Huawei P30 Pro Review
The bezel above was stripped and below the screen to a bare minimum. It reduces the size of the notch at the top of the display to house the front camera. The fingerprint scanner is embedded in the display at the bottom, this allows the screen to extend further to the base of the handset.
To set up the fingerprint on the scanner could be a little time consuming because of the number of scans required for each digit you registered. Thumbs and forefingers are both recommended for ease of use. Once the scanner is set up, it works with great speed and is always accurate.
A new smartphone with Leica quad camera that comes with:
- 5x optical zoom
- Super low light performance
- Fun features
- Beautiful colour options
- Long battery life
- Amazing camera
This is one of Huawei latest top end phone which has a healthy competition with the other top of the range phone in the tech world. It is made of:
- Metal frame
- Curved glass
- All screens designs
- Eye popping amber sunrise
- Pearlescent oil slick like
- Stretches 6.7in from corner to corner
- A small tear drop notch at the top
- The FHD + OLED is massive and beautiful
- Amber sunrise on the left
- Breathing crystal on the right
- Bright eye-catching options
The inbuilt is exceptional, the glass back is slippery on the fabric, but feel good in the hand even if it’s a fingerprint magnet. It comes with a clear plastic case included in the box in most regions. There is no earpiece speaker, but a vibration of the whole screen which produces the audio which sets it apart from a regular speaker. The phone was built with a huge screen, but fits into the hand because of its narrow width.
Huawei P30 Pro Review – Specifications:
- Processor – octa -core Huawei Kirin 980
- RAM – 8GB of RAM
- Screen – 6.47in FHD + OLED (398ppi)
- Operating System – EMU1 9.1 based on Android 9 pie
- Storage – 128 or 521 GB plus nano memory card
- Rear Camera – Quadruple rear camera 40MP, 20MP ultra – wide angle, 8MP telephoto
- Front Camera – 32MP front facing camera
- Water resistance – IP68
- Connectivity – LTE, WI-FI, NFC, Bluetooth 5 and GPS
- Dual sim available in some countries
- Dimensions – 158 x 83.4 x 8.41mm
- Weight 192g
At the bottom is the USB-C port which is flanked by the sim tray and mono speaker. The guts are like the mate 20 pro and so is the performance which are
- Snappy
- Fast
- Smooth
- Long gaming sessions
Huawei P30 Pro Review – Battery
Longest battery life of this phone has given more credibility to Huawei, which is the reason it continues to stand head and shoulders above the rest. The battery will last for 35 hours between charges under heavy usage, this means from 7am on the first day until 6pm on the second day. This is also considering the usage of:
- Messages
- Push notifications
- Lots of web browsing
- Five hours of Spotify via Bluetooth headphones
- Watching 90 minutes of offline movies
- 30 minutes of gaming
- Shooting about 20 photos a day
It will not go below 15%, even when used as a primary navigation aid and camera on holiday. It will manage 48 hours between charges with light usage or far longer with one of the specialised power saving mode active.
A full charge takes less than an hour, it reaches 70% in just over 30 minutes via the cable. It also has fast 15w wireless charging and wireless power sharing which is used for other Qi compatible devices.
Huawei P30 Pro Review – Camera
The camera app is easy to use because it reveals a large meaningful step forward in smartphone photography. The new Leica quad camera system improves both zoom and low light performance drastically.
The combination of the 40-megapixel wide angle and the 20-megapixel ultra-wide camera is a powerful one. They are joined by a new 8-megapixel telephoto camera that uses a prism to direct light sideways in the body of the phone for a 5x optical zoom lens. The fourth camera is a 3D depth – sensing system called a time of flight (TOF) camera that is sued for portrait effects and other things.
The ultra-wide camera is great because it produces some of the most amazing shots, the 5x optical is unmatched by rivals. It gets you closer to your object without using hybrid or digital zoom. There’s the 10x hybrid zoom at the top using the other camera for details. There’s a little difference between the hybrid and the 5x optical zoom.
You will also get a 50x digital zoom that is invisibly inferior to the optical
and hybrid but not a problem to read text from a distance or spot people on a distant hilltop. This can be used as a pair of binoculars for great effect. It’s easy to get to the different zoom levels, although a little practice is needed to hold the 50x zoom.
The low light photography is the second big leap, there’s a new sensor that ditches green for yellow pixels. There’s been a lot of improvements to the light absorption and the results are miraculous. Night can be easily be transformed into day by ordinary point and shoot shots without a dedicated night or long exposure mode illuminating full detail and colour in scenes preventing the human eye from struggling.
The night mode is like Google’s but takes a few seconds to snap an image. The Pro 30 Pro does a better job because of the instant snap. There are four cameras at the back with three in the lump including the new 5x optical zoom camera and one next to it below the flash.
The camera image quality is quite impressive which matches or even in some circumstances beats most rivals in almost every scenario. Google’s pixel still produces better detail and contrast in HDR images. The P30 Pro can be pointed at any object and still get a good image. There is also an improvement to the Master AI system.
The selfie camera at the front in the small notch which is a 32 megapixel is excellent for capturing a good amount of detail and managing variable lighting conditions in spite of being fixed focus.
- At 73.4mm wide, it’s narrower compare to all similar size devices.
- A little wider than the 72.3mm Mate Pro 20
- It weighs about 192g which makes it a little heavy
Fingerprint Scanner
The in-screen fingerprint scanner is the rave of the moment because they free up space on the device while keeping them in a convenient position at the front. The P30 Pro is a Huawei next iteration of its optical fingerprint scanner. It’s faster, more accurate and easier to hit with muscle memory compared further down the screen to the Mate 20 Pro. It’s not as fast or secure as a traditional capacitive fingerprint scanner but reliable.
EMUI 9.1
The phone runs on the latest version of EMUI 9.1, this is the version of the Android 9 pie. It’s like EMUI 9 on the Mate 20 Pro and the operations are the same. EMUI 9.1 comes with a refined navigation options and it works very well. You can swipe from either the left to the right side of the screen. You swipe up from the bottom left or right to activate Google Assistant. The downside is not being able to get back to previously opened the app.
If you don’t like gesture the traditional three button navigation bar is available and there are many other customisation options including full theme support. EMUI’s strength is long term performance and battery life with extensive automatic and manual suppression systems that prevents apps from draining the battery in the background.
There are gradual improvements in offering a better performance in order to catch up with Google, One plus and Samsung. Huawei is trying to ensure that its design and feel meets the demands of the western audience.
In Conclusion
The curved glass and slim bezels are familiar but still attractive. There’s a mic hole next to the SIM tray, be careful not to poke the SIM ejector in by accident because you could destroy the mic. The vibrating haptic feedback is nice and staccato although cannot ne compare to Google’s or Apple’s phones.
There’s a single speaker at the bottom and even though is single, it’s loud and clear. There’s no headphone socket, but a USB- C socket at the bottom. Dual sin support in available in some countries plus a nano memory card slot.
This cutting edge device provides the benefit of effortless high performance and comfort, thanks to an outstanding innovation. The secret behind this stunning device is the amazing design which provides much functionality with effortless power. The device offers an amazing feeling of comfort and control.
