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HTC U12 Life vs Huawei nova 5T Specs Comparison

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HTC U12 Life	Huawei nova 5T
3600 mAh	3750 mAh
6.0-inch · 2160x1080px	6.3-inch · 2340x1080px
Dual camera	Quad camera
4GB · 64GB	6GB · 128GB
	Released · September 2019

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 30, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.24 x 2.97 x 0.33 inches 158.5 x 75.4 x 8.3 mm	6.07 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches 154.25 x 73.97 x 7.87 mm
Weight
6.17 oz (175.0 g)	6.14 oz (174.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Purple, Blue	Midsummer purple, Black, Crush blue

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 77.70% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 84.41% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD
Resolution
2160x1080px, 18:9 ratio, 402 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 412 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 636 SDM636 (14 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz Kryo 260	Octa-core 2600 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 509	Mali-G76 MP10
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
3600 mAh	3750 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Huawei SuperCharge

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Quad camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 28 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
5 MP (Depth information)	16 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/3.1"
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 27 mm
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
13 MP (Flash, HDR) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
aptX-HD	32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 32, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	5, 8, 4, 3, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage


Memory	6GB/128GB

Links

Full specifications
HTC U12 Life Specs	Huawei nova 5T Specs
User Reviews
	Huawei nova 5T User Reviews