Samsung Galaxy M21 vs Huawei Mate Xs Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 18, 2020	Feb 24, 2020

Design

Dimensions
6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 inches 159.0 x 75.1 x 8.9 mm	6.35 x 5.76 x 0.43 inches 161.3 x 146.2 x 11 mm
Folded
	6.35 x3.08 x0.43 inches (161.3 x 78.3 x 11 mm)
Weight
6.63 oz / 188.0 g	10.58 oz / 300.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Midnight blue, Raven black	Interstellar blue

Display

Size
6.4-inch, 84.11% screen-to-body	8.0-inch, 86.86% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 420 nits	OLED
Resolution
2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI	2480x2200px, 414 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Scratch-resistant glass, Proximity sensor	Folding around the outside, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Front cover display
	6.6 inches 1148 x2480 px Part of the main display
Rear cover display
	6.4 inches 892 x2480 px Part of the main display

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.1 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Exynos 9611 (10 nm)	HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 4x2.3GHz Cortex-A73 4x1.7G​Hz Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2860 MHz ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-G72 MP3	Mali-G76 MP16
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 6GB/128GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB
OS
Android (11, 10)	Android (10)

Battery

Type
6000 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Fast charging	Huawei SuperCharge
Charge speed
	Wired: 55.0W

Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Quad camera, Doubles as a selfie camera
Main camera
48 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2" Pixel size: 0.8 μm	40 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7"
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 12 mm Sensor size: 1/4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Laser and PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Focal Length: 80 mm Sensor size: 1/4"
Third camera
5 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.2	16 MP (Ultra-wide, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm
Fourth camera
	ToF 3D depth sensing
Flash
LED	Dual LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p, 720p (240 fps) EIS	4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
20 MP (HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC, Infrared

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	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79, SA, NSA
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, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 21 (1400/200 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB

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