Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 72.9 | 78.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.4, 4.4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo |
| 2014-02-24 | 2018-04-27 |
| 5.78 x 2.89 x 0.32 inches | 5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.75 ounces | 5.82 ounces |
| Black, Purple and White | Black, Blue, Gold and Pink |
| Glass | Glass and Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 500.00 | $ 274.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2244 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 424 pixels per inch | 429 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974-AB chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2360 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 6.72 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 20.70 MP + 2.20 MP | 12.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.8 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3200mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3400mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 690 hours standby time 15 hours talk time | -- |
| 5.2 | 5.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Huawei P20 has an overall score of 78.1, which is a bit better than the Sony Xperia Z2's 72.9 general score. Both phones we compare here work with Android OS (operating system), but Huawei P20 has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Sony Xperia Z2 has Android 4.4.4, giving a lot of extra features and performance improvements. Huawei P20 is a notably newer and just a little bit thinner phone than Sony Xperia Z2, but it is a bit heavier.
Xperia Z2 has a bit sharper display than Huawei P20, although it has a bit lower resolution of 1920 x 1080px, a little bit smaller screen and a little inferior pixel amount per inch of display. Huawei P20 and Xperia Z2 feature extremely similar processing units, because although the Huawei P20 has doesn't have an extra graphics co-processor, it also counts with a larger number of cores and a larger amount of RAM.
The Huawei P20 features a superior camera than Xperia Z2, because although it has a worse 3840x2160 (4K) video resolution and a camera in the back with lot less MP resolution, and they both have a same size back camera sensor, the Huawei P20 also counts with a bigger diafragm aperture to take better low-light images.
Huawei P20 features a very superior memory for applications and games than Xperia Z2, because although it has no external SD slot, it also counts with more internal storage. Huawei P20 has just a little better battery lifetime than Xperia Z2, because it has a 3400mAh battery capacity against 3200mAh.
Even being the best phone in our current comparison, Huawei P20 is also by far the cheapest.
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