Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 88.3 | 82.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-03-08 | 2018-10-26 |
| 5.90 x 2.77 x 0.31 inches | 6.21 x 2.85 x 0.34 inches |
| 5.54 ounces | 6.67 ounces |
| Flamingo pink, Prism black, Prism blue, Prism green and Prism white | Black, Emerald green and Twilight |
| Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) | Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 281.00 | $ 549.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.1 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 3040 x 1440 pixels | 3120 x 1440 pixels |
| Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| 551 pixels per inch | 537 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset |
| Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2600 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 640 GPU | Mali-G76 MP10 GPU |
| 9.63 | 9.45 |
| 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 | |
| 12.00 MP + 10.00 MP | 40.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/1.50 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.23 | 11.55 |
| 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 |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3400mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 5.36 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| 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
Samsung Galaxy S10 is a bit better than the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, getting an 88.3 score against 82.9. Samsung Galaxy S10's construction is a little bit thinner and lighter than Huawei Mate 20 Pro, although they were released with only 4 months difference. Samsung Galaxy S10 has a little more vivid display than Huawei Mate 20 Pro, because although it has a little bit smaller display and a quite lower 1440 x 3040px resolution, it also counts with a just a little greater quantity of pixels in each inch in the screen.
The Galaxy S10 features a much greater memory capacity for applications and games than Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and although they both have exactly the same 128 GB internal memory, the Galaxy S10 also has a slot for SD memory cards that allows up to 512 GB. Galaxy S10 has a bit more powerful processor than Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and although they both have 8 processing cores, the Galaxy S10 also has 2 GB more RAM memory.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro takes much clearer pictures and videos than Samsung Galaxy S10, because although it has worse 30 fps video frame rate and a tinier camera aperture, and they both have the same 3840x2160 (4K) video quality, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro also counts with a lot more megapixels camera in the back and a much bigger camera sensor shooting lot higher quality videos and photos.
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has longer battery lifetime than Galaxy S10, because it has 4200mAh of battery capacity.
Even being the best phone of the ones in this comparison, the Galaxy S10 is also by far the cheapest one, which makes it an obvious call.
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