Huawei P30 Pro

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sparkyhx

4,151 posts

204 months

Wednesday 18th March 2020
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Gameface said:
sparkyhx said:
Harpoon said:
Indeed - I went for a P30 Pro on an o2 contract two weeks ago and all is well in Google-land on it.

Thanks, looks like I'll go for the P30 Pro
I'm on the same deal 90GB deal. Great phone. Get a case though. It's almost as slippery as a bar if soap!
Yeh, if its anything like my P20 its eminently dropable, bit pointless having an ultra attractive and colourful design

sparkyhx

4,151 posts

204 months

Wednesday 18th March 2020
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Fastchas said:
I walked into the EE shop last weekend to talk about ditching SKY and sigining up to BT.
While I was there waiting for the bumff to be printed off, I chatted to the salesguy about the phones. I said I have an iPhone 6s, pissed off with obsolecence and asked for the entry level Huawei that would be similar. He said definitely the P30 Lite, it's better than the iPhone 11.
I only pay £10pm for a sim only deal (I refuse to pay monthly for fashion items) and this P30 Lite weighs in at £20pm for 4GB data.
Amazing value.

I'm scared. Convince me I would do the right thing, moving from Apple to Huawei please!
I'd say it depends, If you are fully bought into Apple ecosystem it's very good, but its a 'golden handcuff' expensive and they lock you in to upgrading path, if you want wide compatibility, options and choice, go Android. After that its a choice of phone.

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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I have a P30 pro arriving today biggrin

Question though: Has anything gone from a P20 pro to the P30 and if so, how have you moved all your photos?

Mammasaid

3,834 posts

97 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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james_TW said:
I have a P30 pro arriving today biggrin

Question though: Has anything gone from a P20 pro to the P30 and if so, how have you moved all your photos?
Have you not backed them up on Google Photos?

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Mammasaid said:
james_TW said:
I have a P30 pro arriving today biggrin

Question though: Has anything gone from a P20 pro to the P30 and if so, how have you moved all your photos?
Have you not backed them up on Google Photos?
Yes, I even pay for extra storage to be sure, but I like to have them local so I don't need to rely on connectivity to the internet for them

journeymanpro

757 posts

77 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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james_TW said:
I have a P30 pro arriving today biggrin

Question though: Has anything gone from a P20 pro to the P30 and if so, how have you moved all your photos?
Yes I did the same move. Used Google. Photos.

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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journeymanpro said:
james_TW said:
I have a P30 pro arriving today biggrin

Question though: Has anything gone from a P20 pro to the P30 and if so, how have you moved all your photos?
Yes I did the same move. Used Google. Photos.
But are you photos local or in Google photos?

journeymanpro

757 posts

77 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Google, can always download 8f you wish

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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journeymanpro said:
Google, can always download 8f you wish
8f?

BossHogg

6,010 posts

178 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Probably "if" the 8 is above the i on the keyboard. wink

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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BossHogg said:
Probably "if" the 8 is above the i on the keyboard. wink
Haha, yeh, that's painfully obvious smile

Its Just Adz

14,078 posts

209 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Is the p30 a step up enough from p20?

I've had a p20 Pro for almost 2 years now and really don't know what to upgrade to. P40 would have been obvious choice but lack of Google rules it out.
Just been looking at Galaxy ultra and the prices seem ridiculous.

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Its Just Adz said:
Is the p30 a step up enough from p20?

I've had a p20 Pro for almost 2 years now and really don't know what to upgrade to. P40 would have been obvious choice but lack of Google rules it out.
Just been looking at Galaxy ultra and the prices seem ridiculous.
Honestly, I'm not 100% sure, but the option of an external memory card (albeit a proprietary one), the duo camera option and the better zoom is the draw.

Plus, it's shinier. smile

l354uge

2,895 posts

121 months

Thursday 30th April 2020
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Looking at getting this once my contract ends in the summer, i currently have a mate 10 pro thats been excellent but battery and camera are getting worse so this is a perfect next step, the only annoyance is brexit..

Was happy to stop thinking about Brexit for a while, but now its back on my radar.

Stuck between three and o2. o2 is cheaper and has a better network, but they gave a really vague answer when asked if they will keep free EU roaming after the end of the year, whilst three have fully committed.

Anyone heard anything to suggest o2 wont screw me in 6 months time?


james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Friday 1st May 2020
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I upgraded with O2 and they said that for my 2 year contract I'll have EU roaming...

Also, I've migrated everything from my P20 pro but the date stamps are all screwed and when I try to post anything from Instagram, ALL the photos are now dated yesterday. The EXIF data is right, but the file date is not.

It's updated to EMUI 10... Can't really see any difference...

thetapeworm

11,225 posts

239 months

Friday 1st May 2020
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Do other users here just have the default lock screen images and if so have you recently noticed what looks like an advert for a people carrier (bonus points for make and model) in lieu of pretty scenery?



I realise you can change the images and your preferences for topics included but this seemed an odd addition.



Edited by thetapeworm on Friday 1st May 14:03


Edited by thetapeworm on Friday 1st May 14:34

l354uge

2,895 posts

121 months

Friday 1st May 2020
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They've done it before, the magazine lock screen was a load of booking.com adverts for a while. I got rid quick sharp

Exige46

318 posts

236 months

Saturday 2nd May 2020
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Its a Nissan Elgrand. By coincidence I was looking at them yesterday as we don't get a great deal of choice when it comes to people carriers in NZ.

thetapeworm

11,225 posts

239 months

Saturday 2nd May 2020
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Exige46 said:
Its a Nissan Elgrand. By coincidence I was looking at them yesterday as we don't get a great deal of choice when it comes to people carriers in NZ.
Is it? I had it as a Toyota Alphard.

james_TW

16,287 posts

197 months

Saturday 2nd May 2020
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l354uge said:
They've done it before, the magazine lock screen was a load of booking.com adverts for a while. I got rid quick sharp
I didn't even realise this was a thing - It's gone...

Does anyone use Skype? Mine doesn't notify me ever - I had the problem on the P20, but that was intermittent, this seems constant.