- What's up, guys? Saf here on AK. And we've got the brand newHuawei P40 Pro in the house for an unboxing and detailed first look. Now this is one of three devices that Huawei have announced today. We've got the Huawei P40,we've got the P40 Pro, and then we've also gotthe Huawei P40 Pro+, which is quite a bit of a mouthful. Now the Pro+ is going to becoming out a little bit later, and of course as soon as it's here, we'll be doing someSuperSaf style coverage. If you want to makesure you see that first, then do subscribe and hit that bell icon. Let's get to the P40 Pro.
So the box here, Huawei P40 Pro co-engineered with Leica. There's a big emphasis oncameras here on this device. Explore it on App Gallery, so another emphasis here aswell on the Huawei App Gallery which we'll be checkingout in a little bit, too. So we are presented withthe device initially. We'll put that to the side for a second and see what else we get inside the box. So you've got a sim cardtool, a soft clear case, a USB-A to USB-C cable,some USB-C earphones, and a 40-watt Huawei SuperCharger. So this is going to top up theP40 Pro very, very quickly. So let's get to the device, get rid of the plastic, and here it is. That color looks really nice. This is more of a blue color, and it's got that two-tone finish that while Huawei are known for. But there are lots of differentcolor versions available. This is glossy, but there'salso two matte versions which I am really excitedto check out, too. Now there is this rectangularcamera module here, and with the P seriesof devices from Huawei, this is usually on the left-hand side.
The camera module on say the Mate series is usually in the center, and that's because thisdevice is supposed to be held in landscape because it is a device that's concentrated around photography. Now if we take a look around the front, then the screen is curved from all sides. So not only is it curvedfrom the left and the right, but it's also curved fromthe top and the bottom which creates quite an interesting look. Huawei are calling thisan overflow display, so it's kind of like thingsare spilling over the sides. Curved displays, mixed opinions.
Some people do likethem, some people do not. And if we do turn the display on you can see that we've got minimal bezels. This is a 6.58-inch display. And then we've got thisdouble punch out here on the top left-hand corner. Now this houses the front-facing camera which is 32 megapixels. It's got a depth sensorfor depth information for your portraits. And I can see a few othersensors here as well which will be used for the facial unlock. For the resolution, this is inbetween full HD and quad HD, so it's around to 2640 by 1200. And this display also hasa 90 Hertz refresh rate, so things are very smooth. Now we don't have 120 Hertz like we've got on some of the competition, and Huawei are saying this is to have more stable refresh rates across the board rather than kind of going up and down. So I'll let you know how Iget on with my experience. 90 Hertz is obviouslybetter than 60 Hertz, but it's not quite onthe level of 120 Hertz. But in terms of my first impressions, the display does look really good overall. It's sharp, it's vibrant, and viewing angles also very, very good.
Now within this display as well we do have an in-display fingerprintscanner which is very fast. It's 30% faster comparedto the previous generation, and it's also got a 30%larger sensing area. And as I mentioned, within the punch-outs, we do have the sensorsfor the facial unlock which does seem to workreally, really fast. And this is supposed to alsobe improved in low-light. Now let's take a look around the back. So we do have a very premium build, and it is IP68 water and dust resistant. And then we've got a quad camera setup. So firstly, let's talkabout the primary camera. This is a 50 megapixel camerawith an f/1.8 aperture. And what's interestingis that instead of using the traditional red, green, and blue, it's actually using red, yellow, and blue.
So this sensor type is something that Huawei introducedlast year with the P30 Pro, and this allows you toget in a lot more light. So it should performreally well in low light. But this time Huaweihave taken that further, and the telephoto camera also has a red, yellow, and blue sensor instead of a red, green, and blue. Now Huawei are saying that this increases light intake by up to 40%. So usually when it comesto the telephoto camera, low-light is not reallymuch of a consideration, but this is something thatHuawei are looking into. And this telephotocamera is 12 megapixels, and it uses periscope zoom technology, something that Huaweiintroduced last year. It's going to give you upto five times optical zoom with way more hybrid and digital zoom.
This has an f/3.4 aperture withoptical image stabilization, and because you do havemore of a narrow aperture, you're not going to begetting in as much light. So it'll be really interesting to see how the red, yellow, and blue sensor on this zoom camera willhave an effect in low light. Now in addition to that we of course do have an ultra-wide camera. This is 40 megapixelswith an f/1.8 aperture. It's going to allow you to geta lot more in to your shots. And then we also haveHuawei's time-of-flight sensor which is going to helpwith depth information for your portrait shots. Now there's lots of software improvements with the cameras as well, such as Huawei's thirdgeneration AI engine.
And we also have Octaphase detection autofocus which is going to be using100% of the pixels to focus. And Huawei are saying this should give you millisecond autofocus speeds as well as faster focusing in low light. I definitely cannot waitto test this camera out and put it up against the competition. If you'd like to see a SuperSafstyle camera comparison of the Huawei P40 Proversus another device, then definitely let me know which device you'd like me to do thatwith in the comments below, and
I'll try to get ontothat as soon as possible. Now for the internals, as expected we do have Huawei's latest and greatest. It is the Kirin 990 5G chip set which is an integrated chip set. It has 5G on board, so wedo have 5G support enabled standalone as well as non-standalone. And this does come witheight gigabytes of RAM and 256 bytes of storage. You can expand that storage with a, I have one here, nano card. So that is nice that youcan expand the storage, although this is apropriety card from Huawei. Taking a quick look around the device, you've got a power buttonhere on the right-hand side with a volume rocker above.
There's nothing on the left-hand side. On the top there is an IR blaster. Huawei are still keeping the IR blaster which is quite impressive. At the bottom there's a USB-C input. There's a SIM card tray which also has space for the nano card. And then we've got a singlebottom firing speaker, so you don't haveserious speakers on here. Right now for the battery,this is quite interesting, because not only do youhave the 40-watt charger that's included out ofthe box, very, very fast, but you also have support for40-watt wireless charging.
That is really, really impressive because generally when itcomes to wireless charging, very, very slow on most devices. But Huawei have actually made this so that it's in line with their wide charging. Now you're obviously going to have to get a 40-watt wireless charger, but this does mean thatyou're going to be getting some of the fastest wirelesscharging speeds on the market. Right now let's talk about the software.
I left this for the end because there is a lot to talk about. We do have EMUI 10.1 on herewhich is based upon Android 10. But as you guys probably already know, you do not have theGoogle Play Store in here, and this is because ofan ongoing trade war between China and the US. Now we were all hopingfor this to be resolved, but it's been a good few months and it still hasn't been resolved.
So Huawei have beenworking behind the scenes to try to bring as manypopular apps as they can to their Huawei App Gallery, and they've got over 3,000 engineers that have been workingwith lots of app developers to bring these over here. And having a look atthe Huawei App Gallery, I can see lots of popularapps, such as Snapchat.
There's telegram, TikTok, and for some of the apps that are not directly available onhere, such as Facebook, if you do search forFacebook, for example, then it's actuallygoing to bring up a link to the official APK which youcan then download and install. So it's a few extrasteps, but it does work. And there's also Phone Clonewhich I found a lot easier. What Phone Cloneessentially allows you to do is copy over most of the apps from your old device on to the P40 Pro. And this can be done wirelessly, and it was really, really quick. Now of course the core Google services are not going to be onhere, such as Google Drive.
Even YouTube, the appis not going to be here, although you can accessYouTube via the browser. However, lots of at the apps that I use on a regular basis, suchas Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, all will put it over without any problems. Now is this ideal? Of course it's not the ideal situation, but it's really impressive to see that Huawei have come a long way in terms of bringing over the appexperience as close as possible as you can have based on the circumstances that we're in right now.
Now of course I'm going tohave to spend some more time with this to kind of see how things go on a day to day basis, and if there's anything that you'd like me to cover on the HuaweiP40 Pro in more detail, then definitely drop thatin the comments below, and I'll try to cover as much as I can. Now in terms of pricing and availability, I have not been givenpricing information as yet, but I'd expect this to becoming in at a similar price as the P30 Pro did which was around 900 pounds here in the UK. So I'd say between 900 to1,000 would be my prediction.
What do you guys thinkof the Huawei P40 Pro? Definitely let me knowin the comments below. I hope you enjoyed thisvideo and found it useful. If you did, then do hit thatthumbs up button for me, and if you want to see lots more coverage with the P40 pr.
Thanks for watching. This is AK. I'll see you next time. (soft upbeat music)
So the box here, Huawei P40 Pro co-engineered with Leica. There's a big emphasis oncameras here on this device. Explore it on App Gallery, so another emphasis here aswell on the Huawei App Gallery which we'll be checkingout in a little bit, too. So we are presented withthe device initially. We'll put that to the side for a second and see what else we get inside the box. So you've got a sim cardtool, a soft clear case, a USB-A to USB-C cable,some USB-C earphones, and a 40-watt Huawei SuperCharger. So this is going to top up theP40 Pro very, very quickly. So let's get to the device, get rid of the plastic, and here it is. That color looks really nice. This is more of a blue color, and it's got that two-tone finish that while Huawei are known for. But there are lots of differentcolor versions available. This is glossy, but there'salso two matte versions which I am really excitedto check out, too. Now there is this rectangularcamera module here, and with the P seriesof devices from Huawei, this is usually on the left-hand side.
The camera module on say the Mate series is usually in the center, and that's because thisdevice is supposed to be held in landscape because it is a device that's concentrated around photography. Now if we take a look around the front, then the screen is curved from all sides. So not only is it curvedfrom the left and the right, but it's also curved fromthe top and the bottom which creates quite an interesting look. Huawei are calling thisan overflow display, so it's kind of like thingsare spilling over the sides. Curved displays, mixed opinions.
Some people do likethem, some people do not. And if we do turn the display on you can see that we've got minimal bezels. This is a 6.58-inch display. And then we've got thisdouble punch out here on the top left-hand corner. Now this houses the front-facing camera which is 32 megapixels. It's got a depth sensorfor depth information for your portraits. And I can see a few othersensors here as well which will be used for the facial unlock. For the resolution, this is inbetween full HD and quad HD, so it's around to 2640 by 1200. And this display also hasa 90 Hertz refresh rate, so things are very smooth. Now we don't have 120 Hertz like we've got on some of the competition, and Huawei are saying this is to have more stable refresh rates across the board rather than kind of going up and down. So I'll let you know how Iget on with my experience. 90 Hertz is obviouslybetter than 60 Hertz, but it's not quite onthe level of 120 Hertz. But in terms of my first impressions, the display does look really good overall. It's sharp, it's vibrant, and viewing angles also very, very good.
Now within this display as well we do have an in-display fingerprintscanner which is very fast. It's 30% faster comparedto the previous generation, and it's also got a 30%larger sensing area. And as I mentioned, within the punch-outs, we do have the sensorsfor the facial unlock which does seem to workreally, really fast. And this is supposed to alsobe improved in low-light. Now let's take a look around the back. So we do have a very premium build, and it is IP68 water and dust resistant. And then we've got a quad camera setup. So firstly, let's talkabout the primary camera. This is a 50 megapixel camerawith an f/1.8 aperture. And what's interestingis that instead of using the traditional red, green, and blue, it's actually using red, yellow, and blue.
So this sensor type is something that Huawei introducedlast year with the P30 Pro, and this allows you toget in a lot more light. So it should performreally well in low light. But this time Huaweihave taken that further, and the telephoto camera also has a red, yellow, and blue sensor instead of a red, green, and blue. Now Huawei are saying that this increases light intake by up to 40%. So usually when it comesto the telephoto camera, low-light is not reallymuch of a consideration, but this is something thatHuawei are looking into. And this telephotocamera is 12 megapixels, and it uses periscope zoom technology, something that Huaweiintroduced last year. It's going to give you upto five times optical zoom with way more hybrid and digital zoom.
This has an f/3.4 aperture withoptical image stabilization, and because you do havemore of a narrow aperture, you're not going to begetting in as much light. So it'll be really interesting to see how the red, yellow, and blue sensor on this zoom camera willhave an effect in low light. Now in addition to that we of course do have an ultra-wide camera. This is 40 megapixelswith an f/1.8 aperture. It's going to allow you to geta lot more in to your shots. And then we also haveHuawei's time-of-flight sensor which is going to helpwith depth information for your portrait shots. Now there's lots of software improvements with the cameras as well, such as Huawei's thirdgeneration AI engine.
And we also have Octaphase detection autofocus which is going to be using100% of the pixels to focus. And Huawei are saying this should give you millisecond autofocus speeds as well as faster focusing in low light. I definitely cannot waitto test this camera out and put it up against the competition. If you'd like to see a SuperSafstyle camera comparison of the Huawei P40 Proversus another device, then definitely let me know which device you'd like me to do thatwith in the comments below, and
I'll try to get ontothat as soon as possible. Now for the internals, as expected we do have Huawei's latest and greatest. It is the Kirin 990 5G chip set which is an integrated chip set. It has 5G on board, so wedo have 5G support enabled standalone as well as non-standalone. And this does come witheight gigabytes of RAM and 256 bytes of storage. You can expand that storage with a, I have one here, nano card. So that is nice that youcan expand the storage, although this is apropriety card from Huawei. Taking a quick look around the device, you've got a power buttonhere on the right-hand side with a volume rocker above.
There's nothing on the left-hand side. On the top there is an IR blaster. Huawei are still keeping the IR blaster which is quite impressive. At the bottom there's a USB-C input. There's a SIM card tray which also has space for the nano card. And then we've got a singlebottom firing speaker, so you don't haveserious speakers on here. Right now for the battery,this is quite interesting, because not only do youhave the 40-watt charger that's included out ofthe box, very, very fast, but you also have support for40-watt wireless charging.
That is really, really impressive because generally when itcomes to wireless charging, very, very slow on most devices. But Huawei have actually made this so that it's in line with their wide charging. Now you're obviously going to have to get a 40-watt wireless charger, but this does mean thatyou're going to be getting some of the fastest wirelesscharging speeds on the market. Right now let's talk about the software.
I left this for the end because there is a lot to talk about. We do have EMUI 10.1 on herewhich is based upon Android 10. But as you guys probably already know, you do not have theGoogle Play Store in here, and this is because ofan ongoing trade war between China and the US. Now we were all hopingfor this to be resolved, but it's been a good few months and it still hasn't been resolved.
So Huawei have beenworking behind the scenes to try to bring as manypopular apps as they can to their Huawei App Gallery, and they've got over 3,000 engineers that have been workingwith lots of app developers to bring these over here. And having a look atthe Huawei App Gallery, I can see lots of popularapps, such as Snapchat.
There's telegram, TikTok, and for some of the apps that are not directly available onhere, such as Facebook, if you do search forFacebook, for example, then it's actuallygoing to bring up a link to the official APK which youcan then download and install. So it's a few extrasteps, but it does work. And there's also Phone Clonewhich I found a lot easier. What Phone Cloneessentially allows you to do is copy over most of the apps from your old device on to the P40 Pro. And this can be done wirelessly, and it was really, really quick. Now of course the core Google services are not going to be onhere, such as Google Drive.
Even YouTube, the appis not going to be here, although you can accessYouTube via the browser. However, lots of at the apps that I use on a regular basis, suchas Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, all will put it over without any problems. Now is this ideal? Of course it's not the ideal situation, but it's really impressive to see that Huawei have come a long way in terms of bringing over the appexperience as close as possible as you can have based on the circumstances that we're in right now.
Now of course I'm going tohave to spend some more time with this to kind of see how things go on a day to day basis, and if there's anything that you'd like me to cover on the HuaweiP40 Pro in more detail, then definitely drop thatin the comments below, and I'll try to cover as much as I can. Now in terms of pricing and availability, I have not been givenpricing information as yet, but I'd expect this to becoming in at a similar price as the P30 Pro did which was around 900 pounds here in the UK. So I'd say between 900 to1,000 would be my prediction.
What do you guys thinkof the Huawei P40 Pro? Definitely let me knowin the comments below. I hope you enjoyed thisvideo and found it useful. If you did, then do hit thatthumbs up button for me, and if you want to see lots more coverage with the P40 pr.
Thanks for watching. This is AK. I'll see you next time. (soft upbeat music)
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