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Huawei P40 Pro tops the DxOMark Scores

Recently launched Huawei’s flagship phone P40 Pro is a camera monster. It has a main 50MP sensor with an F1.9 aperture as well as a wide-angle 40MP sensor with an F1.8 lens. Both these sensors are much bigger in size than the ones you normally see on current-day smartphones, resulting in better dynamic range, low light photography as well as better bokeh. It is actually even slightly bigger in size than the mighty 108MP Samsung sensor seen on Galaxy S20 Ultra and Mi 10.

DxOMark Score is often considered as an industry standard for customers to look at and see how good Cameras on a newly launched Smartphone is. Looking at Huawei P40 Pro’s score, we can say without any doubt it is indeed a camera monster. It scores a top score of 128 in DxOMark’s test. Head on to the source link below to see sample images, detail review and test charts to know more about the cameras inside the P40 Pro.

Source : DxOMark

Huawei launches Honor 30s 5G with Kirin 820| Specs and Features

Huawei has officially launched Honor 30s in China. This is a mid-range Android smartphone and supports 5G.

Honor 30s is powered by Kirin 820 Octacore processor and has Mali G57 GPU for Graphics. It comes in two different memory/storage configurations – 8GB ram / 128GB and 8GB ram / 256GB.

The display on the 30s is a 6.5 inch Full HD+ LCD screen with 2400 × 1080 pixels resolution. HDR 10 is supported.

One of the main highlights of this phone is it’s camera system. There are four cameras at the back. The main sensor is a 64MP F1.7 aperture lens. There are two 8MP sensors next to it – one for ultra-wide-angle shots and the other for telephoto shots. The 2MP depth sensor is also there to assist in portrait shots. On the front of the phone, there is a 16MP F2.0 aperture sensor.

The main sensor has a full-frame equivalent focal length of 26mm. The ultra-wide is 17mm wide and the telephoto lens is 80mm equivalent. In software terms, Honor 30s offers 3x optical zoom and 5x hybrid zoom.

Honor 30s comes with 4K at 30fps support with EIS / AIS image stabilization for smoother video. Ultra slow-mo 960fps is available at 720P resolution. The front camera shoots Full HD 1080P videos with AIS / EIS image stabilization.

It comes equipped with a 4000mAh battery. 40W Fast Charging is supported by SuperCharge charger.

Honor 30s Specs

  • Kirin 820 5G Chipset
  • 6.5 inch Full HD+ LCD display
  • 4000mAh battery with 40W fast charging
  • 64MP main camera + 8MP telephoto lens + 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens + 2MP depth sensor
  • 16MP front camera
  • Android 10 operating system

Due to the ongoing Huawei ban, Honor 30s will ship without Google Apps like Play Store. Since this is a mid-range 5G handset, it will be launching Globally as well as in India in the future. Official launch dates will be announced later.

Honor 9X Indian Variant Review

Huawei is gearing up to launch Honor 9X Global Variant in India in coming months. The Huawei ban by US Govt, which prevented shipping devices with Google Apps and Play Store, does not affect Honor 9X as it was launched before the ban.

Honor 9X Indian Variant is same as the Global variant, but is different from the chinese 9X. I have been using Global variant for a while now. Here are my thoughts and review.

It is powered by mid-range Kirin 710 octacore processor and comes with Triple Cameras at the back. The original 9X is powered by faster, better and newer Kirin 810 processor, but only has a single camera at the back.

Honor 9X Pro on the other hand features Triple Cameras at the back like the Indian 9X. The Pro model would probably won’t launch in India. One other feature 9X Pro has and 9X doesn’t is the internal cooling system for better, and longer gaming.

Honor 9X comes with a 48MP main camera with an F1.8 aperture lens. This is a Sony made sensor and offers excellent dynamic range and quality. By default, it takes 12MP photos which is achieved by 4-in-1 Super Pixel ( Pixel Binning ) technology.

From my experience, it’s better to leave the camera at 12MP instead of going for the full 48MP. The image quality is not exceptional, but good for a budget Android smartphone.

The Ultra wide angle 8MP sensor lets you take some really fun wide angle shots. However, the image quality is just average.

The pop-up front camera take good selfies, but is a bit slow to pop out and be ready.

Honor 9X Camera Pros and Cons

  • Good Dynamic Range and Decent image quality
  • Good close-up focusing
  • Feature Rich Camera App with Pro mode, Aperture Mode, Portrait, Light Painting, Night mode etc.
  • No DNG Raw Support
  • No 4K recording support
  • Video Quality is below average
  • Image Stabilization – EIS is only available on 720P videos.
  • Night Mode and Light Painting modes can only take 8MP photos.

This ships with a big 4000mAh battery. Huawei Phones have always known for good battery life thanks to their many optimization features build in to EMUI.

The display on the 9X is a Full HD IPS LCD one with very good Sunlight visibility and brightness. It is much better than my Honor 10. However, the color saturation is bit high and is not accurate. You can tweak this in the Display setting to achieve the color tone you like.

9X currently ships with EMUI based on Android 9. It will get Android 10 based EMUI 10 in future with Google Play store.

Honor 9X Official India Launch Date and MRP price is yet to be announced.