Huawei’s P30 Pro catches the millennial eye – with 4 rear cameras
It is unclear whether there is enough in the new devices to tempt a P20 owner to upgrade after such a short time
Huawei, the second-biggest phone maker in the world behind Samsung, has added two new flagship phones to its P series of devices – the P30 and the P30 Pro.
Huawei unveiled both devices in Paris on Tuesday, but we managed to get some hands-on time with both devices at a preview event last week. We’ll focus on the P30 Pro for this hands-on, since it packs the most exciting new features.
Both models are an upgrade on last year’s P20 and P20 Pro, with the latter receiving rave reviews thank its AI-powered camera.
It isn’t clear that there is enough in the new devices to tempt a P20 owner to upgrade after so short a time, but there are some eye-catching new features on the P30 Pro – not least the intriguing screen vibration technology, which replaces the conventional earpiece, plus the fact the phone has an astonishing four-camera array.
Both phones look beautiful, with curved glass screens and iridescent designs.
Here’s what we thought after a quick play with the P30 Pro. It’s worth noting that we only spent a couple of hours with the phone, and we’ll eventually post a more in-depth hands-on review.
The Huawei P30 Pro starts at US$1,187 for 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage, while the P30 starts at US$923 for 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
This is the P30 Pro. The iridescent design – which Huawei refers to as “pearlescence” – is beautiful, but presumably would remain hidden under your phone cover.
