Today at the Big launch in Paris, for the new P20 range of smartphone from Huawei. First, it announced the P20 (with two cameras on the back) available today 27th March €649 (4GB +128GB) and P20 Pro (three cameras on the back) €899 (6GB+128GB) available 6th April, professional camera technology in a small and slim phone.
Huawei P20
Both the P20 and P20 Pro comes in four colours each Graphite Blac, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold and my favourite Twilight.
Both the P20 and P20 Pro have a 24MP front camera for your ultimate selfie.
The P20 Pro – the Leica triple camera. The 8MP telephoto + 40MP RGB + 20MP monochrome combo will be a huge talking point as the world’s first tri-sensor combo very soon, but the standard P20’s 20MP monochrome and the 12MP RGB dual camera also benefit from a number of improvements over the P10 and the Mate 10 series’.
| Model | Huawei P20 | Huawei P20 Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 5.8-inch Huawei FullView IPS LCD 2244 x 1080 18.7:9 aspect ratio |
6.1-inch Huawei FullView OLED 2240 x 1080 18.7:9 aspect ratio |
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| Processor | Huawei Kirin 970 Octa-core CPU (4 Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 Cortex A53 1.8 GHz) + NPU |
Huawei Kirin 970 Octa-core CPU (4 Cortex A73 2.36 GHz + 4 Cortex A53 1.8 GHz) + NPU |
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| GPU | Mali-G72 MP12 | Mali-G72 MP12 | |
| RAM | 4 GB LPDDR4 |
6 GB LPDDR4 |
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| Storage | 128 GB | 128 GB | |
| Cameras | Rear cameras: 12 MP RGB f/1.8 + 20 MP monochrome f/1.6 dual-LED flash, PDAF+CAF+Laser+Depth auto focus 4K video recording at 30fpsFront camera: 24 MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, fixed focus |
Rear cameras: 40 MP RGB f/1.8 + 20 MP monochrome f/1.6 + 8 MP telephoto f/2.4 with OIS dual-LED flash, PDAF+CAF+Laser+Depth auto focus, 3x optical zoom, 5x Hybrid Zoom, 4K video recording at 30fpsFront camera: 24 MP sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, fixed focus |
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| Battery | 3,400 mAh Non-removable Huawei SuperCharge |
4,000 mAh Non-removable Huawei SuperCharge |
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| IP rating | IP53 | IP67 | |
| SIM | Dual SIM Primary SIM: 4G Secondary SIM: 2G/3G/4G |
Dual SIM Primary SIM: 4G Secondary SIM: 2G/3G/4G |
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| 3.5mm headphone jack | No | No | |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 2.4 G, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with Wi-Fi Direct support 4x4MIMO Cat 18 Bluetooth 4.2, support BLE support aptX/aptX HD and LDAC HD Audio USB Type-C |
Wi-Fi 2.4 G, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with Wi-Fi Direct support 4x4MIMO Cat 18 Bluetooth 4.2, support BLE support aptX/aptX HD and LDAC HD Audio USB Type-C |
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| Software | Android 8.1 Oreo EMUI 8.1 |
Android 8.1 Oreo EMUI 8.1 |
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| Colours | Midnight Blue, Black, Pink Gold, Twilight | Midnight Blue, Black, Pink Gold, Twilight |
As well as an all-new glass design, the P20/P20 Pro also sports a FullView display with those love-them-or-hate-them iPhone X-style notches. For the larger device, Huawei has opted for a 6.1-inch OLED panel with a 2240 x 1080p resolution and an 18.7:9 aspect ratio.
The regular P20’s LCD display retains the same resolution and aspect ratio but drops down to 5.8-inches.
Credit to SuperSaf
On the power front, both devices are outfitted with Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC with an NPU backed by 128GB non-expandable storage as standard and either 4GB RAM for the P20 or 6GB for the Pro. The larger chassis also lets the P20 Pro up the battery rating to 4,000mAh compared to the P20 3,400mAh cell. Both devices also run Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box with Huawei’s EMUI skin on top.
The price for the P20 is £599 for both P20 models will be the single sim version via CPW and P20 Pro will be £799, while Three UK will have the dual sim.
