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Huawei Mate 20 Lite Mobile Phone
Huawei Mate 20 Lite
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Huawei P Smart 2018 Mobile Phone
Huawei P Smart 2018
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Notebookcheck.com reviews the Huawei P Smart Plus (2018), which is also known as the Huawei Nova 3i in some countries. Huawei has equipped the P Smart Plus with a faster SoC than the P Smart, but the device also faces internal competition from the P Smart (2019). Read on to find out how the P Smart Plus (2018) fares in our tests and which of Huawei’s P Smart devices is the best value for money.Read more
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 8.1Android 8.0Android 5.1Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.2 GHz2.36 GHz2.1 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core10-core
CPU modelHuawei Hisilicon Kirin 710Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 659Samsung Exynos Octa 7420MediaTek Helio X MT6797
RAM memory
  • 4 GB
  • 6 GB
3 GB4 GB
  • 2 GB
  • 3 GB
  • 4 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP4

Display

Screen size6.3 in5.65 in5.7 in5.5 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Resolution2340 x 1080 px1080 x 2160 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyLTPS IPSIPS TFT
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
IPS TFT
Pixel density409.0 ppi427.0 ppi518.0 ppi401.0 ppi
Touchscreen
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Panel type
N/A
LCDOLEDLCD
Dual screen support
N/A
no
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass
HDR
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution20.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)2.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution
N/A
1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)
N/A
30.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)
N/A
1920 x 1080 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
LED Flash
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Touch focus
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
1.9 f2.0 f

Front camera

Primary resolution24.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)2.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.0
N/A
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage64 GB32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card reader
N/A
yesnoyes
Maximum card storage
N/A
256GB
N/A
128GB
Types of memory card supported
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Platinum gold
  • Sapphire blue
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Yellow
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
Material
N/A
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Metal
Water resistant
N/A
no
N/A
no
Shock resistant
N/A
no
N/A
no

Dimensions

Height6.23 in5.91 in6.03 in5.94 in
Width2.96 in2.84 in3.0 in2.99 in
Depth0.3 in0.29 in0.3 in0.33 in
Weight6.07 oz5.04 oz6.03 oz6.17 oz

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesyesyesyes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.24.24.14.2
NFCyesyes
N/A
no
Charging connectionUSBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-C
N/A
N/A
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
no
N/A
no
Bluetooth profile
N/A
A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
USB version
N/A
2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Video output
N/A
NoMHLNo
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBCSBC

Battery

Battery capacity3750.0 mAh3000.0 mAh3000.0 mAh4100.0 mAh
Replaceable battery
N/A
no
N/A
no
Fast charging
N/A
yes
N/A
no
Fast charging standard
N/A
Huawei SuperCharge
N/A
N/A
Wireless charging
N/A
no
N/A
no
Battery type
N/A
N/A
Lithium PolymerLithium Polymer
Standby time
N/A
N/A
336.0 h
N/A
Talk time
N/A
N/A
21.0 h
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A

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