Comparison huawei p30 lite vs huawei p30

The current mid-range has little to envy the high-end. Taking into account its general characteristics, we find terminals whose design is careful and with more than enough power for day-to-day tasks. Companies like Huawei have a long tradition of presenting shortened or "Lite" versions of their flagship terminals. Its flagship phones for 2019 are the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro, while there is no shortened version of the Huawei P30 Pro. His brother does have it and his name is Huawei P30 Lite.

Flag terminals or top of the range always have a starting price according to the sector to which they are directed. Unfortunately for many of us these prices can be prohibitive, companies like Huawei offer the Lite version of this terminal. Today we are going to put both terminals face to face to better appreciate their similarities and differences. So it will be easier for you to decide on one or the other, Huawei P30 Lite vs Huawei P30.

Comparative sheet

	Huawei P30	Huawei P30 Lite
screen	6.1 inches, OLED, FullHD + (2,340 x 1080 pixels) with integrated fingerprint reader	6.15 inches with Full HD + resolution (2,313 x 1,080), 19.5: 9 ratio and IPS LCD technology
Main chamber	Triple camera: · Main sensor 20 megapixels, wide-angle with focal aperture f / 1.8 · Telephoto sensor 16 mega-pixels, ultra-wide-angle sensor with focal aperture f / 2.2 · Third sensor 8-megapixel telephoto lens with OIS and focal aperture f / 2.4	- 24 megapixel main sensor and focal aperture f / 1.8 - Secondary sensor with 8 megapixel 120º wide angle lens - Tertiary sensor with 2 megapixel telephoto lens
Camera for selfies	32 megapixel sensor with f / 2.0 focal length	32 megapixel main sensor and f / 2.0 focal aperture
Internal memory	128 GB	128 GB
Extension	By NM type cards	Micro SD cards up to 512 GB
Processor and RAM	Kirin 980 7 nanometer with dual NPUs, 6GB RAM	Kirin 710 octa-core alongside Mali-G51 MP4 GPU - 6GB RAM
Drums	3,650 mAh, fast charging, wireless fast charging and charging sharing	3,340 mAh with fast charge
Operating system	Android 9.0 Pie + EMUI 9.1	Android 9 Pie under EMUI 9.0
Connections	BT 5, GPS, USB Type-C, NFC, Wifi 802.11 a / b / n / c, Cat. 16 (1 Gbps)	4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a / c, NFC, GPS + GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC and USB type C 2.0
SIM	1 nanoSIM	Dual nanoSIM
Design	Crystal / IP 53 certification / Drop-shaped Notch / Pearl white (white), Breathing Crystal (blue), Black (black), Amber sunrise (orange-red), Aurora (axul-green)	- Glass and metal design - Colors: Midnight Black, Peacock Blue and Pearl White
Dimensions	157.6 x 74.1 x 7.8mm, 165 grams	152.9 × 72.7 × 7.4 millimeters and 159 grams
Featured Features	30x digital zoom, on-screen fingerprint reader, Enhanced night mode	Face unlock via software, fingerprint sensor and different camera modes
Release date	Available	April 10th
Price	749 euros	369 euros

Design and display

The Huawei P30 is the star terminal of the Asian firm, this means that it has a design worked and cared to the millimeter. Your Huawei P30 Lite inherits this design almost completely, the differences that we find are minimal but remarkable. On the front of the Huawei P30 we find a 6.1-inch screen in 19.5: 9 format and FullHD + resolution (1,080 x 2,340) Its little brother, as strange as it may seem, has a larger screen, 6.15 inches FullHD + (1,080 x 2,312) The main difference between these two screens apart from their size is the panel technology. While the Huawei P30 mounts an OLED panel, its little brother the Huawei P30 Lite mounts an IPS LCD panel.

Both panels are of good quality, the reproduction of colors and brightness is more than acceptable. Here user preferences come into play, OLED panels are capable of offering true black colors (no color) since they turn off the pixels. Instead, IPS panels offer better viewing angles, but sacrifice black color reproduction. They are screens to use similar, a less advanced user will have problems to distinguish the key. The arrangement of both screens is the same on the front, the frames have been reduced almost to a minimum on all sides and the notch or notch in the shape of a drop appears at the top of the two.

Huawei has opted for glass and metal in the two terminals. The metal edges are joined to the glass back thanks to a curvature in this material, managing to offer better ergonomics to the user as well as being more beautiful to look at. The glass back has different colors in both the Huawei P30 Lite and the Huawei P30, with the common point of the gradient tones. The Huawei P30 Lite is lighter, weighing only 159 grams slightly less than the 165 grams of the Huawei P30. The figure may not be a differential, but it is one of the differences that we find between both terminals.

The gradient-colored back has a similar distribution on both terminals. The triple camera placed in the upper left corner in a vertical position, just below the dual-tone LED flash for the Huawei P30 and the LED flash for the Huawei P30 Lite. It also highlights the fingerprint reader placed in the center of the back and at a comfortable height for use in the Huawei P30 Lite. Being the rear of the Huawei P30 completely lis to as the fingerprint sensor is integrated into the screen. The general set of both terminals is accompanied by the USB C and 3.5 mm jack ports, both located at the bottom, next to the speaker.

Processor and memory

They are terminals intended for different ranges so we hope to find differences in this section. Let's start with the similarities, both terminals mount Kirin processors, built and assembled by the Asian firm. 6GB of RAM accompany both processors, a respectable amount and more if we consider that the Huawei P30 Lite is designed for the mid-range while the Huawei P30 competes in the high-end range. Without a doubt Huawei could have included 8GB in its high-end terminal in order to make it more differential. The storage is 128GB in both terminals, and it is expandable via microSD in the Huawei P30 Lite and via NM Card in the Huawei P30.

The Kirin 710 is the nerve center of the Huawei P30 Lite while the Kirin 980 is responsible for moving the Huawei P30. Both processors will offer a satisfactory experience for any ordinary user, in more advanced tasks the Kirin 980 will take the lead. Their differences are great, the processor dedicated to the mid-range terminal is built in 12 nanometers while its respective older brother in 7 nanometers. The difference in construction gives us a more energy efficient processor and with greater power in the Huawei P30.

The arrangement of the cores is also different between the two processors, although both are eight-core, they are placed differently. In the Kirin 710 we have four ARM Cortex-A73 cores with a fixed speed of 2.2GHz, followed by four smaller ones, ARM Cortex-A53 at 1.7GHz. Its older and more powerful brother has eight cores arranged in two clusters. Two ARM Cortex-A76 2.6GHz cores responsible for performing tasks that require raw power; another two ARM Cortex-A76 cores with a speed reduced to 1.92Ghz and finally four ARM Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8GHz.

Artificial Intelligence is present in both the Huawei P30 and the P30 Lite, but with limitations in the latter. While the Huawei P30 carries two Neural Processing Units or NPUs, the Huawei P30 Lite carries only one. The difference may not seem like much, but these units learn as the user performs actions with the phone. In addition, they are responsible for making the applications that need Artificial Intelligence work, so by having two instead of one we can make greater use of these applications.

For the gamer section, the GPU of both is a Mali. The Mali G51 in the Huawei P30 Lite and the Mali G76 in the Huawei P30. The mid-range terminal will have no problems moving applications or games, but it is clear that in terms of raw power the Huawei P30 has the upper hand. The version of Android with which they arrive is Android 9 Pie, with EMUI 9.1 on the Huawei P30 and EMUI 9.0.1 on the Huawei P30 Lite. We see that the high-end terminal is more up-to-date in the customization layer that Huawei terminals carry.

Photographic section

Huawei has brought the triple camera to the mid-range, its Huawei P30 Lite is the example of this. Its flagship terminal the Huawei P30 also has a triple camera. Despite having the same number of sensors, they are different and have different functionalities. In the Huawei P30 Lite we have a 24-megapixel main sensor with f / 1.8 focal aperture, on the contrary, the Huawei P30 mounts a 40-megapixel SuperSpectrum sensor with f / 1.8 seal. At first glance, the sensor of the top-of-the-range terminal has almost twice the megapixels, but that is not where the difference lies when using it, it is in the SuperSpectrum tag . A sensor that uses an RYB color spectrum (red, yellow and blue)By using yellow instead of green, this sensor will get more light and therefore will be brighter.

The secondary sensor of the Huawei P30 Lite is 8 megapixels wide angle while that of the Huawei P30 is 16 megapixels with focal f2.2 and wide angle. In this specific case, having twice the megapixels is an advantage, by capturing information from such a wide area, the amount of megapixels makes the photograph have much more detail and when it comes to enlarging everything, everything looks sharper. The third and last lens is 2MP with f / 2.4 focal length on the Huawei P30 Lite and acts as a depth sensor to improve photos with blur effect. On the Huawei P30, on the other hand, it is an 8MP sensor with an f / 2.4 focal length and its functionality is to be an optical zoom with up to 3x magnification, but it can reach x30 digitally and helped to stabilize through OIS.

The front camera or for selfies in the Huawei P30 Lite is 34 megapixels with focal aperture f / 2.0, the Huawei P30 in this case mounts a sensor with the same number of megapixels and the same focal aperture. In the Huawei P30 Lite we will not have optical image stabilization or OIS, instead we have EIS. The top-of-the-range terminal of the Asian firm does mount this stabilization. Video recording on the Huawei P30 Lite stays in 1080p at 60fps, its older brother can go up to 4K, in addition to modes such as super slow motion.

Connections, autonomy and extra functions

Both terminals have been presented this year, so their connections are modern and current. But the Huawei P30 stands out above its brother, it carries Bluetooth 5.0 while its brother stays with Bluetooth 4.2. USB type C, NFC, GLONASS connection for both terminals. The autonomy is marked by a 3,340 mAh battery with fast charging in the Huawei P30 Lite and by 3,600 mAh with fast charging, wireless fast charging and shared charging in the Huawei P30.

The top-of-the-range terminal also has resistance to water and falls, IP 53. The security of the terminals is borne by a fingerprint sensor integrated into the screen for the Huawei P30 while the Huawei P30 Lite has a more conventional one on its back. The flag terminal also has an improved night mode in its cameras, capable of capturing more light and achieving less noise.

Conclusions

The terminal that will win this comparison is the Huawei P30, obviously it is a better terminal in everything. But we must not forget its price and that is where the Huawei P30 Lite shines. They are terminals very similar to the naked eye, it would be difficult to distinguish it if it were not for the details such as the rear fingerprint reader on the Huawei P30 Lite. Both smartphones are good options for any user, their photographic sections are more than good in the case of the Huawei P30 Lite and outstanding in the Huawei P30.

This time Huawei has managed to offer a Lite terminal whose features have nothing to envy its older brother. If we are at a crossroads and we do not know which to decide, but the weight of money is what the Huawei P30 Lite commands, it is a highly recommended option for anyone who wants a phone with which to enjoy. If money is not a problem, the Huawei P30 is a better option, its optical zoom, its greater power make it a difficult candidate to beat.