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| Global Score | |
| 79.5 | 75.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Xiaomi |
| Android 10 | Android |
| 2020-03-02 | 2018-06-08 |
| 6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches | 5.80 x 2.88 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 5.78 ounces |
| Crush green, Midnight black and Sakura pink | Black, Blue, Gold and Red |
| Plastic and Plastic | -- |
| $ 244.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.9 inches |
| 2310 x 1080 pixels | 2244 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 398 pixels per inch | 422 pixels per inch |
| -- | 600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SDM710 chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2270 MHz) processor | Kryo 360, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G52 MP6 GPU | Adreno 616 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 10.1 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 20.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm 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 (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 (4G), HSPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4200mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3120mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.08 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Huawei P40 Lite is a little bit better than the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, having a score of 79.5 against 75.9. The Huawei P40 Lite comes with Android 10 OS, while Xiaomi Mi 8 SE works with Android OS. Although the Huawei P40 Lite is newer than the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, it's somewhat thicker and heavier.
Xiaomi Mi 8 SE counts with a bit sharper screen than Huawei P40 Lite, because although it has a quite lower resolution of 1080 x 2244px and a bit smaller display, it also counts with a just a little better quantity of pixels in each display inch. Huawei P40 Lite has much more memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, because it has more internal memory.
The Huawei P40 Lite and the Xiaomi Mi 8 SE both have very similar CPUs, both of them have the same RAM memory amount and 8 CPU cores. The Huawei P40 Lite counts with improved battery duration than Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, because it has a 4200mAh battery size. The Huawei P40 Lite features a superior camera than Xiaomi Mi 8 SE, and although they both have the same 1920x1080 video definition and the same video frame rates, the Huawei P40 Lite also has a back-facing camera with way more mega pixels, a much larger back camera sensor which offers a lot higher image and video quality and a larger aperture to take better photography in low light environments.
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