Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 86.4 | 82.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Huawei | Sony |
| Android 10 | -- |
| 2020-04-07 | 2019-05-29 |
| 5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches | 6.57 x 2.83 x 0.32 inches |
| 6.17 ounces | 6.28 ounces |
| Black, Blush gold, Deep Sea blue, Ice white and Silver frost | Black, Gray, Purple and White |
| Glass and Metal | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 244.00 | $ 948.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 3840 x 1644 pixels |
| OLED | P-OLED |
| 422 pixels per inch | 643 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SM8150 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2860 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Mali-G76 MP16 GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/1.90 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 23.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.78 inches (1/1.28") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (24 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 12.21 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3800mAh Battery | 3330mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 5.76 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | 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
Huawei P40 is slightly better than the Sony Xperia 1, with a overall score of 86.4 against 82.6. The Huawei P40 is a newer and just a bit lighter phone than the Sony Xperia 1, although it's a little thicker. Xperia 1 has a brighter screen than Huawei P40, because it has a lot better pixels density, a quite bigger screen and a much higher resolution of 1644 x 3840px.
The Sony Xperia 1's processing unit is just as good as the processor in Huawei P40, both of them have a 6 GB RAM and the same number of cores. The Huawei P40 features a way better camera than Xperia 1, because although it has a smaller aperture which is not so good for capturing photos and videos in low-light environments, and they both have the same video quality, the Huawei P40 also counts with a lot better 50 mega pixels resolution back camera, better video frame rate and a much bigger sensor shooting way better quality photos.
Xperia 1 counts with a way bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei P40, and although they both have equal internal storage capacity, the Xperia 1 also has a SD extension slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB. The Huawei P40 features a bit better battery life than Sony Xperia 1, because it has a 3800mAh battery capacity instead of 3330mAh.
The Huawei P40 is not only the best phones of the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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