Hats off to Huawei for launching such an ultra cool and super amazing camera phones despite facing huge trouble in the United States. Huawei has launched P20 series smartphones the successor of P10 with a breakthrough camera package.
At an event in Paris on Tuesday the Chinese tech company has officially revealed the range of P20 flagship smartphones which are Huawei P20, P20 Lite, P20 Pro, and a Porshe Design luxury phone called Mate RS. The Huawei P20 and the P20 Pro are flagship phones in the P series and Huawei P20 Lite is a mid-range P series mobile phone.
Following the footsteps of last year’s P10, the Huawei P20 brings tons of exciting and amazing features which is going to be the milestone in the smartphone industry. Huawei P20 Pro became the first ever smartphone launched with the triple rear camera, if we combine the rear cameras then P20 Pro will be the first ever smartphone to feature the 68-megapixel camera. Huawei P20 is the first ever smartphone to cross the 100 DxO Mark.
DxO is the most trusted industry standard for camera and lens image quality measurements and ratings. Followings are the list of recently launched popular devices and their DxO Mark rankings:
The Huawei P20 Pro packed 8 MP Telephoto + 40 MP RGB + 20 MP Monochrome cameras powered by Leica lenses. The 40-megapixel RGB sensor has 1/1.73 sensor size and f/1.8 aperture, the 2nd, 20-megapixel monochrome camera comes with 1/2.78 sensor size and f/1.6 aperture while the third the 8-megapixel telephoto camera has 1/4.4 sensor size and f/2.4 aperture. The P20 Pro has the capability to record high-quality 4k video and Samsung S9+ like super slow motion video recording at 960 fps for 0.2 seconds.
The rear triple camera setup of Huawei P20 and Mate RS should give you the perfect photos in all lighting condition. The front camera of Huawei P20 Pro and Huawei Mate RS comes with 24 megapixels Lecia branded lens and, it features an aperture of f/2.0 which should give you the good selfie in normal or bright light conditions. Let’s take a look at the other features and specifications of these mobile phones.
Key Specifications of Huawei P20 Lite: ↓
- Single SIM or Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE support; Hybrid slot
- 5.84 IPS LCD full HD+ display with 1080 x 2280 px resolution and display notch, 432 PPI
- HUAWEI Kirin 659 CPU, Octa-core (4×2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53); Mali-T830 MP2 GPU
- 4 GB RAM with 64 internal storage; Expandable using hybrid slot
- 16MP+2MP dual rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, LED flash; Portrait mode, shot refocus after taking photos
- 16 megapixels front camera with Face Unlock
- Rear mounted fingerprint sensor
- Connectivity: WiFi, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2+LE, 3.5mm Audio jack, A-GPS, NFC, GLONASS, FM Radio, and USB 2.1 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Colour: Klein Blue, Sakura Pink, and Midnight Black
- Dimension: 148.6*71.2*7.4 mm
- Weight: 145 g
- 3000 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging; Ability to charge 60% in 30 minutes
- Runs EMUI 8.0 based on Android Oreo 8.0
Key Specifications of Huawei P20: ↓
- Single SIM or Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE support
- Dual-glass with metal frame body, 7.65mm thickness
- 5.8 IPS LCD full HD+ display with 1080 x 2244 px resolution and display notch, 428 PPI
- HUAWEI Kirin 970 CPU, octa-core, 4 x Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz; Mali-G72 MP12 GPU
- 4 GB RAM with 128 GB internal storage
- Rear Camera: 12MP f/1.6 RGB+ 20MP f/1.6 Monochrome Leica lenses, 4K video capture, 720p@960fps super slow-mo
- Camera features: Hybrid Zoom (2x magnification), OIS + AIS (A.I. Image Stabilization), shot refocus after taking photos, Variable Aperture, Portrait Mode
- Front Camera: 24MP, f/2.0 Leica lens, Portrait Mode with live bokeh effects; Face Unlock
- Sensors: Front fingerprint sensor, Gravity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Hall-sensor, Gyroscope, Compass, Colour Temperature sensor
- Connectivity: WiFi, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2+LE, 3.5mm Audio jack, A-GPS, NFC, GLONASS, FM Radio, and USB 3.1 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- IR blaster, stereo speakers
- Colour: Black, Twilight, Pink Gold, and Midnight Blue
- Dimension: 149.1*70.8*7.7 mm
- Weight: 165 g
- 3400 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging; Ability to charge 60% in 30 minutes
- Runs EMUI 8.1 based on Android Oreo 8.1
Key Specifications of Huawei P20 Pro: ↓
- Single SIM or Dual SIM, 4G VoLTE support
- Dual-glass with metal frame body with a 7.65mm thickness
- 6.1 inches OLED full HD+ display with 1080 x 2244 px resolution and display notch, 408 PPI
- HUAWEI Kirin 970 CPU, octa-core + micro core i7, 4 x Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz; Mali-G72 MP12 GPU
- 6 GB RAM with 128 GB internal storage
- Rear Camera: 8 MP Telephoto (f/2.4 aperture) + 40 MP RGB (f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP Monochrome ( f/1.6 aperture) cameras powered by Leica lenses
- Camera features: 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, OIS + EIS, dual-LED flash, shot refocus after taking photos, Variable Aperture, Portrait Mode, 4K video capture, 720@960fps super slow-mo, and PDAF + CAF + Laser + Depth autofocus
- Front Camera: 24MP, f/2.0 Leica lens, Portrait Mode with live bokeh effects; Face Unlock
- Sensors: Front fingerprint sensor, Gravity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Hall-sensor, Gyroscope, Compass, Colour Temperature sensor
- Connectivity: WiFi, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2+LE, NO 3.5mm Audio jack, A-GPS, NFC, GLONASS, FM Radio, and USB 3.1 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- IR blaster, Stereo speakers
- Colour: Black, Twilight, Pink Gold, and Midnight Blue
- Dimension: 155.0*73.9*7.8 mm
- Weight: 180 g
- 4000 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging; Ability to charge 60% in 30 minutes
- Runs EMUI 8.1 based on Android Oreo 8.1
Key Specifications Of Huawei Mate RS: ↓
- Dual SIM, Dual standby, 4G VoLTE support
- Dual-glass with a metal frame body
- 6.0 inches OLED FullView display with 1440 x 2880 px resolution and display notch, 538 PPI
- IP67 rated splash, water, and dust resistant
- HUAWEI Kirin 970, Octa-core CPU (4 x Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 x Cortex A53 1.8 GHz) + i7 co-processor, Mali-G72 MP12 GPU
- 6 GB RAM with 256GB/512GB internal storage
- Rear Camera: 8 MP Telephoto (f/2.4 aperture) + 40 MP RGB (f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP Monochrome ( f/1.6 aperture) cameras powered by Leica lenses
- Camera features: 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, OIS + EIS, dual-LED flash, shot refocus after taking photos, Variable Aperture, Portrait Mode, 4K video capture, 720@960fps super slow-mo, and PDAF + CAF + Laser + Depth autofocus
- Front Camera: 24MP, f/2.0 Leica lens, Portrait Mode with live bokeh effects; Face Unlock
- Sensors: In-screen Fingerprint Sensor, Rear Fingerprint Sensor, Gravity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Front fingerprint sensor, Hall-sensor, Gyroscope, Compass, Colour Temperature sensor
- Connectivity: WiFi, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.2+LE, NO 3.5mm Audio jack, A-GPS, NFC, GLONASS, FM Radio, and USB 3.1 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- IR blaster, Stereo speakers
- Colour: Black, Red
- Dimension: 155.0*73.9*7.8 mm
- Weight: 180 g
- 4000 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging; Ability to charge 60% in 30 minutes
- Runs EMUI 8.1 based on Android Oreo 8.1
Price of the Huawei P20 Lite, P20, P20 Pro, and Huawei Mate RS:
As I have mentioned Huawei P20 and P20 Pro are the flagship mobile phone and Huawei P20 Lite is the mid-range phone so the P20 and P20 Pro will be a bit more expensive than the P20 Lite. There is no official price and release date of these mobile phones in India yet but here are the expected price tags based on the prices in Europian countries.
Price Of Huawei P20 Lite is 370 EUR which is roughly ₹30,000/- the price of P20 and P20 Pro are 679 EUR and 899 EUR which is roughly ₹54,000 and ₹72,000. The Porshe Design super luxury Huawei Mate RS will cost 1695 EUR for 6GB/256GB variant and 2095 EUR for 6GB/512GB variant, after converting this price in Indian Currency based on recent exchange rate it will roughly ₹1,36,000 for 6GB/256GB variant and roughly ₹ 1,68,500 for the variant with 6GB RAM and 512GB internal storage.
Huawei FreeBuds
Apart from releasing the range of flagship smartphones, Huawei has also launched a headphone which they called FreeBuds, HUAWEI Active Noise Cancellation Earphone, HUAWEI Moonlight Selfie Stick, and the HUAWEI Band 2 Pro. The Huawei FreeBuds design and concept seems very much inspired by the Apple’s AirPods but it’s not exactly same as the AirPods.
Huawei FreeBuds supports Bluetooth 5.0 and it comes with a silicon tip for a more secure & comfortable fit, the black colour variation is also there. Huawei has promised that the battery of FreeBuds will give 10 hours of continuous music playback.
