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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 79.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Huawei |
| Android 10 | HarmonyOS 2 |
| 2020-03-02 | 2021-09-20 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 6.43 x 2.93 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 6.56 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black, Blue, Green and Violet |
| Plastic and Plastic | -- |
| $ 244.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.7 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2676 x 1236 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 440 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.3 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SM7325 (6 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo670, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 642L GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.45 |
| 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 | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 23.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution |
| 10.89 | 9.46 |
| 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) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| 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 |
Comparison review
Huawei P40 Lite is just a bit better than the Huawei nova 9 Pro, getting a 79.5 score against 79.3. The Huawei P40 Lite has Android 10 operating system, while Huawei nova 9 Pro comes with HarmonyOS 2 operating system. The Huawei P40 Lite design is a bit lighter than Huawei nova 9 Pro, but it's just a bit thicker and was released a bit more more than a year before.
The Huawei nova 9 Pro features a little bit better processing power than Huawei P40 Lite, and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the Huawei nova 9 Pro also has 2 GB more RAM. The Huawei nova 9 Pro has a slightly better screen than Huawei P40 Lite, because it has a bit higher amount of pixels per screen inch, a slightly higher resolution of 1236 x 2676px and a bit bigger display.
Huawei P40 Lite takes much clearer photos and videos than Huawei nova 9 Pro, because although it has a lot worse 1920x1080 video resolution and a back-facing camera with a worse resolution, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture. The Huawei nova 9 Pro features as much storage for applications and games as the Huawei P40 Lite one, both of them have equal 128 GB internal memory.
Huawei P40 Lite has just a little better battery performance than Huawei nova 9 Pro, because it has 4200mAh of battery capacity.
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