Review of Huawei P40 smartphone with advantages and disadvantages

In the first quarter of 2024, users got acquainted with the rather budgetary and successful Huawei P40 lite model. The "lite" version has received many positive reviews. The commentators touched upon the quality of the camera, the bright screen, and the power. How much praise will the full-fledged P40 get then?

The price for a smartphone has increased by $ 500, which means there should be a lot of modifications in it. Let's check its performance with the characteristics right now, and find out if it is worth purchasing this Huawei flagship at all?

Appearance and features of ergonomics

Compared to the lite version, the appearance of the Huawei P40 has changed significantly. First of all, the dimensions have decreased - 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm. This trend has been evident among Chinese manufacturers quite often recently. According to the developers themselves, huge screens affect ergonomics, and not for the better, and for proof, the weight of different smartphones is given.

• Weight Huawei P40 lite - 183 grams.
• Huawei P40 weighs 175 grams.

Therefore, the P40 is both beautiful and comfortable! At the same time, the manufacturer decided to completely get rid of the black frames on the display.

However, the Chinese brand has left absolutely no clues regarding the case materials. Only due to the high price can one hope for aluminum or tempered glass. Among the innovations - special protection IP53. The phone is not waterproof, however, it tolerates industrial dust and sand entering the connectors. Buyers, of course, will not notice a huge difference, since the smartphone is well assembled, there are no cheap squeaks and backlashes.

The design of the novelty has been compared with such sales leaders as Oppo, Apple and even Samsung. It should be noted that it is not unreasonable. The main camera consists of 3 sensors enclosed in a rectangular block. The smartphone looks, as befits a premium segment, simple and expensive.

A flurry of indignation poured out on the huge front camera. Even the absence of frames does not allow it to get lost on the display. It is made in the form of a capsule.

In the new model, the developers have removed the side / rear fingerprint sensor, replacing it with Face ID and unlock through the screen. The "new" technology responds quickly and almost smoothly.

Colors and equipment

The brand also took care of the design of the box. It is made in a minimalistic style, completely white. Inside:

• Coupons;
• Charger and USB cable;
• Clip for SIM cards.

So Huawei left the premium model without a factory case and a pair of headphones. What to do, there is a crisis in the world!

Developers have become generous in colors, there are 5 of them at once: frosty silver, rose gold, deep blue, arctic white and black.

Specifications

Screen

We have previously mentioned the dimensions of the smartphone. How did this affect the characteristics of the screen? The diagonal is 6.1 inches. Outwardly, there are practically no differences, but here's what the numbers say:

• The pixel density has reached a record - 422 ppi, that is, it will be photos and videos in real 4K quality.
• In addition to IP53 protection to protect the microcircuits, Huawei has provided the new P40 with an oleophobic coating, due to which the screen will be less dirty and will last longer without scratches.
• The lack of unattractive "bangs" and "chins" affected the resolution - 1080 x 2340 pixels.
• The screen occupied 86% of the total area of ​​the smartphone, which is more than in previous versions.

Taken together, this results in a crisp image and decent brightness. Even in sunny weather, the smart device squeezes out the maximum of 16 million shades from the color palette.

Operating system and no Google

The conflict between Huawei and Google made it clear to everyone that disputes with global brands could end very badly. Since 2019, the smartphones of the Chinese company have completely lost support for Google services (maps, search engine, preinstalled browser and payment tools). Although the P40 has the latest OS 10.0, the main support is provided by the EMUI platform with HMS (Huawei Mobile Services).

As in other services, there is an opportunity here:

• Save passwords and important data with a personal ID;
• Archive photos and videos to HuaweiCloud;
• Ask for help from the built-in assistant (unfortunately, they did not give him his name);
• Customize the design (themes, widgets), the color palette of the menu and the appearance of icons to your liking;
• Also, the developers did not forget about their own player, like Xiaomi, for listening to music and watching videos with further editing.
• Many applications, including popular social. networks are available for download without VPN. They decided to grant selective blocking to the states.

The brand tried to make the platform as simple and familiar as possible, which is why users did not notice any significant changes. On the other hand, this is a great chance not to "google", but to "hang out", isn't it?

Performance

At the heart of the smartphone is a single-chip HiSilicon Kirin 990 processor with support for 5G networks. It is built using a 7nm process technology and has advanced artificial intelligence algorithms. This model is one of the fastest in the world today. The maximum data download speed reaches 2.3 Gbps, while the transfer rate is 1.25 Gbps. This happened due to another conflict, but with Qualcomm. It is good that Huawei did not sit idly by, but modified the architecture of AWP chips in a short time. The performance has increased, although experts still disagree that the phone has complex 3D games at ultra settings.

It has 8 cores at its disposal, divided into two clusters. The first has 2 cores with a clock frequency of 2.86 GHz, the second has 4 cores at 1.95 GHz. The combination of a nimble main core and a low-power microkernel has made a significant impact on the performance of artificial intelligence. Power has increased 24 times compared to previous generations. However, the Asian technology is not yet able to defeat the Snapdragon 855. Its only advantage is its high frequency.

The brand did not miss the opportunity to talk about the possibilities of editing video with subsequent segmentation and rendering immediately on the phone. All this is possible thanks to the latest generation video processor - Mali-G76.

Testing

AnTuTu - 486583 points;

GeekBench - 12619 points;

By GFXBench - up to 37 fps.

The main advantage of a small processor is high-quality energy saving.

Autonomy

Chinese brands have acquired a surprisingly disappointing trend regarding the autonomy of their products. For example, the new Huawei P40 got a 3800 mAh battery.

To realize how little it costs to look into the characteristics of the past version - P40 lite. From one version to another, the battery life dropped by 32 hours, which is more than the whole day taken from users. The total battery life of the smartphone is 89 hours. The Quick Charge option with recharging up to 70% in 30 minutes was replaced with an ordinary 22.5 Volt accelerator.

Thus, the efforts of developers to create the latest microcircuits are simply smashed against the rock of a low charge.

Camera

The camera received many accolades, but the brand decided not to stop there! That is why in the new product the figure ran up to 106 megapixels.

The main sensor got all 50 MP, with a good f / 1.8 aperture. Is it worth mentioning how good the photos are, day and night? Pictures and videos do not lose color in sunny weather and are not "eaten" by a large number of objects. Examples:

The second 8MP sensor has a weak f / 2.4 aperture, however, it has a powerful 80mm zoom in its arsenal. According to users, even at maximum zoom, the image does not consist of pixels along and across. Plus, its functions are much more useful when shooting video. It also includes the third 16 MP sensor with a wide viewing angle. A good purchase for those who like to capture nature with all its vastness.

Moving on to the most thrilling topic - the 32MP front camera. The developers decided to add the "wide angle" option to literally all sensors, so that the selfie will be voluminous. From now on, we will monitor what is happening in the background, so as not to be in an awkward situation.

The main innovation of the capsule camera is 3D sensing. This system is designed for fast face recognition (Face ID) and optical authentication. In addition to providing facial biometrics, the frontal 3D sensor also serves as a scanner, allowing users to digitize various objects that they can manipulate in special applications (such as 3D Max and Creator).

Advantages and disadvantages

• Large screen;
• High brightness;
• Quality materials;
• Large selection of colors;
• Smart processor;
• Latest OS 10 with addons;
• Oleophobic anti-scratch coating;
• Fast charging function;
• Large amount of RAM and internal memory;
• High speed internet.

• Overpayment for the same features;
• Reduced battery capacity.

Outcome

It's time to take stock of the novelty. The general opinion about the phone is positive, except for some aspects. However, even a weak battery and dimensions cannot cover a huge number of advantages. This smartphone is truly universal, because both the processor and the camera are the latest developments in the world of technology. In tandem with an attractive design, it is fully worthy of the luxury segment and its price of $ 700 or 50,000 rubles. This price is valid only for Asian countries, and taking into account transportation and advertising in Russia, the figures will reach 70-75 thousand rubles.

Once again, Huawei has tried and produced a good gadget for both young and energetic and more down-to-earth older people.