Huawei P20 Lite vs Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20 Lite

Huawei P20 Lite

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Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)

Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)

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Huawei P20 Lite or Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Lite Asus Zenfone Max Plus (M1)
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Release date 2018, March 2017, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.6 x 71.2 x 7.4 mm | 5.85 x 5.85 x 2.8 in 152.6 x 73 x 8.8 mm | 6.01 x 6.01 x 2.87 in
Weight 145 g | 5.11 oz 160 g | 5.64 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Klein Blue, Sakura Pink, Midnight Black Sunlight Gold, Azure Silver, Deepsea Black
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4130 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.84" in 5.7" in
Screen area 85.1 cm2 83.8 cm2
Screen format 19:9 (height:width) 18:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.5% 75.3%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2280 px 1080 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 432 PPI 424 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Dual 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -16 MP, f/2.2, 1.0µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/2.0, 35mm (standard), PDAF
-8 MP, 17mm (ultrawide), no AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), 1.12µm
24 MP, f/2.0 (AL00 for India; TL00 for China)
8 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 8 Android 7 (Nougat); ZenUI 4
Chipset - HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm) - Mediatek MT6750T (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T830 MP2 Mali-T860MP2
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB (China, Malaysia) 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 111971
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 209
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 774
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 257
GeekBench 5 Single Core 191
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 879
GeekBench 4 Single Core 925 533
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3632
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3067

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA - China
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - Global, China 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 / 800 - Taiwan 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - USA, LATAM
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - Global 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - Taiwan 
LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700) - USA, LATAM 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - China
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n (LX2/LX3) or a/b/g/n/ac (LX1/LX2J), WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (LX1 only)
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 4.0, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro (except LX2, AL00), proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W

- Power Bank/Reverse charging
-Charging 5V/2A 10W
Versions
- Versions: P20 lite (Global); Nova 3e (China, Malaysia)

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