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| Global Score | |
| 97.6 | 90.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 10 |
| 2019-09-27 | 2020-10-22 |
| 6.33 x 4.64 x 0.27 inches | 6.41 x 2.97 x 0.36 inches |
| 9.74 ounces | 7.48 ounces |
| Cosmos black and Space silver | Black and Mystic silver |
| -- | Aluminum and Glass |
| $ 1980.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7.3 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 2152 x 1536 pixels | 2772 x 1334 pixels |
| Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| 362 pixels per inch | 452 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8 | 8.5 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 9000 chipset |
| Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | Arm Cortex-A77 and Arm Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 3130 MHz) processor |
| 12 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Adreno 640 GPU | Mali G78 MP24 GPU |
| 9.72 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 512 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 17.6 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 10.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.50 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 23.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.78 inches (1/1.28") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.23 | 12.43 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| 5G, 5G, 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 |
| 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4380mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 4400mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 6.24 | 6.24 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0, EDR | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Galaxy Fold is slightly better than Huawei Mate 40 Pro, with a global score of 97.6 against 90.9. Both of these phones include Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Fold has the newer 9.0 Pie version and Huawei Mate 40 Pro has Android 10, offering some nice extra features. The Galaxy Fold body is much thinner than the Huawei Mate 40 Pro, although it's incredibly heavier and was released just a little over a year before.
The Huawei Mate 40 Pro counts with just a bit better display than Samsung Galaxy Fold, because although it has a bit smaller screen, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch in the display and a bit higher 1334 x 2772 pixels resolution. Huawei Mate 40 Pro has a little better processing power than Galaxy Fold, although it has a lower amount of RAM memory, they both have 8 processing cores.
Huawei Mate 40 Pro has a much better camera than Samsung Galaxy Fold, because although it has a way tinier diafragm aperture which is not so good for shooting images or videos in low-light situations, and they both have the same video definition and the same video frame rates, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro also counts with a back camera with a much better resolution and a much bigger camera sensor capturing way higher quality videos and photos.
The Samsung Galaxy Fold has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Huawei Mate 40 Pro, because it has 512 GB internal storage. Huawei Mate 40 Pro features a battery lifetime that's very similar to Samsung Galaxy Fold's battery life, although the Huawei Mate 40 Pro also has a 0 percent larger battery capacity.
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