Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro Complete Review

Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro First Impressions:

Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro Complete Review

Just a few months after launching its flagship Mate 20 Pro, Huawei says it has been surpassed with the new Huawei P30 Pro. Many companies launch multiple high-end phones in a year, and some, like Huawei, alternate between product lines that target slightly different groups of buyers.

While the Mate 20 Pro is an all-rounder that emphasizes design and processing power, Huawei's P series is about photography. With this release, the Chinese giant has introduced a 5X optical zoom camera and a new type of sensor, in a direct challenge to Apple, Samsung and Google's best deals. We were able to spend a little time with a Huawei P30 Pro unit before its official launch, and here are our first impressions.


Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro: Features:

However, in addition to its cameras, the Huawei P30 Pro has much to brag about. The device looks great, with the glass at the front and rear curved inward to the sides, interspersed with a thin metal frame. The quality of the construction is first class and we could barely feel the seams. Huawei says everything about this phone, from the colors to the alert sounds, has been inspired by nature.

The company has shown four color variants internationally, representing different times of day and night. Curiously, it seems that only the Aurora and Breathing Crystal options will not reach all countries; not even plain black. Our Aurora unit definitely catches the eye with its blue and purple rear gradients and bright blue frame, but we think some people would prefer a more discreet option.

On the front of this phone we have a 6.47 inch OLED screen with a small dewdrop notch on top. There is no headset, but the top of the screen vibrates to produce sound. There is also a fingerprint sensor on the screen, which according to Huawei is improved compared to previous models. These are the two things we will have to test in detail in our full review.


Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro: Screen:

The display of the Huawei P30 Pro is compatible with HDR and is said to be compatible with the wide colour gamut DCI-P3. We definitely found it crisp and vibrant for us in our initial experience with the device.

This Huawei P30 Pro is great and a bit difficult to handle. On the other hand, it feels a bit heavy, and we were a bit worried about dropping it when we held it to take pictures due to the curved sides of the glass. However, the P30 Pro is not too difficult to grasp. The back definitely picks up a lot of stains and stains, you'd have to look closely to notice them because of their constantly changing colors.

The main attraction of the P30 Pro is, of course, the configuration of the camera in the back, which has already broken DxOMark's records. There is a somewhat elevated vertical strip with three cameras. From the top we have a 20 megapixel wide-angle camera, the 40 megapixel main camera and then the 5X telephoto periscopic camera underneath. Huawei says that the actual lens mechanism is arranged horizontally across the entire width of the phone, and a prism bends the light 90 degrees so that shots can be captured. There is also a time-of-flight depth sensor to the right of the module and a double LED flash on top of it.

Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro: Cameras:

All four rear cameras are equipped with Leica optics. The main camera has a f / 1.6 aperture, OIS and a new type of sensor that Huawei calls SuperSpectrum. It is designed with RYYB filters instead of RGB filters, which are supposed to capture 40 percent more light. We'll see what this means for night photography in our full review.

The Huawei P30 Pro's zoom camera is said to have a 5X optical zoom, a 10X "hybrid" zoom and a 50X digital zoom, also with optical stabilization. This could be a game changer for smartphone cameras, and we will take full advantage of this range when we test the cameras of the Huawei P30 Pro as part of our in-depth review process.

As for standard specifications, we have Huawei's high-end Kirin 980 processor with a total of eight cores of three different types, for optimum power efficiency. There are 8 GB of RAM and options of 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB of international storage.


Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro: Battery:

The Huawei P30 Pro has a 4200mAh battery, and you get a 40W SuperCharge charger in the box with this phone. 15W wireless fast charging is supported, and you can send power wirelessly to other devices using the 2.5W reverse charge function.

With the Huawei P30 Pro, you also get dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5, dual-band GPS, NFC and, of course, 4G LTE on both SIM cards. However, thanks to the dual SIM hybrid design, you will have to sacrifice a second Nano-SIM if you want storage expansion. Instead of standard microSD cards, the P30 Pro can only use Huawei's own Nano memory card format. There is also no 3.5 mm audio connector.

Review By Expert: Huawei P30 Pro: Battery:

Huawei's new EMUI 9.1 mask runs on Android 9 Pie and introduces a more spaced grid of icons with new designs everywhere. The overall performance when moving through the user interface and some of the pre-installed applications was excellent, and the P30 Pro felt very agile in the little time we spent with it. Under the hood, Huawei promises speed improvements thanks to a new file system and software settings that include GPU Turbo 3.0 for gaming.

Soon we will have a complete overhaul of the Huawei P30 Pro, in which we will spend a lot of time with the cameras on this phone, as well as examining its overall performance, battery life, software, construction quality and much more.