Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Huawei P20 Lite Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S8

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Huawei P20 Lite

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Samsung Galaxy S8 or Huawei P20 Lite Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S8 Huawei P20 Lite
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Release date 2017, March 2018, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in 148.6 x 71.2 x 7.4 mm | 5.85 x 5.85 x 2.8 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red Klein Blue, Sakura Pink, Midnight Black
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED LTPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" in 5.84" in
Screen area 84.8 cm2 85.1 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 19:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 80.5%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 2280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 16 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF -16 MP, f/2.2, 1.0µm, PDAF
-2 MP, depth sensor
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 16 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), 1.12µm
24 MP, f/2.0 (AL00 for India; TL00 for China)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 73
DxOMark Photo 71
DxOMark Video 75

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo); EMUI 8
Chipset - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
- HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Mali-T830 MP2
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB (China, Malaysia)

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 231907 111971
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 361 209
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1243 774
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1255 257
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 531
GeekBench 5 Single Core 340 191
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1454 879
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1763 925
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6028 3632
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8798 3067
GeekBench 4 Battery 3410

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid 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), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 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 (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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 b/g/n (LX2/LX3) or a/b/g/n/ac (LX1/LX2J), WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes (LX1 only)
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro (except LX2, AL00), proximity, compass
Other extras
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W
Versions
- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950

- Versions: P20 lite (Global); Nova 3e (China, Malaysia)

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