Huawei P20 Pro With Triple Rear Camera Launched In India: Price And Specifications

Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched their latest flagship smartphone P20 Pro in India today (24 April). Priced at Rs 64,999, Huawei P20 Pro will be exclusively available through Amazon.in starting from May 3. It is available in graphite black and midnight blue colours.

Last month, Huawei launched P20 Pro in Paris at EUR 899 (roughly Rs 74,200).

P20 Pro runs on EMUI 8.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo. It is powered by Huawei’s Kirin 970 octa-core processor with dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) which enables AI capabilities.

It has 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage which is expandable through a hybrid SIM/memory card slot.

P20 Pro features a larger 6.1-inch FHD+ (2244x1080) AMOLED FullView display. Huawei has also adopted the “notch” on its display which houses a selfie camera and an earpiece.

The dual-SIM handset is backed by a 4,000mAh battery with Huawei SuperCharge fast charging. There is also a fingerprint sensor below the screen with which the phone can be unlocked. The handset is also IP67 rated water and dust resistant.

We have a huge pool of smartphones which don’t have a 3.5mm headphone-jack, P20 Pro is a new entrants in this club

Connectivity options are- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/c, Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type-C, NFC, and Location.

P20 Pro’s Camera is something through which Huawei has amazed the smartphone market. P20 Pro sports Leica-branded tri-lens camera setup at the back with one RGB, monochrome, and a Telephoto lens.  DxO Mark has given P20 Pro a rating of 109 points making it the “best camera smartphone”, which means P20 Pro’s camera is better than Samsung Galaxy S9, iPhone X or Google Pixel 2.  

Tri-camera lens breakdown

20-megapixel monochrome lens (f/1.6 aperture)

40-megapixel RGB lens (f/1.8 aperture)

8-megapixel telephoto lens (f/2.4 aperture)

The telephoto lens have optical image stabilisation while other lenses have Huawei’s AI-based stabilisation which works on the basis of object identification, outlines of the shapes and ensures that it stays consistent while shooting. It also have 3x optical zoom and 5x hybrid zoom.

The camera has light sensitivity of 102400- which means it performs astonishingly under low-light conditions.

On the front is a 24-megapixel selfie-snapper with f/2.0 aperture. Also, there’s face unlocking feature which uses the phone’s front camera.