Huawei Nova Smart vs Huawei P40
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Waterproofness & dust-resistance |  | IP53 |
| Dimensions | 143.50 x 69.69 x 7.60 mm | 148.90 x 71.06 x 8.50 mm |
| Weight | 138.00 g | 175.00 g |
| Display size | 5.00" | 6.10" |
| Display | Color / IPS TFT 16M colors 720 x 1280 px (5.00") 294 ppi | Color / OLED 16M colors 1080 x 2340 px (6.10") 422 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 600 min. (10.0 h) | |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 250 h. (10.4 days) | |
| Standard battery | Li-Po 3020 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Po 3800 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | Quick Charge 3.0 | SuperCharge |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 16 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 128 GBBuy memory card | Nano Memory (NM card) |
| Operating system | Android 6.0 Marshmallow | Android 10 |
| Interface | EMUI 4.1 | EMUI 10.1 |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 8940 | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G |
| Processor clock | 1400 MHz | 2860 MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 505 | ARM Mali-G76 MC16 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | | 1,29 W/kg |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(nanoSIM) | DualSIM(nanoSIM, nanoSIM) SingleSIM(nanoSIM) |
| DualSIM mode | | dual standby |
| Hybrid DualSIM | | nanoSIM, NM card |
| Announced | 2Q 2017 | 1Q 2020 |
| Other names | - | ANA-LNX9; ANA-LX4; ANA-NX9; ANA-AN00 |
| GSM frequencies | 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1900, 1800, 1700, 900, 850, 800, 700 TDD LTE: 2600, 2300, 1900 |
| Standard 5G | | FDD 5G: 2100, 1800, 700 TDD 5G: 4700, 3700, 3500, 2600, 2300 |
| CDMA | | 850 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | 1900 2000 |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Camera type | | Standard |
| Photo matrix | 13 Mpx | 50 Mpx |
| Sensor size | | 1/1,28 |
| Pixel size | | 1,12 µm |
| Resolution | 4128x3096 px | 8192x6144 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | | 30x |
| Hybrid zoom | | 10x |
| Flash | LED | 2x LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | 1+1 |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 - 30 fps | H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 60 fps |
| Additional | AF, f/2.2 | AF, EIS, f/1.9 |
| Second camera | | |
| Camera type | nd | Wide-angle |
| Photo matrix | nd | 16 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Flash | nd | 2x LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | 1+1 |
| Video formats | nd | H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 60 fps |
| Additional | nd | FF, f/2.2 |
| Third camera | | |
| Camera type | nd | Telephoto |
| Photo matrix | nd | 8 Mpx |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Lossless zoom | nd | 3x |
| Flash | nd | 2x LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | 1+1 |
| Video formats | nd | H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 60 fps |
| Additional | nd | AF, OIS, f/2.4 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Camera type | | Portrait |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 32 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2592x1944 px | 6528x4896 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1920x1080 px | 3840x2160 px |
| Video formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 - 30 fps | H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 60 fps |
| Additional | - | FF, f/2.0 |
| Second camera | | |
| Camera type | nd | Depth of field |
| Optical zoom | nd | |
| Flash | nd | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | nd | |
| Video formats | nd | H.264, H.265, MPEG4 - 60 fps |
| Additional | nd | FF |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.20 Mbit/s | 42.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | - | |
| LTE UP | 51.00 Mbit/s | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.1 | v5.1 LE |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v3.1 Type-C |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
| QZSS | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | T9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, eAAC+ | 4GP, AAC, AMR, FLAC, MP4, OGG, WAV |
| Polyphony | | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | ART |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |