Huawei Mate 20 vs. Honor Magic Vs

Phone Comparison, Reviews and Tests

Side by side comparison and review of Huawei Mate 20 and Honor Magic Vs. Compare sizes, cameras, batteries, memory capacities and other key specifications and features to simplify the choice of your perfect phone. Our goal is to make it easier for you to decide on the phone that will best meet your expectations by revealing the main differences between the products.

Phone Specifications Comparison

Huawei Mate 20 vs. Honor Magic Vs Comparison Chart
DESIGN AND DIMENSIONS Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Product Type Smartphone Smartphone
Form Factor Touch Folder - touch screen, dual screen
Height 158.2 mm 160.3 mm Honor Magic Vs has greater height than Huawei Mate 20.
Width 77.2 mm 72.6 mm Huawei Mate 20 has greater width than Honor Magic Vs.
Depth 8.3 mm 12.9 mm Huawei Mate 20 is narrower than Huawei Mate 20.
Weight 188 g 267 g Huawei Mate 20 is lighter than Huawei Mate 20.
Dimensions Details - Folded - 72.6 mm x 12.9 mm x 160.3 mm
Unfolded - 141.5 mm x 6.1 mm x 160.3 mm
Body Colour Midnight blue | Twilight | Black Black
Body Material - Titanium alloy
Waterproof (Water-resistant) - - Honor Magic Vs is waterproof.
SAR Value 0.99 W/kg (body), 0.44 W/kg (head), 2.57 W/kg (limb) 1.12 W/kg (body), 0.78 W/kg (head), 2.63 W/kg (limb)
Connector Type USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
Headset jack - mini-phone 3.5mm
USB Type-C - 24 pin USB-C
SIM Card Type (Size) Nano SIM Nano SIM
SIM Card Qty Dual-SIM Dual-SIM
DISPLAY Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Display Type LCD display OLED display
Display Technology IPS OLED
Foldable Display - Yes
Display Design - Inward folding
Screen Size (Display Size) 6.53" 7.9" Honor Magic Vs has larger screen size than Huawei Mate 20.
Screen Resolution (Display Resolution) 2244 x 1080 pixels 2272 x 1984 pixels Honor Magic Vs has better screen resolution than Huawei Mate 20.
Display Format Full HD+ -
Pixel Density 381 ppi -
Aspect Ratio - 10.3:9
Max Brightness - 800 cd/m²
Colour Depth 16.7 million colours 1.07 billion colours Honor Magic Vs has better colour depth than Huawei Mate 20.
HDR - Yes Honor Magic Vs has HDR.
HDR Technology - HDR10+
Display Refresh Rate - 120 Hz
Display Features - DCI-P3 Wide colour gamut, Honor Full View Display, 1920Hz high frequency PWM Dimming, dynamic dimming
SECOND DISPLAY
Second Display Type - OLED display - colour
Second Display Screen Size - 6.45"
Second Display Resolution - 2560 x 1080 pixels
Second Display Colour Depth - 1.07 billion colours
UNFOLDED DISPLAY
Unfolded Display Screen Size - 7.9 in
Unfolded Display Resolution - 2272 x 1984 pixels
PROCESSOR Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Processor Type (CPU) Hisilicon Kirin 980 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1
Clock Speed 2.6 GHz 3 GHz Honor Magic Vs has higher clock speed than Huawei Mate 20.
Processor Core Qty 8-core 8-core Both phones have the same number of phone cores.
64-bit Architecture Yes - Huawei Mate 20 has 64-bit architecture.
Graphics System (GPU) - Qualcomm ADRENO 730
MEMORY Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
RAM 4 GB 12 GB Honor Magic Vs has more RAM than Huawei Mate 20.
Internal Memory Size (Storage Capacity) 128 GB 512 GB Honor Magic Vs has more internal memory than Huawei Mate 20.
Supported Flash Memory Cards (Expandable Memory) microSDHC, microSDXC - up to 256 GB -
CAMERA Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
MAIN CAMERA
Number of Main Cameras 3 3
Sensor Resolution 12 Megapixel 54 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20.
Sensor Name - Sony IMX800 sensor
Lens Type Wide-angle lens -
Lens Aperture F/1.8 F/1.9 Huawei Mate 20 has better lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic Vs has optical stabilisation.
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Special Effects HDR HDR
Camera Modes - Panorama, Time-lapse mode, Slow motion mode, Pro mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Story, Documents, Capture smiles, Aperture mode, Filter mode, Super Macro, Night Shot, Movie Mode
Face Recognition (Face ID) Face detection, smile detection - Huawei Mate 20 has face detection.
Light Source Dual LED flash LED flash
Still Image Resolutions - 8768 x 6144
Video Resolutions - 3840 x 2160 (4K)
Camera Features (Functions) Phase Detect Auto-Focus (PDAF), Continuous Auto Focus (CAF), Depth Auto Focus, Leica Triple Camera, AI Image Stabilisation, 3D Live Emoji Electronic Image Stabiliser (EIS), Enhanced AI Photography
SECOND CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Camera) 16 Megapixel 50 Megapixel Honor Magic Vs has better second camera resolution than Huawei Mate 20.
Lens Type (2nd Camera) Ultra wide-angle lens Ultra wide-angle lens
Lens Aperture (2nd Camera) F/2.2 F/2.0 Honor Magic Vs has better second camera lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20.
Field of View (2nd Camera) - 122 degree(s)
Camera Functions (2nd Camera) - Macro camera
Camera Features (2nd Camera) - 2.5cm macro photography
THIRD CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (3rd Camera) 8 Megapixel 8 Megapixel Both phones have the same third camera resolution.
Lens Type (3rd Camera) Telephoto lens Telephoto lens
Lens Aperture (3rd Camera) F/2.4 F/2.4 Both phones have the same lens aperture of the third camera.
Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) - Optical Image Stabiliser (OIS) Honor Magic Vs has optical stabilisation of the third camera.
Optical Zoom - 3x
Digital Zoom - 30x
FRONT CAMERA
Number of Front Cameras 1 2
Sensor Resolution (Front) 24 Megapixel 16 Megapixel Huawei Mate 20 has better front camera resolution than Honor Magic Vs.
Lens Aperture (Front) F/2.0 F/2.45 Huawei Mate 20 has better front lens aperture than Huawei Mate 20.
Focus Adjustment Automatic -
Camera Modes (Front) - Night mode, Timer mode, Watermark mode, portrait mode, Capture smiles, Mirror reflection, Filter mode, High-res
Still Image Resolutions (Front) - 4608 x 3456
Video Resolutions (Front) - 2520 x 1080
Camera Features (Front) 3D Depth Sensing Camera Gesture control
SECOND FRONT CAMERA
Sensor Resolution (2nd Front) - 16 Megapixel
Lens Aperture (2nd Front) - F/2.45
BATTERY AND CHARGING Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Battery Capacity (Battery Size) 4000 mAh 5000 mAh Honor Magic Vs has larger battery capacity than Huawei Mate 20.
Fast Charging Technology HUAWEI SuperCharge technology Honor SuperCharge Both phones have fast charging technology.
Recharge Time (Charging Time) - 46 min
Battery Technology - Lithium polymer
CELLULAR Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Technology WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
Mobile Broadband Generation 4G 5G Honor Magic Vs has more advanced generation mobile network.
Operating System Android 9.0 Pie Android 13
User Interface HUAWEI Emotion UI 9.0 MagicOS 7.1
Navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
COMMUNICATIONS Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Data Transmission GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, VoWiFi GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, DC-HSDPA, VoLTE, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE, 5G NR
2G Band 850 GSM, 900 GSM, 1800 GSM, 1900 GSM -
3G UMTS Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 8, Band 19 -
3G UMTS Frequency 2100, 1900, 1700, 850, 800, 900, 800 -
4G LTE Band Band 1, Band 2, Band 3, Band 4, Band 5, Band 6, Band 7, Band 8, Band 9, Band 12, Band 17, Band 18, Band 19, Band 20, Band 26, Band 28, Band 34, Band 38, Band 39, Band 40, Band 41 -
4G LTE Frequency FDD 2100, FDD 1900 PCS, FDD 1800+, FDD 1700 - 2110 AWS, FDD 850, FDD 850, FDD 2600, FDD 900, FDD 1800, FDD 700a, FDD 700b, FDD 800 lower, FDD 800 upper, FDD 800 DD, FDD 850+, FDD 700 APT, TDD 2000, TDD 2600, TDD 1900, TDD 2300, TDD 2500 -
Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.2 BLE
NFC Yes Yes Both phones have an NFC reader for mobile payments.
Messaging Services SMS, MMS -
MEDIA Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Supported Digital Audio Standards WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, 3GA, MP4 WAV, AAC, AMR, MP3, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, apt-X, LDAC, MP4, SBC, apt-X HD, 3GP
Supported Digital Video Standards MPEG-4, 3GP 3GP, MP4
Sound Enhancements - DTS: X Ultra
FEATURES Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Phone Functions Speakerphone, voice control, call timer, conference call, flight mode, voice dialing, vibrating alert -
Sensors Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, barometer, gyro sensor, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, laser sensor, colour temperature sensor Ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, digital compass, hall sensor, gravity sensor, infrared (IR) sensor, gyroscope
Security Devices Fingerprint reader Face recognition, fingerprint reader (side)
Additional Phone Features Wi-Fi Miracast, Neural Network Processing Unit MIMO technology, OTG Reverse Charge, HONOR Connect, gearless hinge
OTHERS Huawei Mate 20 Honor Magic Vs
Included Accessories Headset, power adapter, SIM card removal tool, USB-C cable, protective case Protective cover, SIM card removal tool, pre-installed screen protection film, USB-C cable, 66W HONOR SuperCharge charger
Compliant Standards - USB 3.1
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