Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Quick Review
The P40 Pro + smartphone is
the third in the 2020 P edition range, but also Huawei's third 5G smartphone
this year. This is the most efficient model of the Chinese firm, which deploys
all its know-how in mobile photography. A smartphone is designed in the hope of
being essential, even though Google services are absent.
Offered at a price of
1,767USD Huawei's smartphone competes in the ultra-premium smartphone category,
like the Sony Xperia 1 Mark 2 and Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. The Huawei P40 Pro
+ is also a serious competitor to the Samsung. In this article, we will give
you a quick review regarding Huawei P40 Pro Plus.
Design & Display.
Huawei P40 Pro Plus comes with a glass front.
Huawei swaps glass and aluminum for ceramic, both for the back and for the
frame. In addition to giving a very nice look to the mobile, it offers
much better protection against scratches. The P40 Pro Plus has an IP68 water
and dust resistance.
Also, the smartphone has the same dimensions as the P40
Pro. The format is the same, only the weight changes. We, therefore, end up with a 226 g mobile (the same weight as the iPhone 11 Pro
Max). A gain that we surely owe to the material used as well as to the
presence of an additional photo module.
The right edge accommodates the traditional volume control buttons
as well as the ignition. On the lower one are placed the USB-C port as
well as a speaker. The other slices are blank.
As far as display is
concerned, Huawei P40 Pro Plus comes with a 6.80 OLED display. It occupies
91.6% of the front of the device. The P40 Pro Plus has a 1200 x 2640 resolution
with 441 PPi. The device also supports
HDR10. It also has support for the 90Hz refresh rate
Operating System and Process.
Huawei P40 Pro Plus is
powered by Kirin 990 5G. Both processors are built using a 7nm+ process for
extreme power efficiency, and it has a neural engine on board for AI-related
tasks.
In the Geekbench test, the P40
Pro Plus scored 877 for
single-core and 2712 for multicores.
According to the operating
system, the Huawei Pro+ runs also on Android 10 with Huawei well-known EMUI
10.1 interface. This has some new features. Most notable is the arrival of a
new intelligent personal assistant: Celia. When it works, this tool shows great
responsiveness.
Note the existence of
Huawei Share which allows file sharing between Huawei smartphones without
mobile data. This same function also allows you to access your phone's files
from any PC or Mac connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
Overall, the navigation is
rather smooth and offers several customizations, including the ability to
switch to dark mode, configure navigation by gestures or activate or not the
application drawer. A sidebar of configurable shortcuts allows you to display
the window of one app on top of another.
Storage, Price and available colors.
Huawei P40 Pro Plus price
depends on the selected variant. The basic variant of Huawei P40 Pro Plus with
8GB RAM and 256 variant, we have no idea how much it may cost. The variant with
8GB RAM and 512GB variant, it will cost 1,379.99USD on Amazon. It has an SD
card up to 512. While it goes with 2 SIM cards, one is physical and the other
is eSIM. It is available in White Ceramic and Black Ceramic colors.
Security and Ports
For security,
The P40 Pro Plus comes with a fingerprint
sensor is placed under the display. The latter is also very fast and works
as well - or even better - than the one on the P30 Pro
(which was already excellent). It doesn't support 3D face recognition for
unlocking the device. The P40 Pro Plus also supports the classical unlocking
methods such as pattern and passcode.
As of ports, the Pro Plus
phone supports Bluetooth 5 and NFC. It supports VoLTE and WiFi Calling. The device
comes with a USB-C port, which helps in quick charging. The device has no a 3.5mm
headphone jack, like many of today's flagships which choose to say goodbye to
such technology.
Battery and charging.
Huawei P40 Pro Plus
comprises a powerful Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 4200mAh. Exactly the
same battery as the P40 Pro. And the phone offers fast charging.
Camera.
By night, Huawei's flagship
once again offers a rather impressive result. If the software processing
smooths the image a lot and makes most of the details disappear, the objects
that make up the scene are perfectly visible.
The telephoto lens of the
Huawei P40 Pro Plus only allows an x3 zoom, while that of the Galaxy S20 Ultra
can go up to x4. However, the result is rather convincing and the P40 Pro +
module offers a very good result. The shot is correctly exposed, the details
are present, and if there is any smoothing, it is imperceptible.
Unfortunately, at night, as
on all smartphones, it remains unusable. Compared to the S20 Ultra, we see
better exposure as well as no digital noise. However, the smoothing is far too
strong to be exploitable.
According to zooming
abilities, the phone is armed with an additional module which is none other
than a periscope allowing an x10 zoom. This is not the first time that we have
seen this type of zoom on a smartphone. The Oppo Reno 10X zoom, as well as the
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra also offers one. However, in the case of the Oppo, it
is only a hybrid zoom while in that of the S20 Ultra, its periscope module only
goes up to x4.
The x10 periscope zoom of
our P40 Pro + offers a fairly impressive accuracy. The scene is clear,
correctly exposed, and teeming with detail. The colors certainly stand out a
little too much, but this does not spoil the general appearance of the shot.
Otherwise, it must be recognized that Huawei engineers have been able to provide
amazing work on this module. Especially since it has a focal length of 240 mm,
which is long and which, in normal times, does not rhyme with a good result.
The portrait mode is also
convincing. The clipping is very precise and the subjects stand out very well
against the background. A feat that we owe in part to the ToF sensor.
Video shooting, the P40 Pro
+ can shoot videos up to 4K at 60 frames per second. If it doesn't have an
optical stabilizer (only electronic), the images are very stable, even if your
handshakes a little too much.
Conclusion.
The P40 Pro + is quite
simply a great smartphone. This is the most versatile photo phone on the market
today, and the rest of its spec sheet is just as impressive as its photo
capabilities. Unfortunately, like the P40 and P40 Pro, this Pro Plus model
does not include Google Mobile Services, which makes its use complicated for those
who are not used to doing without it. It is therefore difficult to advise him
against the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra which is just as exemplary and offers
Google services. What about you? Do you recommend
this smartphone? Give us your opinion on the comments.
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