ISSUE 66 • ANDROID ADVISOR 85BUYING GUIDEPro 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
soundslikea normalspeakerwithyourearpressed
tothescreen.Huaweihasupgradedthein‑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 you can’t see the pixels
at normal viewing distances.
Compared to Samsung’s AMOLED screens, the
coloursontheP30Prolookmoremuted,evenin
Vividmode.It meansmorenatural‑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’snonotificationLED,butyoucanenable
thealways‑on display, which will show the time,
date, battery level and certain notification icons. As
ever, Huawei disables it by default.