Huawei nova Plus vs Huawei P20 Specs Comparison

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8.5
Huawei P20
Huawei nova Plus Huawei P20
Released · Oct 15, 2016
Released · Apr 27, 2018
5.5-inch · 1920x1080px
5.8-inch · 2244x1080px
Single camera
Dual camera
3GB · 32GB
4GB · 128GB
3340 mAh
3400 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016 Mar 27, 2018
Prices (MSRP)
€429

Design

Dimensions
5.98 x 2.98 x 0.29 inches
151.8 x 75.7 x 7.3 mm
5.87 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches
149.1 x 70.8 x 7.65 mm
Weight
5.64 oz (160.0 g) 5.82 oz (165.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Resistance
Splash; IP53
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Left: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Gray, Silver, Pink Black, Gold, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 72.53% screen-to-body 5.8-inch, 80.36% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD IPS LCD
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI 2244x1080px, 18.7:9 ratio, 429 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 625 8953 HiSilicon Kirin 970 (10 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2360 MHz
ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 506 Mali-G72 MP12
Memory
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB 4GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB not expandable
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow) Android (9.0 Pie, 8.1 Oreo)

Battery

Type
3340 mAh, Li - Polymer 3400 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Huawei SuperCharge

Camera

Rear
Single camera Dual camera
Main camera
16 MP (OIS, PDAF) 12 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.3"
Pixel size: 1.55 μm
Second camera
20 MP (Black and White, Laser and PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F1.6
Focal Length: 27 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.7"
Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash
Dual LED Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD
Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (960 fps)
Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP 24 MP
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1 4.2
WLAN
b,g,n
802.11 b, g, n
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback 32-Bit DAC, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Yes Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40 34, 38, 39, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 1 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 04, 2016
FCC ID value: QISMLA-LX2
Measured SAR
Head: 1.23 W/kg
Body: 0.38 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.33 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual-SIM
Dual SIM Yes
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