Huawei Mate 40 Pro tops DxOMark charts for both front and rear cameras

22 October 2020
The newly announced device takes both crowns, upsetting the Mi 10 Ultra and P40 Pro.

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JDK, 23 Oct 2020I don't like DxOmark. Companies that don't use... moreLol funny your saying that. Because it really seems like your defending IOS all the way huh??? I mean it seems like you only bash on android now. You say something bad about a android related article. Then you just say nothing bad about IOS? hmm...

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    Jacktackle , 23 Oct 2020Dont Believe in DXO its a Chinese funded organization. The... moreYou do know the company was founded in paris right? I don't see any evidence about it being funded by chinese companies??

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      • 23 Oct 2020

      I don't like DxOmark.

      Companies that don't use their algorithm get lower scores, even though their algorithm is not always the best.

      Now I'm waiting for camera spec lovers to say we "haters" have no reason to "bash" DxOmark.

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        • 23 Oct 2020

        Anonymous, 23 Oct 2020I'm seeing Leica's trademark skin tones and color... moreColor tone and white balance is a tricking and highly personal thing... All major vendor has their own, let not get there...

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          mandalaphone, 23 Oct 2020Impressive shots and dynamic range. Almost matches DSLR qua... moreLOL... More like achieving some DSL effect on point-and-shoot device... But quality, you don't actually know own or know how to shoot a DSL camera, do you?

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            Trollhammeren, 23 Oct 2020It helps if you pre-seed devices to reviewer you know ? You... moreYawn, if you know how many phone DxO push back on review due to the proclaimed 'in busy process of re-design reviewing process and scoring' you wouldn't say that... But, who cares... Plenty knowledge already agrees on the biased and skewed scoring of DxO... It only places too see some gallery sample for me.

              Impressive shots and dynamic range. Almost matches DSLR quality. Huawei has done it again.

                Anonymous, 23 Oct 2020funny how huawei flagships get tested and reviewed first be... moreIt helps if you pre-seed devices to reviewer you know ? You just have to give a F

                  Jacktackle , 23 Oct 2020Dont Believe in DXO its a Chinese funded organization. The... moreYes because your who? A nobody
                  Anyone can claim such and such is better.
                  The matter of fact is majority of sites say the P40 Pro is better at photography

                    Anonymous, 23 Oct 2020funny how huawei flagships get tested and reviewed first be... moreMaybe because Apple and Samsung don't send their devices?

                      Nick Tagataka, 23 Oct 2020IMO Night Mode should exist as a better alternative to the ... moreAgreed , huawei should remove night mode if they aren't going to make it better than auto mode and it is here just to say " hey look we have night mode " it is same story as midrange or budget smartphones with quad camera setup

                        Fixed focus front camera scores top of the list over Zenfone 7 pro.
                        That pretty much sums up the credibility of DxOMark.

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                          • 23 Oct 2020

                          funny how huawei flagships get tested and reviewed first before they are even sold while it takes weeks or months before we reviews for apple or samsung

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                            • 23 Oct 2020

                            I wonder how much $'s???

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                              • 23 Oct 2020

                              I'm seeing Leica's trademark skin tones and color in the Mate 40 Pro DxOMark samples. Brown/beige/cream colors are tilted towards a subtle/very faint lemon-yellow-sepia tint in skin tones. The effect results to pleasing skin tones with whites and off whites having a hint of sepia. Leica owners absolutely adore Leica cameras and lenses not only because of the 'Leica color' but also because their ultra expensive prices
                              makes Leica the iPhone of dedicated cameras/lenses.

                              I personally prefer Canon, Olympus and Fuji colors (in that order) as their colors are more accurate and true-to-life. Among smartphone makers, Xiaomi's colors (Poco F2 Pro) are closest to Canon colors: true-to-life with no hue embellishments. So no Huawei with Leica influence for me. Besides, a super expensive Huawei phone without Google services is just inutile if you live outside of China. And no, not even a top score in DxOMark's 'phone manufacturer sponsored' rating system will convince me. DxOMark just has too much conflict of interest to be credible. Color is a very personal thing and I'm sure Leica owners will vouch for that aged/sepia-ish Leica colors just as Sony owners will vouch for the Sony color (reddish skin tones, neon green grass).

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                                • 23 Oct 2020

                                Yet they still haven't reviewed the Sony Xperia 1 II. Musn't want their Chinese sponsors to be upset!

                                  Kriegsherr, 23 Oct 2020where did you get the xperia 5 II for 675 euros?simple: bought it with the headset "gift" for my design office, so i paid no vat => 775, and sold the headset for 100. final balance: 675 :)))

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                                    Nick Tagataka, 23 Oct 2020Better software processing in general, compared to P40 Pro.I have friend and she has ultra 20 and she said camera is not good .. previous samsung phone has better camera.

                                      Anonymous, 23 Oct 2020It has the same camera setup as p40 pro maybe plus, so how ... moreBetter software processing in general, compared to P40 Pro.

                                        Shui8, 23 Oct 2020Mostly agreed. But because their Auto mode now works better... moreIMO Night Mode should exist as a better alternative to the auto: Meaning, if the camera is capable of shooting excellent low light photos in auto, the Night Mode should make them look *even better*. If Night Mode does worse than auto in every single scene then the company should remove the feature altogether, as it simply makes no sense for them to leave it there and keep the camera app overly cluttered.

                                        Huawei could've easily taken a cue from Google's Night Sight or Apple's Night Mode - Make the SS longer and low the ISO, while stacking more frames to reduce noise even further. There's no way that Huawei was not capable of doing it when Google and Apple managed to implement the feature well at the first attempt. But instead we still get noisier, more artificially sharpened images with extra crop applied for UWA lens for absolutely no reason. This is getting embarrassing for them.