Interview: Huawei CEO, Richard Yu talks P30 cameras, folding phones and state of 5G

31 March 2019
Huawei’s CEO gave an interview after announcing the new P30s, where we got to talk about the new flagships, what's coming next, battling the competition and more.

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  • 31 Mar 2019

4K is useless.

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    • 31 Mar 2019

    I love everything Huawei does but three things they need to fix. Lock screen notifications are erratic and sometimes do not show even when in notification shade. Their ugly EMUI icons needs a refresh. They are horrible and inconsistent,some are square and some are rounded. And screen dimming in some apps it drives me mad

      Anonymous, 31 Mar 2019That last part (I'm not 100% defending Huawei since I proba... moreHmm......well I guess u do make some sense there

        Anonymous, 31 Mar 2019That last part (I'm not 100% defending Huawei since I proba... moreexactly! you still have 64/128/256GB in the phone anyway, so otherwise we would have NO expandable memory whatsoever without NM cards. Pixel for example; they could easily provide dual SIM and one hybrid NM slot but instead we get nothing.

        I'm not rushing out to buy an NM card for my Mate 20 Pro, but it's nice to have the option if I wanted to.

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          • 31 Mar 2019

          The GSMArena team missed one very important question: Your EMUI looks and feels like it mimics Apple's iOS. When do you plan to completely revamp the UI?

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            • 31 Mar 2019

            Huawei leave Apple and Samsung way behind. The latest two haven't done anything new for the past years.

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              • 31 Mar 2019

              Huawei updates are always spotty. I like Huawei phones and tablets but their spotty and overly complicated OTA system is definitely a downside.

              Xiaomi has a Global ROM and China ROM. Everybody on the Global ROM is running the same ROM build at the same time.

              With Huawei even on their unlocked phones people in different countries and regions are all on different build numbers and the build numbers don't even necessarily correspond--there are at least 3 different build numbers that have the January security patch.

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                • Anonymous
                • nUk
                • 31 Mar 2019

                Huawei updates are always spotty. I like Huawei phones and tablets but their spotty and overly complicated OTA system is definitely a downside.

                Xiaomi has a Global ROM and China ROM. Everybody on the Global ROM is running the same ROM build at the same time.

                With Huawei even on their unlocked phones people in different countries and regions are all on different build numbers and the build numbers don't even necessarily correspond--there are at least 3 different build numbers that have the January security patch.

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                  • 31 Mar 2019

                  xOdd, 31 Mar 2019I'm sorry but I can't accept it if it's not done in front o... moreiPhone XS Max already beat mate 20 Pro camera you need to check YouTube expert camera comparison PCWorld.

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                    • 31 Mar 2019

                    xXENDER FREAKXx, 31 Mar 2019What's more of a nightmare is the fact that they're using N... moreI could not agree more. I admit I felt in love with Huawei for the first time, P30 Pro until it have to have NM card. Expensive price is not a matter if I need it urgently but the available of NM card is questionable.

                      I have a question for him where is 5G p30 pro ? Are they waiting for Mate x to get released first or they just gonna wait for Mate 30 pro

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                        • 31 Mar 2019

                        xXENDER FREAKXx, 31 Mar 2019What's more of a nightmare is the fact that they're using N... moreThat last part (I'm not 100% defending Huawei since I probably won't be getting their phones) is definitely the other companies' faults. Xiaomi, Asus, Nubia, Apple, and OnePlus ALL have dual SIM phones without a microSD card slot so what exactly is the harm in taking Huawei's FREE offer of installing that reader onto their Dual SIM phones without any reprocussions? It doesn't make sense.

                        Do I like the Nano Memory? Not 100% but do I want these phones to FINALLY offer expandable memory by giving us the choice in their Dual SIM phones? Absolutely.

                          IpsDisplay, 31 Mar 2019NM card is easily found on Amazon.apparently he doest know how to use it. lols.

                            TeS, 31 Mar 2019So they didn't eliminate the chin because it is more conven... moreNM card is easily found on Amazon.

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                              • 31 Mar 2019

                              A score for gsmarena to get an interview at that level. And refreshing that he knows the tech details and not just the monetary figures. Very level headed guy.

                                AnonD-558092, 31 Mar 2019"Secondly, it takes up a lot of storage to record in 4K so ... moreWhat's more of a nightmare is the fact that they're using NM card slots instead of the usual micro SD card slot, which can be a nuisance given the fact that u have to dig out more money for one, and it's only useful in HUAWEI high-end flagships as of now

                                  Anonymous, 31 Mar 2019Huawei themselves said 4k is useless on phones,but complain... moreP30 series have display resolution of Full HD+, so clarify of video of 4K and 1080P will be the same. Samsung Galaxy S10 phones have resolution of QHD+, though it did not have 4K and cannot display 100% on phone screen, its clarify should be higher then that of 1080P.

                                    Shui8, 31 Mar 2019'huawei been known as false advertising'. Yeah right, big b... morePretty sure there's a disclaimer below at the very least

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                                      • 31 Mar 2019

                                      xOdd, 31 Mar 2019I'm sorry but I can't accept it if it's not done in front o... more'huawei been known as false advertising'. Yeah right, big billboard on highway shows a selfie taken on iphone 7 megapixel front camera, stretched up without losing detail proudly mention, 'shot on iphone'.

                                      Its marketing. Every company does it.

                                        I'm not quite sure how you can conclude that Mate 20 Pro and S9+ perform equally well with the same settings, because last time when I tried out the manual mode on P20 Pro and S9 in the store, P20 Pro in ISO 1600 handily beat S9 in ISO 800 in details, noise and color reproduction.
                                        Also S10 series DOES come with Samsung's own version of night mode, called Bright Night, except you can't trigger it manually and even when it gets engaged it works like crap. This means that Bright Night was indeed used when Huawei's CEO was talking about the high sensitivity of their custom RYYB sensor, but you probably couldn't notice it because the resulting image was still so much darker than what P30 Pro managed to capture.

                                        "what's the point of higher ISO if it doesn't help tone down SS in low light conditions?"
                                        I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say, would you mind elaborating a little more?

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