The P30 follows the
launch of the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro in
April 2018, which sported the world’s first Leica-engineered triple camera and
a sleek, pearlescent design on the rear of the phone, giving it a noticeably
more luxurious look than its predecessors.
The P30 series
borrows some of the same camera technology and striking design notes from the
previous P20s. So, what exactly will you get if you upgrade to the P30 and P30
Pro?
4 new features in the Huawei P30 series
1. More advanced camera technology
Last years’ P20 had
two rear cameras, while the P20 Pro had a triple rear camera. Huawei has upped
the ante where lenses are concerned, adding an extra lens on the P30 to give
you three lenses – 40Mp Wide Angle lens, 16Mp ultra-wide angle lens and 8Mp 3x
telephoto lens. The P30 Pro goes a step further with four lenses and some extra
megapixels in the mix.
It has the same 40Mpwide angle lens, pairing it with a 20Mp ultra wide angle lens, 8Mp 5x telephoto
lens and a new TOF (Time of Flight) depth sensing camera, aiming to produce
sharper pictures, particularly in Portrait Mode. Both the P30 and P30 Pro have
a 32Mp front camera. Some other interesting camera features are:
·
Built-in image stabilisation called
AIS, to produce more stable pictures.
·
‘Handheld Night Mode’ feature, which
appears to capture clearer images of landscapes, even when taking pictures at
night.
·
50x digital zoom capability allows
you to close in on fine details.
·
Huawei Dual-View Video, so you can
capture two videos of the same landscape simultaneously, both a wide-angle and
close-up view.
2. Bigger screen, smaller notch
You may be wondering
where the speaker will fit into the display. Huawei has done away with the
speaker entirely, creating what it calls ‘Acoustic Display Technology’, which
emits sound directly from the display. We’ll be looking forward to putting it
through its paces in our call-clarity lab tests.
3. Bigger battery
The P30 will have a
3,650mAh battery, which tops the P20’s 3,400mAh. The P30 Pro is the real
standout star where battery is concerned, going from 4,000mAh in the P20 Pro to
an ostentatious 4,200mAh, matching the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. At the launch event, Huawei
pointed out that while it’s put a bigger battery in these phones, the P30 and
P30 Pro are in fact lighter in weight than rival iPhone XR and XS Max which
house smaller batteries.
Huawei claim that
the P30 series will have a longer-lasting battery than the P20 series,
improving on its performance by 27%. The P30 Pro will have 40W SuperCharge
capability, to get you to 70% battery in an almost unbelievable 30 minutes. But
the most exciting battery feature is the Wireless Reverse Charging function:
using your P30 or P30 Pro as a power bank, you can charge anything from a
smartphone to an electronic toothbrush on the rear of the phone.
4. Improved software capabilities
It will ship with Huawei’slatest EMUI 9.1 skin to pair with Android 9. Like the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro,
the P30 series will have the gesture functions for you to swipe on the screen
to perform tasks like returning to home or multi tasking. It will come booted
with Huawei’s OneHop Technology, which by tapping the device onto a Huawei
Matebook laptop enables you to transfer files to and from the laptop.
How do Huawei smartphones compare to other Android brands?
However,
these results do not mean that the new P30 series will earn itself a Best Buy
badge of honour when we put it through our tests.
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