Huawei P20 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy S9+
- vrvly
- MR0
- 30 Apr 2018
Anonymous, 30 Apr 2018"What we could mention, is the heavy, and we mean heavy, pu... moreYou still can use b&w camera and take 3 shots with manually placed r/g/b filters on top to get 20mp of true color resolution. Can use even dichroic color wheel if you want :)
- vrvly
- MR0
- 30 Apr 2018
AnonD-180680, 30 Apr 2018How did you figure that out? With filters, a 40MP sensor re... moreNot sure what you mean, all pixels are monochromatic with bayer on top, its 40mp. Full colored output consist of 4 pixels with RGGB colored bayer on top, but here with 4 pixels for one color(2x2 for Red,green,green,blue...) in 4x4 fashion, so 16 pixels make 1 without interpolation.
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- Wassim A.
- n3a
- 30 Apr 2018
Dear GSMArena team,
the report didn't include any comparison for battery life or highlight the pressure censor available only in S9. Wondering if Huawei is offering any similar features...
We would appreciate to reconsider all this.
Thanks
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- AnonD-623186
- Dka
- 30 Apr 2018
Huawei p20 pro better on paper
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- Hobby
- 4qy
- 30 Apr 2018
Huawei is better.
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- AnonD-180680
- X%C
- 30 Apr 2018
vrvly, 29 Apr 2018Now I wonder how is B&W from 40mp against its smaller 2... moreHow did you figure that out? With filters, a 40MP sensor receives equivalent of 13.3MP without filter at the same pixel size. In comes the 20MP sensor. And you figure 13.3 > 20?
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- TCn
- 30 Apr 2018
Anonymous, 30 Apr 2018"What we could mention, is the heavy, and we mean heavy, pu... morePurple fringing only shows up when you shoot at 40MP in bright daylight. Do any of the P20 Pro's samples show the fringing in this test? No.
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- Ellis92
- 3Ae
- 30 Apr 2018
What is this place-city where the shoot out test is made?
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- Anonymous
- 2Tj
- 30 Apr 2018
Stills- Huawei
Videos- Samsung
Adapter for headphones, or wireless headphones.
128GB, plenty of storage, unless you're hoarding a lot of stuff, jesus vs expandable.
Wireless charging, can't really use the phone when charging wireless.
Huawei doesn't need a "DEX" to be PC mode.
Cheaper by 150 AUD - Huawei.
Samsung better sound,
Huawei Max volume vs 80% Samsung volume.
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- Anonymous
- vV5
- 30 Apr 2018
Anonymous, 29 Apr 2018Better daylight photo
Better night photo
Better zoom phot... more"What we could mention, is the heavy, and we mean heavy, purple fringing. A likely result from the large sensor and subsequent compromises in optics, plus the specific way in which the sensor operates, the chromatic aberrations are nearly ubiquitous, and are obviously not fixable in processing - we can't imagine Huawei has missed them."
review by Gsmarena.
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- AnonD-122899
- Gfx
- 30 Apr 2018
Hey. Has anyone rocking with the regular P20 instead of Pro? Understand that the the Pro version has a bigger sensor, but it seems to me the P20 Pro 10mp photos are not that good when comes to details. Since both the P20 and P20 Pro support Night mode, I wonder how's the low light photo quality is like for the P20 model? It is cheaper than Pro, and higher MP camera with lower price tag. Thinking of getting the P20 instead of Pro if the photo quality differences are not significant.
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- rfx
- 8xf
- 30 Apr 2018
And it's still thrashed by phone cameras from 2012. That's 6 years ago.
I don't care who does it. But please make a good phone that has a good camera attached to it. Thanks.
- vrvly
- g5f
- 29 Apr 2018
AnonD-126650, 29 Apr 2018I have access to both these phones. (I have one, my partner... moreNow I wonder how is B&W from 40mp against its smaller 20mp sensor without bayer. 40mp b&w from raw should be best, without deformations, wonder how its in reality.
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- AnonD-538865
- fCZ
- 29 Apr 2018
someone, 29 Apr 2018the review was about camera and you are boosting other perk... moreI am not a samsung fan boy, I am Nokia fan boy.. My point is you can get a Nikon/Canon DSLR with 18-55 lens at half the price of p20 pro or S9/S9+. But when you are paying double money for a phone, atleast you should get some other goodies.. My point is, only Samsung from these two is value for money.. Because it is offering every necessery things(good audio, good display, 3.5 mm jack, expendable storage etc) along with a good camera...
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- Anonymous
- nGT
- 29 Apr 2018
Anonymous, 28 Apr 2018USB-C is for wired HJ and who need SD card slot on phone wi... moreWho uses USB C Headphones? With an adaptor? Lol
And 100gb isn't all that much these days. Maybe good for storing your music, but high definition videos? Nope.
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- SpiritWolf
- pVc
- 29 Apr 2018
AnonD-538865, 27 Apr 2018Here is the camera comparisson of Huawei p20 pro vs Nokia 8... moreThanks for sharing!
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- x1c
- 29 Apr 2018
Anonymous, 29 Apr 2018Better daylight photo Better night photo Better zoom phot... moreAnd they say s9+ is overall better ,what a joke. For video def samsung is still king .
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- AnonD-454153
- x1c
- 29 Apr 2018
For taking photos p20 pro is far better u most be blind of fanboy to say they are equally good. For video samsung is better . Compared to some youtube channels where they did some great camera comparison u aint that good but again not that bad .
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- AnonD-126650
- dS2
- 29 Apr 2018
I have access to both these phones. (I have one, my partner the other) and I largely agree with your conclusions here. The front facing camera in particular is pretty poor on the P20.
There are a few corrections to make to the article though:
-Front facing video on p20 pro is up to 1080, must disable beauty mode first. ( not 720 as you list)
- the optical stabilisation on the p20 tele lens is always active, including on 4k video. The phone only switches to the tele lens when focusing on a distant object, in suitable light, and 3x and above zoom. Meet the above criteria and you will have optically stabilised video. Not ideal, sure, but useful non-the-less.
-Stabilised video on the S9+ does not suffer significant loss in detail compared to un-stabilised, p20 does.
-There is absolutely no way the 3x zoom video is better on the S9+, unless the p20 was zooming digitally for some reason. I've tested both extensively and this is simply not true. 2x with stabilisation would be a win for the S9 for sure, zoom beyond that and it's p20, even more so with stabilisation off.
That said, I agree with your conclusion: S9+ for selfies and videos, while both are exceptional for photos. Slight win for the p20p due to additional reach, and option to take 40mp images when appropriate.
As an overall package, S9+ is the best all-rounder.
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- AnonD-303606
- T3B
- 29 Apr 2018
In a lot of reviews, the P20 was praised in heaven but in my opinion it wasn't that good. Yes it's a good camera but for my eyes to unrealistic. Sharpening, saturation and contrast was over the the top and no one mentioned the bad video quality and lack of stabilisation even at 1080p 60fps.
I always believed in GSMARENA and now it's showing the truth about the P20 Pro.
Only advantage I see is Night mode feature for low light or to enhance HDR photography which can be handy sometimes but not always.
In summary, it's a good phone with good camera but not the best like fake DxOmark will believe us.