Huawei P20 Pro
Is it really as good as it seems?
Huawei’s P20 Pro is the Chinese firm’s latest big-screened flagship smartphone. The successor to last year’s P10 Plus has changed a great deal in only 12 months. It’s now equipped with a 6.1in, 18.7:9 OLED FHD+ (2,240 x 1,080) resolution display and, as you can see from my comparison pictures with the P10 Plus, it's a dramatic-looking difference.
The triple camera arrangement is the star of the show, though. The P20 Pro’s trifecta of Leica-branded rear-facing cameras includes one 40-megapixel RGB unit, one that captures 20-megapixel monochrome images and another that delivers 8-megapixel telephoto shots. The phone is powered by Huawei’s own octa-core 2.4GHz HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor, has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of non-expandable storage.
Launching for £799 SIM-free, the P20 Pro is £120 more expensive than the Huawei P10 Plus’ original launch price last year (you can pick one up now for only £449).
Huawei’s latest phone also receives a healthy update to its internals, with the P20 Pro packing an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 chip clocked at 2.4GHz, paired with 6GB of RAM. There’s a generous 128GB of on-board storage too, although this isn't expandable via microSD.
Performance-wise, everything is up to snuff. The P20 Pro achieved a single-core Geekbench 4 result of 1,919 and a multi-core score of 6,806 – 8% performance improvements over last year’s P10 Plus. While it still lags behind the Samsung Galaxy S9 on this front, the Huawei P20 Pro is still more than capable of tackling any Android application you throw at it.
In general, though, the Huawei P20 Pro is an exceptional smartphone. As we saw with the Mate 10 Pro last year, Huawei is really stepping things up a gear with its smartphones and the Huawei P20 Pro is no exception. It not only has a fresh new look but also internal improvements and an intriguing new camera. This is 2018's most interesting smartphone, no doubt.
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