SeekerHuawei P20
Huawei's attractive P20 phone combines an eye-catching iridescent body with intriguing AI-powered camera tricks.
-- As reviewed by PCMag
Product details
- Display: 5.84” inch, LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours, 1080 x 2280 pixels, OS: Android 8.0 (Oreo), Chipset: HiSilicon Kirin 659, CPU: Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery, Camera: Dual: 16 MP (f/2.2, 1.0 µm) + 2 MP, phase detection autofocus, LED flash, 16MP (f/2.0, 1.12 µm), 1080p Secondary Camera. Memory: 64GB + 4GB.
- Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carrier such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint.
- Please check if your GSM cellular carrier supports the bands for this model before purchasing, LTE may not be available in all regions: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 850/900/2100, LTE Cat6 700/900/1800/2100/2600 (Bands 1,3,7,8,28) TD-LTE 2300/2600 (Bands 38,40).
- This device may not include a US warranty as some manufacturers do not honor warranties for international items. Please contact the seller for specific warranty information.
- The box contains: Your new device, USB cable, Earphones, Charger (may be foreign), Documentation.
PROS
+ Attractive design.
+ Powerful Kirin 970 processor with dedicated AI chip.
+ Machine learning powers automatic photo scene recognition.
CONS
- Not officially available in the US.
- Pricey.
- Glossy body attracts smudges.
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Expert reviews and ratings
By PCMag on March 27, 2018
Huawei's attractive P20 phone combines an eye-catching iridescent body with intriguing AI-powered camera tricks.
70
By TechAdvisor on November 23, 2018
The Huawei P20 is a phone we can recommend with hardly any reservations. It lacks a headphone jack and waterproofing, but aside from that is one of the best phones of 2018.
It holds its own thanks to outstanding cameras, excellent battery life and the most premium design on a Huawei phone ever. It has a notch, but you can hide it in the software settings, making it no issue.
At £599, we can recommend it alongside the Samsung Galaxy S9 – helped by the fact that EMUI is much less of a mess than it once was and the superb performance of the Kirin 970. Huawei just joined the top table of the smartphone world.
90
By TechRadar on December 04, 2018
The follow-up to the P10 has plenty of high points, not least the camera and hardware, but the Huawei P20 doesn’t quite have enough to compete with 2018’s best flagships. It seems the much better P20 Pro is doing that instead.
80
By NotebookCheck on May 16, 2018
The Huawei P20 has one of the best smartphone cameras you can get right now. The Huawei P20 Pro is even (slightly) better, but is 250 Euros more expensive.
91
By TrustedReviews on January 29, 2018
A fantastic smartphone for everyone except those who will be happy to pay the extra for the P20 Pro’s additional optical talents.
80
By TrustedReviews on April 17, 2018
Here’s something you may find hard to believe: during our synthetic benchmarks, the Huawei P20 was just as fast as the
80
By TrustedReviews on April 17, 2018
That 5.8-inch near-edge-to-edge LTPS screen occupies over 80% of the P20’s front and features a resolution of 2240 x 1080 pixels. As such, it comes across as slightly sharper than the display on its larger sibling. As is customary for a smartphone in 2018 it also totes an unorthodox 18.7:9 aspect ratio, which butts up against the top edge of the phone’s body. This pushes Huawei to include a notch cut-out that houses the front-facing camera and earpiece.
80
By TrustedReviews on April 17, 2018
Huawei fits a trimmed 3400mAh non-removable cell inside the P20, as opposed to the P20 Pro’s colossal 4000mAh power pack. Don’t let the smaller battery deter you, however; that’s more than enough juice to get you through at least a day and a half of intermediate use.
80