NitroWare.net was given an exclusive hands-on preview of the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro phones before their worldwide unveil in Paris on March 26.This time around, Huawei has outdone itself again with their hardware evolution and technical prowess with attention to in product engineering and silicon design. P30 continues the trend set the past few years with each of the previous P series devices.
Although my first impressions are based on very limited time with the P30 and despite it including some innovative and industry leading features which I will go into detail further in this review, I don’t think the P30 is a slam dunk over its competitors especially the Samsung S10 series but don’t write it off just yet.
Our preview experience was intended to give us some hands on time with the new camera system as well as having a look and feel of the device. We were not able to run any benchmarks or do any in depth analysis or testing of the device due to conditions of the preview and the available time. Huawei is not fully ‘at fault’ here, it just reality that one of the main uses of a modern smartphone in western society is photos and videos. We are all reliant on our phone camera it so it would be pointless to deny a primary use of a modern smartphone.
Huawei themselves are advertising the phone with the following words “REWRITE THE RULES OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Brighter, wider and closer. See the world from new perspectives. Discover the unseen surprises and turn them into your treasured memories. The HUAWEI P30 is pushing the envelope of smartphone photography.”
READ ON to see my sample photos taken with the P30 Pro against the P10 Plus and the moto g6+ in a variety of photographic scenarios as well as my thoughts on the new Huawei flagship that many commentators are raving about...
Specifications
| Specifications | P30 | P30 Pro | |
| DISPLAY | SCREEN SIZE | 6.1-inch diagonal | 6.47-inch diagonal |
| RESOLUTION | 2340 x 1080 | ||
| TECHNOLOGY | OLED Display | ||
| PIXELS PER INCH | 422 ppi | 398 ppi | |
| CAMERA | REAR CAMERA | Leica Triple Camera: 40 MP HUAWEI SuperSpectrum Sensor (Wide angle, f/1.8) + 16 MP Ultra-wide angle (f/2.2) + 8 MP Tele lens (3xTelephoto, f/2.4) |
Leica Quad Camera: 40 MP SuperSpectrum Sensor (Wide angle,f/1.6) + 20 MP Ultra-wide angle (f/2.2) + 8 MP Tele lens (f/3.4) + HUAWEI Time-of-Flight (TOF) Camera |
| FLASH | Rear Single LED | Rear single LED flash | |
| ZOOM | 3 X Optical | 5 X Hybrid | 30 X Digital | 5X Optical | 10X Hybrid | 50X Digital | |
| AI SCENE DETECTION | Yes | ||
| FRONT CAMERA | 32MP (f/2.0) | ||
| SPLASH, DUST & WATER | WATER AND DUST RESISTANCE | No | IP68 Rated |
| BATTERY | CAPACITY (typical) | 3650mAh | 4200mAh |
| TALK TIME (3G) | Up to 24hrs | Up to 26hrs | |
| INTERNET USE | Up to 15hrs | Up to 19hrs | |
| VIDEO PLAYBACK | Up to 23hrs (using earphones) | ||
| MUSIC PLAYBACK* | Up to 160hrs (using earphones) | Up to 107hrs (Using Earphone) | |
| SUPERCHARGE | Huawei SuperCharge | Huawei 40W SuperCharge™ | |
| CERTIFICATION | TÜV Certified Charging | ||
| CHARGE TIME | 1.35hr | 1.1hrs (Wired Charge using Huawei SuperCharge Charger) | |
| WIRELESS CHARGE | No | 15w Quick Wireless Charge | |
| REVERSE WIRELESS CHARGE | No | Supported | |
| SECURITY | FINGERPRINT | Front - In-screen Fingerprint sensor | |
| MEMORY & CPU | RAM | 6GB | 8GB |
| ROM | 128GB | 256GB | |
| EXPANSION | Nano memory (NM) card up to 256GB, sold separately | ||
| PROCESSOR | HUAWEI Kirin 980 processor with AI CPU: 2 x Cortex A76 [2.6GHz] + 2 x Cortex A76 [1.92GHz] + 4 x Cortex A55 [1.8GHz]-processor GPU: Mali-G76 |
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| AI PROCESSING | Yes. Built-in Dual Neural Network Processing Unit (Dual NPU) | ||
| OPERATING SYSTEM | OPERATING SYSTEM | Android™ 9.0 (Pie) | |
| CONNECTIVITY | NFC CAPABILITY | Yes | |
| Wi-Fi BANDS | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (wave2), 2.4G/5G, support Wi-Fi direct | ||
| BLUETOOTH | BT 5.0, BLE, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC HD and HWA Audio are supported. | ||
| USB TYPE-C | Type-C, USB 3.1 GEN1 | ||
| PRODUCTIVITY | KNUCKLE GESTURE | Yes. Knock screen twice with knuckle to screen or enable scroll capture | |
| DOCUMENT SCAN | Yes | ||
| BUSINESS CARD SCAN | Yes | ||
| EASY SCREEN CAPTURE | Knuckle Gesture | Video screen recording capable | ||
| IN THE BOX | EARPHONE | 3.5mm | Type-C digital headset |
| CHARGER | Huawei SuperCharger | Huawei SuperCharger 2.0 | |
| CABLE | Type-C x 1 | ||
| CASE | Clear Case x 1 | ||
| QUICK START GUIDE | x 1 | ||
| Warranty card | x 1 | ||
| SIM EJECT TOOL | x 1 | ||
| WIDTH | 71.36 mm | 73.4 mm | |
| DIMENSIONS | LENGTH | 149.1 mm | 158.0 mm |
| DEPTH | 7.57 mm | 8.41 mm | |
| WEIGHT | 165 g | 192 g | |
| WARRANTY | 2 Years - Free door-to-door pickup and delivery within Australia | ||
| HUAWEI CARE | Infra-Red | No | IR blaster |
| Docking | Wireless Desktop Mode | Wireless Desktop Mode | |