The global smartphone industry has become a battle of the androids, especially now with Huawei becoming the number two smartphone vendor globally. With the competition getting fierce, Huawei comparing HUAWEI P20 Pro and its features with other phone available in the market. Comparing four main features that would drive to buy one phone over the other and also the ones that matter the most in any device: Camera, chipset, design of the phone and ultimately value for money!

Superior Camera

We took the camera out for a few fun test shots in day and night, and found that even though launched in March, the HUAWEI P20 Pro, is still the best smart camera phone on the market. 

Equipped with Leica Triple Camera, HUAWEI P20 Pro has a leading rear camera system comprised of a 40MP RGB sensor, 20MP monochrome sensor and an 8MP sensor with telephoto lens. Compared to dual lens camera in other devices, HUAWEI P20 Pro supports a higher resolution in both its primary and secondary sensors, and on top of that, it also has a third sensor with a dedicated telephoto lens.

In the simplest terms, the images shot on a camera with a higher resolution are clearer and more detailed, whilst a low-resolution camera is only capable of producing images that are comparatively blurrier and noisier. However, there are several more factors that impact image quality– for instance, the sizes of the sensor and photosites (pixels on the sensor). 

With AI being the recent game changer in camera specs in smartphones, it is safe to say that Huawei was the first to launch the AI powered camera feature last year in its flagship device HUAWEI Mate 10 series, which offered Real-Time Scene and Object Recognition. This basically meant that the camera settings were automatically set based on the object and scene, where actually the phone recognizes the object and scene and adjusts the camera setting automatically to capture a clear and sharp picture.

This feature was further developed and improved upon with the launch of their HUAWEI P20 Pro that equipped with a triple 40 MP AI camera. In all fairness, one of the most unmatchable features of HUAWEI P20 Pro is its low light photography capability, which is equipped with state-of-the-art AI Image Stabilization. Phone users are be able to capture incredible blur-free, handheld shots in low-light using Night Mode, without the need for a tripod. Unlike other devices, HUAWEI P20 Pro night mode also balances high-contrast scenes for effortlessly clear, light-balanced snaps in any setting. In fact, HUAWEI P20 Pro’s Night Mode feature can sometimes capture scenes that even the naked eye cannot see.

Besides HUAWEI P20 Pro’s edge in sensor specifications, HUAWEI’s current top-of-the-line flagship also supports 3x optical zoom, allowing the HUAWEI P20 Pro to zoom farther than other competitors, which only can manage 2x optical zoom. Also, though some devices support 10x digital zoom, HUAWEI P20 Pro also supports 5x hybrid zoom, which leverages its on-device AI capabilities to combine optical and digital data to minimize quality loss while zooming. Confirming this comparison and distinguishing camera in the Huawei P20 Pro, the phone has been ranked 109 points by DxOMark, the highest rating reached by a smartphone in the market so far.

Moving on to the brain of the phone, it’s chipset: One SoC to Power All

To tailor the device to the needs of different consumers across the world, Huawei has customized its HUAWEI P20 Pro for different regions and has taken a different approach to what other companies do. Huawei provides all its products with its full capabilities and advanced features and making it available to all users in the world and in any country.

CPUs are poorly optimized to execute AI tasks. Without the support of a dedicated AI processor, the EMEA model of a device will likely provide a subpar user experience compared to other models, as well as the HUAWEI P20 Pro.

Another score for HUAWEI P20 Pro with its AI enabled Kirin 970 chipset.

Beauty beyond Compare

The beauty of design is one of the aspects on which Huawei has relied on the comparison of HUAWEI P20 Pro and other devices in the market and determine which will outperform the other as a more stylish and fashionable phone. This has become an important feature as everyone these days considers their phones as an extension of themselves. Here comes the 'twilight' color of the HUAWEI P20 Pro with unprecedented color.

Drawing inspiration from the Northern Lights, Huawei created the unique Twilight purple-to-blue gradient color using the NCVM process, a lengthy industrial process that involves high costs and low yields, but produces a unique look that makes the HUAWEI P20 Pro instantly stand out from amongst others. Besides the colors, the HUAWEI P20 Pro is clearly a device that was carefully designed. 

For the back of the HUAWEI P20 Pro, Huawei’s designers deliberately aligned the camera module in a way so that when a user holds the device horizontally, the look of the device will resemble that of a compact camera. This is an exemplification of how Huawei speaks through design—just from looking at the device, a user can tell that it’s made for photography. Yet again, HAUWEI P20 Pro’s gradient colours and camera + key placement, makes it a user-friendly and ‘haute’ phone to own and hold.

Better Value

Lastly, which works better for your pocket and gives you the best value for your money?

The HUAWEI P20 Pro was launched in March 2018 and comes with a unique set of innovations and functional features that have only recently been noticed by rival phones, almost six months later. For example, some companies have used a larger battery in their phones, but Huawei has outperformed battery life with the priority of the health of its users by providing the highest standards of safety in its devices and batteries across several layers of protection Perhaps the most important is that Huawei offers these features at a competitive price.