Huawei P30 - Live Launch (now)

[thetapeworm]

I'm watching for the P30 Pro announcement but a few other things are expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNTJt5m5Yno

The camera on the P30 Pro seems to be a great leap forward, RYYB sensor rather than the usual RGGB, a periscope zoom, larger sensor than the competition and ISO ratings of 204,800 for the P30 and ISO 409,600 for the P30 Pro

I'm impressed so far, I had thought I'd be waiting for the next Samsung Note but if the price is right on the P30 Pro I might have a dabble.

Edit: P30 Pro will be €999 - €1249.

They also announced some "Gentle Monster" smart eyewear that's due in July and a few other bits and pieces too like a 40W powerbank, some headphones, earbuds etc, nothing too groundbreaking though.

https://consumer.huawei.com/uk/phones/p30-pro/

Edited by thetapeworm on Tuesday 26th March 14:49

Edited by thetapeworm on Tuesday 7th May 13:11

[cbehagg242]

I've been waiting for this launch to see what way I go with upgrading my current Galaxy S7 Edge.

Decided that the P30 pro is not that different than the Mate 20 pro (same processor and battery, mainly camera changes but camera's on mate 20 pro are not exactly bad) so have just ordered one of those SIM free for £580. Happy with that considering they launched at £900 back in October. P30 pro is rumoured to be £899 as well so I couldn't justify spending £320 for the slightly better camera.

[PixelpeepS3]

cbehagg242 said:

P30 pro is rumoured to be £899 as well so I couldn't justify spending an extra £320 for the slightly updated state sponsored spying tool

fixed that for you.

[thetapeworm]

The sales pitch suckered me in to a preorder, 512GB Pro with a free Sonos speaker and 45GB more data a month that I get now for £1 a month less than my S8+ - hopefully I won't regret it, I'm usual reluctant to adopt early.

[Benni]

8 MP telephoto with 5x optical zoom ?

I rather stick to my ancient Galaxy K Zoom with 12 MP and 10x optical zoom,

bought a "new old stock" recently as backup.

[PixelpeepS3]

and people went nuts over apples £999 price tag for the iphone X ?

not sure what the build quality is like on these Huawei's ?

[BlueJazz]

Build quality is fine on my Mate 20 Pro.

[Murph7355]

PixelpeepS3 said:

and people went nuts over apples £999 price tag for the iphone X ?
...

Probably the best thing Apple has done for their competitors - raise prices across the board. They've done it with both phones and laptops

[Murph7355]

What version of android do these run? Is it "skinned" like Samsung do? And how quick do updates happen?

[anonymous-user]

build quality is fine just can't get on with there UI.

[thetapeworm]

Murph7355 said:

What version of android do these run? Is it "skinned" like Samsung do? And how quick do updates happen?

Android 9.0 with 9.1 of Huawei's EMUI launcher.

Unsure on updates, I'd just expected a similar experience to my Samsung one where they take a while rather than Pixel speeds.

[OnaRoll]

cbehagg242 said:

so have just ordered one of those SIM free for £580.

Where did you order and was it sim free? They do seem reasonable at that price.

[anonymous-user]

Not sure how appropriate it is on this thread, or how true a risk it is, but my brother is in the military and won't speak around a huawei phone and apparently isn't allowed one on base. My mother has to leave hers in the car when she goes there or whenever he visits. Not sure if that's something to be concerned about before dropping a load of money on a phone. I know, tin foil hats etc, and personally I think it's all bks, but hey ho.

[The_Jackal]

OpulentBob said:

Not sure how appropriate it is on this thread, or how true a risk it is, but my brother is in the military and won't speak around a huawei phone and apparently isn't allowed one on base. My mother has to leave hers in the car when she goes there or whenever he visits. Not sure if that's something to be concerned about before dropping a load of money on a phone. I know, tin foil hats etc, and personally I think it's all bks, but hey ho.

It's not recording anything Google or Apple aren't.....
Plus most of all your phone's components are Asian.
Any phone's gps could be recorded to trace a military building layout.
Some soldiers even left Strava running on their phones in Afghanistan and mapped the base for the world to see.

[Otispunkmeyer]

thetapeworm said:

Murph7355 said:

What version of android do these run? Is it "skinned" like Samsung do? And how quick do updates happen?

Android 9.0 with 9.1 of Huawei's EMUI launcher.

Unsure on updates, I'd just expected a similar experience to my Samsung one where they take a while rather than Pixel speeds.

Not sure how quick they are. The previous p20 is on Android 8 still.

[karma mechanic]

Otispunkmeyer said:

Not sure how quick they are. The previous p20 is on Android 8 still.

My Mate 20 Pro has had several updates since I got it in December. (These ship with Android 9).

Last update was just security patches. 9.1 is what's likely to be on the P30 Pro, but I'm hoping that crosses over to the M20 Pro soon.

[thetapeworm]

Just received a notification that my P30 Pro wont arrive tomorrow as expected due to a "manufacturing delay". I'd actually forgotten it was due so soon.

Unsure if this is just limited to the EE 512GB model or all of them but they are offering a free wireless charger as compensation.

[surveyor]

OpulentBob said:

Not sure how appropriate it is on this thread, or how true a risk it is, but my brother is in the military and won't speak around a huawei phone and apparently isn't allowed one on base. My mother has to leave hers in the car when she goes there or whenever he visits. Not sure if that's something to be concerned about before dropping a load of money on a phone. I know, tin foil hats etc, and personally I think it's all bks, but hey ho.

This is a serious concern, although I would have thought handsets are less likely to be targeted. It's a huge issue for 5G, which is really being pushed by the US. There is a review going on which will determine how much of their equipment (if any) the mobile operators are allowed to use in their core network (data centres effectively), and the base stations. BT have already said they are removing from the core (I assume that includes EE). The operators are heavily invested in 4G Huawei VF have said 30% - and I suspect EE/Three are even higher. 5G is essentially an add on to the base station in most cases - a ban would see them having to rip out 4G and start again, with one fewer vendor to negotiate with....

[DaveH23]

I've got an S8+ and due an upgrade soon and have been considering this over the s10+

Has anyone been using a P30 Pro? Or had access to one and an S10+? What are your thoughts?

[smithyithy]

2 chaps in my team have picked up theirs over the past week, myself and another guy still have our P20 Pros and 2 others in the office have Mate Pros

Cracking phones, I was reluctant to ditch Apple but I'm more than happy with Huawei. Couldn't care less about the 'spying' rumours - Apple, Google, Facebook etc. are ll just as bad..