Huawei P40 Pro
A superior screen and camera can’t ameliorate this flawed beauty’s still embryonic AppGallery
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G Octa-Core 16-Core Mali-G76 6.58-inch, 2640x1200 90Hz
8GB 256GB 4200mAh 50MP wide angle, 40MP ultra-wide angle,
12MP telephoto and 3D depth sensing camera rear; 32MP and depth camera front Android 9.0, OneUI 158.2x72.6x8.95mm
209g
Screen Memory Battery
OLED
OS Dimensions Weight From $1,599 consumer.huawei.com
he biggest hurdle to anybody picking up the Huawei P40 Pro is something that is largely out of Huawei’s hands – the fact that it no longer has access to Google apps or services, including the Play Store itself. That means anyone moving from another Android phone is going to find the transition to the P40 Pro less than seamless.
With no Google Play Store to deliver apps and games, Huawei is currently rapidly developing and fleshing out its own Huawei AppGallery. It does not, though, have many of the apps that we have all become used to on Android handsets. For example, WhatsApp, eBay, Uber, Instagram and many other popular apps just aren’t available.
You can use Huawei’s Phone Clone application when initially setting up the phone, which transfers pretty much all the apps, accounts, contacts and information from your old phone. Start trying to use those apps,
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