A Day with the Huawei Mate 30 Pro: Kirin 990 and 7680 FPS Slow Motion Tests
by Dr. Ian Cutress on September 23, 2019 4:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Huawei
- Kirin 990
- Mate 30 Pro
- 7680fps
A Benchmark or Two
Having had the smartphone for only a short while, I have not spent too much time on benchmarks – we will have that for the full review, when Andrei gets a chance to do a full teardown of the Kirin 990 SoC. For now, we have some PCMark data for you. The key test we like here is Writing, because this test is typically representative of a standard user experience and responsiveness.
With the extra CPU frequency and wider GPU, the Mate 30 Pro gets some gains over the previous generation Mate 20 Pro and P30 Pro, but ultimately nothing groundbreaking.
We attempted to run our AI benchmarks, however it would appear that Huawei is not yet ready with the NNAPI libraries for use with its Da Vinci NPU architecture. We expect those to roll out in due course.
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StevenD - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
1100e for a device which comes with all the hassles of having to sideload a lot of the apps?Am I being cheap, cause that sounds crazy to me. Especially when you think that, for that price, you can definitely get a great phone with a great camera.
BedfordTim - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
You could just use a third party store like Yalp.reggjoo1 - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
Or, you can install gsf, without root, in ten minutes. Excellent article on 9to5 google.ChorizoNinja - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
I am sorry, but 1099€ is a little bit of a joke. The slow motion camera is just a cheap interpolation, and it doesn't have google services. In my world I would grab a note 10, at least the warranty service, in my case, was excellent... and I have security patches and a full version of android, plus the stylus.iSeptimus - Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - link
Yup, it is ridiculous. Most people's time is worth more.oRAirwolf - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
I actually enjoy slow motion video quite a bit. I use it when shooting guns. I am honestly pretty jealous of this extremely high frame rate video. I never thought I would be jealous about another phone this year after purchasing the OnePlus 7 Pro.s.yu - Tuesday, September 24, 2019 - link
I hope you paid attention, it shoots 1920fps at what they claim to be 720P (but that also requires verification since Huawei lies about everything), then interpolates each captured frame into 4.lukedriftwood - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
I should point out that slowmo frame rates higher than 960fps (1920fps and 7680fps) are motion interpolated from 960fps native capture.Ian Cutress - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
It's 1080p960 or 720p1920. That's more than just a simple interpolation, otherwise it would be able to take 1080p video and then interpolate as it is saving the file from memory and the data goes through the ISP.s.yu - Monday, September 23, 2019 - link
"do clever interpolation to appear as if it is a higher frame rate"Ian, you're calling falsities "clever", and used too slow a water stream for the test. The correct way is to use a sprinkler, go very close to the sprinkler, and point the camera on something in the same plane of focus, for example grass, as the sprinkler. It would clearly show how ugly the interpolation is. Huawei's 480fps interpolated to 960fps was already shown to be very ugly under the sprinkler test, interpolating 1 into 4 frames is even uglier and more dishonest. Sony only advertised 960fps when they properly read out every frame. Not Huawei, not these people, they can't stop themselves from lying.
Usually we'd have Andrei doing smartphone tests, but has all that Huawei pampering clouded your judgement?