Huawei has expanded its line-up today by launching two new smartphones in an event in Paris. The company has announced Huawei P20 and P20 Pro with the highlights of the smartphone being their camera capabilities. Following the lines of Apple's iPhone X, Huawei P20 series smartphones sport a notch at the top of their 19:9 aspect ratio Full View displays as well as vertically aligned dual cameras at the back. Here is a look at what all the new Huawei smartphones have to offer.
Huawei P20 Specifications, Features
Huawei P20 sports a 5.8-inch Full HD+ LCD display with 2240x1080 pixels resolution and an 18.7:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by Huawei's own Kirin 970 octa-core SoC and carries 4GB RAM along with 128GB of internal storage which is further expandable. As per Huawei, the chipset on the Huawei P20 carries dedicated components for AI capabilities. The Huawei P20 runs the latest Android 8.1 Oreo with Huawei's custom UI, EMUI 8.1 on top. Huawei aims to push faster software updates through 'Project Treble'.
As for its highlight, the Huawei P20 comes with a dual camera setup at the back with one 20-megapixel sensor and another 12-megapixel sensor for depth effect in images. The camera setup offers up to 2x zoom and slow-motion video recording capability at 960fps and 720p resolution. Huawei announced that the DxO mark rating for the Huawei P20 is 102 which is higher than that of Samsung Galaxy S9+ and Google Pixel 2. At the front, the P20 comes with a 24-megapixel selfie shooter with 'Light Fusion' feature.
The smartphone is backed by a 3400 mAh battery and supports 'SuperCharge' fast charging. It carries a USB Type-C port but skips the aux input. Other connectivity options on the Huawei P20 include dual-SIM card slots, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, 4G LTE and VoLTE for HD voice calling.
Huawei P20 will be available in four colour options - Midnight Blue, Ceramic Black, Pink Gold, and Graphite Black. It will retail at a price of 649 Euros.
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Huawei P20 Pro Specifications, Features
The Huawei P20 Pro comes as a step up variant to the Huawei P20 and boasts of being the first camera to carry a three lens camera setup at the back. Here are the specifications that the smartphone comes with:
Huawei P20 Pro sports a 6.1-inch Full HD+ OLED display with 2240×1080 pixels resolution and 19:9 aspect ratio and a notch at the top. It is powered by a similar Kirin 970 octa-core SoC that also comes with a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI-based enhancement on features like selfies, video calling and face unlock. The device carries a 6GB RAM coupled with 128GB of internal storage. It is backed by a 4000 mAh battery with SuperCharge support. It also offers IP67 water and dust resistance.
Connectivity options on the Huawei P20 Pro include dual SIM card slots, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and 4G VoLTE. It runs Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1 on top and also supports Project Treble.
The camera setup on the Huawei P20 Pro includes a 40-megapixel RGB sensor, an 8-megapixel telephoto sensor and a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor for enhanced low-light photography. The entire setup allows 5x hybrid zoom, background defocus effect and ISO 102400 light sensitivity which, as per Huawei, matches that on a Canon Mark 5D IV camera. The camera sensors also offer laser auto-focus, slow-motion (720p) video recording at 960 fps and Master AI for scene detection for optimum settings for an image. AT the front, its carries a similar camera as on the Huawei P20. The DxO score of the Huawei P20 Pro is 109, even higher than that of Huawei P20.
The Huawei P20 Pro will be available in the same colour options as the Huawei P20.
Huawei P20 Pro will start retailing at 899 Euros.
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Huawei has also announced a designer edition of the Huawei P20 that features an in-screen fingerprint sensor and is also the first Huawei smartphone to enable quick wireless charging. The designer edition Huawei smartphone will be available in Balck and Red colour at a price of 1695 Euros for the 6GB RAM/ 256GB storage variant and 2095 Euros for the 6GB RAM/ 512GB storage option.
Huawei Accessories
Along with the smartphones, Huawei has announced two new audio accessories: Huawei FreeBuds and Huawei Active Noise Canceling Earphones.
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