS. Even when the Apple iPhone 12 and Huawei P40 Lite were only released 8 months apart, the Apple iPhone 12 is thinner and somewhat lighter.
The Apple iPhone 12 counts with a superior processor than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has an inferior number of cores and a lower amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit. The iPhone 12 has a more vivid display than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a quite higher pixels amount in each inch of display and a little higher resolution of 1170 x 2532.
The Huawei P40 Lite has a little bit better camera than iPhone 12, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not nice for low light images and videos and worse video frame rate, and they both have the same video quality, the Huawei P40 Lite also counts with a much better 48 mega pixels resolution camera.
The Huawei P40 Lite features a very superior memory capacity to store more apps and games than Apple iPhone 12, because it has 64 GB more internal storage. The Huawei P40 Lite has a much longer battery life than Apple iPhone 12, because it has a 49% more battery capacity.
Although Apple iPhone 12 is a better device, it is a lot more expensive than Huawei P40 Lite, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Huawei P40 Lite. So if you need that extra specs and features, you can buy Apple iPhone 12, but if you don't you can save a couple dollars and buy the Huawei P40 Lite, letting go a couple specs and features.
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