Huawei nova 12 Pro vs Apple iPhone SE2 (2020) Comparison and Differences

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Huawei nova 12 Pro

Huawei nova 12 Pro

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Apple iPhone SE2 (2020)

Apple iPhone SE2 (2020)

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Huawei nova 12 Pro or Apple iPhone SE2 (2020) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei nova 12 Pro Apple iPhone SE2 (2020)
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Release date 2023, December 26 2020, April 15
Dimensions (HxWxD) 163.1 x 75 x 7.7 mm | 6.42 x 6.42 x 2.95 in 138.4 x 67.3 x 7.3 mm | 5.45 x 5.45 x 2.65 in
Weight 201 g | 7.09 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
Body Build Glass front, glass back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Blue, White, Pink Black, White, Red
Battery 4600 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable 1821 mAh, Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Music play - Up to 40 h
Approximate price 510 EUR 480 EUR
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Screen

Technology OLED Retina IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 1B 16M
Screen size 6.78" in 4.7" in
Screen area 108.8 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 89.0% 65.4%
Screen resolution 1224 x 2776 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 449 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - HDR10, 120Hz
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- Wide color gamut
-True-tone
-625 nits max brightness (advertised)
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 50 MP, Dual 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -50 MP, f/1.4-4.0, 27mm (wide), PDAF, Laser AF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 112˚ (ultrawide), AF
-12 MP, f/1.8 (wide), PDAF, OIS
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 4K, 1080p, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS 4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, OIS, stereo sound rec.
DxOMark Main Score 103
DxOMark Photo 108
DxOMark Video 105
Front camera, selfie 60 MP, Dual 7 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.2, 52mm (telephoto), AF, 2x optical zoom
60 MP, f/2.4, 17mm, 100˚ (ultrawide), AF
7 MP, f/2.2
Functions HDR HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps; gyro-EIS
DxOMark Selfie Score 84
DxOMark Photo 85
DxOMark Video 83

Performance

Operating system - OS HarmonyOS 4.0 iOS 13
Chipset - Kirin 9000S (7 nm) - Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.62 GHz Taishan Big & 3x2.15 GHz Taishan Mid & 4x1.53GHz Cortex-A510) - Hexa-core (2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder)
GPU Maleoon 910 MP4 Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM 64GB 3GB RAM, 128GB 3GB RAM, 256GB 3GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 727313
Antutu 10 CPU 179992
Antutu 10 GPU 243820
Antutu 10 Mem 125429
Antutu 10 UX 179992
Antutu 8 Total 465664
GeekBench 5 Single Core 1326
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2653

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM and/or eSIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / CDMA2000 / LTE / 5G GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual sim model only)
CDMA 800
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1x
-4G - LTE
-5G - SA/NSA
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA 800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 11(1500), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 21(1500), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46(5200), 48, 66(1700/2100) - A2296
Speed HSPA, LTE-A, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
GPS GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a+B2b), Yes
USB USB Type-C 2.0, OTG 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.2, A2DP, LE, L2HC (320-960 kbps HD audio) 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.17 W/kg (head) 1.16 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.99 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, compass, color spectrum, proximity - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, barometer
Other extras
- 100W Fast charging, 3-60% in 10 min
-Reverse charging 5W

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast charging 18W, 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: A2296 (Global market) A2275 (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) A2298 (China)

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