Huawei P60 Pro review

An excellent LTPO OLED screen

The Huawei P60 Pro employs a 6.67-inch LTPO OLED screen with curved Kunlun glass. The panel has a 2,700 x 1,220 pixels resolution (444ppi), and there is a tiny perforation for the selfie camera.

The Huawei P60 Pro screen is as premium as they get these days - it supports a dynamic 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit color depth for over a billion colors, HDR10+ support, and there is also high-frequency 1440Hz PWM brightness dimming.

The display has excellent brightness capabilities, and the maximum automatic brightness we measured was 1135 nits. If you opt for manual control, then the maximum you can get is 582 nits.

The minimum brightness we measured at point white was just 1.9 nit - an outstanding result. And the screen supports 1440Hz PWM dimming for excellent panel performance under low brightness conditions, which should reduce ghosting and possible eye fatigue.

Color accuracy

The Huawei P60 Pro display supports DCI-P3 and sRGB color spaces. There are Normal and Vivid color modes. Normal recognizes the content on the go and switches the color space accordingly, while Vivid is tuned for the DCI-P3 color gamut.

The Normal color mode has a very good color reproduction except for a minor tinge over the white and gray hues. If you opt for Warm color temperature, you will make this go away, and the color accuracy will become excellent.

The Vivid mode makes for more popping colors and increases the already-mentioned blue tinge.

Color options

Resolution and refresh rate

The screen has a resolution between 1080p and 1440p - 2700 x 1220px, making up for 444ppi density. You can choose between Smart resolution (dynamic adjustments), High (native) 1220p or the low 854p for battery-saving purposes.

Resolution • Refresh rate

The Huawei P60 Pro offers three refresh rate options - Standard (60Hz), High (120Hz), and Dynamic (auto switch with up to 120Hz).

According to Huawei the screen should be capable of dynamic refresh rate between 1Hz and 120Hz and thus - save a lot of battery juice. Unfortunately, the integrated refresh rate counter recognized only 60Hz, 90Hz and 120Hz.

Both High and Dynamic modes always used 120Hz in compatible apps and interfaces and switched to 60Hz for those that don't support it as well as for video playback/streaming.

Finally, the Standard 60Hz mode is self-explanatory - you get a consistent 60Hz refresh rate all around.

But, as we said, Huawei advertises the screen as one with a dynamic refresh rate between 1Hz and 120Hz, so the integrated Android counter may have been wrong as it's part of an older Android version.

HDR and streaming

The Huawei P60 Pro supports HDR10+ - something confirmed by all hardware scanning apps. It also comes with Widevine L1 DRM support, which should allow high-res HDR streaming.

Most streaming apps, Netflix, Prime and YouTube included, offer Full HD streaming. HDR was not available in any of them, though.

Here is the kicker, though. If you use those apps via the GBox virtual machine, you will also get HDR10 streaming. How about that?

Battery life

The Huawei P60 Pro is powered by a 4,815mAh battery. The phone scored a 96-hour endurance rating, which is not bad for a flagship. The P60 Pro did great on the call, web, and video tests, while its standby was about the average for the class.

Our battery tests were automated thanks to SmartViser, using its viSerDevice app. The endurance rating denotes how long the battery charge will last you if you use the device for an hour of telephony, web browsing, and video playback daily. More details can be found here.

And here you can see how the Huawei stacks against some other cameraphones.

Video test carried out in 60Hz refresh rate mode. Web browsing test is done at the display's highest refresh rate whenever possible. Refer to the respective reviews for specifics. To adjust the endurance rating formula to match your own usage patterns, check out our all-time battery test results chart, where you can also find all phones we've tested.

Charging speed

The Huawei P60 Pro supports Huawei's 88W SuperCharge and 50W Wireless SuperCharge. The retail bundle contains the new 88W power adapter and a proprietary 6A-rated USB-A-to-C cable.

The new 88W charger comes with two USB ports - A and C. This way, you can use this fast charger on laptops and tablets, not only on smartphones. Note that you cannot use both ports simultaneously.

Like other Huawei (and Xiaomi) devices, the Huawei P60 Pro uses the maximum 88W charge for a longer period only with the Turbo mode active. You won't find a toggle for the Turbo charging mode anywhere in Settings. The only way to enable that is to tap and hold on the charging bubble - something that's far from obvious.

Charging • Turbo charging

We've tested the P60 Pro on both modes, and the difference is minor, so you don't need to worry every single time for the Turbo option.

Five minutes on the 88W charger, Turbo or no Turbo, will give you 23% of the charge back. We got 58% charge on the 15 min mark with Turbo, and 51% without Turbo.

Then, we captured 95% charge in 30 minutes with Turbo and 86% without Turbo.

Finally, a full charge took 35 minutes with the Turbo enabled and 39 minutes without Turbo.

Like many other phones, the P60 Pro supports Smart Charge, which drops the charging speed once it reaches 80%. You can also choose the safety mark yourself if you prefer to avoid it being fixed at 80%.

Huawei P60 Pro supports reverse wired and wireless charging. You need to turn on the wireless option from within the Battery options.

Speakers - loudness and quality

The Huawei P60 Pro offers stereo speakers. The setup is of the hybrid kind, where the top speaker has both front-facing and top-facing grilles, while the bottom one has just one grille and appears to be louder.

The balance is great, though, and we have no complaints about the sound whatsoever.

The Huawei P60 Pro scored a Good mark on our loudness test, just like the Huawei P50 Pro. The audio quality deserves an Excellent mark though, as it is rich across the board, with great presentations of bass, vocals, and high frequencies. And it sounds excellent outside of the studio environment, of course.

Use the Playback controls to listen to the phone sample recordings (best use headphones). We measure the average loudness of the speakers in LUFS. A lower absolute value means a louder sound. A look at the frequency response chart will tell you how far off the ideal "0db" flat line is the reproduction of the bass, treble, and mid frequencies. You can add more phones to compare how they differ. The scores and ratings are not comparable with our older loudspeaker test. Learn more about how we test here.