Huawei P20 lite (2019) vs Samsung Galaxy A40 Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20 lite (2019)

Huawei P20 lite (2019)

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Samsung Galaxy A40

Samsung Galaxy A40

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Huawei P20 lite (2019) or Samsung Galaxy A40 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 lite (2019) Samsung Galaxy A40
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Release date 2019, June 2019, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 159.1 x 75.9 x 8.3 mm | 6.26 x 6.26 x 2.99 in 144.4 x 69.2 x 7.9 mm | 5.69 x 5.69 x 2.72 in
Weight 178 g | 6.28 oz 140 g | 4.94 oz
Body Build Front glass, plastic body Front glass, plastic body
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Colors Midnight Black, Crush Blue, Charming Red Black, White, Blue, Coral
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3100 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 9 (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.4" in 5.9" in
Screen area 101.4 cm2 85.5 cm2
Screen format 19.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 84.0% 85.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2310 px 1080 x 2340 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 0 PPI 437 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Quad 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.8, PDAF
- 8 MP, (ultrawide)
- 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) dedicated macro camera
- 2 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
-16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 25 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.2 25 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide)
Functions HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie), EMUI 9.1 Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 710 (12 nm) - Exynos 7904 Octa (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (2x1.77 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.59 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G71 MP2
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (uses shared SIM slot) microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 127724
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 274
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 849
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 854
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 822
GeekBench 5 Single Core 263
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 960

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA, LTE-A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 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, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
NFC Yes (market/region dependent) 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, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.49 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 18W

- ANT+
- Fast battery charging 15W
Versions
- Versions: SM-A405F/DS, SM-A405FN/DS (Global), SM-A405FM/DS

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