Huawei Mate 30 Pro vs. P30 Pro camera comparison

06 October 2019
The Mate 30 Pro's camera setup differs from the P30 Pro's making for an interesting shootout.

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Khuan, 06 Oct 2019Besides taking the good photos, these two without Google Pl... moreI'm not sure what are you talking about because you install everything without Play Services.

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    • Davidsic
    • snA
    • 06 Oct 2019

    I'm going to keep my P30 Pro that's good enough and that has the Google services, hope that Huawei's problems with the US authorities will manage with time

    Thanks for this comparison :-)

      The Mate 30 Pro is definitely the winner. I am so glad that the waterpainting-like oversharpening from the P30 Pro has gone for good. Now it looks much more natural and detailed. Yes there is a hint of oversharpening in the Mate 30 Pro, but it was so mute that I barely noticed it at all.

      Definitely will pick the Mate 30 Pro, no question.

        For that money I can buy an Xperia Xz3 and a dslr

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          • Khuan
          • vV5
          • 06 Oct 2019

          Besides taking the good photos, these two without Google Play services phones can do what? Have what good features? Have any security app to protect the phone against viruses and malware?

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            • Anonymous
            • 0xP
            • 06 Oct 2019

            But oh god those overpunched colors in P30 Pro (and in cases Mate 30, but less) with huge halos and stuff, good thing I've moved over to actual cameras right before this happened.

              The difference: quality went up the roof.

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                • maosan81
                • 0C2
                • 06 Oct 2019

                Haz, 06 Oct 2019Why didn't you compare the selfie shooter? I got rid of my... moreDon't expect a big change. Unless the switch to a setup with auto focus and lower pixel count, they will suck at the selfie game.

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                  • Tipu
                  • 6P5
                  • 06 Oct 2019

                  Hey do a mate 30 pro vs mate 30 camera comparison

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                    • Haz
                    • m23
                    • 06 Oct 2019

                    Why didn't you compare the selfie shooter?
                    I got rid of my mate 20 pro because the front camera was so bad compared to my pixel 2 so was hoping to see progress there.

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                      • Sean
                      • nw}
                      • 06 Oct 2019

                      Mate 30 Pro images are stunningly clear and detailed

                        Good cameras, and Good backdoors to modify sistem files with locked bootloader LOL

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                          • ethomaz
                          • J0Y
                          • 06 Oct 2019

                          This new design us so ugly.
                          P30 Pro still looks way better.

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                            • Shui8
                            • KZK
                            • 06 Oct 2019

                            Nice. All i see on Mate 30 are more mature image processing compared to the already great P30. Colors are okay as long it does not oversaturate.

                            For next P40, looks like they will use the patented under display front camera and sensors - https://www.t3.com/news/huawei-p40-design

                            And the long overdue liquid lens tech on a smartphone patented by Huawei earlier maybe will be on P40 as well - https://www.gizmochina.com/2019/01/22/huawei-may-launch-a-triple-camera-phone-with-liquid-lens-technology-this-year/

                            If it does, it will has an insane AF. Hopefully the Google ban issue will be resolved by then.

                              Standard: M30 Pro > P30 Pro
                              Telephoto: P30 Pro > M30 Pro
                              Ultrawide: Tie (M30 Pro for quality, P30 Pro for FoV)
                              Low-Light: M30 Pro > P30 Pro

                              Both phones take exceptional photos under all lighting conditions. M30 Pro would've been the outright winner if it had that amazing periscope zoom, but as it is, both phones have their exclusive appeals.

                              Personally I'm more excited for P40 Pro next year, which should be better than both of these. Hopefully the ban issue will also be resolved by then.

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                                • Cod3rror
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                                • 06 Oct 2019

                                I'm impressed! They need to sort out those night colours and I feel like images are a tad oversharpened, but the detail is very impressive! I'm glad they finally managed to get rid of those annoying oil paintings and thick lines. You can see how Mate 30 Pro captures finer details. If they lower the sharpening just a bit to make images smoother, while retaining detail, it'll be perfect!

                                  It is not "camera" comparison, just "photo" comparison :)

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nxA
                                    • 06 Oct 2019

                                    Best Camera in a Smartphone

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                                      • Hdhsjaiai
                                      • 6ui
                                      • 06 Oct 2019

                                      Mate series by design will not be a vastly better camera than p series and instead only on par with few parallel innovations.

                                      Otherwise you have to change phones every 6 months or no one buys the p series any longer.