Huawei P20 Lite / Huawei Nova 3e

Premium, lightweight design ; Great battery life ; Rich feature set

Ageing processor ; Smudge magnet ; Older software

The Huawei P20 Lite has some of the nicest fit and finish in the mid-range space, plus some powerful features that set it apart from the competition – but an older processor means its days are numbered.

Modern design ; Premium without the hefty price ; Crisp, expansive display ; Face unlock works

Fierce mid-range competition

If you're looking for that glass-backed, notch-toting aesthetic, then the Huawei Nova 3e offers up many of the premium features, functions and feelings of its contemporaneous peers, but at a severely reduced cost. At the Nova 3e's Australian price...

Notched design ; Good performance ; Good Pricing

Notched design ; Camera struggles in low-light

Huawei pushes boundaries of what mid-end phones can offer with the nova 3e offering a futuristic design and specs that keep it running smoothly.

Great value ; Surprisingly adept camera

Uneven performance ; Weak speaker

Huawei have packed a ton of value into the Nova 3e. However, they’re not the only brand packing a lot of value into that $200-$400 space anymore - and that leaves the Nova 3e outgunned on a few choice fronts.

While the Huawei P20 Lite looks attractive, it’s the stuff on the inside, which holds it back. A weak SoC coupled with bloated software feels more of a budget smartphone experience like on the Honor 9 Lite.

16+2 MP dual-camera ; 16 MP front camera ; fast internal storage ; appealing design ; nearly borderless display

battery life unnecessarily short ; unbalanced speakers ; moderate benchmark results

The Huawei P20 Lite presents itself as a solid mid-range smartphone in our Review, but it is not able to differentiate itself from its competition in terms of performance. The 16 MP dual-camera takes good pictures and the system as a whole runs...

Funky design ; Face unlock ; Expandable storage

Seen it all before ; Cheaper Honors offer a similar experience

Although the P20 Lite sports a similar look to the fully-fledged P20 flagship, there are tons of differences between the two. The display isn’t as customisable, the dual-lens camera lacks that wow factor and battery life isn’t quite as strong..