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Huawei P30 Pro: Specifications Review

The Huawei P30 Pro is finally here!

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The P30 Pro is at the apex of Huawei’s flagship offerings and is arguably the best camera smartphone that you can buy right now.

The smartphone features a fantastic technical profile with the highlight being a sophisticated camera profile and a powerful performance profile.

The Huawei P30 Pro has a suggested retail price of Ksh. 98,999 (pending confirmation). At that price point, if you are interested in the P30 Pro, you should check out the Samsung Galaxy S10+ (Ksh. 94,999) and iPhone XR (Ksh. 99,000).

That said, here is what the P30 Pro has to offer.

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Display

Display Size: 6.47-inches

Display Type: OLED

Screen Resolution: 1080 x 2340 pixels

Screen Resolution Density:

Screen Protection: 422 PPI

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The Huawei P30 Pro features a 6.47-inch OLED display. The display has a 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and is in comparison to the P30, it‘s bigger but with an identical resolution.

The P30 Pro display includes an in-screen fingerprint sensor.

Design

Dimensions: 158 x 73.4 x 8.4 mm

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The P30 Pro is one of the best designed flagship smartphone of 2019. The smartphone features a premium build quality which is further enhanced by a gradient color scheme.

The P30 Pro is available in five colors, Amber sunrise, Breathing Crystal, Pearl White, Aurora and Black.

Performance

Operating System: Android 9.0 (Pie)

CPU: 2.6 GHz Octa-core

RAM: 8/6 GB

Internal Memory: 128/256/512 GB

Micro SD: Yes, up to 256GB

The Huawei P30 Pro packs a 2.6 GHz Octa-core CPU and you have a choice of between 8/6 GB as RAM. The base version of the Huawei P30 Pro comes with 128GB as internal storage.

In addition to this, you get you get a micro-sd card slot that can support up to 256GB of memory.

The P30 Pro runs Android 9.0 out of the box and will most likely get an upgrade to Android 10, the next version of the Android OS.

Camera

Rear Camera: 40+20 MP

Secondary Camera: 32MP

LED Flash: Yes

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The Huawei P30 Pro packs a sophisticated quad rear camera system that makes it an excellent choice for mobile photography.

There is a 40MP super sensing camera, a 20MP ultra-wide camera, a time-of-flight camera (TOF) this, a periscope telephoto lens that supports up to 50x zoom. Let’s talk a bit about quad-camera system.

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The 40MP super sensing camera is all about letting in lots of light to the sensor in order to capture the best possible photos, the 20MP ultra-wide camera increases the field of view, while the TOF camera is mostly for augmented reality features and if you are interested in the tech, you should read all about it here.

The telescope is mainly for optical zoom.

Battery and Extras

Battery Capacity: Li-Po 4200 mAh

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A Li-Po 4200 mAh battery powers the Huawei P30 Pro. The battery is large enough to offer up to 48-hours from a single charge while on moderate usage.

Price in Kenya

The Huawei P30 Pro has a suggested retail price of Ksh. 98,999 in Kenya.

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