Huawei P20 launched with 128GB Storage – Review, Specs and Price

One of the most anticipated smartphone of the year, the Huawei P20 has finally been launched by the company. A high-class smartphone with the trending notch display which Apple made popular with the iPhone X.

This is coming after the Huawei P20 Lite was launched as the Huawei Nova 3E in China. The Huawei P20 comes with dual rear cameras, a crystal clear 24MP selfie camera, supports wireless charging and packs a massive 128GB storage space. Want to know more? Stay with me.

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Design

Huawei P20

The device is a beauty no doubt, made from Metal and covered exquisitely in glass. Sporting curved and sleek edges that’s very beautiful altogether. The vertical dual rear shooters at the top left corner has been quite a trend though.

The P20 comes with the fast trending feature with a dual-LED flash sitting underneath. The Huawei logo is also in that position at the bottom corner. Turning to the sides, it measures 7.7mm in thickness and weighs 165g overall, making it very easy to hold and operate. The device is available in Black, Blue, Pink, Rose-gold and Turquoise colors.

Display

Huawei P20

Bezel-less and stunning, the Huawei P20 ships with the current trend. Sporting a notch at the top that houses the usual features like selfie camera, speaker grille and sensors. There’s also a physical home button at the bottom bezel that doubles as a fingerprint scanner. The 5.8-inch FHD+ LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen is simply breathtaking.

Boasts of a resolution of 2240 x 1080 pixels and 429 pixel per inch density, enjoy clear graphics while playing games or watching movies. The screen dishes out a unique 18.5:9 aspect ratio, full view display, stretches up to 80% screen to body ratio. While a Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protects it all.

Hardware and Software

The smartphone houses the powerful Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 970 chip with Octa-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The 8-cores of processor reaches a speed of just 2.4GHz with an impressive 10nm process technology. In the graphics department, the ARM Mali G72 MP12 graphics processor comes with 12-cores and clocks at 767MHz.

For multitasking, 4GB of RAM space is available with a memory speed of 1.833GHz. Store up files and apps in the massive 128GB storage space available and upgradeable up to 256GB using a memory card. The P20 smartphone runs smoothly on Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.0 skin.

Camera

At the rear, the dual Leica 3.0 shooters are 12MP + 20MP sharp cameras with f/1.8 and f/1.6 aperture respectively. The cameras akso boasts of 1/2.3″ and 1/2.78″ sensor size as well. Coming with a dual-LED flash and other features like Laser Autofocus, Contrast Autofocus, Depth Autofocus, Summilux-H lens, 6P Lens and others. The 24MP selfie camera has f/2.0 aperture with face recognition technology.

Battery

Powering the Huawei P20 is a 3400mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with fast charging and wireless charging technology. With the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take more than 1.6 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.

 

Huawei P20 Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Huawei P20
Announced March, 2018
Released March, 2018
Status Available on Shopping stores

Network

2G Network Yes
3G Network Yes
4G Network Yes
SIM Type

Nano + Nano

SIM Count Dual SIM

Design

Type Metal
Dimensions 70.8 x 149.1 x 7.7 mm
Weight 165g
Protection Yes
Colours Black, Blue, Pink, Rose-gold, Turquoise

Display

Display Type FHD+ LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 5.8-inch
Resolution 2240 x 1080 Pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 429ppi
Screen-To-Body Ratio 80%
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Features Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant
Secondary Display No

Camera

12MP + 20MP
Yes
Yes
Autofocus 
Continuous shooting 
Digital zoom 
Exposure compensation 
Face detection 
Geotagging 
HDR 
ISO settings 
Panorama 
Scene mode 
Self-timer 
Touch focus 
White balance settings
Yes, dual-LED
24MP

Software

Android 8.1 Oreo
EMUI 8.0
Yes
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Huawei HiSilicon KIRIN 970
CPU Octa-Core 2.4GHz
GPU ARM Mali G72 MP12
4GB
Internal Storage 128GB
Yes, up to 256GB

Fingerprint (Front)
Proximity
Accelerometer
Ambient Light
Barometer, Hall, Gyroscope, Compass

Controls Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Yes
Infrared No
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
HDMI
Facial Recognition Yes
Yes

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3400mAh
Placement Non-removable
Fast Charging Yes
Standby
Talk Time
Music Play

Media

Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Vibration, Ringtones
MP3, WAV
Yes

Yes

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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3 thoughts on “Huawei P20 launched with 128GB Storage – Review, Specs and Price”

  1. The P20 bets on a similar dual-camera setup that looks very similar to those found on previous high-end models from Huawei.

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  2. Huawei dey vex big time o! They are just producing excellent smart phones with Great specs this day and I am just so much falling in love with their smartphone because of the amazing specs! This is a great review by techvaz

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