Huawei P40 Pro evaluation: Super-sensing four photos to build a night telescope

Huawei P series has always been rich in images, and Huawei P series has a lot of persistence and innovation in imaging technology. Huawei P series introduced 3x optical zoom from P20 Pro to P30 Pro for the first time, and Huawei P40 Pro+ released this time achieved10x optical zoom, which is the first in many industries. We can see Huawei's persistence and innovation in mobile photography.

Huawei P40 series is Huawei's flagship in the first half of the year, and the extrasensory imaging system can be said to be the biggest selling point of Huawei P40 series. The tradition of drawing inspiration from nature has been continued on Huawei P40 series, making the design of Huawei P40 series once again become the focus of public attention.

Huawei P40 series was officially released in China on April 8th, bringing Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ products, among which Huawei P40 and P40 Pro were the first to be listed. Let's use a Huawei P40 Pro to explain this flagship mobile phone in detail.

Parameter comparison of Huawei P40 series

Mobile phone model

Huawei P40

Huawei P40 Pro

screen size

6. 1 inch

6.58 inches

resolution ratio

2340x 1080

2640x 1200

processor

Kirin 990 5G

Kirin 990 5G

frequency

Dual-core A76 2.86G+ dual-core A76 2.36G+ quad-core A551.95g.

Dual-core A76 2.86G+ dual-core A76 2.36G+ quad-core A551.95g.

Body memory

128GB/256GB

256GB/5 12GB

Random access memory

6GB/8GB

8GB

Main camera

50 megapixel extrasensory camera (wide-angle, f/ 1.9 aperture)+16 megapixel super wide-angle camera (f/2.2 aperture)+8 megapixel telephoto camera (f/2.4 aperture, supporting OIS optical image stabilization).

0 megapixel telephoto camera (wide angle, f/ 1.9 aperture, OIS optical image stabilization)+40 megapixel movie camera (super wide angle, f/ 1.8 aperture)+12 megapixel telephoto camera (f/3.4 aperture, OIS optical image stabilization).

front-facing camera

32 megapixel (f/2.0 aperture)+infrared camera

32 megapixel camera (f/2.2 aperture, autofocus)+depth of field camera

Fuselage size

148.9mm× 71.06mm× 8.5mm.

158.2mm× 72.6mm× 8.95mm.

Fuselage weight

148.9g

209 grams

battery

3800 mAh (40W fast charge)

4200 mAh (40W fast charge)

Fuselage color

Bright Black/Frost Silver/Zero White/Deep Blue/Morning Gold

Bright Black/Frost Silver/Zero White/Deep Blue/Morning Gold

operating system

EMUI 10. 1

EMUI 10. 1

Network standard

4G/5G Dual Card Full Netcom

4G/5G Dual Card Full Netcom

listed price

Need to decide or solve

Need to decide or solve

Huawei P40 and P40 Pro both adopt Kirin 990 5G SoC, which is also the flagship 5G SoC in Kirin processor at present. Huawei P40 provides 6GB and 8GB of running memory, while P40 Pro only provides 8GB of running memory. In addition, P40 provides 128GB and 256GB in the fuselage storage version, and P40 Pro provides 128GB, 256GB and 5 12GB versions.

Screen is also the biggest difference between Huawei P40 and P40 Pro. Huawei P40 uses a 6. 1 inch screen, which is the gospel of loving small-size mobile phone users. Huawei P40 Pro has a screen size of 6.58 inches, and uses an organic light-emitting diode display with a resolution of 2640x 1200 pixels. For the first time, the four-way overflow screen is adopted, which brings visual impact. In addition, the camera is different. Huawei P40 adopts extrasensory three-camera system, and Huawei P40 Pro adds periscope telephoto lens to form extrasensory four-camera system, which supports 5x optical zoom and 50x digital zoom.

Huawei P40 Pro Appearance: Four-way overflow screen

Huawei P40 Pro adopts the industry's first four-way overflow screen, and the screen is slightly curved around. For example, if the cup is filled, the edge of the fluid will be full and will not overflow, but will converge into a perfect surface full of tension. Huawei P40 series takes "a moment of wisdom and beauty" as its design concept, and takes flowing art as its inspiration. It contains tension at rest and is full of movement when dancing. Coupled with the natural color aesthetics of Huawei P40 series, it brings a natural effect.

Although the four-way overflow screen of Huawei P40 Pro occupies a part of the edge of the fuselage, P40 Pro does not use virtual volume keys, and the on-off key and physical volume keys are still installed on the side of the mobile phone. For the user experience, this design is more in line with the user's habits and easier to operate.

Huawei P40 Pro adopts a glass back cover, which brings new colors. The color of Huawei P40 series can be summarized as ice, frost, fog, water and other state transitions. The design of Huawei P40 series shows Huawei's unique understanding of color aesthetics of mobile phones. From deep blue in liquid state to zero white in solid state, and then to frosted silver in fog state, Huawei P40 series endows natural color change through the physical state change of water. Light and shadow interweave to present a faint color, bringing minimalist beauty.

The SIM card slot at the bottom of Huawei P40 Pro supports 5G+4G dual card dual standby and Huawei smart dual card technology. Huawei P40 Pro has a built-in 4200mAh battery, which supports 10V/4A 40W wired super fast charging. Since Huawei P40 Pro cancelled the 3.5mm headphone jack, it brought a pair of headphones with Type-C interface.

Huawei P40 Pro adopts camera matrix design, with 40-megapixel super wide-angle movie camera, 50-megapixel super-sensitive camera,12-megapixel super-sensitive periscope camera and 3D depth sensitive camera on the back, which is very integrated.

Huawei P40 Pro photos: four photos of rear super-sensing Leica.

Huawei P40 series has set a number of world records, including the largest image sensor in 2020, the world's first full-pixel 8-core focusing mobile phone, the world's strongest optical zoom 10 times, the world's highest video sensitivity mobile phone, and the world's strongest ultra-high-speed camera phone. These firsts, many of them are firsts in imaging technology. Huawei P40 Pro got the first high score by taking photos with DxOMark mobile phone earlier.

1/2.8 inch maximum bottom sensor to date

Huawei P40 Pro is equipped with11.28 inch sensor, which provides a relatively balanced 50 million pixels, taking into account technical indicators such as focusing speed, light input and signal-to-noise ratio. The photosensitive area of Huawei P40 Pro sensor is 297% larger than that of iPhone 1 1 Pro Max, and 76% larger than that of Huawei P30 Pro. This sensor can be aggregated into a large pixel of 2.44μm by Quad Bayer, which is one of the largest single pixel sizes in the industry.

Thanks to Huawei P40 Pro's hardware configuration and excellent algorithm, Huawei P40 Pro's photo effect is still excellent, and the photos have maintained a high level in both color and detail.

50x Super telephoto

Huawei P40 Pro adopts periscope telephoto lens to achieve 5x optical zoom and 50x digital zoom. The ultra-sensitive periscope telephoto camera supports OIS anti-shake and semantic-based AIS intelligent anti-shake at the same time, which improves the stability and filming rate of high zoom. For the first time, Huawei P40 Pro adopted RYYB color filter array at telephoto end, replacing green pixels with yellow, increasing the light input by 40%, capturing more photons and improving the zoom image quality.

Huawei P40 Pro has good image quality and anti-shake effect when shooting with telephoto lens, especially when shooting at high magnification, and it can also get good imaging effect when shooting with hand.

40 megapixel movie head (wide angle)

Huawei P40 Pro is equipped with a 40-megapixel movie camera,11.54 inch super-large photosensitive size, and the same 3: 2 golden ratio frame as Quan Huafu SLR.

Huawei P40 Pro's 40 megapixel movie camera is mainly used for ultra wide-angle shooting. It brings high-quality imaging, and the picture shot from super wide angle is more tense. Through reasonable composition, it is easy to shoot a large film.

Night shooting:

Huawei has an industry-leading night scene algorithm. P40 Pro's11.28-inch super-large bottom sensor makes P40 Pro's night scene shooting excellent, and the light and shade control is well balanced. The night view of P40 Pro can effectively control noise and make the night view very transparent. At the same time, P40 Pro supports wide-angle shooting and telephoto shooting in night vision mode.

Huawei P40 Pro video shooting:

Huawei P40 Pro adopted 40 million movie cameras this time. In terms of video shooting, Huawei P40 Pro continues many features of Mate30 series, which can not only support 4K HDR video shooting, but also support 7680-frame ultra-high-speed photography, 4K ultra-wide angle dark light time-lapse photography and other functions.

4K video shooting:

Huawei P40 Pro adopts a 40-megapixel movie camera, and the focal plane supports ultra-high definition night shooting, which can achieve the best video sensitivity ISO 5 1200 for mobile phone shooting. The film camera supports 16+ 1 pixel fusion technology, which forms a huge unit pixel area and improves the light input. Movie cameras can shoot HDR videos. Four adjacent pixels of QuadBayer sensor with the same color record videos with different exposure times, and then merge the data to output 4K HDR video. Get a wide dynamic range in the Gao Fancha scene, and keep the highlights and dark details, just like a movie blockbuster.

7680 frames in slow motion:

The movie camera has the ability of ultra-high-speed data reading and transmission, which can realize high-definition resolution 1920fps video output, and transmit massive data to Kirin 990 5G chip for real-time processing. Coupled with the later AI motion estimation, motion compensation and frame interpolation algorithms, the highest speed photography can reach 7680fps.

Huawei P40 Pro has added 7680 frames of ultra-high-speed photography, but at present, most mobile phones on the market only support 960 frames of slow motion. Huawei P40 Pro's 7680-frame slow motion is 256 times slower than normal shooting, and it can shoot some particularly high-speed sports, and the shooting effect is like time condensation. Through the above two videos, we can see that the process of lighting the lighter was shot in 7680 frames, and we can see the moment when the flame is ejected from the lighter.

Huawei P40 Pro Performance: Kirin 990 Blessing

Huawei P40 series is equipped with Kirin 990 5G SoC and adopts the most advanced 7nm+EUV (extreme ultraviolet lithography process) process technology in the industry, with smaller area and lower power consumption. Because of this, the number of transistors in Kirin 990 5G has reached 654.38+003 billion. Top-notch semiconductor manufacturing technology helps Kirin 990 5G become a leading mobile phone chip, with highly competitive performance and energy efficiency, as well as transistor density, faster speed and lower heat generation, and various computing tasks and loads can be handled calmly.

At the same time, Kirin 990 5G integrated the 5G modem into the SoC chip for the first time. In terms of chip size, according to official data, this chip is only 200mm? The left and right areas are about the size of nails. The small size design also allows Kirin 990 5G to make more space for other parts of the machine, which not only improves energy efficiency, but also lays the foundation for adding more mobile phone functions.

In terms of core design, Kirin 990 series adopts three-level energy efficiency architecture, with two large cores+two middle cores+four small cores. In terms of GPU, Kirin 990 series has also been greatly upgraded. Equipped with 16 core Mali-G76 GPU to achieve industry-leading performance and energy efficiency.

In terms of NPU, Kirin 990 series adopts the self-developed Da Vinci architecture and has a unique NPU macronucleus +NPU micronucleus design. Compared with the current mainstream NPU architecture chips, the energy efficiency is as high as 8 times, and the performance is as high as 6 times, which also ranks on the performance throne of NPU.

During the game, we also tested the temperature:

Huawei P40 Pro uses 3D graphene liquid cooling for heat dissipation, 3D graphene film +VC liquid cooling, and VC liquid cooling has higher heat dissipation efficiency and fits the heat source in a larger area. At the room temperature of 25℃, the machine temperature of Huawei P40 Pro can be kept at around 36℃ after a period of games.

Huawei P40 Pro system: EMUI 10. 1

Huawei P40 Pro adopts EMUI 10. 1 and EMUI 10. 1 to implement the concept of "full scene", starting from smart phones, but relying on its powerful communication, photo-taking, intelligence, security and computing capabilities, it drives TV, stereo, notebook and other peripherals.

In order to match the body color of Huawei P40 series, EMUI 10. 1 brought high-quality theme wallpaper. The design inspiration comes from the mutual transformation and fusion of colors between water at 0 degrees Celsius and ice water, which solidifies time in the most beautiful way and seals the most beautiful moment in the flow.

Huawei sharing provided by EMUI 10. 1 can transfer files between Huawei devices without using traffic. In EMUI 10. 1, thanks to the simplest protocol, Huawei's sharing speed has been greatly improved, and the highest transmission speed can reach160mb/s. We actually tested the transmission of pictures and found that the speed is very fast. More than 84 pictures were transmitted in more than 10 second.

The intelligent split screen function of EMUI 10. 1 can be said to be a highlight. Slide from the side of the screen to start the split screen function, and pictures and words can be dragged directly between two application windows on the same screen. The intelligent split screen of EMUI 10. 1 can realize the previous split screen mode or start the small window mode, which is convenient for operation.

Huawei P40 Pro Test Summary: flagship machine has everything.

As the flagship mobile phone in the first half of the year, Huawei P40 series can be said that there is no shortage of flagship mobile phones. Huawei P40 Pro is full of sincerity from design to photography, to performance and system, which not only continues the profound connotation of P series images, but also continues the excellent design of P series, integrating technology and aesthetics, bringing a real flagship mobile phone.

Huawei P40 series continues the profound knowledge of P series in image, and realizes 10x optical zoom on Huawei P40 Pro+ for the first time, making P40 series a focal-segment, all-weather all-around camera phone. From day to night, from wide angle to telephoto, Huawei P40 series can shoot. The XD Fusion image engine supported by AI has brought real image quality improvement and brought mobile phone photography into a new realm.