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| Global Score | |
| 85.2 | 83.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| -- | Android 10 |
| 2018-11-15 | 2020-06-17 |
| 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches | 6.39 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches |
| 6.46 ounces | 6.67 ounces |
| Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue | Crush green, Midnight black and Space silver |
| Glass and Metal | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2220 x 1080 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 392 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 820 chipset |
| Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A76 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 512 GPU | Mali-G57 MP6 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 14.14 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | -- |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 10.45 | 11.22 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.76 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Galaxy A9 (2018) is slightly better than Huawei P40 lite 5G, having a general score of 85.2 against 83.4. Galaxy A9 (2018) is an older cellphone than Huawei P40 lite 5G, but Samsung could make it just a bit thinner and just a bit lighter. The Huawei P40 lite 5G counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Galaxy A9 (2018). They have the same RAM memory amount and 8 processing cores.
Huawei P40 lite 5G has a slightly better screen than Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has a slightly better 1080 x 2400px resolution, a just a little higher count of pixels in each inch in the display and a quite larger screen. Huawei P40 lite 5G counts with a slightly better camera than Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a tinier aperture, and they both have the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, the Huawei P40 lite 5G also counts with a way more megapixels back-facing camera.
The Galaxy A9 (2018) has much more storage for games and applications than Huawei P40 lite 5G, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory, the Galaxy A9 (2018) also has a SD card slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. The Huawei P40 lite 5G features a little better battery life than Galaxy A9 (2018), because it has a 4000mAh battery capacity.
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