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Review of the Huawei P30 Lite after over a week of 'daily driver' use. I've been playing with this budget-friendly smartphone for a couple of months, but only now got around to fully testing the everyday experience. Unfortunately the EMUI launcher doesn't play well with Android, and Google's Pixel 3A is a stronger handset in most areas, including the camera tech and future updates.

Although boasting a triple-lens rear snapper, the P30 Lite isn't quite as good as the Pixel for night shots, HDR photos and video. Huawei's mobile isn't as slick on the performance front either, although the GPU Turbo feature means PUBG Mobile and other supported titles still play smoothly. Meanwhile this budget blower struggles when it comes to battery life, occasionally not making it through a full day.

Check out my full review of the Huawei P30 Lite and you can see my thoughts on the best cheap smartphones of 2019 so far in my round-ups.

You can grab the phone on contract in the UK from Vodafone, starting from £34 a month:

[celticwarrior]

Although it isn't a water resistant I can confirm ive dropped mine in a toilet and a paddling pool and it's survived both

[konz]

Don't agree with your battery review, mine lasts all day even if I do push it.

[ian]

Just bought the P30lite after having a iPhone for 10 yrs+ nice phone just getting used to Android but cant see me going back t expensive I phones

[tonyworrall]

There's a big price difference between p30 lite and Google pixel now, £190 for the huawei and £300 for pixal.

[loaded]

It does have fast charging just not super charging. It comes with an 18w charger. No wierd issue with mine. It a qood phone and I can whale on this thing all day 10 hours and I'm down to around 30 ‰ battery. I run it on the cricket network no issues

[Billiegolf]

I have used it for over 6 years, and all functions still work well

[paulclark]

Get the distinct impression, having watched nearly all your reviews, you have an obvious dislike of anything Huawei!

[Sebelia]

What is better to take: Moto G8 Plus or Huawei P30 Lite?

[terryish]

Good review as usual.
My sister has the P30 lite about eight months now. She loves it as it does everything she wants it to do.
I've borrowed it and I must say it is a decent machine.
I use a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro and a Huawei P30 Pro.
Thanks again for the great reviews.

[peterscott]

My P30 lite still going strong after buying it 20 months ago, can't complain good for another 12 months

[mielel]

We got Huawei p30 lite last weekend. Pretty good phone and for that price and function, it is good.

[insecurestudio]

I'm in the market trying to find a new phone to replace the P30 Lite, has lasted me for around the 4year mark and still is! Main reason I bought it back in the day was because it had Li-Po battery when all the rest had the Li-on batteries that would simply become unusable (need changing) after a year or two. This on the other hand still gives a full days use on basic social media use, whereas it is true that for satnav I do keep it plugged in the car. Which isn't an issue as that seems to be necessary for the Android carplay anyways. Long story short it really was worth the money I spent and only now towards the later months I had a screen issue where it unglued itself (totally understandable given how much hot summers it has faced) which was fixed by a cheap glue. Then USB-C felt like wasn't working fully as every small movement would stop it from charging but then found a suggestion to just use something like a toothpick to scrape the insides and I was amazed how much stuff came out. In the end the USB-C was fully resurrected to its original standards. And then, all was fine until the power button decided to stop working. It's as if it wants me to buy a new phone as I quite literally sorted those two issues out. Sadly to fix the button I need to undo the rear and play about with small parts, I'm not certain I will be able to put it back together how it was. I found a workaround but its not ideal. Anyways, so far looks like it is hard to find a good upgrade as everyone seems to either overjudge or underjudge the phones and this is why I came to this video to compare. The mentioned negatives in this video made me realize I didn't at all find it a problem in all these years so I guess can't take all these negatives as a massive con for the phone. It is a very good phone for the price, but now despite the technical issues there is also the soon to come issues of ''updates that won't come'', and also the slow upgrade over to 5G that has massively decreased the 4G speeds over the years. So feels like it is time to upgrade again.

[bobbiroberts]

Am watching this video using my brand new Huawei P30 lite.

[micourevic]

For anyone looking for a reliable and convenient device in the middle price range, I think this is a good choice. Very good camera, fast and fluid interface, quite enough memory. Globally, the device has good specs.

[DuggyDarko]

Didn't he used to run the Pineapple Dance Studio?

[zs]

So impressed with my huawei p30 lite I absolutely love it. And enjoy using it. Maybe if could of been bothered I would of went higher and gone for the p30 Pro however there's every chance its just as good and I didn't feel I had to pay £530 at the time

[yoanda]

I want to buy this phone, but are they really don't have the google play store? :/

[katekennedy]

I'm getting one tomorrow
I'm so excited

[Jon.]

I picked up the P30 Pro. It makes google Android OS fast vs Google phones. Must love Leica glass. Very sharp! Overall I love my new phone. Can't wait to try. 20 X 5g

[patrickwcowley]

Thank you for your reviews!! You are so smart, highly analytical and great sense of humor. You helped me choose the pixel 3a last year. Thank you so much for your reviews!! Wishing you all the very best and i really appreciate your reviews!!