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Huawei P20 / P20 Pro
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Add me to the rotation from now on haha.
iPhone X and the P20 Pro when that arrives.
I'll use the iPhone everyday for work and weekends and stuff (or when I need a decent camera), I'll take the P20 Pro.
iPhone X and the P20 Pro when that arrives.
I'll use the iPhone everyday for work and weekends and stuff (or when I need a decent camera), I'll take the P20 Pro.
Now if only the US carries would get this phone (I know that is never going to happen lol)!!!!
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Yes I work for Best Buy and can confirm we are going to stop selling Huawei phones. Just haven't been given a date yet.
Yesterday I experienced the P20 up close. Front and back it’s a fantastic looking phone and neither the home button nor notch bother me. Unfortunately the Pro was only a dummy as I would like to see it’s OLED screen. The LCD on the P20 is ok but a noticeable downgrade if you come from a Samsung OLED.
Overall this is a highly credible alternative to the a Samsung, iPhone or Pixel. Motorola and LG better step up their game.
Overall this is a highly credible alternative to the a Samsung, iPhone or Pixel. Motorola and LG better step up their game.
I’ll be very interested in your impressions @Aneres11
I have bought a new phone in two months and I got the itch!
They have antibiotics for that.....
I have been invited to the Huawei P20 South Africa launch tomorrow night
Cannot wait!
Hopefully I can get some hands on that MateRS.
Looking forward to giving that P20 a go though.
Hoping to get a review unit shortly afterwards.
Cannot wait!
Hopefully I can get some hands on that MateRS.
Looking forward to giving that P20 a go though.
Hoping to get a review unit shortly afterwards.
I have been invited to the Huawei P20 South Africa launch tomorrow night
Cannot wait!
Hopefully I can get some hands on that MateRS.
Looking forward to giving that P20 a go though.
Hoping to get a review unit shortly afterwards.
Do give your thoughts!!
Mine is scheduled for delivery on Friday!
My last day in my current job before new one on Monday, so have a cheeky half day finish to get home and play with it. (Hopefully).
Nice one! Are you getting the Pro?
Looking forward to your thoughts on it.
I'll probably get the review unit later in the month.
Yeah gone for Pro.
The size of the regular P20 is basically spot on, so the Pro might be ever so slightly on the bigger side for me, but as it’ll be a secondary device I will be fine.
Hoping to get out over the weekend somewhere to test the cameras!
IT'S ON ITS WAY!
12pm finish confirmed tomorrow. Delivery slot of between 2pm and 3pm confirmed (just in case I'm delayed leaving).
I'm ready to be triple camera-ed.
12pm finish confirmed tomorrow. Delivery slot of between 2pm and 3pm confirmed (just in case I'm delayed leaving).
I'm ready to be triple camera-ed.
Congrats @Aneres11 I'm jealous! I saw I could order it from Amazon Germany for delivery to the US but I'm going to wait for some reviews and hopefully for the two tone color. I think the black one from Amazon Germany came out to $850 US.
Seems like the stock is already on shortage outside of pre-orders here in the UK.
Either it has been more popular than Huawei anticipated, or they just haven't shipped many here for sale.
Carphonewarehouse now have it listed as the 20th April delivery for the black and mid May for the blue!
On the Pro model this is.
o2 and EE also don't have stock for immediate dispatch either so pre-orders have all clearly been fulfilled with all carriers. Crazy.
I don't think Hauwei sell huge numbers over here, but with all the hype of this triple camera (it has been on a lot of british news sites like BBC) maybe people have decided to go for it.
Hope it's a success for them. I'll be sure to give impressions once I get it tomorrow.
Either it has been more popular than Huawei anticipated, or they just haven't shipped many here for sale.
Carphonewarehouse now have it listed as the 20th April delivery for the black and mid May for the blue!
On the Pro model this is.
o2 and EE also don't have stock for immediate dispatch either so pre-orders have all clearly been fulfilled with all carriers. Crazy.
I don't think Hauwei sell huge numbers over here, but with all the hype of this triple camera (it has been on a lot of british news sites like BBC) maybe people have decided to go for it.
Hope it's a success for them. I'll be sure to give impressions once I get it tomorrow.
My P20 Pro arrived a couple of hours ago and I've spent some time setting it up and getting to grips with it.
Early impressions are really positive.
Biggest surprise out the box is that Huawei pre-install a tempered glass screen protector for you! I think it's a screen protector but it looks and feels like one!
Setting up was easy and fast, with hardly any warmth to the phone. Hooray haha.
This is only a quick overview until I spend the weekend with it, but I enjoyed that Google's keyboard is the standard on this phone - that's welcome.
Huawei's EMUI doesn't feel obtrusive at all. The only thing I'm not crazy on are the app icons. Weirdly, the phone reminds me a lot of the LG V30, can't really put my finger on why, but it definitely has that feel to it.
Some strange quirks with the Oreo app tray shades. Music (my biggest bug bear with Pixel) is a strange one.
I opened a song from Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play to see how it handled the notification both in the tray and on the lock screen.
Spotify came out on top. Not a big fan of the neon orange bar from Google Play, and Apple music's looked awful.
But, like the S9, the lock screen doesn't turn into a magnified album art work cover - so that's a huge bonus!
Do you know what is funny? The only app I have encountered so far that doesn't fill into the notch section of the phone is Apple Music. Lol. The company who's own phone has a notch!
OK then...!
Big ol' black bar at the top haha.
The phone feels fantastic and very premium.
I really like the design.
It's just a tiny tiny bit too big for comfortable use with my small hands, but I noticed The Verge's review said that they felt it was the closest to perfect ergonomically for them. The reviewer was coming from a Pixel 2 XL which was uncomfortable in comparison. That, I can relate to.
I am a huuuge fan of the finger print scanner on the front. It's so fast.
It's also a little more than just a big ol scanner. It acts as the navigation keys, which you may notice are not showing on my devices screen.
The FPS 'button' (it's not a button) can act as the back, home and recent's buttons. Press on it once and it'll go back. Press and hold for a second and it'll become the home button. Swipe over it from left to right or right to left and bring up your recent open apps. Amazing.
It removes the keys from the screen and is actually really intuitive once you've spent half an hour with it. Big fan of this.
There is a dark mode in built into the systems battery settings. I'm personally not a fan of dark modes so it's not really something I will utilise, but it's nice that there's an option to turn the whole UI black.
I don't like the app tray layout or look. I've turned on the app drawer, as I don't really like the apps just being on the home screen. It isn't aesthetically pleasing though, mainly due to all of the Huawei apps that you seemingly can't get rid of.
Ew.
I may end up putting the Pixel launcher on here, but for now I will stick with what I have and see where it leads. It isn't offensive, but it could look a bit better.
One thing I am already in awe of - taking a screenshot.
No more hold the volume up and power keys - just use your knuckle to tap on the screen twice. And you have a screen grab. AMAZING.
Or, use your knuckle to draw a square around something on your screen and it will take a screen print of what you've drawn around.
It works every time without a hitch. Really impressive!
Camera.
I've taken three photos so far ha.
Here they are. I live on a new build plot so houses behind me are still being built. That's why I have flags leading up my road with the developers name on in case you're wondering! We face the front of the estate.
But I thought it'd be a good opportunity to test out the optical zoom of the camera and see how it fared from my front door.
What do you think:
Bear in mind, I didn't move from my front door for all of these pics. Same place for every one shot one after the other after I clicked the zoom buttons.
Me personally? I am pretty happy with those results!
I'll be taking the phone out over the weekend (weather dependant) to get some snaps, so expect to see more with a bit of luck.
That's it for now. I do waffle on - sorry. But I like to be through in my early impressions!
I'll post more as I learn more about it!
Early impressions are really positive.
Biggest surprise out the box is that Huawei pre-install a tempered glass screen protector for you! I think it's a screen protector but it looks and feels like one!
Setting up was easy and fast, with hardly any warmth to the phone. Hooray haha.
This is only a quick overview until I spend the weekend with it, but I enjoyed that Google's keyboard is the standard on this phone - that's welcome.
Huawei's EMUI doesn't feel obtrusive at all. The only thing I'm not crazy on are the app icons. Weirdly, the phone reminds me a lot of the LG V30, can't really put my finger on why, but it definitely has that feel to it.
Some strange quirks with the Oreo app tray shades. Music (my biggest bug bear with Pixel) is a strange one.
I opened a song from Apple Music, Spotify and Google Play to see how it handled the notification both in the tray and on the lock screen.
Spotify came out on top. Not a big fan of the neon orange bar from Google Play, and Apple music's looked awful.
But, like the S9, the lock screen doesn't turn into a magnified album art work cover - so that's a huge bonus!
Do you know what is funny? The only app I have encountered so far that doesn't fill into the notch section of the phone is Apple Music. Lol. The company who's own phone has a notch!
OK then...!
Big ol' black bar at the top haha.
The phone feels fantastic and very premium.
I really like the design.
It's just a tiny tiny bit too big for comfortable use with my small hands, but I noticed The Verge's review said that they felt it was the closest to perfect ergonomically for them. The reviewer was coming from a Pixel 2 XL which was uncomfortable in comparison. That, I can relate to.
I am a huuuge fan of the finger print scanner on the front. It's so fast.
It's also a little more than just a big ol scanner. It acts as the navigation keys, which you may notice are not showing on my devices screen.
The FPS 'button' (it's not a button) can act as the back, home and recent's buttons. Press on it once and it'll go back. Press and hold for a second and it'll become the home button. Swipe over it from left to right or right to left and bring up your recent open apps. Amazing.
It removes the keys from the screen and is actually really intuitive once you've spent half an hour with it. Big fan of this.
There is a dark mode in built into the systems battery settings. I'm personally not a fan of dark modes so it's not really something I will utilise, but it's nice that there's an option to turn the whole UI black.
I don't like the app tray layout or look. I've turned on the app drawer, as I don't really like the apps just being on the home screen. It isn't aesthetically pleasing though, mainly due to all of the Huawei apps that you seemingly can't get rid of.
Ew.
I may end up putting the Pixel launcher on here, but for now I will stick with what I have and see where it leads. It isn't offensive, but it could look a bit better.
One thing I am already in awe of - taking a screenshot.
No more hold the volume up and power keys - just use your knuckle to tap on the screen twice. And you have a screen grab. AMAZING.
Or, use your knuckle to draw a square around something on your screen and it will take a screen print of what you've drawn around.
It works every time without a hitch. Really impressive!
Camera.
I've taken three photos so far ha.
Here they are. I live on a new build plot so houses behind me are still being built. That's why I have flags leading up my road with the developers name on in case you're wondering! We face the front of the estate.
But I thought it'd be a good opportunity to test out the optical zoom of the camera and see how it fared from my front door.
What do you think:
Bear in mind, I didn't move from my front door for all of these pics. Same place for every one shot one after the other after I clicked the zoom buttons.
Me personally? I am pretty happy with those results!
I'll be taking the phone out over the weekend (weather dependant) to get some snaps, so expect to see more with a bit of luck.
That's it for now. I do waffle on - sorry. But I like to be through in my early impressions!
I'll post more as I learn more about it!
Awesome little mini first impressions post, man!
I have to say, I really like the way it looks - though I prefer having the fingerprint sensor out of the way, so on the back of the phone, but that's just personal preference and not something I'd lose sleep over. Those pictures are all really impressive too, the more I see/read about the camera on this phone, the more impressed I am!
I think EMUI would kill it for me though, but I'm just a huge fan of stock and how refined it looks.
Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts after you've spent more time with it!
I have to say, I really like the way it looks - though I prefer having the fingerprint sensor out of the way, so on the back of the phone, but that's just personal preference and not something I'd lose sleep over. Those pictures are all really impressive too, the more I see/read about the camera on this phone, the more impressed I am!
I think EMUI would kill it for me though, but I'm just a huge fan of stock and how refined it looks.
Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts after you've spent more time with it!
Was at the P20 Johannesburg launch yesterday.
Must say, the phone feels incredibly lite and so solid. The cameras are amazing. Waiting to get my review unit now
Some pics formate event.
And a pic of me taken in a UV light room with the P20
Must say, the phone feels incredibly lite and so solid. The cameras are amazing. Waiting to get my review unit now
Some pics formate event.
And a pic of me taken in a UV light room with the P20
It's definitely sizeable.
But it's probably a really good size for the majority of people.
I just prefer smaller phones these days.
The lack of bezels definitely helps with this phone and it's nice in the hand due to very minimal curves.
[doublepost=1523048752][/doublepost]Just thought I'd share a very low light pic from the back of my house of the builders yard.
It always has its lights on so felt it was a good test once it had gone dark.
iPhone X
P20 Pro
Only one winner there...
The difference between those photos is night and day!
...I'll get my coat.
...I'll get my coat.
It is pretty impressive.
Just the fact you can make out the fence panels, grass from my neighbours garden and lots of other bits in the photo that the X just loses in darkness.
Looking forward to trying out more scenarios.
my only concern is, it might be too big
