ISSUE 62 • ANDROID ADVISOR 39REVIEWPro seems to cannibalize all the best features from
the Mate 20 Pro. That’s only a problem for Huawei,
though, as there’s no good reason to buy a Mate 20
Pro any more.
The magnetic speaker works well for calls, and
sounds like a normal speaker with your ear pressed
to the screen. Huawei has upgraded the in-screen
fingerprint scanner to make it faster than the Mate 20
Pro’s, although it’s still optical and not ultrasonic, so
won’t work well if your finger is wet... or too dry.
Display
You might assume the screen is the same as the Mate
20 Pro’s, but you’d be wrong. It has a lower resolution
and a lower pixel density of 398ppi. Huawei calls it Full
HD+ because it is 2,340x1,080 pixels. In the flesh it
looks sharp enough, though, and, of course, you can’t
see the pixels at normal viewing distances.
Compared to Samsung’s AMOLED screens, the
colours on the P30 Pro look more muted, even in
Vivid mode. It means more natural-looking pictures,
though. We still saw the same colour issues in certain
apps as with the Mate 20 Pro, though, where they
were too dark and just didn’t look right. And, put side
by side with the iPhone XS Max, it’s clear that the P30
Pro’s colours are not as accurate. Not a deal-breaker,
but something to bear in mind if this sort of thing
bothers you.
There’s no notification LED, but you can enable
the always-on display, which will show the time,
date, battery level and certain notification icons. As
ever, Huawei disables it by default.