Huawei P30 smartphone - advantages and disadvantages

Huawei recently announced the upcoming announcement of a new line of flagship smartphones such as the Huawei P30 Lite, Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro. It should officially take place in a few months.

Hawei's intention to update its top segment has been known since December, after that in January a graphical model of the new device appeared on the network, and now they have released another piece of information about new phones.

From the data obtained, it became known that the phone will be equipped with the most powerful processor used by Huawei at the moment, a bright OLED screen and multiple camera sensors.

Today we will pay special attention to the Huawei P30 model, but we will also mention the others for comparison with the average model.

So let's get started.

Brief technical characteristics

First, let's take a look at the expected characteristics of a new product from China.

Design

Although the phone has not yet been released, we already know what the smartphone will roughly look like thanks to the renders posted on the web.

Based on the previously posted photo of a silicone case from Huawei P30 Pro with a cutout for the camera and bulges for the buttons, such major reviewers as, for example, OnLeaks, made three-dimensional models of each of the devices.

On the back cover in the upper left corner of the P30 there will be a three-module camera with several LEDs for illumination. On the same left side, the power button and volume rocker will be located.

Almost the entire front part, with the exception of very thin frames at the edges, will be occupied by a display with a small teardrop notch on top for a selfie camera.

The body itself will be made on an aluminum frame and covered with protective glass on both sides. On the bottom side there will be 2 speakers and a USB Type C connector for charging. There is also information that phones may lose the 3.5 mm headphone jack, but this version has not yet been confirmed.

Display

The new flagship reportedly will receive a new 6.1-inch AMOLED display with a capacitive touchscreen and a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels with a density of 422 dpi. The aspect ratio at this size will be 19.5: 9.

The new display should come out bright with rich colors. At least at the moment, it is announced about the color rendering in 16M colors.

The screen is made using the latest technology, which until now has only been used in the most expensive flagship models.This time, Huawei decided to slightly change its traditions and put such a screen not only on the P30 Pro, but also on the P30. Unfortunately, the Light model will not receive such a screen.

Another very nice highlight should be the fingerprint scanner built right into the display. We really hope that the Chinese will finally be able to implement this technology.

CPU

The heart of the future flagship is destined to be the top processor from Huawei, Kirin 980. It is made using the latest 7nm process technology. All the components of this SoC (Single Chip System) are carefully matched to each other and very compact. In the future, this can have the most positive effect on power consumption and heat dissipation, but in many respects the heating of the phone will still depend on its design.

This eight-core system consists of 2 large performance Cortex A76 cores with a frequency of 2.6 GHz and 2 slightly less powerful Cortex A76 cores with a frequency of 1.92 GHz. In addition to them, there are 4 energy-saving Cortex A55 cores operating at 1.8 GHz, designed to perform simple tasks that do not require large computing power.

All cores are connected with a third-level cache and their own cache for each core, which its predecessor did not have and which, undoubtedly, is a plus for the novelty.

In multi-threaded operation, it is head and shoulders above its predecessor, the Kirin 970, which was in the P20.

According to the results of the throttling test, the system showed itself just fine. The A76 cores consistently delivered their maximum performance throughout the entire 15 minutes, no drawdowns were noticed during heating.

The graphics system is much better than its predecessor, and, importantly, more stable. It is slightly inferior in terms of the Snapdragon 845, but only at the peak of its performance, when the phone is completely cold. But as soon as it heats up, it drops sharply by a pretty decent number of points, while the Mali-G76 MP10 shows the same results regardless of heating.

As a result, the chip turned out to be quite compact and efficient, especially compared to its predecessor, Kirin 970, and judging by the tests, there is a striking difference for the better in such parameters as performance and power consumption.

Main camera

The new flagship device successfully continues the era of cameras with a large number of sensors, which began quite recently, but has already shown interesting results. For example, at the presentation, Huawei P20 Pro with three camera modules showed incredible results, which were confirmed by subsequent tests.

This smartphone should also receive a triple module for the rear camera, while the Pro version will receive as many as 4 cameras arranged vertically.

According to the available data, the main sensor in the P30 will have a resolution of as much as 40 Megapixels with an aperture of f / 1.8 and a wide-angle lens.

The second proposed sensor will have a 20-megapixel resolution with an aperture of f / 2.2 and will serve to further expand the field of view when shooting.

The third sensor will act as a telescopic lens with a 5x optical zoom, in which there will be 8 megapixels and f / 2.4 aperture.

In the camera settings, so far only the HDR mode and the panoramic shooting function are known.

3 sensors allow the camera to shoot video at frame rates up to 60 FPS. The maximum resolution when shooting at 60 FPS will be 1080p, and at 30 FPS - 2160p. For smooth shooting, the camera has a gyroscopic stabilizer.

Selfie camera

Everything is more unambiguous here. The selfie camera should get a 24 Megapixel sensor with an f / 2.0 aperture and will be able to shoot video in Full HD resolution with a frame rate of 30 FPS. Its other characteristics are currently unknown.

Built-in and operational memory

The P30 version will receive 8GB of RAM, and the Pro version will receive 12GB. The built-in memory is promised to be 128 GB without an SD card slot for the P30 version.

The trend with an increase in RAM is undoubtedly pleasing, since this allows you to unload more system data, and with such a volume and not only system data, into RAM, which will greatly increase the speed of the firmware and applications, since there is no need to connect the built-in memory.

operating system

The new smartphone will be based on the new Android OS called Android 9.0 “Pie”.

The new version has many differences from the eighth, and mostly the user experience is positive. The developers did not make anything global in the new update, rather they fixed many small bugs that were in version 8.0 and made several small cosmetic changes to the interface.

It has definitely become better, new gestures have appeared, the style of displaying the volume slider has changed, more new information about the device has been added to the curtain, a menu of frequently used applications has appeared.

An interesting Digital Wellbeing application was attached to the functionality, showing how much time you spent using applications, as well as allowing you to restrict access to those of them that seem to take too much time. It is designed to help you get rid of your smartphone addiction by carefully planning the use of its functions.

The built-in Google File app acts as a program to optimize memory usage and clean up useless junk taking up space.

Developers from Google made additional optimizations for more optimal use of the system's computing power. Battery conservation services are now more responsive and better at monitoring battery usage.

In general, the system has not undergone major changes and a huge list of innovations has not changed anything global in the device's functionality, nevertheless, in the opinion of many, it has become more convenient to use it.

Battery

As for the battery, almost nothing is known yet, it is only clear that it will be a non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh. The device will also feature a fast charging system that will work with the included 22.5 Volt charger.

Without tests, it is still impossible to determine the lifespan of a smartphone on one charge cycle, but it can be assumed that it will be able to withstand a whole day of activity.

New energy efficiency monitoring services integrated into the OS will definitely play a role in increasing the lifespan of a smartphone.

Advantages and disadvantages

• One of the advantages will definitely be a processor that is head and shoulders above its younger brother, Kirin 970, which has managed to prove itself well in the P20 line. Huawei has done a great job to improve it and judging by the processor benchmark results, they did quite well;
• A three-module camera should provide unrivaled photo and video quality;
• A large amount of RAM will be a tangible pleasant plus for speed;
• The latest OLED display with excellent color rendering and high pixel density will be available not only in the P30 Pro, but also in the P30.

• The only drawback at the moment is only the price, it promises to be about $ 1000, but the exact data is, of course, unknown.

Conclusion

All the definite advantages and disadvantages are still too arbitrary to say anything concretely. Before the release of the phone, it will probably be impossible to find out something, but in our article we tried to highlight in as much detail as possible all the known details about the device of the future flagship.