Huawei P20 vs Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite) Comparison and Differences

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Huawei P20

Huawei P20

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Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)

Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)

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Huawei P20 or Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Huawei P20 Samsung Galaxy S Light Luxury (S8 Lite)
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Release date 2018, March 2018, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 149.1 x 70.8 x 7.7 mm | 5.87 x 5.87 x 2.79 in 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in
Weight 165 g | 5.82 oz 150 g | 5.29 oz
Body Build Front/back glass & aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
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Colors Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Burgundy Red, Black Night
Battery 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
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Screen

Technology LTPS IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 5.8" in
Screen area 84.9 cm2 85.4 cm2
Screen format 18.7:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.4% 84.2%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2240 px 1080 x 2220 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 429 PPI 426 PPI
Other specs - Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.55µm, OIS, PDAF & laser AF
-20 MP B/W, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 2x lossless zoom, PDAF
-16 MP, f/1.7, 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions Leica optics, LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 102
DxOMark Photo 107
DxOMark Video 94
Front camera, selfie 24 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 24 MP, f/2.0 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 8.1 Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Hisilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm) - Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
GPU Mali-G72 MP12 Adreno 512
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 128 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 235257
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 346
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1743
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1891
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6712

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Hybrid 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
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging
- Dust and splash resistant

- ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Qi wireless charging
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- For China Also known as Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite, Samsung Galaxy S Lite

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