Huawei P20 Pro | Still great in 2019?
Our long term review of Huawei’s brilliant P20 Pro shows how this tri-camera smartphone has aged over in 2019 – months after the Mate 20 Pro’s launch, is the P20 still worth picking up? Well, I’ve been using Huawei’s flagship mobile full-time again to see if I still love it, ahead of the EMUI 9 update and the imminent UK release of the P30 Pro.
First up, that camera tech hasn’t aged at all. Besides the shonky image stabilisation at 4K level, the P20 Pro still captures incredible-looking results. Night snaps are of course its highlight, but this phone is a wonder for parents too.
Performance and battery life haven’t suffered in the long term either. A full year on, Huawei’s Kirin 970 chipset still does the job, helped by GPU Turbo for PubG Mobile. And while we’re still waiting on Huawei’s latest Emotion UI update, the P20 Pro offers a feature-packed experience.
Check out my review to see what I think of Huawei’s flagship in 2019, and stay tuned for my full coverage of the P30 smartphones!
this guy is brilliant, definitely deserves more subs than he has.
iphone user (since ever) thinking to change to huawei… Does huawei has the function/app of making videos easily with photos? I mean… like in iphone, you if you have an album and then you make a video with music ("they name it "souvenirs") so it makes this beautiful video with music that the photo change in the exactly moment of a change in the sound/music… does it make sense?
Got one yesterday and so far I'm in love with it lol!
How much it cost
If I buy p20 lite and use flash will I get same result as p20pro in low light conditions ?
I bought one yesterday and it arrives tomorrow!
And. Yes I do Have a p20UN pro. And, a 1+6 T also. And my final choice / decision. " A DEAD HEAT. " Because they are Both Absolutely Brilliant and I don't know what to aim for at my Next Change. ( A Mate 30 or as S10 from Samsung??? God, please help me. !!!
I bought mine "as new" in a shop in Germany still with plastic wrapping on…..knocked him down from 399eu to 350eu (£300). Im amazed at the phone. A MASSIVE upgrade from my Samsung J20 Pro.
There are still 2 decent reasons for wireless charging:
1. If you're away, it gives another option for charging as it is there is some chance that friends with newer iPhones may have a charging pad
2. This happened to me a few years ago when I had the Galaxy S6, the microUSB port stopped working, but the device was still possible to use as I could use the wireless charging. Saved me from having to buy a new phone immediately!
I am going to save up for it I don’t like the P20 lite i smashed my HTC my sister replaced my phone with the wrong device I don’t work but I am going to achieve this buy the end of August I will buy it sim free from Argos and save £50 even if I save up for it it will might get cheaper hopefully i am a heavy user and the battery on the Theo lite goes does too much and I am not impressed with picture quality on my p20 lite
Watching on my p20 , love the phone
Does anyone know the game at 3:25?
Are Huawei still bad with security updates as well as android/emui updates? Tempted to by as a little bored with vanilla OnePlus6 but slightly concerned by this!
It better be…. I just got a great deal on one!
I orderd my p20 pro today and i am so very happy with my choise after seeing this video! I got an amazing deal and got it for €348 ?
Worth upgrading from my samsung s6… 32gb memory not enough? Need something with a better camera more battery etc for my long travelling across europe. And a decent price. The Mate seems a wee bit to expensive for me.. Don't care about wireless charging. Does it have a 3.5mm jack for normal headphones? Cheers
Just offered this on upgrade from my p10 with free smart watch.
Is it recommend, I don't do Apple or Samsung so iam limited for choice.
What we Really NEED is a follow up review after the EMUI 9 update, I think battery life and especially the camera have suffered a huge hit, the ultra sharp images you mention in this video are pretty much no more.
Just got my p20 pro it has a head
Phone jack and tray to expand memory. Do I have to take the back off to put in a sim card?
First time trying Huawei, cant wait to get it!
nexus 5 has better display than garbage iphone xr
iphone is for people who like Crap ?
Volume in headphones is very low and no bass, can this be fixed?
Very good dry/sarcastic north eastern humour regarding the lack of wireless charging 🙂
Baldy fool!
P20 Pro still best in most cases ore in reallife! I think and for the prize better than mate 20 pro and other devices ? i know it!
Just got one, thanks for the review!
That phone apart from the camera is absolute crap. You won't get a proper GPS signal from either Google maps or even Waze. Also keyboard is lousy and you would get some screen and app freeze that would just won't start or work.
Also you will often get stopped from downloading any apps because your "cache" keeps on being jammed and overlaoded….. That phone is a camera NOT a phone! Don't buy
How much £/pm was the P20 pro when it first came out? On average? Looking to get an idea of what the price will be for the P30 pro.
P20 pro is £33/pm at the moment on EE excluding the 20% student discount.. Bargain
Trying to decide between this P20 or the Honor View 20. What is your opinion?
Ive got a p20 pro had it since may last year and absolutly love it, had to go back to ee as it fried the charging port but had it back within a week, also mines been running pie since it came back from repair at beginning of january
Thinking to move on from iPhone X to this ?
When was Sony making attractive phones? Not recently
Fat kid in pasty shop
Must say my p20 is miles better than my old apple phones
Just got my p20 pro on a very good price, as of now: 500€. It's the black version tho, not so impressive but good looking nevertheless.
I've immediately updated it to android 9. I come from Galaxy S8 and I think the screen on the p20 isn't as good as the S8's but still a very nice screen.
Overall I like the phone, smooth as silk and very fast in any app. Haven't tested that much the camera yet but I look forward to it.
Big boy been a apple user and apple pay user can I use something similar on these securely
Its possible to stabilize the 4k video using google photos.
Your voice is super annoying
Please use someone else
Yuuuuk
I can't watch videos from gallery on my p20 pro please help
I'm soon getting my Huawei p20 pro,im so excited
Shame about the 4k video,this is where iPhones are unbeatable.
Is this Murr from Impractical Jokers?
P20 pro or OnePlus 6T?
I was undecided whether to get this or not but watching this. Just gone and upgraded to the P20 Pro 🙂 thanks for that. Also will now be subscribing
What screen protector do you have fitted? Nearly ever one I have tried ends up with grey edges where the it fails to stick. Loving my P20 Pro, I have migrated from Samsung after many years and not regretting it.
what is the game name that he is playing ?
I've p20 pro it's prfect
USA, I have Pie for about a month now. Really love my P20 Pro, it remains among the king of camera, rivaled only by its close cousin the Mate 20. The primary sensor might even be a little better!
i have had this phone since July last year, and im onto my 2nd one already as the first one just kept freezing randomly, the camera is the only good thing about this phone, the lag is so bad when on the likes of Twitter, insta etc, it wont connect to my wifi at home sometimes, its actually better on 4g, my wife and daughters have iPhones and there BF's have samsung and one plus 6 and these phones by far out perform the Huawei P20 Pro. this is probably the worst smart phone that i have ever had, i currently have an iPhone 6 for work, which has so much more performance in it, and that phone is like 3 years old. In my opinion this phone should be priced at the budget market as its not good and prone to freezing up.