Huawei P30 Unboxing & Review: The $599 Flagship?

This is the unboxing and review of the Huawei P30 by AMDtech

#HuwaweiP30 #P30 #Huawei

Specs:

NETWORK Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2019, March
Status Available. Released 2019, March
BODY Dimensions 149.1 x 71.4 x 7.6 mm (5.87 x 2.81 x 0.30 in)
Weight 165 g (5.82 oz)
Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
IP53 dust and splash protection
DISPLAY Type OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.1 inches, 91.3 cm2 (~85.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~422 ppi density)
DCI-P3
HDR10
PLATFORM OS Android 9.0 (Pie); EMUI 9.1
Chipset HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
CPU Octa-core (2x2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU Mali-G76 MP10
MEMORY Card slot NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 64/128/256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
MAIN CAMERA Triple 40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7", PDAF/Laser AF
16 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide), PDAF/Laser AF
8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4", 3x optical zoom, PDAF/Laser AF, OIS
Features Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR
SELFIE CAMERA Single 32 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 0.8µm
Features HDR
SOUND Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
32-bit/384kHz audio
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Dolby Atmos sound
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
GPS Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
FEATURES Sensors Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Po 3650 mAh battery
Charging Fast battery charging 22.5W
MISC Colors Aurora, Amber Sunrise, Breathing Crystal, Black, Pearl White
Models ELE-L29, ELE-L09, ELE-AL00, ELE-TL00
Price About 680 EUR
TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 4685 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 4718
Basemark X: 44948
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 83dB / Noise 75dB / Ring 83dB
Audio quality Noise -96.2dB / Crosstalk -97.5dB

[benjiize]

Good review ! I have decided to get this cannot wait ! Brilliant battery life and a head phone jack im sold !

[mich]

EMUI is just amazing, optimization, battery performance = excellent!

[hanb]

These are amazing phones. I’ll get one as soon as Huawei release their own OS. No Google on a phone sounds like great news.

[TechnoLawyer]

That front camera video clip was really great quality. All the front camera images were great actually.

[TheMRBowing]

Great review, just baught the Huawei P30 here in the Netherlands, for €371, 00. Will be having it this afternoon. In your review you told that the P30pro has dual speakers, that's not true, it also has 1 speaker, the second one is only for phone calls. Keep up the good work!

[DeneF]

Great review AMD. Amazing value. Your right, a flag ship in its own right and the price difference between it and it's bigger brother is stunning. Thanks mate.

[esj]

Did you remove the plastic seal on the box ? I'm seeing all unboxings with no factory plastic sealed boxes ? Just ordered one so thought this was the norm on a brand new item ?

[usmanabdulkadir]

Great unboxing and hands on review as always

[highendcheaptech]

That's a darned nice phone at that price! Super great video!

[oc]

I absolutely love my P30, it really is amazing. HOWEVER, my only complaint is I am having issues with GPS working properly. I use google maps, Waze, Strava and it doesnt really work on all the apps. Any help would be appreciated.

[iceemperor]

i agree with you. However in countries like austria or germany, this phone costs 750 Euros. I`ve seen this number also in the s10e and the iphone XR. Both of witch have water and dust resistance, stereo speakers wireless charging and great cameras. The differences between the s10e and the s10 and the iphone Xr and the xs are extremely small! why did huawei have to make so many cuts. dont get me wrong, i also think its and excellent phone and i am even thin king of buying it for myself, but its the best phone for 750 euros. i would totallly understand its high price if it had the features i talked about. this is just huawei being extremely arrogant as they want you to buy the the more expensive product and neglecting the part of consumers which prefer smaller phones with all the features.

[dahlianazarian]

Which one more recommended? P30 or Mate 20x?

[zackpreville]

This phone is really good but I think I'll wait for the mate 30 pro.

[tdreamgmail]

It’s 699 pounds in the UK. Ridiculous