Samsung Galaxy A40 vs Huawei P40 Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Apr 10, 2019	Mar 26, 2020

Design

Dimensions
5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches 144.4 x 69.2 x 7.9 mm	5.86 x 2.80 x 0.33 inches 148.9 x 71.06 x 8.5 mm
Weight
4.94 oz (140.0 g)	6.17 oz (175.0 g)
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Splash, Dust; IP53
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Coral, Blue, White	Deep Sea blue, Ice white, Black, Blush gold, Silver frost

Display

Size
5.9-inch, 85.73% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 86.29% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED	OLED, 90Hz, HDR
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 437 PPI	2340x1080px, 422 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware

System chip
Exynos 7904 (14 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G71 MP2	Mali-G76 MP16
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB	6GB/128GB 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (11, 10, 9.0 Pie)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
3100 mAh, Li - Polymer	3800 mAh
Charging
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging	Huawei SuperCharge Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 22.5W

Camera

Rear
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.8" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.28"
Second camera
5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	16 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 17 mm
Third camera
	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (60 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS
Front
25 MP Video capture: 1080p	32 MP (Dual-Camera, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	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, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

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

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40, 41	34, 38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM
VoLTE
	Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Mar 08, 2019 FCC ID value: A3LSMA405FN
Measured SAR
Head: 0.51 W/kg Body: 0.46 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.02 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.61 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

with 256GB storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

Links

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