The Huawei P30 Pro is the whole thing you would wait for it to be. A solid smartphone overall, one feature that truly stands out is the camera of the P30 Pro. Last year’s P20 Pro stand out with its triple-camera arrangement and allowed the company to pitch the camera phone alongside the likes of Google Pixel 3 XL and iPhone XS. With the P30 Pro and its quad-camera system, Huawei is trying to place its latest flagship closer to a DSLR.
In demo zones later than the launch, Huawei executives went all out to convince each one that the P30 Pro as a phone excels both in looks and in-camera superiority. With what we have seen so far, I do like the mode the P30 Pro appears to check off all the boxes for those who wish for a phone that pushes the envelope when it comes to mobile photography.
Here’s a quick look at the P30 Pro, which has been established to make its debut in India as early as next month.
Huawei P30 Pro hands-on: Four cameras on the back
No, Huawei is not trying to bang anyone by adding multiple cameras just for the sake of it. The P30 Pro’s four cameras have a reason, to say the least.
Huawei P30 Pro’s four cameras have a purpose, to say the least.
To first understand how the four cameras work, you require to understand the basics. Most image sensors use what’s called a Bayer filter, or RGB. This basically uses 25 per cent blue, 25 per cent red and 50 per cent green to make ideal colours when you click a picture.
With the P30 Pro, Huawei says it exchange out the green colour for yellow, as yellow offers 40 per cent more light, which basically translates to better pictures. Obviously, allowing more light means the camera can take superior pictures in low-light conditions. If you have noticed, the P30 Pro has the highest brightness sensitivity on any smartphone, which surprises over 400,000 (409,600 ISO, to be exact). The demos, we proverb on the stage, were striking, really impressive.
Huawei P30 Pro: The basics
Co-developed with Leica, the camera arrangement consists of a 40MP SuperSpectrum lens with an f/1.6 aperture and optical image stabilization (OIS), a 20MP ultra-wide-angle lens with an f/2.2 aperture, an 8MP periscope zoom lens and a time-of-flight (ToF) lens sits to the right.
This combination is rather attractive. The primary 40MP lens, by default, takes shots in 10MP. Pictures shot with the 40MP camera lens had depth and colours were correct. The wide-angle lens is more for fun and we previously know how it works.
The 8MP SuperZoom camera lens makes the P30 Pro dissimilar from all existing flagship phones. So basically, it is like a periscope which uses prism for a near-lossless image at 5x optical zoom — that translates to 10x hybrid zoom and up to 50x digital zoom. In the assessment, the iPhone XS has only 2x optical zoom.
The 5x optical zoom impresses, though I would like to make it obvious that my testing was fairly limited to the controlled lighting of the demo zone. I wish I had additional time to test the 5x optical zoom mode on the P30 Pro.
The fourth lens, or a time-of-flight camera, is used to capture depth data. It understands how long it takes light to travel from the matter to the camera. This results in enhanced portrait shots. The few portrait shots I took were well-mannered – but as I said earlier I would like to reserve my judgment for the final review.
Huawei says it has enhanced its Artificial Intelligent Stabilization (AIS). This should enhance night shots, something I am looking frontward to try it myself.
Another major feature the company is introducing with the P30 Pro is what it calls dual-view video, allowing a video to be taken with a 40MP sensor and the telephoto camera at the equal time. The feature will be made obtainable via a software update. A 32MP camera adorns the frontage for taking selfies and attending video calls.
Huawei P30 Pro hands-on: Design, display
The P30 Pro is visually tempting and the gradient colour back panel gives the phone an energetic and cheerful feel. The handset’s build is exceptionally huge, though the waterdrop-style notch at the top center of a device where a 32MP selfie camera feels a bit dated. The phone will be obtainable in multiple colour options, but my favorite colour has to be the orange finish.
The waterdrop-style notch at the top center of a device where a 32MP selfie camera feels a bit dated I would say.
The device has a 6.47-inch OLED screen, with curved sides. The display is spiky and colorful but no match to the Galaxy S10+’s curved AMOLED wide quad HD+. That supposed, the P30 Pro’s OLED panel is striking and I have no major complaints about it.
Taking cues from the Mate 20 Pro, Huawei has added an in-display fingerprint scanner in the P30 Pro as well. I couldn’t test out the in-display fingerprint scanner’s responsiveness in my hands-on time.
Huawei P30 Pro hands-on: Performance, battery
Huawei P30 Pro’s OLED panel is beautiful and I have no major complaints about it.
The P30 Pro uses the identical Kirin 980 processor that powers the Mate 20 Pro. This is a top-of-the-line chipset competing straight with the Snapdragon 855, Qualcomm’s flagship processor. While some may say the Kirin 980 previously started to look dated in comparison to the Snapdragon 855, we all know Huawei’s 7-nanometer Kirin 980 chip is capable of offering reasonable performance.
The base variant of the P30 Pro has 8GB RAM paired with 128GB of internal storage space. The phone is also accessible with 256GB and 512GB storage options. Remember, the P30 Pro uses a Nano-Memory card slot (NM), which is Huawei’s own proprietary outer storage card. The P30 Pro runs EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9.0.
The base variant of Huawei P30 Pro has 8GB RAM paired with 128GB of internal storage.
The flagship smartphone has a 4200mAh battery, which should previous a day or two on a single charge. It also supports Huawei’s 40W Huawei SuperCharge, which should obtain you juice from 0 to 70 percent within 30 minutes of charging. And yes, you will also find 15-watt fast wireless charging, along with the capability to wirelessly charge other devices. The Mate 20 Pro was the first smartphone to use the reverse wireless charging feature. The Galaxy S10 also has a similar reverse wireless charging feature.
Huawei P30 Pro hands-on: Early impression
The cameras on the P20 Pro were extensively appreciated, and Huawei is hoping it can exceed everyone’s expectations with the P30 Pro, which is an out-and-out camera-centric smartphone. What I actually liked about the P30 Pro’s quad-cameras is that Huawei has, at least, talked about how multiple cameras could offer more usefulness. I am curious to compare the P30 Pro’s quad-cameras against the Google Pixel 3 XL, which uses a single camera lens to carry an outstanding performance. Expect our review of the Huawei P30 Pro to be out in the coming weeks.
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