Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone XS Max vs Huawei P30 vs Google Pixel 3a

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Huawei Google
Announced September 2018 2019, March 2019, May
Status Coming Soon - September 2018 Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, April Available. Released 2019, May
Price Rs. 109,900 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Twilight, Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 157.5 x 77.4 x 7.7 mm
(6.2 x 3.05 x 0.3 in)
- 151.3 x 70.1 x 8.2 mm
(5.96 x 2.76 x 0.32 in)
Weight 208 g (7.34 oz) - 147 g (5.19 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM and e-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor(In-display)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 12 Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface - EMUI 9.1 -
Processor Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55), HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) Octa-Core (2 x 2GHz Kryo 360 + 6 x 1.7GHz Kryo 360), Qualcomm SDM670 Snapdragon 670
GPU Apple GPU (4-core graphics) Mali-G76 MP10 Adreno 615
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 64/256/512 GB 128 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory No NM card, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2) No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating OLED Capacitive Touchscreen P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.5 inches 6.1 inches 5.6 inches
Resolution 1242 x 2688 pixels (456 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (422 ppi) 1080 x 2220 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.97% - 74.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera Dual 12 MP + 12 MP 40 MP + 16 MP + 8 MP 12.2 MP
Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash Dual-LED Flash
Features 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm, 1.0µm, OIS, PDAF, 2x optical zoom, HDR
40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7", PDAF/Laser AF
16 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.7", PDAF/Laser AF
8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4", 5x optical zoom, PDAF/Laser AF
Leica Optics, Panorama, HDR
12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Auto-HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound recording 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)
Front Camera 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080p@60fps [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.0
HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]
8 MP, f/1.8, 28mm PDAF
No AF, Auto-HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/75 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 (Safari) Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No NM card, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2) No
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present barometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Fast Battery Charging 18W
Capacity - 3650 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 20 h (3G) - -