Huawei P30 Pro review

The Huawei P30 Pro is absolutely still a good buy one year later if you want a great Huawei phone without caveats and/or an affordable photography powerhouse. Amazingly, there’s not a huge discrepancy in photography quality between it and the competition. In fact, the P30 Pro continues to be better than most. There are small gains moving up to the Huawei P40 Pro, but nothing game-changing. Plus the P30 Pro remains very competitive with a host of other Android flagships in terms of features and raw specs. The biggest drawbacks are the lack of 5G, slightly aged performance, and the standard 60hz refresh rate display.

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With Google not launching the Pixel 4 series in India, the P30 Pro was one of the best camera smartphones. Samsung seems to have caught up with it’s Galaxy S20 series. I’m yet to try these devices but as an Android flagship, the P30 Pro holds its own ground. Now, the real question is what happens to software support six months from now. I haven’t received security patch in more than three months, making the device vulnerable. If that remains the case then I might have to look for its replacement.

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With its astonishing battery life and exceptional cameras, the Huawei P30 Pro is a real contender in the smartphone wars. Sadly, some design choices take away from its functionality, but its still up there with the best of them.

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The P30 Pro does almost everything right, at least when you consider what most people expect from a top of the line handset these days. It has a great curved screen with very good palm rejection, top-shelf innards, amazing battery life, one of the best rear camera systems ever put in a pocketable device, and software that is fast and smooth.

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The zoom on its own will make the new Huawei an extremely tempting option for many mobile photographers, but the camera performs very well in almost all other areas as well. The P30 Pro is easily the most versatile mobile imaging tool to date, allowing you to cover a wider range of photographic situations than any other smartphone.

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It’s a pretty impressive phone. And if you’re worried about that whole thing about how Huawei might spy on you for China through your phone … well at least with that 32 MP selfie camera, you can be assured your hacked nudes will look impeccable!

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With an exquisite design backed by one of the best cameras you'll find today, the P30 Pro is a stellar phone in 2019. The primary 40MP camera takes outstanding photos, but it's the zoom lens that makes the phone particularly enticing: there are no other devices that take such detailed photos at 5x zoom. EMUI is no longer a limiting factor, the battery life is outstanding, and the hardware is top-notch. Put it all together and you get a knockout phone.

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If you want a camera experience that is second to none in terms of quality and versatility, battery life, flagship performance, wireless charging, ultra-fast charging, and stylish all-glass design with premium build-quality, then the answer is a resounding yes. So long as Huawei is able to maintain its ability to access Google Play Services and the Android OS.

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While the Huawei P30 Pro smartphone has a fairly standard design, it does have solid build quality, great performance, decent battery life, and an outstanding camera with many features. If mobile photography is your thing, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better camera on another phone. 

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If you look at the P30 Pro on its merits alone there is no other flagship on the market today I’d rather have in my pocket. It’s combination of photography prowess, raw power and battery life make for a deadly combination. When we look at Huawei’s current problematic situation the answer takes on new shape. The risk of it not being truly supported in the future has meant some stores have begun pulling the phone from shelves.

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