Huawei Mate 20 vs Samsung Galaxy A40

General Info

Manufacturer
Huawei	Samsung
Announced
October 2018	March 2019
Status
Available - November 2018	Coming Soon - April 2019
Colors
Midnight Blue, Twilight, Black	Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
158.2 x 77.2 x 8.3 mm (6.23 x 3.04 x 0.33 in)	144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm (5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight
188 g (6.63 oz)	-
SIM Type
Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 6(900), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging

Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor - IP53 dust and splash protection	- Fingerprint Sensor

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.53 inches [Similar]	5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 2244 pixels (381 ppi)	1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
88.19%	86.97%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android 9.0 (Pie)	Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface
EMUI 9	-
Processor
Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55), HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) [Similar]	Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Mali-G76 MP10 [Similar]	Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM
4/6 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
128 GB	64 GB
External Memory
NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses SIM 2)	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

Rear Camera
12 MP + 16 MP + 8 MP [Similar]	16 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED Dual-tone Flash	LED Flash
Features
12 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.3" 16 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide) 8 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto) Leica Optics, Panorama, HDR	16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF 5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide) Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]	25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat21 1400/200 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE	4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go	Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
Yes	Yes

Internal
128 GB, 4/6 GB RAM	64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses SIM 2)	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported	Supported

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)

Gyroscope Sensor

Barometer Sensor

NFC