Huawei Mate 20 Pro review Comments
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- g5f
Anonymous, 28 Oct 2018Let's suppose It could score 118 for example.
It could be a giant marketing tool.
I don... moreActually dxo points are not just about quality, zoom/bokeh are just like modes, nothing to do with quality(and new mate got a lot of them, it may be that even dxo added new parameters for new points like long exposure, B&W output), stabilization of 4K is working, processing matured(be it 50 or 100.000ISO), surely got more zoom(in/out) points and mainly AI&NPU can really help the colors(I guess its like shooting object in daylight makes better guessing of colors in low light).
Well, even if it was worse, it wouldn't change much considering what is camera capable of, mind that sony uses way better monochrome and I cannot see it giving better results(less sharp than manual hdr, less hdr output). Main camera is of mammoth size anyway.
Simply see their hi iso shots(there is at least one site shoving them) of p20pro and mate20pro in 40mp and compare, no phone offer this kind of output.
- S Yu
- vUt
Nicolas F, 28 Oct 2018R5+ display is sharper than Huawei Mate 20 only on paper and just by 22 ppi - no human could t... moreThat's not the problem, it's said that the panel from BOE doesn't have subpixel rendering, that's a big impact on perceived resolution.
- S Yu
- vUt
Drawing from past impressions of the P20P this Mate20P actually seems to smear a little less in daylight, it doesn't seem to "invent" non-existent details as much. This probably suggests that it's the quad bayer's output combined with the BW that messes up the texture, while just downsampling the quad bayer alone may more closely resemble a 10MP bayer proper.
On the other hand, low light shots in auto seem worse, not as much sharpening perhaps, but just as much NR and even less detail retention, and night mode with the UWA is just horrible.
It's a shame GSMArena didn't test the 960fps mode properly--that is, at a sprinkler, against the sun. This puny fountain shot from afar isn't enough to distinguish real 960fps from fake, which is what the P20P has: 240fps video interpolated to 960.
And of course, we need another shootout. There needs to be LG models for reference of the UWA(not that any smartphone UWAs so far were really any good in the first place) and of course the XS and Note9, or else we would need to wait until March for the next Samsung flagship.
- Anonymous
- 3xs
Is it showing notifications finally as intended?
Or still can we be a victim of notificaiton plague?
- Anonymous
- LQX
vrvly, 28 Oct 2018Actually its pretty shocking whats going on, supposed DxO score is about 116-119 or anywhere o... moreLet's suppose It could score 118 for example.
It could be a giant marketing tool.
I don't buy this excuse they do not want other to feel humiliated. It is very weird thing.
Must be just a way to hide lack of evolution compared to P20 Pro because it lacks the monochrome.
I still wonder how P20 Pro has the highest video score when it records half bitrate compared to other, poor colours, weak AF, overexposure and no details at night.
- coco
- 0Us
307 000 points in antutu, without performance mode, less heating then my meizu pro, 5 what phone you test there?
- Anonymous
- LQX
Battery life has nothing to do with how many features the UI has.
Then Note would be very poor endurance while phones with stock would last more.
- Timea
- pqx
I would like to see a video where they show how does it sound if it's plugged in. Havent seen any yet.
- ryballs
- iwp
TheGoldenMellifluous, 28 Oct 2018Well , 85 hours ER (ofc with UD-display on) with 4200 mAh ? That's quite below average for tha... moreYeah it went well with the standalone battery life tests, the only thing that let it down is the 180 hours standby time vs 200+ hours of other flagships. Does anyone really need that much standby battery life though? I can't even think of a time I've been longer than a couple days without being able to charge my phone. I think people are making this out to be a lot bigger deal than it really is.
- ryballs
- iwp
r33fd, 28 Oct 2018Are you for real dude ? Learn how to read an article before calling other people names ! ... moreYeah Kirin 980 GPU performance is a bit disappointing but CPU is great. As I don't do much gaming on my phone, that's fine with me..
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- g5f
TheGoldenMellifluous, 28 Oct 2018Well , 85 hours ER (ofc with UD-display on) with 4200 mAh ? That's quite below average for tha... moreIf you compare calls/browsing/video playback times, its also wonder. But it got way better times in those.
- MadMel
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TheGoldenMellifluous, 28 Oct 2018Well , 85 hours ER (ofc with UD-display on) with 4200 mAh ? That's quite below average for tha... morebattery last all day anyway and after 15 min. of charge you have another day covered...rinse and repeat...
also XZ3 doesn't have half of tech that Mate 20 pro have so standby performance is better because of that.
- anon555
- x@H
SHAME you didn't benchmark test the phone with the performance mode turned on. Really shame. This beast can get north of 300,000 on antutu and 10,000 on Geekbench. Check other, more aware reviewers
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- g5f
Anonymous, 28 Oct 2018So, sometimes the shots are not on pair with p20 Pro, I bet that's why they don't want to ... moreActually its pretty shocking whats going on, supposed DxO score is about 116-119 or anywhere out of touch of competition(feels so similar to 1020's Nothing comes close and more than you can see...), no matter if its about details/colors/hdr or some bokeh and other special modes mate20pro come with, its pretty understandable with how much work they put into it over competition - be it camera sensor size/technology, NPU or camera settings. And they deliver that also with what users want - all possible fov with lenses, low and high resolution at once, mics recording deep sounds, almost unlimited shutter speed with raw and new modes similar to what was done by others years before(like spherical, sound&shot, virtual tour, AR camera...).
The only thing I miss from them is colors like that of triple layer sony sensor, what can be seen the most when comparing colors in extreme low light, but it may not be long until they acquire something similar.
- anon555
- x@H
SHAME you didn't benchmark test the phone with the performance mode turned on. Really shame. This beast can get north of 300,000 on antutu and 10,000 on Geekbench. Check other, more aware reviewers
- r33fd
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ZloiYuri, 28 Oct 2018Bigger screen resolution eill affect frame rate, my uneducated friend.Are you for real dude ?
Learn how to read an article before calling other people names !
Simply compare it with S9 snapdragon or look at the off screen tests. Does not matter the resolution. The gpu is simply slower, admittedly not by much, but still, not a great show for an SoC that's suppose to compete with next year chips.
- Anonymous
- sxr
"If you travel a lot and take a ton of photos, then look no further. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is the ultimate companion for any journey - it can fully replace a whole bag of camera and lenses. It has a great screen, blazing-fast performance, and its large battery charges in a flash."
I beg to disagree. I don't know how the Mate 20 Pro could even BEGIN to replace an interchangeable lens camera (dSLR or mirrorless) in low light; more so when the interchangeable lens camera is complemented with a bag of lenses.
The photos from the Mate 20 Pro look very good compared to other smartphone cameras, and would be perfect for mobile phone/phablet screens and nothing else. But in a 24" or larger 4K monitor? HORRIBLE! Please, gsmarena, don't tell me it looks acceptable or anywhere near good in low light compared to a real interchangeable lens camera when viewed in larger 4K monitors because, ALL YOUR SAMPLES in this review look like GARBAGE. Overprocessed, oversmooth watercolor paintings devoid of fine detail in my 28" 4K monitor. I can't imagine such a misleading statement to justify the Mate 20 Pro's exorbitant price. Yes, the Mate 20 PRO may cost more than a dSLR body but seriously, the quality is NOWHERE near a dSLR. Please, don't mislead your readers even if the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is a generous sponsor/advertiser on your site. And if you really believe it can replace a dSLR/interchangeable lens camera with a bag of lenses, please show us a comparison in low light one from Mate 20 PRO and another from say a Canon entry level dSLR with a Canon 24mm F/1.4 used at F/1.4 aperture. Please show us, please before claiming it can replace an interchangeable lens camera with a bag of lenses.
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