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Huawei Nova vs Huawei P20 Pro

2.72 in
5.56 in
Huawei Nova Mobile Phone
Huawei Nova
2.91 in
6.1 in
Huawei P20 Pro Mobile Phone
Huawei P20 Pro
Available colors
Editiorial reviews
10
3.7 out of 5
5 user ratings
5 stars
20 %
4 stars
60 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
20 %
1 stars
0 %
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20
4.4 out of 5
12 user ratings
5 stars
50 %
4 stars
50 %
3 stars
0 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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User rating
41
4.3 out of 5
41 user ratings
5 stars
46 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
12 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
0 %
33
4.3 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
42 %
4 stars
42 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
0 %
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Hardware

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 8.1
CPU clock speed2.0 GHz2.36 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 506ARM Mali-G72 MP12
RAM memory3 GB6 GB

Display

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Screen size5.0 in6.1 in
Touchscreenyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1080 x 2240 px
Technology
  • IPS
  • IPS TFT
AMOLED
Pixel density443.0 ppi408.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnono
Scratch resistant displaynoyes
HDRnono

Rear camera

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx40.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
Video recordingyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps960.0 fps
Autofocusyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyes
LED Flashyesyes
Touch focusyesyes

Front camera

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Primary resolution8.0 Mpx24.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic

Storage

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Internal storage32 GB128 GB
Memory card readeryesno

Design

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • Titanium grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Twilight
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Magnesium
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnoyes
Shock resistantnono

Dimensions

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Height5.56 in6.1 in
Width2.72 in2.91 in
Depth0.28 in0.31 in
Weight5.15 oz6.35 oz

Sensors

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Accelerometeryesyes
Proximityyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyes
Fingerprintyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes

Connectivity

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
  • no
  • yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednono
Bluetoothyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.2
Bluetooth profileA2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX HD
  • aptX
  • LDAC
  • SBC
NFCnoyes
Charging connectionUSBUSB
USB version1.0
3.0/3.1
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyes
Video outputNoDisplayPort over USB-C

Cellular

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
2G GSMyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyes
4G LTEyesyes

Battery

Huawei NovaHuawei Nova
Huawei P20 ProHuawei P20 Pro
Replaceable batterynono
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Battery capacity3020.0 mAh4000.0 mAh
Standby time420.0 h421.0 h
Talk time33.0 h22.0 h
Fast chargingnoyes
Wireless charging nono

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