Huawei P20 Pro long-term review Comments
- SuperCola
- QXP
I read that the gaming performance on this phone is bad. It's GPU is lagging in games even in Pokemon Go. Perhaps any gamers having the phone can comment if this is true?
- visconderoberto
- 3ZP
When the editor told that Huawei camera was better than the X, was a mix of astonishment, like someone broken the Holy Graal and burning the Bible at the same time...how can anyone dare to compare cheap Chinese crap to the only goddess allowed in the Acropolis? Poor iPhone lovers...
- Rolleyeball
- uQ5
YalokIy, 19 Jul 2018"Apple was first to cut a notch into the display and most of the makers followed suit soon aft... moreUgh..rolleyeball
We all know its not iphone but when other phone implement it, it doesnt change s***. Forgotten. Poof. Gone. Irrelevant
So yea, its iphone that revolutionise notch. Stop being in denial
- Anonymous
- Q6x
Man, that camera is amazeballs.
- vrvly
- nin
Great phone that brought new standard for phone camera abilities. Still, I will choose quality over quantity. Well, depends on usage.
- AnonD-594740
- 8{Y
Iron Mike, 19 Jul 2018Hi GSMArena team. That is a great long-term review of the P20 Pro. I have a question reg... moreMost certain that its gorilla glass like the front, so expect micro scratches even with a case.
- Anonymous
- gBV
It's also unexplainable why gsmarena doesn't criticize the ghosting artifacts of the night mode. Google shows that it can avoid ghosting despite using exactly the same technique as Huawei.
- Anonymous
- gBV
It's unbelievable how often websites praise the 5x zoom setting. I have compared multiple(!) 3x and 5x photos and there isn't a difference in details. If there is a difference, then it might be equivalent to the details of maybe ≈3.2x zoom. Of course the 5x setting is much better than the 5x setting from other phones because it needs to use less digital zoom for 5x. The 5x setting is actually ≈1.7x digital zoom with the tele camera!! Not 5x digital zoom!!
I am also surprised that not a single reviewer examines the effect of the monochrome camera. I have covered the monochrome camera at Iso 6400 and the difference is very small when you pixel peep(!). I am also surprised that no reviewer compares the amount of details of the 2x zoom setting with the 40megapixel mode...
- YalokIy
- JGx
"Apple was first to cut a notch into the display and most of the makers followed suit soon after. "
Essential and sharp disagree.
- Anonymous
- JpF
I dont understand all hype about this phone. Except camera, it is not better than Mate 10.
Cheap screen.
2017 cpu, not on pair with Qualcomm's , Samsung's nor Apple's.
Weaker gpu
Awful updates, I doubt it will see P before march.
Video quality not better than midranges
Selfie is a joke, strongest beautification ever also overexposed
No headphone jack..
No surprise why they dont sell even 15 million phones out of China
- Josh
- CDF
Salah, 19 Jul 2018It's still not worth the almost 1000$ it costs. Screen is ok but not outstanding. Glass is ... moreSo what's your point??!!
- Iron Mike
- Nnv
Hi GSMArena team.
That is a great long-term review of the P20 Pro.
I have a question regarding the physical durability of the phone. How well does it hold up to everyday use in regards to dings and scratches on the body, back, camera lenses and screen?
Did you use a cover and screen protector, or did you use the phone without any protection? If you used it without protection, how has it fared?
Maybe other P20 Pro users here also have comments on this as well?
Chris
- Anonymous
- pp}
Best phone until Mate 20pro arrive.
- Wes
- H5A
From what I've seen, the video features are appalling. Terrible stabilization or even none.
The selfie camera quality is poor. Even worse when Huawei insists on not turning off beautification, even when you have turned it off.
The camera photos are also quite dull looking and there is the oil painting effect that does not look good at all. They could have done so much more with that 40mp camera. Most people say that they don't even use it for landscapes to take advantage of the high pixel count, because the picture is bad.
Also I hate that there is not 3.5mm headphone jack and memory card slot. Huawei put it in all their other Huawei and Honor phones, except the P20s and Mate 10 Pro, but they all had them before. Honestly, I won't buy a smartphone without these.
- Xtrax
- nbr
I agree with the whole review except the "problem" with the 3x zoom. At the beginning I also have this problem but soon I realize why is that way. The minimum focus distance is very different for both sensors and If you want to zoom in on something really close the 3x sensor is useless. However there is a solution for me - to switch to the 3x camera all you need to do is point at an object at a distance and the phone switches the camera automatically. Yes sometimes if I point again at a closer object after that it switches back to main sensor, so the solution for me is to use manual focus for volume keys. Huawei obviously spend time designing the camera app because if you use manual focus the phone keeps using the 3x sensor no matter how close the object is.
- Anonymous
- S2T
So no 4k video stabilization ? Stupid on a flagship.
Is the cpu throttling?
- Anonymous
- m86
Hi GSMA,
You need to update Messages app. It's from google, it's not a huawei app (too bad, it was way better on Honor 7x/Nougat). It was also troublesome for me at the beginning then i got better once that google updated their app a few times.
Also, you need to configure notifications from within Messages app too (even if it sets you back to deep android settings).
I don't know for Phone app, i have 0 issue with it.
Also, after taking about 800 shots since april, maybe the "oversaturated blue sky" is only our peception. When you take an airplane, with more altitude, you get that blue too. Maybe, it's just the cameras being able to "see more" than we do. But i'm no expert, it's what i tought after analysing many of my shots even if sometimes, it's really some vignette or so effect.
- Kiyasuriin
- Hxm
Frankly... I wanted to have that phone. And even though I own TWO phones withot headphone jack. It still irritates me the absence of the audio jack.
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