Huawei nova 2 vs Xiaomi Mi A1 Specs Comparison

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Huawei nova 2 Xiaomi Mi A1
2950 mAh
3080 mAh
5.0-inch · 1920x1080px
5.5-inch · 1920x1080px
Dual camera
Dual camera
4GB · 64GB
4GB · 64GB
Released · Sep 12, 2017

Design

Dimensions
5.60 x 2.71 x 0.27 inches
142.2 x 68.9 x 6.9 mm
6.12 x 2.98 x 0.29 inches
155.4 x 75.8 x 7.3 mm
Weight
5.04 oz (143.0 g) 5.82 oz (165.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Metal
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Blue Black, Gold, Pink

Display

Size
5.0-inch 5.5-inch
Resolution
1920x1080px, 441 PPI 1920x1080px, 401 PPI
Technology
IPS LCD IPS LCD
Screen-to-body
70.39 % 70.87 %
Peak brightness
450 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 659 Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8953 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 506
RAM
4GB 4GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage
64GB 64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat), Huawei Emotion UI Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Capacity
2950 mAh 3080 mAh
Type
Li - Polymer Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Dual camera Dual camera
Main camera
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Pixel size: 1.25 μm
12 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 26 mm
Pixel size: 1.25 μm
Second camera
8 MP
Aperture size: F2.4
12 MP (Telephoto, Autofocus)
Optical zoom: 2.0x
Aperture size: F2.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
LED Dual LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Time-lapse video, Video calling, Video sharing
3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (120 fps)
Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP 5 MP, Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.2
WLAN
802.11 b,g,n
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0 Type-C
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync Infrared, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback 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(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 26(850+) Bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850)
4G (TDD)
Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+) Bands 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 6(800), 5(850), 8(900), 1(2100) Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed
LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS LTE, HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 11, 2017 Sep 05, 2017

Alternative variants

Dual SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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