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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 83.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 10 | Android 10, 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2020-03-02 | 2018-06-05 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 6.10 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 6.17 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black, Blue, Gold and White |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 6.2 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2248 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 402 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 56.00mm focal length |
| 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.89 | 9.9 |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.36 |
| 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 Xiaomi Mi 8 has a general score of 83.3, which is just a bit better than Huawei P40 Lite's global score of 79.5. Xiaomi Mi 8's body is somewhat thinner and a bit lighter than Huawei P40 Lite, although it was released about 21 months before. Both of these devices have the same Android 10 OS (operating system), so both should count with all the same operating system features.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 counts with a little more vivid display than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a bit smaller screen and a little worse resolution of 1080 x 2248 pixels, it also counts with a quite better count of pixels in each inch in the display. Xiaomi Mi 8 counts with a superior memory capacity to store more games and applications than Huawei P40 Lite, because it has 128 GB more internal storage.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 has a little bit better performance than Huawei P40 Lite. Both of them have 6 GB of RAM and 8 processing cores. Huawei P40 Lite counts with longer battery performance than Xiaomi Mi 8, because it has a 24% bigger battery capacity. Huawei P40 Lite features a little bit better camera than Xiaomi Mi 8, and although they both have the same 30 fps video frame rate, the same 1920x1080 video resolution and a same size aperture, the Huawei P40 Lite also has a lot bigger sensor taking more light and vivid colors and a way more MP back-facing camera.
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