The Huawei P30 & P30 Pro Reviews: Photography Enhanced
by Andrei Frumusanu on April 18, 2019 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- P30
- P30 Pro
Battery Life
Huawei always proclaimed to have excellent battery life in their products, and this seems to be a management directed priority in device development. Having said that, power consumption on the recent OLED devices hasn’t always been as optimised as it could be.
The P30 Pro’s 4100mAh rated battery and the P30’s 3550mAh unit compete at the higher end of the spectrum. We’ve already proven that the Kirin 980 SoC is able to deliver fantastic power efficiency, and the Mate 20 still tops the charts as one of the most efficient and long-lasting devices.
In the web-test, we see both P30s not far apart from each other, with the P30 Pro reaching 11.83h and the P30 11.43h. Overall these are great results, in line with what Huawei was able to achieve in the past. Again I would like to point out the difference in battery life between the P30 Pro and the new Galaxy S10+s – both have similarly sized batteries and screens, yet the Samsung devices lead even though they’re 1440p screen, again showcasing that fundamentally the resolution should have very little impact when implemented correctly.
In the PCMark battery test both P30s perform excellently, as is usualy with Huawei devices. The P30 Pro lags behind the P20 Pro because the latter wasn’t more efficient, but rather because it was much slower and operating at lower (and more efficient) performance points. The P30 Pro along with the new Kirin 980 devices showcase leading battery life along with leading performance.
Another change that I noted in the P30s is that their idle battery life is significantly better than past Huawei flagships, a notorious issue that I hadn’t covered nearly as much as I should have.
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SwordOS - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
@Andrei, you're saying the galaxy s10+ battery life is better than the p30 pro's one, but reviewers everywhere are still saying that the battery life on the p30pro is phenomenal and you can hit 2 days of usage, while with the s10+ (and s10) you can barely hit one day of usage. Also, the difference in battery life between wifi and 4g with the galaxy s10+ (at least for the exynos variant) seems to be way more noticeable than on the p30pro. Did you also try these phones in a real day of usage? Maybe benchmarks cannot be translated to real life usage..Andrei Frumusanu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
> and you can hit 2 days of usage, while with the s10+ (and s10) you can barely hit one day of usageSuch claims are just bollocks. I have the S10+ Exynos as a daily and I'm sitting at 47% at 2 days with 5h screentime. Similarly the P30 Pro isn't bad but it just doesn't last as long due to the base power simply being 120mW less efficient.
SwordOS - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
so are all european reviewers lying except you? I trust you, but this is strangeAndrei Frumusanu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Yes, most European reviewers have their data wrong. It's because they didn't identify some firmware issues and got the articles out as soon as possible. I identified the issues and avoided it for the review; meanwhile Samsung has issued firmware updates at the end of March which fixed the drain issues. Of course those reviews weren't updated.SwordOS - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Did drain issues occurred only after making a voip call or even for other reasons?RMerlin - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
"Huawei still uses Broadcom BCM4359 WiFi combo chips" AFAIK, they use a HiSilicon Hi1103.Andrei Frumusanu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Went and checked again, you're right. I was tricked by the phone still coming with the BCM4359 firmware.s.yu - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
Now why do they have Broadcom firmware if they use their own modem?N Zaljov - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link
Probably BSP leftovers. Some Hi3680-based boards still use a BCM4359, and since most of the devices will rely on the same BSP (with minor little additions like bindings for the various different batteries, displays etc. that Huawei uses), they most probably just kept the Broadcom stuff in there.nicolaim - Thursday, April 18, 2019 - link
749€ for a phone with no OIS, no waterproofing, and no wireless charging? No thanks.