Huawei Mate 20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy A30 Specs Comparison

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Mate 20 Pro Samsung Galaxy A30
Released · Oct 26, 2018
Released · Mar 02, 2019
6.4-inch · 3120x1440px
6.4-inch · 2340x1080px
Triple camera
Dual camera
6GB · 128GB
4GB · 64GB
4200 mAh
4000 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 16, 2018 Feb 25, 2019

Design

Dimensions
6.21 x 2.85 x 0.34 inches
157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm
6.24 x 2.94 x 0.30 inches
158.5 x 74.7 x 7.7 mm
Weight
6.67 oz / 189.0 g 5.82 oz / 165.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Back: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
3D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Emerald green, Twilight Black, Blue, White

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 87.78% screen-to-body 6.4-inch, 85.24% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED, HDR Super AMOLED
Resolution
3120x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 538 PPI 2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent) 1 (Excellent)

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
Octa-core
1800 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10 Mali-G71 MP2
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
8GB/256GB
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
3GB/32GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (10, 9.0 Pie) Android (10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Type
4200 mAh, Li - Ion 4000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge
Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging

Camera

Rear
Triple camera Dual camera
Main camera
40 MP (Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.7"
Pixel size: 1 μm
16 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.7
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.8"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Laser and PDAF)
Optical zoom: 3.0x
Aperture size: F2.4
Focal Length: 80 mm
Sensor size: 1/4"
5 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 13 mm
Sensor size: 1/5"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
20 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal Length: 16 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.7"
Flash
Dual LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Time-lapse video, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
1080p (30 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
24 MP (HDR)
Video capture: 1080p
16 MP
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, USB 3.1 Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
HDMI
Yes
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40 38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Oct 17, 2018
FCC ID value: QISLYA-LX9
Date approved: Feb 14, 2019
FCC ID value: A3LSMA305F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.58 W/kg
Body: 0.81 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.53 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.77 W/kg
Phablet: 3.17 W/kg
Head: 0.32 W/kg
Body: 0.52 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.43 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.15 W/kg

Alternative variants

256 GB storage
Memory 8GB/256GB
with 32 GB storage
Memory 3GB/32GB
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