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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 76.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 10 | Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 2020-03-02 | 2016-09-29 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 5.73 x 2.77 x 0.32 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 5.11 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Gold, Gray, Pink and Silver |
| Plastic and Plastic | Metal |
| $ 244.00 | $ 345.00 |
| 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 |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit (Quad-Core 2340 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| 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 | 12.00 MP + 4.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 26.00mm 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 (120 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 5.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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 has a global score of 79.5, which is slightly better than Xiaomi Mi 5s's 76.4 general score. Although the Huawei P40 Lite is much newer than the Xiaomi Mi 5s, it is a little bit thicker and notably heavier. These phones have Android operating system, but the Huawei P40 Lite has older 10 version while Xiaomi Mi 5s has Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
Xiaomi Mi 5s counts with a little sharper screen than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a little worse resolution of 1080 x 1920px and a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a little greater number of pixels in each inch in the display. Huawei P40 Lite features a bit better hardware performance than Xiaomi Mi 5s, because it has 4 more CPU cores and 2 GB more RAM memory.
The Xiaomi Mi 5s and Huawei P40 Lite have extremely similar storage to store more apps and games, both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory. The Huawei P40 Lite has improved battery lifetime than Xiaomi Mi 5s, because it has a 4200mAh battery size against 3200mAh. The Huawei P40 Lite shoots much better pictures and videos than Xiaomi Mi 5s, and although they both have the same video quality and the same video frame rate, the Huawei P40 Lite also has a bigger sensor providing a higher image quality, a larger aperture and a back camera with a much better 48 megapixels resolution.
The Huawei P40 Lite not only is the best phones in this comparison, but it's also very cheap compared to the other phones.
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