We Review the Huawei P20!
Last year, we were very impressed at the strides Huawei took with the release of the Mate 10 series of smartphones but, nearly half a year later, they managed to knock our socks off with the capabilities of the Huawei P20 Pro. While it’s easy to get drawn into the allure of the triple camera monster, we’re going to take a closer look at the P20 to see if it can hang with its bigger brother and see if it’s worth considering.
Huawei P20 Specs
- 2.4GHz HiSilicon Kirin 970 octa-core processor
- Mali-G72 M12 GPU
- 4GB of RAM
- 5.8-inch Full HD+ LTPS IPS display, 2240 x 1080, 429 pixels per inch
- 128GB of internal storage
- 12-megapixel RGB camera at f/1.8 + 20-megapixel monochrome camera f/1.6 Leica cameras with PDAF, OIS,
- 24-megapixel front camera. f/2.0 aperture
- Dual SIM
- WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
- A-GPS, GLONASS
- Fingerprint scanner
- 3400mAh battery with SuperCharge
- Android 8.1 Oreo w/ EMUI 8
As Stunning As Its Sibling
No surprises here. The Huawei P20 looks just as incredible at the P20 Pro. They are cut from the same cloth after all with a stainless steel frame between two curved glass panels that make the phone feel great in the hand and look incredibly luxurious; no matter what color you decide to choose but our fave still remains to be the awesome gradient on the Twilight.
The P20 is, of course, smaller than the Pro — making it a prime choice for those with smaller digits — and is lacking any form of water resistance, so you might want to be extra careful with the device around liquids.
Spoiled by an OLED Panel
One of the big differences between the two siblings is their displays. The Pro versions of Huawei’s flagship is rocking a 6.1-inch OLED display, while the base model’s screen measures in at 5.8-inches at the same resolution but has an LTPS IPS LCD panel instead. It still performs very well with great viewing angles, enough brightness to be legibility to be used outdoors, and the colors are on point too. Sadly, we’ve been a little spoiled by the quality of the OLED panel on its sibling and we can’t help but wish that the P20’s screen got the same treatment as well.
You may know by now but, for the sake of those who don’t, you can hide the notch if you’re not a fan of it by a quick toggle in the display settings.
On to the next page to see how the P20 performs.
