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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 78.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-03-02 | 2017-09-19 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 5.83 x 2.87 x 0.29 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 5.50 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black, Blue, Pink and Silver |
| Plastic and Plastic | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | $ 700.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 398 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 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 2450 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 10.45 |
| 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 | 2700mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 4.64 |
| 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
The Huawei P40 Lite is a little bit better than the Xperia XZ1, having a global score of 79.5 against 78.3. Huawei P40 Lite's construction is newer, but thicker and somewhat heavier than the Xperia XZ1. Xperia XZ1 counts with a little bit better screen than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a bit worse 1080 x 1920 resolution and a bit smaller display, it also counts with a little bit better quantity of pixels per inch in the screen.
The Sony Xperia XZ1 features a bit superior CPU than Huawei P40 Lite, although it has lesser RAM memory, they both have 8 cores. The Huawei P40 Lite counts with a little bit better camera than Xperia XZ1, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video definition, the Huawei P40 Lite also has a larger aperture to capture better low-light captures and video, a back camera with a much higher 48 mega pixels resolution and a bigger sensor capturing better quality videos and pictures.
Xperia XZ1 features a much better storage for games and applications than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has only 64 GB internal memory, it also counts with a slot for an external memory card that holds a maximum of 1,95 TB. The Huawei P40 Lite counts with a superior battery duration than Sony Xperia XZ1, because it has a 4200mAh battery size instead of 2700mAh.
Huawei P40 Lite not only is the best phones of the ones in this comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest.
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