Huawei Mate 40 Pro review
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- KondriX
- pVN
- 22 Oct 2020
I really do not understand why someone would buy a phone for 1000+ EUR/USD, when nowadays midrangers are so good..
And actually I was expecting from this phone something more special but.. This phone is all about the camera and that's it. I really see no sense in the curved display, what is the use of it? And it has an eye-soring pill-shape camera, and no audio jack. And the lack of GMS is also a minus for many. Plus the expensive price, so a big no from me!
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- Lukhanyo
- NsB
- 22 Oct 2020
Nick Tagataka, 22 Oct 2020In summary: -Huawei is now using a flagship level display ... moreThere is nothing wrong with the design nick, looks are subjective
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- Hyde
- mxy
- 22 Oct 2020
The Ear phones is far better than Samsung and iPhone just try it u will love it.
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- MrX
- 3yD
- 22 Oct 2020
Only Pro Plus has OIS on main camera. Regular Pro doesn't have.
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- Panda eyes
- mE0
- 22 Oct 2020
That iridescent matte finish is just stunning and I like the round ring camera lens housing.
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- Duderino
- mtM
- 22 Oct 2020
Who cares? Huawei = DEAD
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- Nick Tagataka
- Xpf
- 22 Oct 2020
In summary:
-Huawei is now using a flagship level display with great colour accuracy and 800nits of peak brightness, the only thing that is missing is 120Hz.. BUT they really need to stop using that stupid waterfall design.
-Speakers are lot better than P40 Pro and now it's also flagship-grade. Battery life is great as well.
-Modest CPU performance improvement, but supurb peak performance and great sustained performance of the new MP24 Mali GPU makes up for it. Huawei put some serious effort on graphics, finally.
-The camera still does weird 27mm cropping despite using a lot better optics this time around. Like, why?
-Colours are more punchy on the main and the telephoto cameras, but now seem to be tuned to be more consistent with the regular RGB UWA camera, which is a nice upgrade. Speaking of UWA, it's a lot wider but the per-pixel sharpness is definitely not as good as P40 Pro's 40MP unit, and the low light performance rather disappoints given its massive sensor size.
-The main camera's low light shots look.. worse than P40 Pro? Colours are slightly more oversaturated, but now the noise reduction seems to be set a lot harsher this time around. Oh, and they didn't fix the Night Mode's issue where it performs somehow worse than the auto. AGAIN. They really don't give a crap about that particular mode at this point, do they?
-Video performance is much better thanks to the combination of faster ISP and wider UWA camera enabling EDR recording and Galaxy-esque ultra-steady shots. I'm so glad that they finally made an improvement in this regard.
Overall, they ironed out many of the issues that P40 Pro had, but this is personally not a type of phone that I would like to own. First of all I need GMS on my phone, but the most importantly the camera improvement over P40 Pro doesn't seem to be significant, and not to mention now we have lost some of the fun gimmicks like 1920fps slow-mo. I expected them to put a 1/1.2" sensor when I heard of 20MP sensor rumour for the first time, but I guess that would've been just way too good to be true.
Good job overall, Huawei, but I was kind of expecting better from this phone especially camera wise.
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- Anonymous
- JT5
- 22 Oct 2020
Huawei Fan, 22 Oct 2020Even better photos than iphone 12That is obvious.
Huawei has sensor with almost 80mm2, while Apple uses 24mm2 one ( except Max).
It is like asking 4/3 to outperform full frame.
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- KondriX
- pVN
- 22 Oct 2020
Anonymous, 22 Oct 2020Just minutes after their product launched and the review of... moreThe team received the phone earlier to review it, they just were waiting to be officially announced to public the review. It is not the first time when they do this.
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- Huawei Fan
- m5u
- 22 Oct 2020
I just HATE that Huawei using samsung crapy idea edge screen which I hate ! It woul dbe amazing beautiful fone with the nice flat screen... SHAME
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- Anonymous
- kk0
- 22 Oct 2020
Lol “other half sized boxes”
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- MasterCheap
- C9a
- 22 Oct 2020
Well, judging from the benchmark scores, it's obvious that the "performance" numbers that they have shown on the live event is pretty much bonkers.
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- Huwei fan
- m5u
- 22 Oct 2020
Watching YT and photos are even better than on iphone...
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- Huawei Fan
- m5u
- 22 Oct 2020
Even better photos than iphone 12
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- Anonymous
- fFA
- 22 Oct 2020
Just minutes after their product launched and the review of this phone is out?
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- Anonymous
- PE3
- 22 Oct 2020
AnonD-928219, 22 Oct 2020Loving the design, Huawei always get it so right in the Mat... moreyeah huawei got this right. Classic ipod design cant be wrong.
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- AnonD-928219
- fjc
- 22 Oct 2020
Loving the design, Huawei always get it so right in the Mate series with the more squared off edges/boxier design. The camera versatility is just incredible, looking forward to trying this beast out!
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- AnonD-546724
- pZ5
- 22 Oct 2020
Huawei's final Android masterpiece