The Huawei P30 & P30 Pro Reviews: Photography Enhanced
by Andrei Frumusanu on April 18, 2019 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Mobile
- Smartphones
- Huawei
- P30
- P30 Pro
System Performance
System performance of the new P30s is expected to be excellent. In essence, there shouldn’t be any large difference to the Mate 20’s and the recent Honor View20. All of the aforementioned devices sport the same Kirin 980 chipset as the P30s, and there shouldn’t be any major software differences in the new flagship phones.
Indeed, in PCMark, the P30 and P30 Pro tie in with the recent Huawei flagships, showcasing only minor deviations in the scores.
Interestingly, we see a slightly larger uplift in the web benchmarks, however I found this not to be caused by an increase in performance of the devices themselves but rather seemingly an update in the OS WebView of Android, as re-testing the Mate 20 again showcases the same increased performance figures.
Overall, the P30 and P30 Pro perform identically to the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro – excellently. There’s still instances where Qualcomm (& new Exynos S10) devices perform notably better, such as app opening or activity switching. I think this is due to Huawei’s possible lack of framework boosters.
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Speedfriend - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Andrei, in your conclusion, your say battery life of the S10+ is much better yet I see forums full of people complaining of terrible battery life. Has this now been fixed with updates?Andrei Frumusanu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Yes the latest firmware has resolved the idle drain issue.austinsguitar - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
^ can confirmed they did some magic last update. thanks samsung.niva - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Wow, Samsung updates their phones? That's something new. Don't get used to it.philehidiot - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
I've got an S8 and it gets regular updates. Mostly for security but it got Android Pi recently as well as a host of other updates including camera software which added a few new features. Maybe it's different when it's not a flagshit model but in my experience, their updates aren't bad.What is more interesting is that my phone is beginning to slow down just a little. Introducing just enough lag that, as it comes to upgrade time, I'm moving towards upgrading rather than keeping.
Funny that. Well played, Samsung. Well played.
The Chill Blueberry - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Whats up with the Camera - Extreme Low-Light Evaluation paragraph? Trying Latin journalism?Andrei Frumusanu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Placeholder Lorem Ipsum! Overlooked that block, corrected now, thank you.pk1489 - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
I want to know p30pro whether have two versions(China/International). I get some information from Chinese forum. The Chinese version p30pro used BOE oled and International version used LG oled.Those oled have some different such as pixel arrangement.
Robyee - Monday, March 2, 2020 - link
I wonder how it is possible to check whether the display of the P30 PRO is BOE or LGeastcoast_pete - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
@Andrei: Thanks for this review! Two questions about the video recording part: is the 40 MP sensor used in 4 to 1 binning mode when recording 4K videos, and can the P30 Pro record in 10 bit HDR? Also, any comments on the bitrates used for 4K30 and 1080p60 are appreciated. Thanks!