Huawei P20 review

17 April 2018
A strange bird this Huawei P20 - a headliner without a spear. The omission of the triple camera is baffling, but as long as you give it a chance, you may be surprised. And if you don't dwell on what didn't make the cut, you should be able to see the P20 for what it is - one dazzling flagship.

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  • Dxomark Topnotcher?
  • t7X
  • 18 Apr 2018

So this is one of Dxomark's top phone cameras? Seriously?
Even the older Xperia takes better photos or they're comparable!
The low light shots are not good at all. Extreme noise reduction.
What were Dxomark thinking? Goes to show that they're really being paid to present favorable reviews for certain devices.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony paid them at some point too.

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    • AnonD-415474
    • mjP
    • 18 Apr 2018

    I have both of them, not much difference. Screen and speakers are better on the Pro, and camera if you really like to zoom in and pixel peep

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      • Shui8
      • KZ8
      • 18 Apr 2018

      djst, 18 Apr 2018Just compare it with 2 years old S7 edge and you'll see tha... moreSeen it, no thanks. S7 edge is too much oversharpen and overexposed, noisier image. P20 looks more 'clean'.

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        • djst
        • 0x%
        • 18 Apr 2018

        Hoffmann, 18 Apr 2018The camera on this phone looks stunningJust compare it with 2 years old S7 edge and you'll see that camera is not so stunning.

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          • AnonD-745991
          • pqh
          • 18 Apr 2018

          Processor and gpu 2017
          Bad autonomy.,
          It has no sd, water resistance, chargue qi,
          mid range screen sdr,
          cheap copy iphone x,
          bad video camera.
          I do not buy it with your money

            I don't see a reason to buy the P20 over the now cheaper mate 10 & mate 10 pro

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              • Anonymous
              • tuf
              • 18 Apr 2018

              davidletterboyz, 18 Apr 2018Finally a proper review to compare the P20 and P20 Pro's ca... moreMarketing ploy to push customer to the pro ver. Many big brand do that, samsung with s9+ and iPhone also with plus model, even Sony with regular xz2

                So P20 Pro camera is not much great compared to this its only useful for 5X hybrid zoom thats it anyways great camera from huawei as expected with one of the best camera app though I liked older camera UI more

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                  • Hoffmann
                  • 8s{
                  • 18 Apr 2018

                  The camera on this phone looks stunning

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                    • Foundation
                    • uFk
                    • 18 Apr 2018

                    Anonymous, 17 Apr 201875h ... Ridiculous Low overall endurance score seems to be caused by only decent stand-by time. If you look at the individual endurance scores, this one is considerably better than Xperia XZ2 and on par or marginally below the regular Galaxy S9.

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                      • AnonD-709336
                      • p{A
                      • 18 Apr 2018

                      I hate notch. It looks horrible.

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                        • ZloiYuri
                        • 352
                        • 18 Apr 2018

                        This phone could be good too, but notch making it crap. Sorry huawei, but no.

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                          • davidletterboyz
                          • tZj
                          • 18 Apr 2018

                          Finally a proper review to compare the P20 and P20 Pro's camera. Quite a number of reviewers mentioned the P20 has an inferior image quality but I personally compared their outputs, I could not find any difference at 12 and 10 MP. In fact, sometimes the non Pro's 12MP has slightly more details!

                          The only part which this review forgotten to write about is the 4GB RAM. IMHO, this is the only deal breaker because 4GB is just adequate nowadays. Not as future proof as 6GB.

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                            • Shui8
                            • KZ8
                            • 18 Apr 2018

                            Anonymous, 17 Apr 201875h ... Ridiculous Believe me, battery indurance will improve after day by day usage using their emui AI learn system. Just like my mate 10, the 1st week spot on as gsmarena mention, but after a month its about 100h battery endurance!

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                              • AnonD-738292
                              • 0wY
                              • 18 Apr 2018

                              mir, 18 Apr 2018So the 40mp camera on the Pro model isn't really that much ... moreFor noise yes definitely. Nothing new there

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                                • Shui8
                                • 7um
                                • 18 Apr 2018

                                Great camera quality. Lose the telephoto, 5x lossless zoom and a bit better low lights in pro. The size is good and in my country, u can have this p20 for $490, 2 years contract with local telco for 128gb version. Such a bargain.

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                                  • Foundation
                                  • uFk
                                  • 18 Apr 2018

                                  mir, 18 Apr 2018So the 40mp camera on the Pro model isn't really that much ... moreWell, extra resolution is used for 3x hybrid zooming and downsampling in low-light photography I suppose. Only P20 Pro can hit ISO 102400 (which sounds insane, but it is actually usable in small image size).

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                                    • Lccy
                                    • pL$
                                    • 18 Apr 2018

                                    On the penultimate page it says you'll be limited to 2x rather than 3x lossless zoom on the pro, but the pro has a dedicated 3x telephoto sensor and 5x lossless zoom.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • JT5
                                      • 18 Apr 2018

                                      mir, 18 Apr 2018So the 40mp camera on the Pro model isn't really that much ... more1/2.3" is not big..

                                      Pixel.size does not matter. Photographers that comment on DPREVIEW laugh a lot when they read tech sites writing that.

                                      12MP / 1.55 micron sensor is nothing popular among all phones.
                                      The 12MP/1.4 is used much more.

                                      The 13MP/1.12 micron is the most popular sold by Sony.

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                                        • mir
                                        • 7Xe
                                        • 18 Apr 2018

                                        So the 40mp camera on the Pro model isn't really that much better than the regular model's camera. Big sensor and less pixels is the way to go.