THE ALTERNATIVES
though, and further issues can arise, with some apps, like Twitter, crashing whenever we tried to launch them.
There are alternatives – for example downloading apps directly from their own sites as APK files or using Aptoide, a third-party app store. But the lack of security screening makes the former a bit of a crapshoot, while the latter route is perhaps too technical and timeconsuming for the average user.
However, design-wise the Huawei P40 Pro merges a mature, powerful aesthetic with a beautiful, spacious screen. At 209 grams it feels sturdy and well-made, with its narrow and thin dimensions added to in a sculpted symphony of glass and aluminium.
The OLED screen on the P40 Pro, which glides into the truly minimal bezeling of the handset, is also a stunner, and while it doesn’t quite match the god-tier screen equipped on the OnePlus 8 Pro, its 6.58 inches look bright and sharp to the eye.
Huawei has been leading in terms of camera technology over the past few years and the P40 Pro continues that with aplomb. A quad rear system made by camera specialists Leica sees the handset equipped with a 50MP f/1,9 23mm main unit, a 12MP, f/3.4 125mm telephoto, 40MP f/1.8 ultra-wide and a ToF 3D depth sensor. These are, naturally, partnered with Leica optics and an LED flash.
Round the front, the P40 Pro comes with a dual 32MP f/2,2 26mm camera with in-built ToF sensor. Video maxes out at 4K/60fps on the rear and, amazingly, on the front too.
Simply put, if you want the best camera phone on the market today then the Huawei P40 Pro is it.
Hardware’s the party
With a HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G SoC installed, as well as a Mali-G76 MP16 GPU, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS3.0 storage, the P40 Pro offers impressive performance.
Indeed, only the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra returned higher benchmark scores in Sling Shot Extreme, with the P40 Pro’s 5,660 and 5,443 comparing slightly lower than the Ultra’s 6,765 and 6,212. And in the real-world, the Huawei P40 crushed any application we could throw at it.
Lastly, in terms of performance, the P40 Pro’s brilliant 4,200mAh