Phone Comparison - Huawei P40 vs Samsung Galaxy A40

Huawei P40
huawei p40
Samsung Galaxy A40
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general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Samsung
Announced 2020, March 26 March 2019
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, April 7 Coming Soon - April 2019
Colors Various Black, White, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm
(5.86 x 2.8 x 0.33 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
Weight 175 g (6.17 oz) -
SIM Type 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 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), 41(2500) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
5G Network 5G band 1(2100), 3(1800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500), 77(3700), 78(3500), 79(4700); SA/NSA -
Messaging
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor (In-Display )
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins)
- Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS) Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface EMUI 10.1 -
Processor Octa-core (2x2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55), HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) [Similar] Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU Mali-G76 MP16 [Similar] Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM 8 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 256 GB 64 GB
External Memory NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type OLED Capacitive Touchscreen
DCI-P3
HDR10+
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 6.1 inches [Similar] 5.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels (422 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 86.48% 86.97%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 50 MP + 16 MP + 8 MP [Similar] 16 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED dual-tone flash LED Flash
Features 50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.28", PDAF, OIS
16 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), 1/1.54", PDAF
8 MP, Periscope, f/4.0, 240mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom, 30x digital zoom
Leica optics, panorama, HDR
16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps; gyro-EIS 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
IR TOF 3D, (biometrics sensor only)
HDR
2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps [Similar]
25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, 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 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

memory User Memory

Internal 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.1 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 22.5W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3800 mAh 3100 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -