P40 series has a total of three models,They areP40、P40 Pro and P40 Pro,P40The hardware of P40Compared with the Pro version, there is a great degree of reduction,There is also a big gap compared to the standard version of the flagship machine of the same level,In addition to the name,It is difficult to count into the product array of the flagship,And P40 Pro is based on P40 ProA 10x optical zoom lens has been added,Using ceramic back cover and Samsung screen,Compared with the Pro version, there is an improvement,But relative to the price increase, Hardware improvements are a matter of opinion.
Judging from some configurations, even the top-of-the-line version of the series, the P40 Pro has a certain gap with other Android flagships this year, the memory can only use LPDDR4x due to the limitations of the Kirin 990, and the memory capacity is only 8GB One option, and other Android flagships such as Samsung S20 Ultra and OPPO Find X2 Pro have a choice of 12GB memory. In terms of speakers, the P40 Pro also only has a single speaker, which is a bit shabby for a model in this price range. The vibration motor is the Z-axis, and the vibration sensation is not as good as the normal X-axis motor, but it puts the vibration motor in the lower part of the fuselage this time, which is much better than the X-axis of the Mate 30 Pro, because the vibration is also much better than the Z-axis placed above the P30 Pro.
The appearance and workmanship of the P40 Pro continue the level of the Pro version, the workmanship is indeed excellent, and the internal layout and the protection of components can be seen to be the level of the flagship machine. The assembly process is also very delicate, the joints of the various layers of the sandwich structure are tightly fitted, and the IP68 waterproof level is not absent. The four corners of the back cover extend a part to the middle frame, and the connection with the middle frame is not very smooth, but it will not feel particularly awkward to hold normally.
In terms of appearance,Because HuaweiP series has always focused on taking pictures,So the multi-camera module is inevitable,Rectangular multi-camera also belongs to the current more mainstream form,Although this form is difficult to call beautiful,But everyone uses it,It doesn't matter。 The biggest controversy of the P40 Pro is the cut-out hole on the front of the screen, because the cut-out module integrates the front camera, infrared depth of field camera, and proximity light and ambient light sensors, so the area is even larger than that of the S10, which can be called a cut-out, which affects the look and feel very much. After allP30 ProIt's just a waterdrop screen,P40 ProThe infrared added on it can't play a role3D Face recognition,Although the area is indeed smaller than the notch screen,But compared with other punch screen flagships in the same period,This huge hole digging is really abrupt。
In addition to digging grooves on the front,P40 ProUse a quad-curved screen,It is not uncommon in this year's flagship,In view of the fact that various manufacturers are reducing the area of the curved surface this year,P40 ProIt is also on the same path,In addition to the reflection of horizontal screen viewing、Slight green at a specific angle and can only paste soft film, these common problems,There is no obvious hard injury,The screen-to-body ratio gives people a strong sense of impact。
The P40 Pro's screen has also sparked some controversy, mainly because there are different vendors, with the first, second and third prizes corresponding to Samsung, LG and BOE. The sub-pixel arrangement is also different,Samsung screen usesPentile diamond arrangement,LG screen uses diamond arrangement close to SamsungPentile arrangement,BOE screen is mainly Delta arrangement。 From the point of view of screen fineness,Even the Delta arrangementP40 Pro is better than the P30 Pro,After all6.58Inch screen,The resolution is1200×2640,PPI441,But the same is P40 Pro,LG diamond arrangementAfter conversionPPI screen is better than BOE's Delta arrangement。 If the LG drill row is 20% off compared to the standard RGB arrangement, then BOE's Delta row is 6% off, and the jagged edge of the font is very strong.
The mixed screen also appeared on the Mate 20 Pro, which was also mixed with LG and BOE's 2K screen, and LG's screen had a high probability of a green screen at that time, and it could only be replaced until there was no problem. It's normal to use multiple suppliers for parts, but the premise is that the performance is consistent, and models like the P40 Pro that use different suppliers and have different sub-pixel arrangements are indeed rare in flagship phones.
When P40 Pro is upgraded to P40 Pro, the screen is supplied by Samsung, no lottery is required, and the overall quality has been comprehensively improved compared with P40 Pro. The resolution is still 1200×2640, which is a little higher than the FHD on the Huawei P30 Pro, and it does not reach the QHD level, which supports a 90Hz refresh rate. The manual maximum brightness is 440 nits, which is not much different from LG's 430 nits, and there is also a gap with the Samsung E3 screen, which is generally above 500 nits. The full white auto maximum brightness is 710 nits, which is higher than the 600 nits of LG and BOE, but there is also a gap compared to the 800 nits of the E3 screen, and the brightness of the P40 Pro is relatively inferior in bright outdoor light.
In terms of color gamut,The gap between several screens is not very big,They can cover99%-100%sRGB color gamut,There is only a slight gap in color accuracy,LG screen and BOE screen average Delta E is about 1.4,Samsung screen is relatively weak,It will reach2.4,There is a gap with Xiaomi 10 Pro, which is colored separately at the same level,But it has not yet reached the point where the human eye can clearly see the gap。
In terms of color uniformity and viewing angle, Samsung screen is superior, LG screen has poor screen brightness uniformity, the highest and lowest can exceed 100 nits. When the viewing angle changes,LGThe color temperature of the screen will change significantly,Low angles will be warmer,The color temperature of the Samsung screen is more consistent。
In general,P40 ProThis Samsung screen is worse than the Samsung E3 screen of the same grade,But compared to P40 ProLG screen is better,P40 ProAmong them,LG screen is better than BOE screen,If you don't want to draw in P40 Pro,Then P40 Pro is worth buying,But considering the price gap,The requirements for screen quality are different from each other。
In terms of performance, the P40 Pro series is equipped with the Kirin 990 5G version, 7nm EUV process, two 2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 large cores, two 2.36GHz Cortex-A76 medium cores, and four 1.95GHz Cortex-A55 small cores. In Geekbench5, the Kirin 990 5G has a single-core score of 760, a multi-core score of 3100, and a single-core score of 900 and a multi-core score of 3300 for the Snapdragon 865. In the GFXBench Mark, which reflects the performance of the GPU, the Manhattan off-screen rendering of the Snapdragon 865 is about 10 frames higher than that of the Kirin 990 5G version, the rendering of the T-Rex is 50 frames higher, and the performance in the Aztec ruins is not much different, with only 1 frame difference in 1440P and 5 frames in 1080P.
Photography has always been the main selling point of the P-series, and the most obvious difference between the P40 Pro's rear camera specifications and the P40 Pro is the addition of a 10x optical zoom telephoto. The main camera is still IMX700, Sony's customized CMOS, RYYB filter, sensor area 1/1.28 inch, which is currently the largest in smartphones, with an equivalent focal length of 23mm, but 1X is equivalent to 27mm, with a maximum output of 50 million pixels, and a four-in-one output of 12.5 million in normal mode.
From P30 Pro to Mate 30 Pro, and now to the P40 series, Huawei's main camera adjustment for RYYB has been very mature, and there will be no obvious color cast in complex scenes involving red and yellow colors during the day, and the color reproduction is more realistic, but there seems to be no way to solve the physical limitations, and there will still be a slight reddish cast, and in the already yellowish environment, it may be self-defeating in order to correct the color cast, which will lead to inaccurate white balance. If you talk about imaging alone, the P40 Pro's picture is very pure, and the detail texture and edge image quality are all top-notch.
At night or in low-light scenes,It belongs to Huawei's traditional strengths,RYYB filter has a very obvious advantage in the amount of light intake,If the color cast needs to be contrasted to see,Then the difference between shooting the night scene is a difference that can be seen at a glance,This is also the reason why many consumers think Huawei's night scene is excellent。 Actually,Compared with SamsungS20 Ultra,Although P40 Pro is brighter,But it's still red,This reddish is not to shoot the yellow light as a red light,But the whole picture is slightly reddish,Although this will also happen with RGGB filters,But the probability of RYYB filters is indeed higher。 If you zoom in for details, the S20 Ultra has more noise, and the P40 Pro has a more pronounced smear, giving the S20 Ultra a slight advantage overall.
The ultra-wide angle is still IMX608, and the focal length is 18mm, compared to the 13mm focal length of the general ultra-wide angle, the angle of the P40 Pro is narrower, and there will be no obvious compositional changes after switching from the main camera to the ultra-wide, and it does not look as wide as the ultra-wide angle of the general model. The P40 Pro's ultra-wide angle is the top of the list of flagships at the moment, with excellent detail, color, and contrast, which is a far cry from the iPhone 11 Pro and Samsung S20 Ultra, but as an ultra-wide lens, its angle is really not wide enough.
In terms of telephoto, the performance of the P40 Pro is only double-watched, and the triple telephoto also uses the RYYB filter, but there is a big gap between the tuning and the main camera, and the 5x zoom will be reddish in almost all scenes at night, and we can only expect the improvement of the algorithm in the later stage, and compared with the S20 Ultra, the P40 Pro's dark parts are darker, and the overall brightness and clarity are not as good as the S20 Ultra.
When it comes to the scene where the 10x light variable telephoto is added,P40 Pro's advantages are shown,In this focal length,P40 Pro's hue will be reddish,SamsungS20 Ultra's hue can still be consistent,When you zoom in on the details,You can clearly see the strength of the 10x light change,P40 ProThe details are more,On the premise of being able to shoot,The impact of the hue, which can be adjusted in the later stage, is not too great。
EMUI has always been known for its rich functions and complete localization adaptation, but although there are many functions, the rough feeling is also very obvious, and the default icons do not conform to the current mainstream UI aesthetic trend, and users need to adjust them by themselves. There are a lot of features such as the in-game window and the night mode that are in a hurry to go online, and there is a feeling that there is no time to optimize the details, and there are some layouts in the page, which always makes people feel a little disobedient, and these details do not seem to have an optimization plan.
The battery capacity of the P40 Pro is the same as that of the P40 Pro4200mAh, and it supports 40W wired fast charging and 40W wireless fast charging in terms of charging, wired fast charging can be charged to 30% in 10 minutes, 50% in 25 minutes, and it takes 59 minutes to fully charge, the speed of wireless charging is not much different from wired charging, it takes 67 minutes to charge from 0-100%.