Nobody said that it was easy to choose a mobile phone among the enormous offer available on the market. The tangle of brands and models does not facilitate the task, but luckily you are within our site, where we usually face rivals such as the Huawei P40 Lite E and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 to try to shed some light on your doubts.
Both Huawei and Xiaomi know what it is to put interesting terminals in the hands of the user that do not reach 200 euros. They are mobile with modest technical characteristics, but they amply comply for a large majority of users. Two of those terminals are the Huawei P40 Lite E and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8.
Almost same screens
When we take a look at the screens of both terminals, we find a very similar screen size. The P40 Lite E reaches 6.39 inches, while the Redmi Note 8 reaches 6.3 inches. Both terminals sport resolution and the same 19.5: 9 aspect ratio. However, the pixel density per inch is much higher in the Xiaomi terminal with its 409 dpi compared to the 269 dpi of the Huawei device. The Huawei terminal is heavier, with its 190 grams, compared to 176 grams for the Huawei mobile
We also see a difference to take into account on the screen, since the P40 Lite E, as a newer terminal, has a hole in the screen to house the selfie sensor, while the Redmi Note 8 does the same with a shaped notch gout.
Kirin vs. Qualcomm
When we lift the hood, we find a clear advantage for the Huawei P40 Lite E. It is the Kirin 810 processor, a chip focused on the mid-range, manufactured in 7nm and offering good performance and energy efficiency. For its part, the Redmi Note 8, sports an older Snapdragon 665 of 11nm, which is more resistant to the passage of time. This difference is more noticeable in terms of energy efficiency , since in performance both terminals offer a similar result. The two terminals are equipped with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory. The good news is that you can both expand this storage using microSD cards.
They lead the 48 megapixels
The Huawei P40 Lite E has a triple rear camera, with a 48-megapixel main sensor, an 8-megapixel wide angle and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Its selfie camera, housed in the aforementioned hole in the screen, reaches 8 megapixels.
The Redmi Note 8, has the same sensors , including the 48-megapixel main camera, but we must add a fourth macro sensor, which gives the Xiaomi an advantage in close-up shots. In this case, the front sensor reaches 13 megapixels.
Connections and battery
The two terminals have the main connections, but the P40 Lite E sports an archaic microUSB for 2020, while the Redmi Note 8 features a USB-C output. Both have a fingerprint sensor on the back and are not without a 3.5mm headphone jack.
In the autonomy part, both terminals match with a 4,000 mAh battery. However, the Redmi Note 8 expires in the fast charge section since it supports 18W charging, compared to the standard 10W charge of the P40 Lite E. The Huawei P40 Lite E has hit the market with EMUI 9.1 and without Google Services, while the Redmi Note 8, went on the market with Android 9 Pie, but awaits its jump to MIUI based on Android 10.
Adjusted prices
As we said at the beginning we are in front of two economic terminals, which are far from the border of 200 euros . On Huawei P40 Lite E it can be purchased right now on Amazon for 174 euros, while the Redmi Note 8 is priced at about 155 euros. The difference is not so great as to be determined, so the user must weigh the main differences that we have seen between the two, especially in the section on the processor or the lack of Google that the Huawei terminal has.
