Huawei P40 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy M12 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 26, 2020	Mar 11, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.23 x 2.86 x 0.35 inches 158.2 x 72.6 x 8.95 mm	6.46 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches 164.0 x 75.9 x 9.7 mm
Weight
7.37 oz / 209.0 g	7.80 oz / 221.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Metal	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
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, white, blue

Display

Size
6.6-inch, 91.54% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 81.86% screen-to-body
Type
OLED, 90Hz, HDR	PLS, 90Hz
Resolution
2640x1200px, 19.8:9 ratio, 441 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm)	Samsung Exynos 850 S5E3830 (8 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2860 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55	Octa-core 8x2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G76 MP16	Mali-G52 MP1
Memory
8GB/128GB (UFS 3.0) 8GB/256GB 8GB/512GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (eMMC 5.1) 6GB/128GB
Storage expansion
Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (10)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
4200 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging	Fast charging
Charge speed
Wired: 40.0W Wireless: 27.0W	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Quad camera	Quad 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	48 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.0
Second camera
40 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 18 mm Sensor size: 1/1.54"	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F3.4 Focal Length: 125 mm	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
ToF 3D depth sensing	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Dual LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (960 fps), 720p (7680 fps) HDR, Time-lapse video, EIS	1080p (30 fps)
Front
32 MP (Dual-Camera, Autofocus, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)	8 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1	5.0
WLAN
Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax	Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n
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, Ambient light sensor, 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
Screen mirroring
	Wireless screen share,MirrorLink
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n7, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
TDD Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Cat 7 (300/100 Mbit/s), LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM, eSIM	Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Mar 22, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMM127G
Measured SAR
	Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 1.20 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.51 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.25 W/kg

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