Huawei Mate Xs vs Samsung Galaxy M21 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 24, 2020	Mar 18, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches 161.3 x 146.2 x 11 mm	6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches 159.0 x 75.1 x 8.9 mm
Folded
6.35 x3.08 x0.43 inches (161.3 x 78.3 x 11 mm)
Weight
10.58 oz (300.0 g)	6.63 oz (188.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Interstellar blue	Midnight blue, Raven black

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 86.86% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 84.11% screen-to-body
Type
OLED	Super AMOLED, 420 nits
Resolution
2480x2200px, 414 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Folding around the outside, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Scratch-resistant glass, Proximity sensor
Front cover display
6.6 inches 1148 x2480 px Part of the main display
Rear cover display
6.4 inches 892 x2480 px Part of the main display

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm)	Exynos 9611 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2860 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G72 MP3
Memory
8GB (LPDDR4)/512GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 512 GB
OS
Android (10)	Android (11, 10)

Battery

Type
4500 mAh, Li - Polymer	6000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 55.0W

Camera

Rear
Quad camera, Doubles as a selfie camera	Triple camera
Main camera
40 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7"	48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 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"	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
16 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm	5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (240 fps) EIS
Front
	20 MP (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, USB 3.1	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM

Cellular

5G
Bands n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79, SA, NSA
4G (FDD)
Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32(1500 L-band)	Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD)
Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41	Bands 38, 40, 41
3G
Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	Bands 1, 2, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 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

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei Mate Xs Specs	Samsung Galaxy M21 Specs
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