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Huawei Mate 40 5G


Samsung Galaxy M21


Huawei Mate 40 5G
Samsung Galaxy M21

Released in December 2020. Features 6.5 inches screen with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,376 pixels and 402 ppi.

Octa-core processor HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G with up to 8 GB memory and 256 GB storage. It has 4,200 mAh battery.

Released in March 2020. Features 6.4 inches screen with a resolution of 1,080 x 2,340 pixels and 403 ppi.

Octa-core processor Samsung Exynos 9611 with up to 6 GB memory and 128 GB storage. It has 6,000 mAh battery.

Head to Head
  • Higher screen refresh rate
  • Probably better rear camera
  • More memory
  • May have more storage
  • Much more processing power (20%)
  • Battery with better fast charging (62%)
  • It has 5G
  • It has NFC
  • Probably better front camera
  • Much better battery capacity (30%)


Specifications

Huawei Mate 40 5G Samsung Galaxy M21
Specifications
Brand Huawei Samsung
Model - -
Release Date December 2020 March 2020
Operating System EMUI (Android 10) One UI (Android 10)
Dimensions
Size 158.6 x 72.5 x 8.8 mm
6.24 x 2.85 x 0.35 in
159.0 x 75.1 x 8.9 mm
6.26 x 2.96 x 0.35 in
Weight 188 g
6.63 oz
188 g
6.63 oz
Screen
Size 6.5 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1,080 x 2,376 pixels 1,080 x 2,340 pixels
PPI 402 403
Features OLED, 90Hz OLED
Cameras
Rear Triple camera
50 MP f/1.9 Wide
16 MP f/2.2 Ultra Wide
8 MP f/2.4 Telephoto
Triple camera
48 MP f/2.0 Wide
8 MP f/2.2 Ultra Wide
5 MP f/2.2 Depth
Front 13 MP f/2.4 Ultra Wide 20 MP f/2.2 Wide
Storage
Memory 8 GB 4 GB
6 GB
Fixed 128 GB
256 GB
64 GB
128 GB
Removable Nano Memory microSDXC
Processor
Chip HiSilicon Kirin 9000E 5G
Octa-core processor
5 nm
Samsung Exynos 9611
Octa-core processor
10 nm
CPU 1x 3.13 GHz Cortex-A77
3x 2.54 GHz Cortex-A77
4x 2.05 GHz Cortex-A55
4x 2.30 GHz Cortex-A73
4x 1.70 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-G78 MP22 Mali-G72 MP3
Battery
Capacity 4,200 mAh 6,000 mAh
Features Fast charging 40W Fast charging 15W
Removable False False
Connectivity
5G True False
NFC True False
3.5 mm Audio Jack True True
Micro USB False False
USB Type-C True True
Lightning False False

Size comparison

Huawei Mate 40 5G Samsung Galaxy M21

Huawei Mate 40 5G

Samsung Galaxy M21

6.5"
188 g
6.63 oz

6.4"
188 g
6.63 oz