Huawei P20 Lite vs Huawei P40 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 19, 2018	Mar 26, 2020

Design

Dimensions
5.85 x 2.80 x 0.29 inches 148.6 x 71.2 x 7.4 mm	5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches 148.9 x 71.06 x 8.5 mm
Weight
5.11 oz / 145.0 g	6.17 oz / 175.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Splash, Dust; IP53
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, Blue	Deep Sea blue, Ice white, Black, Blush gold, Silver frost

Display

Size
5.8-inch, 80.55% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 86.29% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
2280x1080px, 19:9 ratio, 432 PPI	2340x1080px, 422 PPI

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G76 MP16
Memory
4GB (LPDDR3)/64GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3000 mAh, Li - Polymer	3800 mAh
Charging
Fast charging	Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 22.5W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.28"
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4	16 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm
Third camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
16 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP (Dual-Camera, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
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	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, 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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 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
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

Storage expansion	microSDXC, microSDHC, microSD up to 256 GB
Dual SIM	Yes

with 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

with 256GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei P20 Lite Specs	Huawei P40 Specs