Huawei P40 Pro vs Huawei nova 3 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 26, 2020	Jul 18, 2018

Design

Dimensions
6.23 x 2.86 x 0.35 inches 158.2 x 72.6 x 8.95 mm	6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches 157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm
Weight
7.37 oz / 209.0 g	5.86 oz / 166.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
3D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Deep Sea blue, Ice white, Black, Blush gold, Silver frost	Black, Gold, Purple, Blue, Red

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 91.54% screen-to-body	6.3-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 90Hz, HDR	IPS LCD
Resolution
2640x1200px, 19.8:9 ratio, 441 PPI	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 409 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	Untested

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G72 MP12
Memory
8GB/128GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB	6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (10)	Android (8.1 Oreo)

Battery

Type
4200 mAh	3750 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Huawei SuperCharge
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W Wireless: 27.0W

Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Dual camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.28" Pixel size: 1.22 μm	16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm
Second camera
40 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 18 mm Sensor size: 1/1.54"	24 MP (Black and White, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 27 mm
Third camera
12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F3.4 Focal Length: 125 mm
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p (7680 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
32 MP (Dual-Camera, Autofocus, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)	24 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 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), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC, Infrared	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 3, 5, 8
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	5, 8, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
Yes	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Vibration
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

with 256GB storage

Memory	256GB

with 512GB storage

Memory	512GB

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