HUAWEI’s P series has always been a pioneer of smartphone photography. Now the HUAWEI P20 Pro is once again leading the way with the revolutionary Leica Triple Camera, where aesthetic vision meets an advanced camera system that shines a light on intelligent photography. Inspired by the radiant energy of light itself, the HUAWEI P20 Pro is available in a new gradient color finish. The effect is a luminescent color progression that is unique amongst smartphones. Designed to be exceptional in every way.
The Great
- Fantasic camera
- Big battery with lots of stamina
- Optional (ish) notch
- Fast face unlock
The Not
- No wireless charging
- No headphone jack
- Minor fizz to the OLED screen
The Conclusion
40MP, the world’s first triple camera, 5X Hybrid Zoom, artificial intelligence in all the ways, and the most unique color on any smartphone ever. These are just some of the features Huawei is hoping will make you check out its new flagship, the Huawei P20 Pro.
The Huawei P20 Pro is a phone that stands out with its large, spacious display and its triple camera at the back. Its huge screen occupies most of its front, with a notch at the top housing the earpiece and front-facing camera. The triple camera arrangement is comprised of a massive, 40MP camera for regular shots, a 3X zoom telephoto cam, and a monochrome sensor enabling bokeh effects. On the inside is a powerful Kirin 970 chip, along with plenty of memory and a huge battery
The Design
The Huawei P20 Pro borrows several design cues from the iPhone X, with a vertical camera placement on the back and notch atop the screen. It stands out with three cameras and the unique twilight color, which awakens everyone’s inner wish for a real-life unicorn.
Beneath the screen is Huawei’s fingerprint sensor, which is flat, wide, and allows you to unlock your phone while it’s laying face up on a table. I’m normally a bigger fan of Huawei’s rear-mounted fingerprint sensors thanks to their added support for summoning the notification shade, but the P20 Pro’s scanner is still fast and reliable and supports gesture controls for navigation.
The power and volume keys on the right offer nice feedback and the power button has a nice accent color. The bottom houses a speaker, microphone, and USB Type-C port. There’s no headphone jack, but an adapter comes in the box. I’m not an audiophile so I usually pick convenience over function, so I’m fine with Bluetooth audio. It’s the easiest solution and the Huawei P20 Pro works well enough in this regard.
The Camera
If you’re interested in the Huawei P20 Pro, there’s a good chance it’s because of the camera array. There are three cameras on the back, one 40MP main sensor, a 20MP black and white one and a 3x zoom 8MP camera.
You can shoot at 3x without digital zoom, and even get good results at 5x. The real star here is low light performance, though. Standard night shooting just about matches the best, but a dedicated night mode lets you take low light shots with dynamic range to rival an APS-C DSLR.
The Huawei P20 Pro also has a very high-resolution 24MP front camera for detailed selfies and reliable face unlocking.
Quick Spec Look
HUAWEI Kirin 970 CPU, octa-core + micro core i7, 4 x Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz
Size: 6.1 inches;
Type: OLED;
Colour: 16.7 M colours;
Resolution: FHD 1080 x 2240, 408 PPI
OS Android™ 8.1
6 GB RAM + 128 GB ROM
Rear camera:
Tri-lens camera:
40 MP (RGB, f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP (Monochrome, f/1.6 aperture) + 8 MP (Telephoto, f/2.4 aperture), supports autofocus (laser focus, deep focus, phase focus, contrast focus)
Note: The photo pixels may vary depending on the shooting mode.
Front camera:
Single-lens camera:
24 MP, f/2.0 aperture, supports fixed focal length
The Final Thought
When all is said and done, the new Huawei P20 Pro will quite possibly be the hottest Android phone of 2018. On top of beastly specs and a very sleek design with one color that has a crazy gradient color effect, the P20 Pro has the best camera of any smartphone ever. The triple-lens design is truly unique, and it helps the P20 Pro pull in all sorts of extra data that tremendously improves image quality. There’s only one problem: the Trump administration doesn’t want you to have it. We will have to wait to see how this pending trade war works out before we see it in every teenagers hands in the US. There are 2 stores on eBay taking pre-orders now for the US and it will ship 4/18
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