Weekly poll: Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro have great cameras, a great problem too

22 September 2019
Huawei's camera hardware is well ahead of the competition, but is it enough to sell the phones without Google Play Services?

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  • 18 Oct 2019

Pajson89, 23 Sep 2019Zero F about google , i can install any app i want on this phone You can put any app you want but they're not working correctly even when you side load google play. Snap chat for instance will ban you during every wave if you make it that far. Using the Huawei store combo apps for social media gives you a little less then the apps do. Make sure you set your region correctly there's no USA to pick from. The screen recorder doesn't work and they just updated today and still broken they fixed the Bluetooth music noises tho.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 26 Sep 2019

    AlienKiss, 24 Sep 2019Last time I checked Android was made by Google :)) 3yo l... moreCheck again...google bought it, didn't develop it.
    But maybe I overestimate the meaning of "open source"...the way I understand it Huawei can replace or delete whatever google put in there (hence why it's called emui based on android?)

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      • Anonymous
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      • 26 Sep 2019

      No Google,no problem, 25 Sep 2019Look, if you've got no clue what you're talking about, you ... moreSo they got wrong info. You dont have to be such an immature arrse to tell them that.

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        • No Google,no problem
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        • 25 Sep 2019

        Anonymous, 22 Sep 2019I've been hearing info that you couldn't actually install P... moreLook, if you've got no clue what you're talking about, you shouldn't post.

        I've imported already various phones from China (mostly China-only phones like the Huawei Honor Note 8). All of them were shipped directly from the factory in China and reached me still shrink-wrapped, so they had *nothing* installed in terms of Google. I don't know where you got that ludicrous idea from, that they have some kind of stub installed, or actually have Goggle installed, just inactive, or any such nonsense.
        Those Google services are no witchcraft or something. You just need the proper installer for the phone in question, sideload it, install it, done. No problems.
        This has always worked fine, even for phones that were China-only models and thus were never supposed to get Google services in the first place - so there's definitely no block or anything.
        But at any rate, I couldn't care any less if you couldn't install Google. I'm avoiding using Google anyway (except for the Playstore) and have everything Google uninstalled (or at least deactivated), and since Huawei is building up its AppGallery now as a replacement, there's no need for it anymore.

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          • 24 Sep 2019

          Anonymous, 24 Sep 2019The best hardware on the market without Google spying on me... moreLast time I checked Android was made by Google :))

          3yo logic right there..

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            • Anonymous
            • SdG
            • 24 Sep 2019

            The best hardware on the market without Google spying on me 24/7? I'll take two!

              Shui8, 23 Sep 2019Looks like u just an Average Joe. Okay.Hmm, attacking ad hominem. That happens when arguments are out. Come on, you can do better.

                Without google services... NOPE

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 23 Sep 2019

                  Shui8, 23 Sep 2019Looks like u just an Average Joe. Okay.You know what they mean. You are right but not in a way that discredits them either.

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                    • 23 Sep 2019

                    Dealler, 23 Sep 2019As someone other than Huawei apologist will bother with thi... moreLooks like u just an Average Joe.

                    Okay.

                      Shui8, 23 Sep 2019Problem solved. - https://youtu.be/zn1pH-O3p00 And thats... moreAs someone other than Huawei apologist will bother with this. Average Joe will just buy another brand and be done with it.

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                        • 23 Sep 2019

                        AlienKiss, 23 Sep 2019Let's be honest for once: - LESS than 1% of the people buy... moreWhoa, which top-spec huawei phone is not rootable exactly?

                          Astera, 23 Sep 2019I believe this without the playstore this is still the best... moreHardware without software is just a worthless piece of junk.

                            I believe this without the playstore this is still the best hardware in any phone produced in 2019. You can't get any thing in performance and camera better so this is the best phone with or without playstore

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 23 Sep 2019

                              Youtube reviewers have ALREADY put Google Play on this phone. This is moot nonsense.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 23 Sep 2019

                                in after a month or so you gonna see the mate 30 runs google apps everywhere.. even tutorial to show how people sideload google... all of you are so noob!

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                                  • 23 Sep 2019

                                  Zero F about google , i can install any app i want on this phone

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 23 Sep 2019

                                    Great problem ? is life without Google such a big deal.

                                      AlienKiss, 23 Sep 2019Let's be honest for once: - LESS than 1% of the people buy... morechill , we already got the memo from Samsung.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 23 Sep 2019

                                        Shui8, 23 Sep 2019Problem solved. - https://youtu.be/zn1pH-O3p00 And thats... moreThank you, haha. Didn't expect that by using Google chinese assistant you could force installing Google service. Really clever and with these you could use it as regular phone.

                                        Really hope that Google doesn't kill these workaround from the server side.