HuaweismartphoneLast featured Sept 2020
Huawei P40 Pro
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
Takes the best photos he has seen on a phone and improves on the P30 Pro in nearly every way, though the odd design details and unfinished software story hold it back slightly.
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- Price when I covered it
- 1999 European
- Featured in
- 8 videos · 2020–2020
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Amazing at moon and star photography
- best camera experience
- good battery life
- lighter body
- matte finish resists fingerprints
- much lower price
What I didn't
- no Google services
- Overexposes bright areas in video
- Ultra wide isn't very wide
- Flash photos come out too dark
- Video falls apart with fast movement at 4K
- large, off-centre hole punch
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“the Huawei p40 Pro is the best photography experience I've had on a phone”
“it's probably going to be the normal Pro the lighter body the matte finish more importantly the much lower price tag”
“my favorite phone for photos is now the p40 Pro”
“it doesn't feel that your camera system has a weak link”
“it has many many steps in the right direction and pretty much every aspect of the p30 Pro is better here”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
2:19OnePlus 7 Pro in 2020 - Wow.Its display looks worse than the OnePlus 7 Pro's, in his view.
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3:57vivo X50 Pro Unboxing - World's first Rotating Camera.His favourite camera phone of the year so far, and the benchmark the vivo is targeting.
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Huawei's Operating System of the Future?Sponsored flagship phone linked in the description but not reviewed in the video.
7:05Top 13 BEST Smartphones of 2020 (Mid Year).The best photography experience he has had on a phone, as long as you can live without Google services.
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0:00Huawei P40 Pro+ Unboxing!He suggests the standard P40 Pro is the better pick for most Huawei fans thanks to its lighter body, matte finish and lower price.
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Huawei P40 Pro - 2 Weeks later.No transcript was available, so his verdict on this sponsored two-week review cannot be confirmed.
0:07Huawei P40 Pro vs Samsung S20 Ultra vs iPhone 11 Pro Max Camera Test Comparison!His favourite phone for photos, with standout low-light and zoom performance, though video stabilisation and flash exposure let it down.
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0:00Huawei P40 Pro Unboxing - The Best Camera Ever?Takes the best photos he has seen on a phone and improves on the P30 Pro in nearly every way, though the odd design details and unfinished software story hold it back slightly.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Camera nerd
“the Huawei p40 Pro is the best photography experience I've had on a phone”
▶ 7:05 - Camera nerd
“my favorite phone for photos is now the p40 Pro”
▶ 10:26 - Minimal
“understated design sells”
▶ 1:48
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