Huawei P40 has finally been released. Which is more attractive, Yu Chengdong's White House English or his photo-taking ability?

Editor's note: Huawei P40 series was finally released on 2 1 last night. As the facade of Huawei, it is also one of the two flagships. In addition to the familiar starting prices of 799 Euros and 999 Euros, Huawei P40 series seems to have once again defended the Iron Throne with its own camera ability, but we have a question: Yu Chengdong's White House English and camera ability at last night's press conference?

Time flies, if Yu Chengdong and Huawei recall the P 1 product eight years ago, will it be a bit embarrassing, and will they feel that the past has come back to their hearts? As the first high-end product of Huawei, P 1 actually experienced an unprecedented fiasco. No matter the hardware performance of the smart phone, the performance of the chip, or even the positioning of the whole machine, there have been great problems. This product can even be counted as an accident and a failed attempt of Huawei. But after eight years, today's Huawei P series has become the facade product of the whole Huawei mobile terminal and one of the two flagship pillars. It represents the whole Huawei's efforts in design and the strongest standard in taking pictures. When P 1 was established, the cow boasted by engineers in Yu Chengdong, including Huawei, was finally realized. The annual sales volume of P series exceeds tens of millions, which has far exceeded the expectations of that year.

Now P series has reached P40. In fact, since P9, the cooperation between Huawei and Leica Lens has enabled Huawei to find the breakthrough point of smart phones and continue to develop output from the thankless point of taking pictures. The end result is the unshakable photo benchmarking ability of Huawei P series. Since P20Pro, Huawei's smartphone camera has been greatly improved, thanks to the stronger sensor jointly customized with Sony. This time, this sensor has been further upgraded on P40, and the pixel is upgraded to 50 million pixels. At the same time, it is also the largest bottom in the industry. The so-called bottom is to crush people. The 6.5438+0.08 megapixel sensors used by Samsung and Xiaomi are already very large in the industry. This 1 100-megapixel sensor is arranged in RGGB, and its size reaches11.33, while Huawei's sensor is arranged in RYYB, and its size reaches11.28, which can be said to be an unprecedented base of the whole smartphone at present, and it also brings more light than other products.

It is worth mentioning that the highlight of the conference is of course Huawei's photo-taking ability, but Yu Chengdong's White House English is also the discussion point of the annual conference. Even after so many years' baptism, we have even become familiar with Huawei's P series, including Mate series, and the background sound at the time of release is Yu Chengdong's White House English. Many years later, Yu Chengdong had a very strong hand. The Huawei mobile terminal brand he led has been able to compete head-on with Apple's Samsung, and even grab the market share of Samsung and Apple in the international market, completely surpassing the influence of these two brands in China. Today's White House English is obviously different from many years ago, which is behind the confidence of Huawei's sales support of hundreds of millions of units!

Judging from the current configuration, first of all, the main camera from P40 standard version to Pro version and even Pro plus version is the same, and the most basic standard version also matches the telephoto lens and the super wide-angle lens, which means that the basic camera capabilities required by a smart phone have been equipped, except that Pro version is equipped with a periscope 5x optical zoom lens and a TOF3D lens, while Pro plus version also includes two super telephoto lenses and a triple lens. On the whole, the camera ability of the main camera can really represent its camera performance to the greatest extent, and the configuration of the three products on the camera means that even the most basic version can achieve very strong camera ability. Compared with previous generations of products, the gap between P series products is getting smaller and smaller, at least there will not be two completely different product forms.

In addition to the super outsole mentioned earlier, Huawei also upgraded the color sensor for P40 series, such as supporting 8-channel color coverage, and the ISO reached 409,600. Coupled with the computing power of AI engine, the strength of comprehensive photography may reach a new high in the score of DXO, and the super telephoto lens is also very interesting. Through optical anti-shake and 5-prism refraction, a very practical long zoom capability is realized. Another very important super wide-angle lens, 40 million pixels, supports 16+ 1 pixel, and has good hardware support in shooting videos including still pictures.

The two super telephoto lenses in the Pro plus version, 3x optical zoom and10x optical zoom, have made the smart phone a big step forward. Even with today's hardware configuration, we think that the effect of taking pictures, including portability and convenience of operation, can completely replace the micro-single, but there may be more work to be done in the face of SLR cameras. After all, the biggest disadvantage of smart phones is that the ultra-thin body can't place larger sensors, so we are particularly looking forward to what kind of solutions we can have in the future. If one day a smart phone is developed to replace the entry-level SLR, a revolution will actually come.

In fact, no one doubts Huawei's flagship product's ability to take photos, which is almost a doubt that has been lost since the P20 series, and it is also the core element of Huawei's survival. The problem lies in the comprehensive ability of a smart phone. In fact, taking pictures occupies a very important position, but it is not the most important. A flagship smartphone should be able to provide good competitiveness in all parts, so what points can P40 bring to users besides taking photos?

First of all, from the aspect of appearance, we always think that Huawei's design in P series including mate series is not strong, especially the front design, so it is still difficult for us to be satisfied with P40 this time. For example, punching a full screen is bound to have a significant impact on the positive look and feel of the entire mobile phone. The less the number of holes, the smaller the diameter of the holes, the less the impact on vision, and the sense of separation in the front. At present, the most extreme products in the industry can be regarded as several products of vivo. The punching diameter has reached 2.98 mm, which is much smaller than the punching between 3.8mm-4mm and 4 mm commonly used in the industry at present. Moreover, Huawei not only increased the number of punching holes this time, but also the punching diameter is not small. It can be seen that there is a large dark part in the upper left corner, which is actually unnecessary for P40 with better packaging technology. Huawei explained at the press conference that the number of holes is actually related to some new technologies, but we still believe that the diameter and number of holes should be as small as possible.

In addition, the screen quality is good, whether it is a high refresh rate of 90Hz or a true color display on the screen, this is what a flagship mobile phone should do. Even Huawei says that every mobile phone has undergone a separate color matching before leaving the factory, so this is a milestone in the history of Huawei's smart phone development. After all, Huawei's current screen can indeed be discussed, but unfortunately this series of screens is still made by BOE.

In addition to the highlights of the screen, Huawei actually talks about workmanship, including the color matching technology and materials on the back. For example, the Pro plus of P40 is made of ceramic material, and the whole machine has been processed seamlessly, which also makes this phone achieve the waterproof and dustproof effect of IP68. Other hardware highlights are basically the same as mate30Pro, such as the 40W fast charging standard, but the battery capacity is only 4200 mAh, and the Pro version and the standard version are lower. We do have some questions about battery life, followed by Kirin 990 processor. Of course, it also includes the first 40W super wireless fast charging. Compared with mate30Pro, these highlights will not have a great impact on users. Even now, OPPO vivo and even Xiaomi have upgraded the super fast charging technology to more than 50 watts. In fact, Huawei can start to update its super fast charging standard. After all, a fast charge of 65W can fully charge the battery capacity of 4500 mAh in more than 30 minutes.

In fact, looking back, smart phones have been developed for more than ten years. The rapid development of this decade has met the increasing needs of users, but what is the essence that we really need to return to smart phones? The call quality is better, the network connection speed is faster, the hardware performance is stronger, and it is still the ability to take pictures, the charging speed is fast, and the endurance is strong. Of course, the most important thing is appearance, workmanship and texture.

The so-called sentence that began with loyalty to talents still exists in the field of smart phones. Judging from the appearance of P40 today, it is indeed a mobile phone with amazing design. Although it has a huge black hole, the extreme narrowing of the upper and lower borders and the left and right borders provides a template for the full screen. In the future, if there is a revolutionary breakthrough in the OLED screen, the light transmittance will reach more than 80%. When the off-screen camera really comes in, we will really usher in the ideal full screen. Although we still feel that Huawei has many things that make us dissatisfied with P series products, from the core elements, this mobile phone can still meet the needs of users, just need, for example, in communication, the signal of mobile phone signal network, as for design and workmanship.

The only and biggest flaw is not the huge digging hole in the upper left corner, but its price has been converted to more than 7000 yuan in the Pro version. Even if the domestic price is relatively lower in the future, it still exceeds the budget of many users. Huawei is becoming the China version of Apple!