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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dude111, 22 Sep 2019"With billion investment, app sortiment would grow fast" T... moreDifferent platforms. Huawei Appgallery is still Android based. Just introduce your app and get money from folks who never use Playstore.

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    • Anonymous
    • U@C
    • 22 Sep 2019

    I can install google services later.

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      • Anonymous
      • I8m
      • 22 Sep 2019

      dude111, 22 Sep 2019"With billion investment, app sortiment would grow fast" T... moreMicro soft clearly had a huge lack of effort. They destroyed themselves through not trying and always short shafting people.

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        • Anonymous
        • I8m
        • 22 Sep 2019

        Its so good. But it has numerous minor to medium draw backs. With a couple larger ones.
        With them knowing about the google services they shouldnt have cut so many corners. Then to charge such a premium still.
        I thought there was ois on both 40mp sensors but one supposedly might not.
        The wide notch and only sound on display which is cool, but competitors have some amazing stereo speakers.
        No 90hz or even QHD
        No headphone jack on such a huge device. No excuse.
        Only their type of memory is supported.
        Downgraded zoom.
        Of course the lack of Google services.

        Things that could be deal breakers for what's otherwise such a great innovative phone.
        The beatiful design and display, the cameras of course, the new chipset that utilizes a better mali set up just like samsung should have and with greater efficiency, battery, etc.

          SpiritWolf, 22 Sep 2019Huawei Appgallery is pretty OK. It has dark mode and plenty... more"With billion investment, app sortiment would grow fast"
          That didn't work for Microsoft...

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            • Anonymous
            • LX7
            • 22 Sep 2019

            sohail shafayat, 22 Sep 2019The problem is why only android and iOS. Why this monopoly?... moreDevelopers don't want to maintain their softwares in many different platforms, android and ios gives them plenty of work already, actually android would probably not have succeeded if apple licensed ios to other manufacturers.

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              • Josh
              • r0k
              • 22 Sep 2019

              Am still using lumia 1520 and windows OS is still just perfect for me! Microsoft services are still just reliable, so i pray huawei ends this google monopoly!!

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                • AnonD-731363
                • SH3
                • 22 Sep 2019

                Well this is the best flagship of the year along with ROG 2 and Redmi K20 pro Premium which is best budget flagship but considering it scored much over 500k is still the best.
                Many other much more expensive phones havent score that much on benchmark and i dont think the stereo speakers and IP certifications along with card slot are worth 500 more bucks.
                And having no google preinstalled is pros in this case. At least Huawei will add option to get harmony as soon as it will be available for cell phones which will take like 2-3 months my opinion.

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                  • Dometalican
                  • B45
                  • 22 Sep 2019

                  I feel, to me, the Mate 30 is actually better. Sure, I don't get OIS on the main camera (which is pretty stupid), IP68, EVER-so-slightly better resolution, or a slightly bigger battery but to spend $300 less to get band 66 and a headphone jack while still retaining fast-charging/fast wireless charging, OLED display, Stereo Speakers, Expandable Memory, and IR Blaster, I'm all for that.

                  Google can be installed easy. It just takes time.

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                    • Dometalican
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                    • 22 Sep 2019

                    Anonymous, 22 Sep 2019The bigest problem is the NoName memory card, instead of... moreCan't be suicide if they at least offer expandable memory unlike Google, Apple, Asus, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, and Nubia who still keep force-feeding everyone Dual SIM instead of giving us a choice.

                      Love the Community, 22 Sep 2019Windows Mobile is dead, Sailfish is nowhere near as popular... moreif we start to use different OSs then they will become popular

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0Bh
                        • 22 Sep 2019

                        The bigest problem is the NoName memory card,
                        instead of the Normal MicroSD card. This is the
                        suicide of Huawei !

                          It's great Phone I will buy it without Google because I have another mobile phone ( Redmi ) but I still feel USA will still allow Huawei To do business with USA company Just a matter of time...it's like A country is depriving us from using mobile Phone of our choice .....will u and me back off because of them ? It's No for me because I earn my money and I can use it to buy whatever I want and need ...it can be yes for others that's their Choice....Yeah Huawei OS is not ready because they need lots of Apps to function on their OS before dishing it out ....there is life before android and there will always be a life After android...#istandwithHuawei #mate30mychoice

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                            sohail shafayat, 22 Sep 2019The problem is why only android and iOS. Why this monopoly?... moreWindows Mobile is dead, Sailfish is nowhere near as popular as they are like they don't want to spend $50 for an OS change, Harmony isn't ready for mobile phone primetime and that's just about it. Let's not count the featurephone OS such as Kai and surviving Symbian S.

                              The problem is why only android and iOS. Why this monopoly? Why not Windows and other OSs?

                                Huawei Appgallery is pretty OK. It has dark mode and plenty of apps. With billion investment, app sortiment would grow fast. Millions of Chinese Huawei users never use Google Playstore. So it's new market for developers outside China.

                                  No problem for Huawei, headache at the most.

                                    Of course, I think some ppl's choice will be in some way or another, influenced by the google-less predicament of the phone intensified by the haters who are probably having a field day right now. But it doesn't take away the fact that indeed these phones are some of the best(if not the best) out there, spec-wise. I'm just sad because it might sell less not because its inferior, but because of MAGA which has nothing to do with these phones quality.

                                      Mate 30 Pro is definitely one of the most ambitious smartphones of 2019. Some of the leaks didn't turn out correct (90hz display, etc), but even so it lived up to impress with it's new and superior video recording capabilities (specially the ultra-slomo) & it's futuristic design.

                                      This phone deserves to sell, and if it doesn't, it's only due to US politics.

                                        While basically every media outlet feed the narrative of the world ending spreading misinformation about these phones not being able to have Google (GMS)


                                        Then we have this video @ 5:35 with Google and everything (just need the assistant)

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ41hWdlKbY

                                        Forbes did an rather embarassing article about this in my opinion even XDA was implying it wasn't possible ( but who knows maybe I misread the article)

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