Ahead of the launch of the Xiaomi 14 series launch this week, Xiaomi had teased their upcoming Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro will feature Leica’s Summilux camera lenses, which are more premium and better than the previous Leica Summicron lenses found on the Xiaomi 13 series and Xiaomi 12S series. For context, a Leica Summilux-M 35 f/1.4 lens costs 3895 USD on Leica’s website.

Although the Xiaomi 14 series may be Xiaomi’s first smartphones to feature the Leica Summilux lenses, the Leica Summilux lenses can already can be found on smartphones since April 2017. So what smartphone brand was the first to feature “Leica Summilux lenses”? That brand is none other than Huawei, and the first smartphone to feature the premium Leica Summilux lens is the Huawei P10 Plus.

Huawei P10 Plus

The Huawei P10 Plus is Huawei’s best smartphone released in early 2017. Powered by Huawei’s in-house Kirin 960, the smartphone has smooth and fast performance to last you the whole day with a 3750 mAh battery alongside support for Huawei’s SuperCharge. 

But of course, the highlight here was the cameras. Both the phones featured a 20MP + 12MP Leica certified dual camera setup at the back. However, the larger Huawei P10 Plus comes with a wider f/1.8 aperture instead of f/2.2 on the standard P10, and the P10 Plus has a more premium Leica SUMMILUX-H F1.8 lens, while the P10 featured the SUMMARIT-H F2.2 lens, the same one found on the Huawei Mate 9, P9 and P9 Plus.

After 2017

After the launch of the Huawei P10 Plus, Huawei started using the Leica Summilux lenses in its premium smartphones ever since, starting with the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro launched in late 2017. The full list of Huawei’s Leica lenses used over the years is as shown below.

The Huawei P20 Pro was a particular breakthrough for Huawei, as it was the world’s first triple rear camera smartphone, and it earned first VARIO-SUMMILUX-H for Huawei. Then in late 2018, Huawei Mate 20 Pro was announced as Huawei’s first flagship to have an ultra-wide angle 16mm equivalent lens, earning the lens title of VARIO-SUMMILUX-H 1:1.8-2.4/16-80 ASPH.

The Huawei P30 Pro could reach up to a 125mm equivalent lens with its periscope zoom lens, and then the P40 Pro+ in 2020 broke the record with its 10 times periscope optical zoom lens, giving a 240mm equivalent lens quality on a smartphone. 

In 2021, Huawei ended its partnership with Leica with the P50 and P50 Pro, the last Huawei smartphones in collaboration with Leica. Huawei then utilised its own in-house XMAGE camera branding solution, from the Huawei Mate 50 series onwards in 2022. 

In turn, Xiaomi has carried on the torch of premium smartphones in collaboration with Leica, and the brand is expected to announced to launch its latest Xiaomi 14 series of premium smartphones with Leica certified cameras this week in China. Stay tuned to our coverage of the Xiaomi 14 series, only on Gizmochina.

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As of recent, Huawei Senior Product Manager, Mr. Wang Yonggang, who is in charge of the development of the Huawei flagship P series lineup of smartphones, broke out the great news that the Huawei P series flagships have exceeded 100 million sales globally(including in China) in total since it launched the Huawei Ascend P1 almost 10 years ago. Through a blog post in the Huawei Xinsheng online forum (an online community for Huawei users in China), he shared the many milestones that Huawei has achieved in the smartphone market throughout the 10 years since Huawei launched its first flagship, the Huawei Ascend P1, back in January 2012.

Huawei first started development for the Huawei Ascend P1 as early as in the summer of 2011, where Huawei wanted to put out its first competitive flagship smartphone to the market to make a name for itself in the industry. Mr. Wang Yonggang recalled that Huawei called in their research team from Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi’an to fly over to Shenzhen to help develop the Huawei Ascend P1 together with their Shenzhen team. 

After many months of market research and prototypes, they finally launched the Huawei Ascend P1 in January 2012 with a 4.3 AMOLED display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8MP BSI rear camera in a lightweight and 7.6mm unibody, at a flagship price of RMB 2,999(471 USD) at the time. 

Although the Huawei Ascend P1 was not a bestseller by any metrics, it was Huawei’s first step to transition away from a B2B (Business to Business) company to a B2C(Business to Consumer) company with its first-ever flagship smartphone for the Chinese public.

Huawei’s next flagship, the Huawei Ascend P2, however, was not released in China and was instead released outside of China in markets such as the European and Japanese markets in 2013. This was due in part that the Huawei Ascend P2 was equipped with 4G which China did not have a proper rollout till 2014, and therefore Huawei decided to release it in the global market instead. The Huawei Ascend P2 was also the first Huawei flagship to be equipped with Huawei’s in-house Kirin SOC.

The next milestone for Huawei was the Huawei Ascend P6 with its show-stopping ID design, as the P6 was the world’s thinnest smartphone at its release, with a thickness of only 6.18mm. Looking back, it was the Huawei flagship that defined the premium design language of Huawei P series flagships for many years to come. 

The next big leap was the Huawei P9 with its dual rear camera setup. The Huawei P9 was Huawei’s first phone to collaborate with famous camera imaging company Leica, and the P9’s rear camera was equipped with a normal color lens as well as a monochrome lens. The phone then captures the image with both lenses and uses computational software to provide the best-looking photo for the user.

The next generational leap in photography was with the Huawei P20 Pro with its industry-breaking triple camera setup consisting of a wide lens, a monochrome lens, and a telephoto lens for versatile photography. The Huawei P20 Pro also came with the popular colourway Twilight, which solidified Huawei’s flagship design philosophy in the premium market.

The Huawei P30 series adopted a new type of RYYB colored lens for better images, while the P40 series provided marginal upgrades, such as 10x optical zoom for the series.

The Huawei P50 series was quite a confusing flagship lineup until recently. But Huawei launched the P50 Pocket this week, the company’s first-ever clamshell flagship foldable, which proved that Huawei is bringing forward innovation to its P series flagships once again.

(Source)

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Last week, Huawei shared EMUI 11.0 and Magic UI 4.0 update timeline for eligible devices. Based on that, the company has started rolling out the stable update to the first batch of devices consisting of models from the HUAWEI P40 series and the HUAWEI Mate30 series.

As per the roadmap released by Huawei, a total of 10 devices should receive EMUI 11 stable update in early November. But however, the company has begun to seed the builds only for 8 devices leaving out the two tablets – HUAWEI MatePad Pro and HUAWEI MatePad Pro 5G.

That means the EMUI 11 stable update is currently live for the following devices.

• HUAWEI P40
• HUAWEI P40 Pro
• HUAWEI P40 Pro+
• HUAWEI Mate30
• HUAWEI Mate30 5G
• HUAWEI Mate30 Pro
• HUAWEI Mate30 Pro 5G
• PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate30 RS

Having said that, the update is currently limited to China only. Above all, even in the company’s home country, it is only available for certain users. That’s because the builds are being pushed in batches. Also, if the user is already running the latest open beta release, then they have a high chance of getting the update first.

Anyway, Huawei is yet to release EMUI 11 and Magic UI 4.0 rollout schedule for international markets although beta testing has begun for select high-end smartphones in certain regions.

UP NEXT: EMUI 11 may be the final version before the transition to HongMeng OS

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Huawei officially announced EMUI 11 earlier this month at the HUAWEI DEVELOPER CONFERENCE 2020. Initially, the beta builds of the company’s latest mobile software were limited to certain devices in China. Now, the Chinese smartphone maker has begun to recruit beta testers in Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the UK.

EMUI 11 is the ninth iteration of Huawei’s mobile operating system. Unfortunately, it is based on Android 10 due to the US ban. However, the company has promised to bring select Android 11 features to its devices before updating them to HarmonyOS later next year.

That said, the company has rolled out beta builds of the new version of its Android skin to a plethora of devices in its home country China. Thankfully, it has now started beta recruitment for global markets as well.

Currently, the registrations for the EMUI 11 Beta program is live in Germany, Russia, Turkey, and the UK for the following four smartphones.

• HUAWEI P40
• HUAWEI P40 Pro
• HUAWEI P40 Pro+
• HUAWEI Mate30 Pro

We expect Huawei to soon open global beta registrations for more handsets as well as tablets in the coming weeks. 

Anyway, it is worth noting that this initiative is purely for beta builds that may contain severe bugs. So we would recommend you to stay away from it if you don’t know what you are getting into. 

Further, although the Chinese telecom giant will begin to seed beta builds to selected users in a few days from now, the stable rollout may take time.

UP NEXT: Huawei Smartphones to start getting HarmonyOS 2.0 beta update as early as January 2021

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When you consider which smartphone has the best camera, there are only a few options every year. Until 2020, the winner was one of the iPhones, Samsung’s Galaxy flagship or HUAWEI’s P-series phone. Especially since last year, Huawei has become the most powerful candidate. However, this year, Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Ultra has broken this dominance. And a lot of friends asked us which one has the best camera performance. Well, today let’s take a closer look at these two top camera phones and check out which one is better in the camera department-whether it’s the HUAWEI P40 Pro Plus or the Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra.

Let’s look at their cameras specs first. Both of them come equipped with insane camera setups and both rear cameras occupy a large area of the back. And when taking pictures or videos, you may even have no idea which camera sensor is doing the job.

For HUAWEI P40 Pro plus, it has a Penta-camera setup, while the Mi 10 Ultra equips 4 cameras. We’ve had already introduced their setups in our review before, so just check them out here if you’ve missed it — Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra Review and Huawei P40 Pro Plus Review.

To be honest, both of them are excellent camera phones in 2020 and it’s really hard to perceive the differences in their camera samples on their small 6.6-inch displays. So, the difference between these two camera setups is pretty small, especially over good lighting conditions, which means that if you use it for daily or travel photography, you should probably care more about their tones or image style.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Main Cameras

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Let’s look at the samples from their main cameras – the biggest difference is their shooting angles. Huawei’s main camera has a much narrower angle, which sometimes was not able to provide the same stunning visual effects for landscape or building shots as the Xiaomi model. But when you look closer, we found that the Mi10 ultra didn’t suppress contour jaggies well while sharpening the image. So at first glance, it seems that Xiaomi’s samples create an illusion that it could have better and sharper detail, but the fact is that the HUAWEI model also produces sharp images and did a better job in anti-aliasing.

And then let us focus on their white balance and color reproduction. The Mi 10 ultra was more stable to adapt accurate white balance, but it generally had cooler tones compared to the Huawei samples. But both of them have excellent contrast detail and wide dynamic range. And it’s really, really hard to pick a winner here. It simply comes down to individual preference.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Ultra Wide Cameras

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As we mentioned in Mi 10 Ultra’s review, the phone’s wide-angle camera has a stunning view with a really wide angle. However, a wider angle isn’t everything. It also leads to some drawbacks, such as blurring and noisy detail over at the corners, while the Huawei model maintains excellent reproduction no matter for the corners or the quality at the center.

Well, unlike what we saw in the main camera comparison, this time Xiaomi did a better job in anti-aliasing, but other than that, its wide-angle cameras’ samples were not so different from what we got from their its main cameras under good light conditions.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Macro Cameras

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As for their macro performance, both of them are NOT equipped with an exclusive macro camera but utilize the wide-angle camera for macro use. The Mi10 Ultra can shoot subjects with a closer view, while the Huawei’s macro mode is able to produce purer images.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Telephoto Zoom

For both models, the amazing zooming performance is advertised as one of their most attractive selling points. The Mi 10 Ultra can shoot up to 120-times zoomed-in photos, while the maximum zoom-in capacity for the HUAWEI model is 60 times. However, we don’t suggest shooting over 20-times zoomed-in photos on these two models. You would find out how meaningless it is and will definitely get frustrated with the outcome at extremely high zoom levels. However, using the phones to capture photos under 10x zoom is very satisfying.

The Huawei P40 Pro features two telephoto cameras, one with 3x zoom and another one with true optical 10x zoom. On the other hand, the Mi 10 Ultra comes with one 2x optical zoom telephoto camera and another one with 5x zoom. Therefore, technically, the Mi 10 Ultra is better at shooting photos between 2x and 3x zoom, and then between 5x and 10x zoom. While the setup on the P40 Pro Plus should enable better zoom photos between 3x and 5x zoom and then 10x and beyond.

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And as expected, our camera test samples roughly proved this theory. The biggest difference between these two models is image resolution. However, thanks to good software optimization, the Huawei model is not far behind in the range, where the Xiaomi model was leading. Especially the Huawei model was more likely to produce a purer image with better noise control. On the other hand, although Xiaomi only features a hybrid 10x zoom, its 10x photos were so impressive that it almost catches up with the optical 10x zoom of the HUAWEI model. But strictly speaking, the HUAWEI phone still won a narrow victory in the race of 10x zoom.

Huawei P40 Pro Plus vs Mi 10 Ultra ZOOM

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Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Portrait Mode

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About the portrait mode, Huawei has an exclusive depth-sensing camera to catch the depth information, while the Mi 10 Ultra only uses the 2x telephoto camera for portrait use. And from the samples, we can see that the HUAWEI phone is more accurate in detecting edges and creating the correct depth information, while the Xiaomi phone can get confused when there are multiple subjects.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Night Mode

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These two models both have a night mode for night shooting and the improvement in quality in these two models was also remarkable. but their production is a bit different. For example, the optimized solution of Huawei is a bit smarter to reproduce natural images with a good balance of exposure, while the night mode of the Mi 10 Ultra is dedicated to improving the overall brightness, which leads to lower contrast and strange reproduction in low-light scenes. In addition, sometimes the Mi 10 Ultra was incapable of making adjustments with correct exposure balance and good stabilization under extreme low-light conditions. But thanks to the RYYB sensor, Huawei’s samples looks much more comfortable with excellent brightness improvement.

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Xiaomi hasn’t developed a night mode for the Ultra’s wide-angle camera, so from the samples, it’s not a good idea to use it in night scenes. On the other hand, you can apply night mode for wide-angle shooting on the HUAWEI phone. But actually, the wide-angle camera could also work well without night mode in night scenes, so Huawei no doubt won the race of night shooting. However, we did notice that the night mode samples from Huawei’s wide-angle camera couldn’t exactly present good saturation under extreme low-light conditions.

As for their ability of video shooting, their main cameras both can shoot up to 4k 60fps videos. However, Huawei’s wide-angle camera can also film 4k 60fps videos.

Thanks to HDR Hardware optimization, the Xiaomi model’s video quality is really amazing with a better dynamic range. And compared to the videos shot by the Huawei model, Xiaomi’s excellent image stabilization was also surprising.

Check out the full-sized camera samples from this drive link.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Camera UI 

About camera UI and editing experience, there are some things that we didn’t feel comfortable while using these two phones. For example, the Huawei phone has a relatively low-resolution view-finder when we’re shooting using the display. And when we use it to shoot horizontal photos, the zoom options were located at the bottom, which makes one-hand operation become impossible. And compared to the Mi 10 Ultra, there is no such a picture-in-picture view for Huawei’s zoom shooting, which sometimes made finding subjects under zooming a bit difficult. And for video shooting, the Huawei phone would start with the wide-angle camera, but not the main camera which had better image quality. And for the Mi10 Ultra, there is obvious shutter delay sometimes, even up to a couple of seconds.

For photo editing, the experience on the Huawei phone is much better. It not only provides more professional adjustment but also comes up with a few auto-options for you to edit photos quickly. And it also allows users to get a horizontal view when editing photos, while on the Mi 10 Ultra it cannot switch the direction.

But for filter options, the Xiaomi phone no doubt provides more interesting filters. Most of them are pretty good choices for social media. And another highlight is the set of sky filters, which would auto-detect the sky in the image and replace it to the sky option you choose. And the effect is really amazing.

For video editing, they both can do simple editing and can apply filters. And the Xiaomi phone has an awesome auto-captions feature to detect voice and turns it into captions.

Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra vs Huawei P40 Pro Plus: Verdict

These two models no doubt are great camera phones, but we cannot pick which one has won the whole camera race. The two phones have four to five cameras and each of them has its own advantage as well as shortcomings. So overall, the gap between each of their cameras is so small that you cannot simply pick one phone as the ultimate winner.

The Huawei P40 Pro plus is really a mature model as the brand has a few years of experience developing top-end mobile cameras, while the Mi10 Ultra is an all-around 10th-anniversary model bringing the most creative ideas from Xiaomi to life.

So which one do you think captures better pictures – Xiaomi Mi Ultra or the Huawei P40 Pro Plus?

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Huawei P40 Pro Plus is the company’s flagship smartphone for the first half of 2020. It is one of the first three devices (P40, P40 Pro) to launch with EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10 out of the box. Now, this handset is receiving EMUI 10.1.0.145 global update with optimizations for calls and multi-window.

Small update for P40 pro+ #HUAWEIP40ProPlus pic.twitter.com/dgD6Mvh7AW

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) July 15, 2020

The new update for Huawei P40 Pro Plus weighs 546MB in size and brings three new changes, in addition to optimization for compatibility for third-party apps.

According to the changelog, the update optimizes call audio quality and improves multi-window user experience. Further, it also removes MeeTime tab from the Phone and the Contacts apps.

Removing the tab of the company’s video calling service from Phone and Contacts apps is a welcome move as MeeTime is only limited to Huawei/Honor devices. Above all, it is only available on certain devices as part of EMUI 10.1 and thus, the adoption rate is quite low.

Google recently added Duo calling option inside Google Phone app so that users can easily make a video call. But Duo is a cross-platform service used by many people. 

However, it is worth noting that this app became quite popular as the search giant pushed it rigorously by bundling with other Google apps on Android smartphones from different OEMs. Huawei might have thought to do something similar, however, that did not work due to various reasons.

That said, if you have a Huawei P40 Pro Plus, then make sure to update it to the latest version for the new improvements.

UP NEXT: Huawei P40 Pro Plus Camera Review: Expanding the limits of Mobile Photography

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Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus are available in international markets even though they are devoid of GMS (Google Mobile Services). Huawei is betting high on its HMS (Huawei Mobile Services) and AppGallery to sell these handsets. Further, to keep the customers entertained, the company has also been adding new features since its release. Currently, the duo is receiving a new EMUI 10.1.0.140 update which brings improvements to the cameras.

The Huawei P40 Pro series is one of the best camera smartphones available in the market. But the company is still polishing the overall experience with new updates ever since the phone launched.

The latest EMUI 10.1.0.140 update weighing 515MB brings three new changes and all of them related to the cameras present on it. Two of them targeted at improving selfie pictures and videos, wheres the third one is said to enhance portrait shot under low light conditions.

Talking about selfies first, the new update adds ‘smart-eye tracking’ to the P40 Pro series. According to the changelog, it “quickly and intelligently track human eyes” while capturing selfie pictures as well as videos. As per XDA Developers’, this could be possible because of the IR depth sensor present alongside front-facing camera in the display cutout.

The second selfie-orientated feature is called ‘ring light compensation’ and as the name suggests it improves lighting conditions while recording selfie videos. Lastly, the latest EMUI update also brings Super Night portrait mode 3.0 to capture better portraits in low-light.

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Over the past couple of years, Huawei has matured into a world-class smartphone maker. We look forward to the Huawei P-series in the first half of every year, as it often becomes the benchmark for smartphone cameras in that year. 2020 hasn’t been any different. And our anticipation was rewarded with not one but two powerful camera flagships, the Huawei P40 Pro and the Huawei P40 Pro Plus. 

Yes, for those unaware, the top-end model in the Huawei P-series family is called the Huawei P40 Pro Plus. It’s not exactly a classy name, but it is one hell of a phone when it comes to smartphone photography. Huawei is one of the very few smartphone brands that’s still expanding the range of possibilities for the smartphone camera. In fact, before 2016, it was really hard to predict how far ahead mobile photography could go, especially after seeing the decades of professional-camera development. 

But in 2020, here we are, talking about the 10x optical zoom capacity of the HUAWEI P40 PRO Plus. This 10X optical zoom has a maximum focal length of 269mm, which covers a really wide range of focal lengths, even wider than some mirrorless camera. However, from another perspective, the HUAWEI P40 Pro Plus is the smallest camera that you can find on the planet having such a working 10x optical zoom range!

Well as a phone, 226g weight could be a bit heavy to hold it in your hand. But it seems that the P40 Pro Plus is competing against not just smartphones but also some mirrorless cameras. Accordingly, for its target users, the weight should not be a big problem. Actually the P40 Pro Plus shares the most common features with the P40 Pro. Probably the only difference is the camera experience brought by the additional telephoto camera combination and camera software updates. And in this article, we’re still going to talk about what the P40 Pro Plus model can offer to both professionals and ordinary users. 

Let’s first identify the demands of ordinary users and professionals, respectively. For ordinary users, mobile photography is their primary device to record and create memories. They usually demand the phone to be an all-rounder such as being easy to use, having good image colors and clarity, having a large storage or cloud storage, supporting intelligent image editing, and so on. Now let’s look at the P40 Pro Plus, and see how it meets this kind of users’ demands. 

Huawei P40 Pro Plus’ camera isn’t very different from the P40 Pro since they share the same primary sensor. The camera samples have great contrast and good exposure latitude. And the original 50MP resolution also provided a clear image with good sharpness. And to simplify photography for users, Huawei has one of the most effective AI solutions for scene recognition and color tuning. So even for general users, it’s not difficult to apply appropriate color styles for different topics. 

Huawei P40 Pro Plus vs P40 Pro Zoom Review

And if you are bored with the standard wide-angle view, the P40 Pro Plus amazingly brings you 2 more optical zoom cameras, a 3x and another 10x telephoto camera – a first for a smartphone in the market. Compared to the 5x zoom camera of the P40 Pro, the 3x zoom camera for the Plus version probably is a better choice. So you get a high-quality optical zoom between 3x and 10x. The 3x zoom has a maximum focal length of 81mm, which is closer to a 50mm portrait lens. 

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The most frequently used range of focal length usually stays no longer than 100mm, so it seems that a 3x optical zoom camera is more practical than the 5x telephoto sensor of the Pro model. However, we have to compare the samples from the P40 Pro and Plus in different zoom ranges to test this belief.

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From 0.6x to 2.9x zoom, there is not much difference between the 40 Pro and the Plus version due to the same wide-angle camera and main primary shooter. But when we extended the zoom range from 3x to 4.9x, the image quality difference turned out to be remarkable as the Plus version was using the separate 3x optical lens while the image shot by the Pro version is a cropped creation by the primary camera. Though the color is quite similar to each other as they’re running the same camera software, it’s no doubt that the separate 8MP 3x zoom camera produces a clearer image with better details.  

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From 5x to 9x zoom, the images shot by the Pro version took the definite lead. It’s not surprising as the Pro version used its 5x optical zoom camera, while the Plus version still used its 3x zoom camera. 

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And eventually, as we zoomed the Plus version to 9.1 times, what we saw in the viewfinder is pretty surprising, not just because of its superb clarity but also for its powerful stabilization when I was holding it in my hands. It’s worth adding that even for some professional cameras, it’s NOT common to have such stabilization over 200mm focal length. After seeing it on a phone, we are really amazed by the tech developed by Huawei. It is the first and only brand (so far) to bring 10x optical zoom to everyday users without any need for expert or technical photography knowledge. 

So it’s clear that the additional expensive camera sensor is fully functional and not just aa gimmick. We could also apply different filters and night mode to the whole range of focal length. 

Huawei P40 Pro Plus In Night Mode

Now, let’s see some 10x zoom samples under night mode. Similar to how it works over the primary camera, users have to hold it steady for several seconds as it creates composite photos. So if you want to use the 10x zoom camera, it’s better to attach the phone to a tripod to get a perfect stabilization.

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But the Huawei P40 Pro Plus has the same issue we discussed in the review video of the P40 Pro model, which is the viewfinder. What you see on the display viewfinder is not what you eventually get. The captured images turn out to better than what’s seen on the viewfinder.

It’s probably designed to protect the phone from overheating and consuming a lot of power. After all, computing the final result live on the viewfinder could be an exhausting task for the device. And indeed, the Plus variant managed to keep the temperature under control with good power consumption levels. We’ll talk about it in detail in the next para.

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You can check out the full resolution camera samples from this drive link.

Huawei P40 Pro Plus Videography & Battery Consumption

In addition to all the camera experience, we also tested the Plus model’s battery endurance as a filming machine. So we shot 4k 60fps video on both the P40 Pro and the Plus version for 30 mins. 

The P40 Pro consumed 18% power, while the Plus model consumed 17% of power. And both of them controlled the temperature very well. So accordingly, there should be little difference between their battery performance. Accordingly, we estimate that the P40 Pro and the Plus version can shoot video at the highest quality for over 2 and a half hours.

You can read our Huawei P40 Pro review for more details about its display and battery – as it shares most of the components with its cheaper sibling.

So that’s how the Plus version enhances everyday photography for ordinary users.

But for professional photographers, all the features we’ve talked about probably just meet their basic demands in their creation process. Compared to their professional equipment, the image quality created by the HUAWEI P40 PRO Plus may not able to convince them to use it as the primary device for photography, at least not for every professional. However, it doesn’t mean that the Plus version is completely useless for professional photographers. 

As we mentioned above, the P40 Pro Plus is small and is able to shoot excellent zoomed-in photos without the need for bulky switchable lenses. Believe it or not, photographers hate carrying all kinds of cameras and their accessories when they need to work in poor conditions. More importantly, great moments are fleeting. So even professionals often need something that’s portable but capable of delivering good quality shots. And the Huawei P40 Pro Plus comes close to meeting this demand. 

We have seen the evolution of the phone camera for years, and it is undeniable that the Huawei P series is one of the most aggressive camera smartphone lineups. For ordinary users, the intelligence of its cameras such as AI recognition helps bring a high-end photography experience without the need for any technical knowledge. For professionals, on the contrary, it expands the possibility of what a smartphone camera can do, bringing it closer to professional cameras than ever before.

UP NEXT: Huawei P40 Pro vs OnePlus 8 Pro: In-depth Camera Comparison & Review

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Last week, Huawei announced the sale of P40 Pro Plus to begin from June 6, preceded by pre-orders from June 1. As today is the day, the handset is now up for pre-order in China on Huawei’s official online store called VMall.

The Huawei P40 series made its debut in late March globally, followed by an exclusive Chinese event in April. The regular P40 and P40 Pro are available for purchase for weeks but the P40 Pro Plus will be only available from June 6.

The most premium Huawei P40 Pro Plus can be finally pre-ordered in China. The sale for the handset is scheduled to begin from June 6 in the country. Having said that, the company is yet to announce the availability of this phone in international markets.

The P40 Pro Plus is similar to P40 Pro except for few changes here and there. First and the foremost, the back of the Pro Plus is made of ceramic and comes in two colors – White and Balck respectively.

Further, it features an extra 8MP periscope telephoto camera with OIS, PDAF, and 10x optical zoom, which can be used to digitally zoom up to 100x. Finally, the last difference is that the handset supports 40W wireless charging just like the Oppo Ace 2.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is priced at 7,988 Yuan ($1,120) and 8,888 Yuan ($1,245) for the 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB storage variants respectively in China.

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Huawei announced the P40 series globally in late March, followed by a separate launch event for China in April. The standard P40 and P40 Pro were soon available to purchase in most regions. But now, finally, the star of the series – Huawei P40 Pro Plus with 10x optical zoom will be going on sale from June 6.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is the most premium and expensive P series handset to date. The 8GB + 512GB variant of the handset is priced at €1399 for European countries.

On the other hand, the device will be also available in an 8GB + 256GB variant in China, in addition to the above-mentioned higher model. They are priced at 7,988 Yuan ($1,199) and 8,888 Yuan ($1,245) respectively.

According to the official Weibo account of Huawei, the P40 Pro Plus will be available for pre-order starting June 1 in China, followed by regular sale from June 6.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus and P40 Pro are identical with a few differences. First and the foremost,  the Pro Plus features a ceramic back (white & black color options) unlike the glass panel on the Pro.

The P40 Pro also features an additional fifth rear camera. It is an 8MP periscope telephoto camera with OIS, PDAF, 10x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom.

The last difference between the two is support for 40W wireless charging on the P40 Pro Plus compared to 27W on the Pro.

Having said that, Huawei is yet to announce the availability of P40 Pro Plus for global markets.

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Huawei introduced ‘Celia’, its own voice assistant at the launch of Huawei P40 series with EMUI 10.1. However, it did not make it to the retail units. But now the company’s homegrown assistant is finally here, albeit, it is limited to certain regions for now.

Due to the ban imposed by the US government on Huawei, the Chinese telecom had to rethink its smartphone division. It introduced Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) along with AppGallery to fill the void left by Google Mobiles Services (GMS) and Play Store.

At the Huawei P40 series launch event, the company also announced EMUI 10.1. The latest version of the brand’s mobile software also included ‘Celia’, its new voice assistant for international markets.

For the unaware, Huawei already has a voice assistant called Xiaoyi in China. It is found on the company’s smart speakers like AI Speaker 2, smartphones, and more. We believe the new Celia voice assistant could be based on Xiaoyi itself.

Huawei Celia Voice Assistant

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Having said that, if you own a Huawei P40, P40 Pro or P40 Pro Plus, you can use Celia by changing your locale to either UK, France, Spain, Chile, Mexico or Colombia. That is because the assistant is only limited to these regions as of now.

As far as languages are concerned, it can understand English (UK), Spanish, and French for now. Since Celia is intended as a replacement for Google Assitant, its UI is similar to the latter. Further, it also supports HiVision AI Lens and AI touch-shopping.

The Celia voice assistant is expected to be available on multiple Huawei and Honor smartphones with EMUI 10.1 update in the coming weeks.

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The recently launched Huawei P40 series is receiving a new software update in China. The update bumps up the phone’s build number to EMUI 10.1.0.122 and brings a number of new features including a new high megapixel mode in the camera app, new smart video playback option, and a new clock style for AOD.

The new EMUI 10.1.0.122 update for Huawei P40 series weighs 711MB in size. Although the update will nor erase anything, the company suggests creating a backup just in case. The official changelog for the update is as mentioned below (translated from Chinese).

• Camera
  • Optimize the high-pixel mode photography effect, improve imaging quality, optimize camera stability, improve shooting effect.
• Off-screen display
  • Added Condenser Clock Style.

• Multi-device control center
  • Collaboration between smart devices adds support for Huawei Smart Screen X65 to easily realize continuous video playback from mobile phones and smart screens.

• Display
  • Optimize the display effect of some interface elements.

As you can see from the changelog above, the new update brings a new 50MP AI high-quality mode, which you can have a look from the screenshot attached below. Further, the update adds a new AOD clock style and also brings support for smart video playback on Huawei’s new Vision Smart X65 OLED TV. Last but not least, the update also fixes some UI glitches.

As of now, the update is being currently rolled out to the Chinese version of the Huawei P40 series. It is uncertain when this update will hit the global editions of the handsets. Eligible devices are as below.

• HUAWEI P40 5G ANA-AN00
• HUAWEI P40 5G ANA-TN00
• HUAWEI P40 Pro 5G ELS-AN00
• HUAWEI P40 Pro 5G ELS-TN00

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TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) has bestowed the Huawei P40 series with the ‘Best Photo Smartphone’ award. It is worth noting that TIPA World Awards are based on innovation and is not judged by the performance of the product.

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) is a body consisting of print and media publications associated with the photo/imaging field. It gives away awards annually to the most innovative products under different categories such as cameras, lenses, accessories, services, and tech & design.

The association recently published the winners of the 2020 edition of its Word Awards. In which, the Huawei P40 series as a whole has won the Best Photo Smartphone award. Surprisingly, the P series lineup has been winning this award since the TIPA World Awards was first introduced in 2017.

The first smartphone to win this award was Huawei P10 / P10 Plus in 2017, followed by P20 Pro and P30 Pro in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Since the award is honored based on innovation, we can understand why Huawei P series has been winning it for years.

For instance, this year’s one of the three winners, the Huawei P40 Pro Plus features the largest-ever smartphone camera sensor,  a 50MP RYYB sensor of 1/1.28-inch size with omnidirectional phase detection autofocus. This primary camera is further paired with a 40MP f/1.8 ultra-wide cine lens, an 8MP f/2.4 telescope camera with OIS and up to 10x optical zoom, another 8MP f.2.4 telescope camera with OIS but up to 3x optical zoom, and a TOF depth sensor.

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Yesterday, Huawei launched the P40 series in China. Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu gave an online interview to the press earlier today. In that, he mentioned the company is barely making a profit from its high-end premium smartphones.

Huawei dethroned Apple to become the world’s second-largest smartphone brand in terms of shipments in 2019. But yet, it’s profit margin is less than that of the Cupertino-based tech giant. This is because the brand’s premium products feature high-end tech, which costs more but still the company sells the final product at a lesser price than its prime competitors.

Mr. Richard Yu said the camera components in the Huawei P40 series alone cost more than $100. He also revealed that the company has so far lost around $60 – $70 million dollars in selling the Mate Xs foldable smartphone, even though it is priced at 16,999 Yuan (~$2267). He further added that the company cannot make a profit unless the price of folding panels goes down. Till then, the retail price of the foldables will remain high.

Mr. Yu also revealed that Huawei’s investment in R&D will likely be the second-largest this year. He also added that some of the competitors merely spend a billion Yuan in R&D, however, his company is investing $20 billion. 

He believes innovation and products should go hand in hand to retain customers and maintain sales. This is why Huawei has been focusing more on research and development. In 2019, the company invested about $18.5 billion in R&D (third-largest), which accounted for 15.3% of its total revenue of 467.3 billion Yuan with 34% YoY growth.

Huawei holds 85,000 patents worldwide, out of which 90% are invention patents. Last year, Huawei was the top patent applier in the European Union with a total count of 3,524.

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Huawei today officially released a number for products in its home market with the P40 series smartphones at the helms. The company equally unveiled the X65 Smart TV with an OLED display and several amazing features.

During the launch event, Huawei’s CEO Yu Chengdong took time to respond to complaints about the P40 series not featuring support for 120Hz screen refresh rate. Yu Chengdong disclosed that the Huawei P40 Pro can naturally be configured to support the 120Hz refresh rate. However, the company took into consideration other factors such as the power consumption of the phone and others which he did not mention. Thus, the Chinese giant decided to stick with the 90Hz refresh rate as the maximum for the P40 Pro.

The Huawei CEO argued that the 90Hz display of the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ has been optimized to be very smooth. For the avoidance of doubt, while the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ features support for 90Hz refresh rate, the standard Huawei P40 has a 60Hz screen refresh rate.

Higher screen refresh rates have become important components of flagship models. We have seen OEMs bump up the refresh rates of their smartphone models from the usual 60 Hertz to 90 Hertz and even up to 120 Hertz especially on gaming smartphones. This has brought improvement to the gaming experience. Even though the P40 Pro only has support for 90Hz refresh rate, it is widely accepted that 90Hz is just adequate to handle most of the mobile games with heavy graphics smoothly. It also offers better battery consumption than a 120Hz refresh rate.

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Huawei has officially launched the Huawei P40 series in China today, nearly two weeks after it was announced internationally via an online event. The company has unveiled three flagship smartphones in the domestic market: Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, and Huawei P40 Pro Premium.

Since we already know all about the specs and features of the new devices, let’s first take a look at the China pricing of the Huawei P40 series.

Huawei P40 China Pricing & Availability

The Huawei P40 China pricing is as follows. 

• 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 4188 yuan (~$593  | €545)
• 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 4488 yuan (~$635  | €584)
• 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 4988 yuan (~$706  | €649)

In comparison, the Huawei P40 starts at €799 ($880) for 8GB RAM and 128GB ROM in Europe.

Huawei P40 Pro China pricing is as follows. 

• 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 5988 yuan (~$848  | €778)
• 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 6488 yuan (~$918  | €844)
• 8GB RAM + 512GB ROM – 7388 yuan (~$1046  | €961)
• 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 6888 yuan (~$975  | €896) – GIFT BOX SPECIAL EDITION

In comparison, the Huawei P40 Pro starts at €999 ($1095) for 8GB + 256GB variant in Europe.

Huawei P40 Pro Plus China pricing is as follows. 

• 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 7988 yuan (~$1131  | €1039)
• 8GB RAM + 512GB ROM – 8888 yuan (~$1258  | €1156)

In comparison, the Huawei P40 Pro Plus starts at €1399 ($1533) for its 8GB RAM and 512GB ROM variant in Europe.

As you can see, the Huawei P40 series models are priced way cheaper in China, just like its predecessors. This difference in the European and Chinese pricing of the P40 series is similar to what we saw for the P30 series last year.

The Huawei P40 and P40 Pro models will go on sale in China later today (April 8) at 10 PM. The Huawei P40 Pro Plus will go on sale on June 1, 2020.

Huawei P40 Series Specs

The Huawei P40 series share a similar design profile. So you get a rectangular camera housing at the back with soft-matte glass finish on the P40 and the P40 Pro models. The premium P40 Pro Plus comes with a ceramic back. Up front, the P40 model comes with a 6.1-inch flat OLED display with dual punch-hole cameras on the top left corner. On the other hand, the P40 Pro and Pro Plus models feature an “overflow” curved 6.58-inch display with dual punch-hole cameras in the same position as the P40.

Owing to a smaller display and battery, the standard Huawei P40 is lightweight and compact. The phone weighs just 175 grams and measures just 8.5mm in thickness. In comparison, the P40 Pro weighs 209 grams and is nearly 9mm thick. The P40 is not as water-resistant as the IP68 certified Pro and Plus models, but the IP53 rating ensures it can withstand a few splashes. All three models feature a larger screen fingerprint sensor which is 30 percent larger and faster than its predecessor.

Under the hood, all three models feature Huawei Kirin 990 5G flagship processor, starting with 8GB of RAM. They support NaVIC in addition to GPS, AGPS, Glonass, and BeiDou along with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1. The new Huawei P40 series comes with the latest EMUI 10.1 OS based on Android 10 with HMS.

The Huawei P40 comes with a 3800mAh battery with 22.5W SuperCharge charging technology. The P40 Pro and Pro Plus have much faster wired charging solutions for its 4200mAh battery, maxing at 40W. What’s even more interesting is that the Huawei P40 Pro Plus comes with 40W wireless charging support, making it the world’s fastest wireless charging smartphone right now.

The Huawei P40 has a triple camera setup. The P40 Pro has quad-cameras while the P40 Pro Plus has a penta-camera setup.

The standard Huawei P40 comes with a 50MP RYYB f/1.9 UltraVision camera along with a 16MP UltraWide Angle shooter and an 8MP f/2.4 telephoto shooter. The telephoto lens supports 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom, and 30x digital zoom. The phone gets OIS and AIS for image stabilization and can shoot 4K 60fps videos.

The Huawei P40 Pro comes with a 40MP f/1.8 Ultra Wide Cine lens, an upgraded 50MP RYYB f/1.9 sensor with OIS, an 8MP optical periscope camera, and a ToF sensor. The Huawei P40 Pro Plus has an additional 8MP f/2.4 SuperPeriscope lens. This enables 10x optical, 20x hybrid, and up to 100x digital zoom on the Pro Plus model. On the other hand, the P40 Pro features a 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and 50x digital zoom.

China is an important market for Huawei and the P series has been extremely well received in the domestic market. We can expect the same response for the P40 series as well.

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Recently, a Weibo post, a Chinese microblogging website, leaked the Huawei P40 series core suppliers list. In other words, the list revealed the manufacturers behind its crucial components are mostly based domestically, in China. These don’t include the handset’s processor and other proprietarily developed technology.

According to the leaked list, the Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ use camera modules from Sony, Largan, Sunny Optical, OFILM, LuxVision, Q Technology, and Crystal Optech. Similarly, the fingerprint scanner is built by Goodix Technology with parts from OFILM, and Q Technology. The display touch panel and glass are provided by Lens Technology and Beil Crystal.

On 27th March, Yuan Feng, the CEO of BOE, had revealed that both the flagship models feature BOE curved displays.

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A Chinese tech reporting portal, XYZone had also published a teardown video of their own. This breakdown revealed that most core components were sourced from China (primarily Huawei’s HiSilicon chipset and other technologies), Taiwan, South Korea, and even Japan. Although a small portion was also sourced from American companies like Skyworks, Qorvo, and Qualcomm for the RF fronts.

According to analysts, Huawei already has pre-existing stocks for various components. This was done prior to its US ban that disallowed it from working with US based companies. However, from its inventory, it seems that the company still has enough parts for the next year at the very least, by then the company would’ve also come up with viable replacements or through other proprietary development.

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Huawei recently announced its Huawei P40 flagship series smartphones which is now set to go on sale in China next week. Now, ahead of that, a tipster has shared an image of Huawei P40 Pro Plus prototype which reveals an easter egg.

It shows that the Leica penta-camera setup on the smartphone has a note that reads “Let It Go”. This confirms that the smartphone, which is codenamed “Elsa” has been named after the “Frozen” movie.

okay now it is confirmed that the P40 series code names really are from the Frozen. no more doubts.
This is "Elsa" aka P40Pro+ proto and its leica label have note "Let it go"
Kinda nice little easter egg #HuaweiP40Pro pic.twitter.com/BEksEUol7W

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) April 2, 2020

Earlier, there were reports which claimed that the Huawei P40 series smartphones have been codenamed from Frozen, with P40 and the Pro model being codename Anna and Elsa and now the latest tweet from the tipster also reveals that the Pro+ variant also carries the “Elsa” codename.

Ahead of the launch of the P40 series in China, its pricing details have leaked online. As per the leak, the Huawei P40 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage will sell for 4,488 Yuan (roughly $632). On the other hand, the Huawei P40 Pro 8GB + 128GB will sell for 5,788 Yuan (~$815) while the 8GB + 256GB variant will be sold for 6,288 Yuan (~$885).

Finally, the most pricey higher-end model, Huawei P40 Pro, is reportedly priced at 7,988 Yuan, which roughly converts to $1,125. This pricing of the smartphones for the Chinese variant is significantly lower than the pricing in the European market.

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The Huawei P40 Pro has been up for paid pre-orders in China and recently exceeded 80,000 units. The phone features a 6.58-inch 19.8:9 aspect ratio display with 2640 x 1200 pixels screen resolution and 441 PPI and 90Hz refresh rate. There are two punch-hole cameras in its display —  a 32MP AF camera and another IR camera for Face Unlock and depth sensing.

Under the hood, the device comes powered by the company’s own Kirin 990 processor. It comes with support dual-mode SA/NSA 5G networks and the device also has a 4-layer VC Liquid Super Cooling system to ensure that the smartphone stays cool, even under heavy load and usage.

The P40 Pro smartphone features a quad-camera setup on the back which includes a 40 MP f/1.8 Ultra Wide Cine Lens, an upgraded 50MP RYYB f/1.9 sensor with OIS, a 12 MP Periscope Telephoto camera, and a ToF depth sensor.

The smartphone comes with Wi-Fi 6 Plus support with transfer speeds up to 2600 Mbps. It runs EMUI 10.1 out of the box with the latest Android 10 operating system. Do note that the P40 models don’t have Google services and instead the phone comes with Huawei Mobile Services with its own AppGallery App Store.

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On 26th March 2020, Huawei had announced its latest flagship series, the Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+. Both smartphones arrived with top notch specs and pricing, with the top models crossing the $1,000 mark. But now, the pricing details for the Chinese launch have been leaked, which reveals pricing nearly 30 percent lower than its foreign launch in certain cases.

According to a new report, the Huawei P40 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB storage will sell for 4,488 Yuan (roughly 632 US Dollars). This is lower than the European pricing of 799 Euros (roughly 6,195 Yuan). Similarly, the Huawei P40 Pro 8GB + 128GB will sell for 5,788 Yuan (roughly 815 US Dollars) while the 8GB + 256GB variant will be sold for 6,288 Yuan (roughly 885 US Dollars).

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Again, these prices are noticeably lower than the foreign launch that had the Huawei P40 Pro priced at 999 EUR for the 256GB models (roughly 7,745). Finally, the most pricey higher end model, Huawei P40 Pro, is reportedly priced at 7,988 Yuan (roughly 1,125 US Dollars), which is again lower than the 1,399 EUR price tag in Europe (roughly 10,845 Yuan).

This makes the Huawei P40 series about 30 percent lower in price when compared to the global launch variant. Notably, it is about 200-300 Yuan higher than the last year’s Huawei P30 series, although that is expected since the newer version feature 5G networking with the general pricing logic also being considered. Unfortunately, this has yet to be confirmed by Huawei. So, it is unclear if this is the official pricing from the Chinese tech giant. Thus, take this report with a grain of salt for now.

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Huawei officially unveiled the P40 series and Huawei Watch GT 2e last week at an online-only event in Paris. Long before that in November 2019, the Chinese telecom giant also launched MatePad Pro, its flagship tablet in China, which they eventually brought to Europe in February 2020. Now, the company is set to bring all of the above-mentioned products to Malaysia very soon.

Huawei has been facing difficulties in selling its devices in the international markets after the US government added it to the entity list in May 2019. But still, the company has been trying hard to bring its innovation to other nations apart from its home country China.

The biggest hurdle for Huawei to sell devices running Android is that it no longer has access to Google Mobile Services. Thus, all of its new Android devices including smartphones and tablets are devoid of Google Play Store and other most-used necessary Google services. This makes the Huawei-made devices a tough sell in global markets.

Thus, to overcome this situation, the Chinese tech giant released HMS Core (Huawei Mobile Services), which comes pre-installed on new devices from the company including the Huawei P40 Series and Huawei MatePad Pro that are about to launch in Malaysia. On the other hand, the Huawei Watch GT 2e, which is a sporty makeover of the original Huawei Watch GT 2 runs proprietary software.

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The Malaysian launch, as well as the pricing of these Huawei devices, are unknown at the moment. However, the company is giving away a RM 30 discount voucher for simply subscribing to updates on these products on its official website. Ironically, this voucher cannot be used to buy any of the aforementioned products launching soon in the country.

For reference, we have listed the European pricing of the upcoming new Huawei gadgets along with their Malaysian Ringgit conversion rates.

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Huawei official took the veil off the much-anticipated P40 series made up of the Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus a few days back. The P40 Pro, just like its siblings, features a premium glass body. Just days after the device was announced, the picture of a broken P40 Pro has surfaced online.

The picture shows a Frosted Silver variant of the P40 Pro with a broken rear glass panel at the top left corner, close to the rear camera. The damage will most likely have resulted from a hard fall. There are no details as to how it happened but this should be expected from a device using an all-glass design. The front panel of the device wasn’t shown. So, we can’t tell if it is broken as well.

Since the Huawei P40 series is yet to go on sale in China and on the global market, the model may likely be a media review unit or a retail store display unit or even an internal prototype. That should explain why the owner did not reveal his identity or the cause of the damage. The P40 Pro is promoted to sport a soft matte glass finish which doesn’t seem to have any Gorilla Glass protection. Thus, see this as a warning that the P40 Pro will be fragile. Perhaps, it will be more fragile than the P40 Pro Plus which features a ceramic body.

The Huawei P40 Pro starts at €999 ($1095) for the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage model. We would have thought Huawei will give it a more durable build. In the absence of that, you’ll have to buy a protective case alongside the flagship to prevent any damage.

The device is expected to be launched in China on April 8.

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The Huawei P40 series announced yesterday is the company’s lineup of flagship premium smartphones for the first half of 2020. Soon after the event, Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group in an interview with the press assured his company will able to meet the demand of its new smartphones amidst COVID-19 global pandemic.

Coronavirus outbreak has been affecting countries around the world in the worst ways possible. Lockdowns have been issued by governments to control the spread of the virus. Due to these, most manufacturing plants have been abandoned resulting in no production. But when the media asked about it to Mr. Yu, he ensured his company has sufficient units of P40 series ready to meet consumer demand.

He also revealed that Huawei has been manufacturing the P40 series of smartphones from Q4 2019, long before the coronavirus outbreak begun in China. Also, as COVID-19 is now under control in China, the company has even resumed production to meet future demand. As for availability, the Huawei P40 series will be shipping to customers in Europe when the lockdowns are lifted by the authorities.

The Huawei P40 series consists of three models namely Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, and Huawei P40 Pro Plus. The pricing of these phones starts at €799 ($880), €999 ($1095), and €1399 ($1533) respectively.

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Yesterday, Huawei announced its P40 series of flagship smartphones. All the three models in the series feature OLED panels but in different sizes with varying resolution and refresh rates. And now, BOE’s VP confirms that the entire series uses panels made by BOE, which also happens to supply displays to Huawei for its Mate Xs foldable smartphone. 

The display is one of the most important components of a smartphone. There are only few OLED panel manufacturers in the world and one of them is BOE. A few hours after the announcement of the P40 series, BOE’s Vice President proudly announced on Weibo that all the new premium smartphones by Huawei including P40, P40 Pro, P40 Pro Plus, and Mate Xs use their flexible OLED panel.

BOE, a Chiese display manufacturer has been lately emerging as an alternate OLED supplier to many companies to reduce their dependency on Samsung. Lenovo is also using panels made by BOE in its ThinkPad X1 Fold and Moto Razr foldable smartphone. On top of it, BOE will be also supplying OLED panels to Apple starting this year.

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The Huawei P40 series is targeted at mobile photography but the devices in the series also sport modern display design, especially the Pro and Pro Plus models. The display on these phones are curved at all the four sides and measure 6.58-inches with a resolution of 2640 x 1200 pixels and 90Hz refresh rate. The company markets it as ‘overflow display’ as it resembles a cup filled with water up to the brim. 

On the other hand, the standard P40 features a flat 6.1-inches display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels. It also lacks the 90Hz refresh rate from the pro models but it has the same cutout on the top left corner of the screen to accommodate selfie camera, depth camera, and IR sensor.

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After months of speculation and rumors, Huawei has unveiled one of the most anticipated smartphone lineups of 2020, the Huawei P40 series today. This year, the lineup has a special addition, the Huawei P40 Pro Plus. This is the company’s most powerful camera phone to date, upgrading its cutting edge RYYB camera technology and bringing a new generation of its periscope camera setup. The P40 Pro Plus gets exclusive features that sets it apart from the already powerful P40 Pro. Let’s take a deeper look at the two new models.

Huawei P40 Pro & Pro Plus Design

Both models feature the same design with a curved screen and rectangular camera housing at the back. The P40 Pro builds on the material and color scheme of its predecessor by offering a soft matte glass finish in five color options: Deepsea Blue, Silver Frost, Ice White, Black, and Blush Gold.

While the Huawei P40 Pro Plus uses the same form factor as the P40 Pro, it features a different texture and material. In fact, the P40 Pro Plus is one of the best-looking smartphones in the market right now. The phone features a premium ceramic body that comes in just two plain colors: Ceramic Black and Ceramic White. What makes this design special is the amount of processing that’s required to bring this design to reality.

Huawei reveals that the P40 Pro Plus’ body uses a nanotech technology to compress the ceramic powder and kiln it for five days at 1500 degrees. The resulting material has a refractive index similar to diamond and the strength of sapphire. So you don’t have to worry about scratches or fingerprints on the phone’s back.

The P40 Pro Plus brings a really powerful camera setup onboard, featuring five cameras (as opposed to P40 Pro’s quad-cameras), a first for Huawei’s P-series lineup. The five cameras are placed in a rectangular camera housing on the top left corner.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is also IP68 certified, just like the P40 Pro, so it is dust and water-resistant.

Huawei P40 Pro & Pro Plus Display

Huawei P40 Pro Plus comes with the exact same display as the P40 Pro model. The phone features a 6.58-inch 19.8:9 aspect ratio display with 2640 x 1200 resolution and 441 PPI. In case you are wondering, yes, the P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus come with a 90Hz screen refresh rate.

The company is calling it as an ‘overflow display’ that’s inspired by the surface tension of a cup filled with water up to the brim. So the display is curved on both the edges with really thin bezels (1.7mm side bezels).

There are two punch-hole cameras in its display and both the P40 Pro and Pro Plus models feature IR face unlock. So, there’s a 32MP AF camera and another IR camera for Face Unlock and depth sensing. This ensures that you can accurately unlock your device even when the lighting is dim. The IR sensor also helps add an Attention Aware feature and Smart Gestures. You can simply Swipe in the air to scroll and grab to capture the screen.

Note that the standard P40 also features a front IR depth sensor, it only comes with a regular AI face unlock.

Huawei has also upgraded the screen fingerprint sensor. So now all the three Huawei P40 models including the P40 Pro Plus features a 30% larger screen fingerprint sensor which is 30% faster as well.

Huawei P40 Pro Plus Cameras

The biggest difference between the P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus is in the camera department. The Huawei P40 Pro comes with a quad-camera setup while the P40 Pro Plus features a penta-camera setup. The Pro Plus variant features an additional Super Periscope telephoto sensor that captures up to 10x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus camera setup is as follow: 

• A 40MP f/1.8 Ultra Wide Cine Lens
• An upgraded 50MP RYYB f/1.9 sensor with OIS
• An 8MP f/2.4 Optical Super Periscope Telephoto camera with OIS and up to 10x optical zoom (240mm)
• 8MP f/2.4 Optical Periscope camera with OIS (80mm)
• ToF depth sensor
• Color temperature flash

The biggest upgrade in the camera department this year is the 10x optical zoom capable Super Periscope camera. This makes the Huawei P40 Pro Plus as the world’s first smartphone camera with such high optical zoom support! This is achieved by using a dual prism design with multiple reflections inside the periscope camera setup. So you have multiple optical zoom modes like 3X low-range zoom, 5x mid-range zoom, and 10x long-range optical zoom.

Another highlight of this Super Periscope camera setup is the use of the RYYB sensor. This also makes it the first smartphone from Huawei to use two separate RYYB sensors, which shows Huawei is confident about its RGB alternative. The company claims that the use of the RYYB sensor for telephoto significantly increases light intake for clearer zoomed-in shots.

In short, the Huawei P40 Pro Plus is capable of capturing 10x optical zoom, 20x Hybrid zoom, and up to 100x digital zoom.

As mentioned above, the Huawei P40 Pro model skips this super periscope sensor. The rest of the camera setup is the same as the Pro Plus. So the P40 Pro is able to capture 5x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and 50x digital zoom – similar to the P30 Pro.

Both the P40 Pro models feature 16-in-1 pixel fusion technology that can churn out pictures with a 4.48um pixel size. The 40MP UltraWide Cine lens on these two devices is actually the industry’s largest ultra-wide camera sensor with 1/1.54-inch sensor size.

The P40 Pro Plus takes the ISO sensitivity to an incredible ISO 51200 for videos. The two models can capture 4K HDR+ time-lapse videos, 4K 60 fps videos, 7680 fps super slo-mo videos, as well as real-time bokeh videos. Dual OIS + AIS ensures stability for the videos shot from the phone.

The P40 Pro Plus can also take Super Zoom videos, for example, Huawei claims that it can capture the zoomed-in video of the moon clearly. There’s also a special Dual View video mode that outputs a combined ultra-wide and close up view on the screen.

Upfront, the Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus feature a dual 32MP selfie shooter and an IR depth sensor. This front selfie shooter features AutoFocus and is capable of capturing 4K selfie videos.

Huawei P40 Pro & Pro Plus Specs

The Huawei P40 Pro duo is powered by the Kirin 990 5G processor. The chip features a brand new NPU that offers a 460% improvement in performance and a 290% improvement in efficiency. Both the models naturally support SA/NSA 5G networks. The phone also features a 4-layer VC Liquid Super Cooling system to ensure that the phone stays cool, even under heavy load.

The Huawei phone comes with Wi-Fi 6 Plus support with transfer speeds up to 2600Mbps. All the models come with EMUI 10.1 out of the box with Android 10 onboard. Note that the P40 models don’t have Google services. Instead, the phones feature Huawei Mobile Services with its own AppGallery App Store.

The new phones also offer dual SIM and also supports eSIM (only for its single SIM variant). Note that you can also use one of these SIM slots to add more storage to the device via a nano memory card.

Huawei P40 Pro & Pro Plus Battery

Both the models feature a decent 4200mAh battery on board with 40W wired Charging. But the P40 Pro Plus gets an equally fast Wireless Charging too! Yes, you read that right, the P40 Pro Plus features the world’s fastest wireless charging technology with 40W charging speed. Like its predecessors, the P40 Pro duo also supports reverse wireless charging.

Huawei P40 Pro & Pro Plus Pricing & Availability

The Huawei P40 Pro starts at €999 ($1095) for the 8GB RAM and 256GB storage model.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus starts at €1399 ($1533) for the 8GB RAM and 512GB storage model.

The P40 Pro will be available on 7th April while the P40 Pro Plus will be available a while later in June 2020.

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As announced earlier this month, Huawei will be unveiling its P40 series of premium smartphones at an online-only launch event today, Thursday, March 26. Initially, like every year, these phones were scheduled to be unveiled in Paris but due to coronavirus outbreak, the launch was moved to an online live stream.

That being said, if you are interested in experiencing the launch, then this post will guide you on when and where to watch the Huawei P40 series launch online.

The first question that comes into everyone’s mind is ‘When is the Huawei P40 series launch?’ Since it is a global launch, interested people around the world can witness it by tuning into the live stream at their local times. To help you put, we have listed-below the exact time of the Huawei P40 series launch for different time zones.

Huawei P40 Series launch is slated for Thursday, March 26, 2020, at the following times.

Now, the second question that arises is ‘Where / How to watch the Huawei P40 series launch?’ The answer to this question is simpler than timing. The company will be live streaming the launch on multiple social media platforms and even on its official website.

As YouTube and Facebook are the most common medium to watch videos, we have embedded Huawei’s official live stream on these platforms below, which will begin as per the timings listed above. For other platforms, click on the respective links mentioned below.

Watch Huawei P40 Series Launch on YouTube

Watch Huawei P40 Series Launch on Facebook

Watch Huawei P40 Series Launch on Twitter

Watch Huawei P40 Series Launch on Official Website

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The Huawei P40 series of smartphones will be made official later today. The lineup includes Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro and another device called Huawei P40 Pro Plus (or Pro+) 5G. The latter was previously rumored to debut as Huawei P40 Pro Premium. The P40 Pro+ 5G will be an advanced version of the P40 Pro smartphone. Reliable tipster Roland Quandt has shared some key details on the Huawei P40 Pro+ few hours ahead of the launch.

The new leak reveals that the Huawei P40 Pro Plus 5G will be powered by the Kirin 990 5G chipset which also powers the P40 and P40 Pro. The P40 Pro+ will be the company’s first smartphone to arrive with a 120Hz refresh rate supporting display. The size of the screen will 6.58 inches. The P40 also features the same-sized screen but carries support for 90Hz refresh rate. Both phones are said to arrive with same dimensions.

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The P40 Pro has 8 GB of RAM, but its Plus variant is expected to arrive with 12 GB of RAM. The penta-lens setup of the phone is expected to house two telephoto lenses that will bring support for up to 10x optical zoom. The P40 Pro has a 4,200mAh battery. Its Plus edition is said to house the same battery. The Pro model supports 40W SuperCharge, but its advanced version will be arriving with faster charging.

Quandt had recently revealed that the Huawei P40 with 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage will be priced at 799 euros (~$871). The 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage will be respectively priced at 999 euros (~$1,089) and 1,099 euros (~$1,199). There is no word on the pricing of the Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G.

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EMUI 10.1 has been long tipped to be released soon. Earlier today, Huawei confirmed it to debut on P40 series, whose launch is set for tomorrow. Additionally, the official Twitter account of EMUI has been teasing the new features for a couple of days now.

EMUI 10.1 Official Teasers

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The official EMUI handle on Twitter posted the first teaser picture on March 23. This image displays a telephone with ‘Discover a Smart Way to Mingle’ text written below it followed by the release date, which happens to 26th March (tomorrow). Although the poster does not reveal anything, we expect it to be some new feature to enhance group calls, which might be applicable for both audio and video calls.

Coming to the second teaser poster, which the account posted yesterday (March 24), has a desk with a laptop, envelope, coffee, snacks and a phone on it. Below that, the text reads ‘Discover a smarter Way to Multitask’. According to us, this teaser has to do with new improvements the company has planned for the already available ‘Multi-Screen Collaboration’ feature, which will further enhance multi-tasking on devices running EMUI 10.1.

Lastly, the third teaser which was posted today is a picture of a handheld gaming console with a quote saying ‘Discover a Smarter Way to Unwind’. Here, the image itself gives away that it is relating to gaming on smartphones. Probably, the new iteration of EMUI will bring an improved GPU Turbo and extra-added features to improve the overall gaming experience.

Anyway, we don’t have to wait too long as everything about EMUI 10.1 will be official tomorrow at the Huawei P40 series launch.

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Huawei is gearing up to unveil the P40 series on March 26, which happens to be tomorrow. Now, just a day ahead of the launch, the company confirms the debut of EMUI 10.1 on these smartphones. This goes in line with a report from last month which suggested the same.

The EMUI official account on Weibo posted a teaser poster for EMUI 10.1. It mentions the new iteration of Huawei’s Android skin to be announced alongside the P40 series launch tomorrow. Unfortunately, the teaser image does not reveal features of the upcoming new version of UI. Instead, it simply says ‘Wisdom, Wonderful Unlimited’ (translated).

If you look back at the history of EMUI releases, we can clearly get the picture that the new improved x.1 version of the software have been debuting on the Huawei P series for the last two years. For example, EMUI 8.1 debuted on P20 series, followed by EMUI 9.1 on P30 series, and now we will get to see EMUI 10.1 on the upcoming P40 series.

However, we are uncertain of the new features and improvements it will come with. Last year’s EMUI 9.1 brought new notable features like EROFS file system, GPU Turbo 3.0, and ARK compiler. This time around, the company may bring features related to HMS (Huawei Mobile Services) core, which the company depends upon to sell its devices in global markets.

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Chinese giant Huawei is all set to globally debut its upcoming next-generation P-series flagship devices — Huawei P40 lineup on 26th March. The launch event, which was scheduled to take place in Paris, has now been cancelled and instead the company will launch the devices through online event live-streaming.

Now, according to the new reports, the Huawei P40 series will be launched in China on 8th April and the pricing details for the devices in its home country will also be announced on the same date.

The company will be launching three devices in this new series — Huawei P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro Plus. The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is the same variant which was previously reported to be the P40 Premium Edition.

As per the leaks, the Huawei P40 will feature a 6.1-inch OLED display with a single punch-hole for its 32-megapixel front camera while the P40 Pro as well as Plus variant will come with a 6.58-inch OLED screen with curved edges. It will feature a pill-shaped cutout on the screen for housing a 32-megapixel main selfie snapper and a depth sensor.

The P40 series smartphones will be powered by the company’s own Kirin 990 5G chipset and will come packed with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. Further, the device will come with support for 40W fast charging technology.

In the camera department, the Huawei P40 will have a Lecia-engineered camera setup that comprises of a main lens of 50-megapixel, a secondary shooter 16-megapixel, an 8-megapixel Ultra Vision sensor with support for up to 30x digital zoom.

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On the other hand, the P40 Pro will feature a primary lens of 50-megapixel in its Leica Ultra Vision quad camera system which will be accompanied by a 40-megapixel lens, a 12-megapixel sensor and a 3D ToF sensor.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus could come with a penta-camera setup having the same configuration as the P40 Pro but with 12MP sensor being replaced with an 8MP telephoto lens and an addition of a 20MP periscope lens. Recently, some camera samples of the P40 Pro smartphone were also leaked online.

These flagship devices from Huawei will come running the latest Android 10 operating system. However, since the Chinese giant is still banned from using Google’s series, the phones will come with Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) as a replacement for GMS.

To know more about the smartphones for sure, including color options, memory variants, pricing and availability details, we’ll have to wait for the official debut on 26th March.

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Huawei will be soon unveiling the P40 series officially on March 26 at an online-only launch event. The company is expected to announce three models in the series namely P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro Premium Edition respectively. But the latest leak suggests the latter beefed-up variant to launch with a different name and a separate report says it to ship later than the first two models.

The launch of Huawei P40 series has been already delayed by a month. Amidst this, new information from internal sources reveals the most expensive P40 series model, which has been up until known as P40 Pro Premium Editon will be made available later than the standard and Pro model of the series. This variant with model number ELP-AN10 will feature a ceramic body instead of glass and will come with five rear cameras, out of which, two will be telephoto. In case you are interested knowing the entire camera specs of this device, then do have a look at our coverage on the same.

Further, as per a tip by Ishan Agarwal, a well-known leakster with a credible history, the so-called P40 Pro Premium Edition will be actually called P40 Pro Plus 5G or P40 Pro+ 5G. It is interesting to see Huawei adopting the Plus moniker when its competitors Apple and Samsung have moved on to Max and Ultra respectively. This is not the first time we are seeing something like this. Previously, when Sony killed the ‘Z’ branding on its flagship smartphones, Motorola soon started using it for its own modular phone series – ‘Moto Z’.

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