Huawei nova 3 vs Xiaomi 12S Pro Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jul 18, 2018	Jul 04, 2022

Design

Dimensions
6.18 x 2.90 x 0.29 inches 157 x 73.7 x 7.3 mm	6.44 x 2.94 x 0.32 inches 163.6 x 74.6 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.86 oz / 166.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Purple, Blue, Red	Black, White

Display

Size
6.3-inch, 84.26% screen-to-body	6.7-inch, 89.52% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	AMOLED, 120Hz, 1500 nits
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 409 PPI	3200x1440px, 20:9 ratio, 521 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Hardware

System chip
HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)	Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2360 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.19GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.75G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​0GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Mali-G72 MP12	Adreno 730
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4)/128GB	8GB/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (12)

Battery

Type
3750 mAh, Li - Polymer	4600 mAh
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 120.0W Wireless: 50.0W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm	50 MP Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.22 μm
Second camera
24 MP (Black and White, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal Length: 27 mm	50 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2
Third camera
	50 MP (Telephoto, PDAF) Optical zoom: 2.0x Aperture size: F1.9 Focal Length: 48 mm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	Yes
Front
24 MP (Dual-Camera) Video capture: 1080p	32 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, Infrared

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 8
4G (TDD) Bands
34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
	Dual Nano SIM
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

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

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 259GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
Huawei nova 3 Specs	Xiaomi 12S Pro Specs