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Huawei’s latest has a smart design

with an iPhone-style notch, but is

three cameras the magic number?

Huawei

P20 Pro

TRIPLE THREAT

aving shunned its budget

image, Huawei is carving

outasolidreputationfor

offering Apple-like

hardwarewithAndroidsoftwareata

premiumprice.Ofcourse,thatprice

hastobejustifiedwithfeatures,and

theP20Prohasquitetheshowpiece:

a triple-sensor Leica camera system.

Oh, and its beautiful gradient colour

finishesthatshiftin the light.

Familiar face

Intherestofthedesign,there’sno

gettingaroundtherebeingawhiffof

aniPhoneXtothelook,thoughyou

getabig6.1-inchscreen(withnotch)

here.hatsoundshuge,butHuawei

hasreallynailedtheergonomics,so

we found it comfortable to use. he

glass back is smooth and solid, while

themetaledgesarepleasingly

chamfered and tactile. It’s definitely

premium–wefinditmuchmore

pleasant to hold than the Samsung

GalaxyS9–anditfeelsmoredurable.

Unlike the iPhone, there’s still a

fingerprintsensorandhomebutton

onthefront.It’sawelcomeextra,

since the face unlocking works well

butisn’tassecureasApple’sFaceID.

Onthebackyou’llfindthatcamera

setup, which combines two colour

cameras (wide-angle and telephoto)

with one monochrome sensor. You get

10MP,eventhoughthesensorsare

higher-res than that – Huawei

combines multiple pixels into one for

anextra-sharpimage.It’sverysmart,

and similar to what Nokia did with its

legendary PureView camera.

he actual sensor of the wide-

anglecameraishugeaswell(double

thesizeoftheiPhoneorGalaxyS9’s),

and when combined with the tonal

pixelsofthemonochromesensorand

‘Artificial Intelligence Stabilisation’,

OSAndroid 8.1 OreoScreen6.1-inch

1080x2244ProcessorKirin 970RAM

6GBStorage128GBCamera40MP

wide-angle, 8MP telephoto, 20MP

B&W, 24MP frontBattery4,000mAh

Dimensions155x73.9x7.8mm

Weight180g

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