vivo NEX S vs Huawei P20 Pro Comparison and Differences

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vivo NEX S

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vivo NEX S or Huawei P20 Pro Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model vivo NEX S Huawei P20 Pro
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Release date 2018, June 2018, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 162 x 77 x 8 mm | 6.38 x 6.38 x 3.03 in 155 x 73.9 x 7.8 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 2.91 in
Weight 199 g | 7.02 oz 180 g | 6.35 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Red Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.59" in 6.1" in
Screen area 107.3 cm2 93.9 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 86.0% 82.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2316 px 1080 x 2240 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 0 PPI 408 PPI
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 40 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
-40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/2.7'', OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
-8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4'', 3x optical zoom, OIS, PDAF/Laser AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps
DxOMark Main Score 109
DxOMark Photo 114
DxOMark Video 98
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 24 MP, Single
Specifications Motorized pop-up 8 MP, f/2.0 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide)
Functions Leica optics
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 72
DxOMark Photo 67
DxOMark Video 79

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo); Funtouch 4 Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 630 Mali-G72 MP12
External memory No No
Internal memory 128/256 GB, 8 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 340355 262139
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 501
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1723
GeekBench 5 Single Core 499 356
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2225 1467
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2390
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8770
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13620

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, BDS, GNSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 32-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 22.5W

- Fast battery charging 4.5V/5A (58% in 30 min)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as vivo NEX Special Edition, NEX Ultimate

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