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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 82.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-03-02 | 2017-10-19 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | $ 152.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2880 x 1440 pixels |
| IPS LCD | P-OLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 537 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.20 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 9.79 |
| 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 | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3520mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Pixel 2 XL is slightly better than the Huawei P40 Lite, with an 82.5 score against 79.5. The Google Pixel 2 XL is an notably older phone than the Huawei P40 Lite, but it's just a little lighter and just a little thinner anyway. The Google Pixel 2 XL's CPU is just as good as the processing unit in Huawei P40 Lite, and although the Google Pixel 2 XL has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have the same number of cores.
Google Pixel 2 XL counts with a bit more vivid screen than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a little bit smaller screen, it also counts with a greater pixels density and a better 1440 x 2880 resolution. The Huawei P40 Lite and the Google Pixel 2 XL both feature incredibly similar storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos, both of them have equal internal storage.
The Huawei P40 Lite shoots better pictures and videos than Google Pixel 2 XL, and although they both have a same size aperture, the same 1920x1080 (Full HD) video definition and the same 30 fps video frame rates, the Huawei P40 Lite also has a way bigger back-facing camera sensor which offers a much better image and video quality and a way higher 48 mega-pixels resolution back camera.
The Huawei P40 Lite counts with better battery life than Google Pixel 2 XL, because it has a 19% more battery capacity.
The Google Pixel 2 XL is not only the best phones in our comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest one, which makes this phone an obvious call.
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