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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BabelHuber - Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - link
Just try to fix a bug via Magisk without root, or install a system-wide ad blocker (not only in the browser, but for each and any app). Or try to install a black overlay on WhatsApp or Instagram with the Samsung theme engine 🙄No, you simply don't get the features of substratum and Magisk without root.
zeeBomb - Monday, May 6, 2019 - link
Any specificiations of the Purism 5? Enticing device, looks like it's taking a jab to BBM...marko94 - Saturday, April 20, 2019 - link
im an accountant and tech lover, but until i have a reliable information of the actual cost of manufacturing a device, i wont necessarily call it overpriced. expensive. maybe, not overpriced. there's a difference.cpkennit83 - Sunday, April 21, 2019 - link
Average selling price will be down by 250€ in 2 months. If thats not proof enought the device is overpriced i dont know what is. Not specific to Huawei though, Samsung does it too. Only Apple and One plus tend tonstick to the same price for the entire life of the deviceMightyGadget - Sunday, April 21, 2019 - link
I had exactly the same thoughts on the 5x telephoto zoom, which I have not seen many people mention. I did use the phone at the same time as the Black Shark 2 recently and loved having the zoom over 2x that the Black Shark offered, but I think 3x is a bit more versatile. But yeah, in most cases, I think people will benefit from the low light photography more than 5x & 10x zoom.They should just add another 3x telephoto lens for next years model!
WPX00 - Monday, April 22, 2019 - link
The value equation with the S10 is wildly better for the P30 here in Asia. In Indonesia:P30 8/128: IDR 10 million (709 USD)
P30 Pro 8/256: IDR 13 million (922 USD)
S10e 6/128: IDR 10.5 million (745 USD)
S10 8/128: IDR 13 million (922 USD)
S10+ 8/128: IDR 14 million (993 USD)
The P30 is both lower priced and comes with double the storage of the base S10+, and is the same cost with the S10 vanilla with double the storage.
s.yu - Thursday, April 25, 2019 - link
You do get a notably worse screen, speakers, and SoC with the P30, also the expensive proprietary storage, and the build is questionable as they're still holding on to the scratchable plastic sandwich screen construction from the P20.To some people with certain needs the P30 may be of better value than the S10, but it's still the worst in value by far of almost all Chinese smartphones. At this price range go get a Reno 10x version, get a top tier Mi9, the latest Meizu or Oneplus 7 or anything else.
s.yu - Thursday, April 25, 2019 - link
BTW, look for grey imported Samsung as they're often cheaper (I did a 10-second search and found the SD855 ver. 8/128 S10 at CNY4650 which is less than USD690 on Taobao, the Exynos ver. 8/128 S10 at CNY 4158, while the "official" local price is CNY5999, lol), whereas you probably won't find any grey imported Chinese smartphones. They're without official warranty but I'm on my third smartphone without a warranty and I've never encountered an issue nor regretted the savings.ezekiel68 - Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - link
That one time I read a review of the Huawei P30 family and came to understand that the Honor View20 was all I wanted and more at a better price. (Yes, I know it's the same parent company)Roy2002 - Friday, April 26, 2019 - link
Huawei has the best cameras now.