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5.0 out of 5 starsMust get phone. Please read the detailed review and take a wise decision.
Reviewed in India on 5 June 2018
Whatever be the specs of a phone in today's world, I believe the most important requirements of a high end phone are
1. A very good camera ( front and rear)
2. More than average battery life ( which would last me on the most busiest days of course)
3. Able to play most of games ( of course the high end ones are not the daily requirement)
4. Smooth running of apps ( which require more than average processor and High RAM size)
5. Display quality to be AMOLED for enjoyable watching of movies and playing games etc.
6. A fast charger which would charge the mobile faster to sustain some more hours in the days of heaviest usage.
7. A speaker which is loud, soothing and decent sound which can play my music
8. Network reception, call quality and modem should be good so that during network fluctuations the Internet speed should not be affected along with calls.
9. Should have LTE/VOLTE on both sims with dual standby on 4G,So that I can change the data to other dim without deactivating the first one.
I can say all these are fulfilled after buying Huawei P20 Pro. Network reception, call quality, speaker quality, fast charging, excellent display, excellent RAM management, awesome battery back up, more than excellent processor (Kirin 970 is a decent one but not as powerful as snapdragon 845) and last but not the least excellent set of cameras.
Some cons( which can be overlooked after getting a lot of pros in one phone) I would like to mention are
1. Front camera is not so good. The quality is good, but the problem is it by default makes the face look white instead of natural colors. However the picture quality more than decent and good looking. I must say it is more than average than most of the high end/selfie centric phones
2. Taking 4K video is somewhat shaky as it does not have OIS. However there is hardly a day when we take 4K videos for regular use.
3. Kirin 970 is a very powerful processor, but it somewhat less powerful than the snapdragon 845. However in our daily usage I hardly found that difference. My friend just bought OP6. After using his phone I hardly find any difference between operation among both processors.
4. The AI mode in camera needs improvement. I hope Huawei takes care of it in future updates.
5. The phone has no 3.5 mm jack which makes my most earphones and headphones unusable. However Huawei provides an excellent quality headphones with the package which fulfils my requirement.
Finally I would like to say I am more than happy for what I have bought. We expect a more than decent battery at least when we spend lots of money in buying a high end phone. This phone fulfills all my requirements. I have seen and used s9+ and pixel 2 xl with my friends. But I must say spending 65k bucks with Huawei is more efficient than buying s9+ and pixel 2 xl. However I can say both of them have better cameras than P20 Pro( for videos of course, for photos P20 Pro takes the lead) . But we have to take everything into account when we are putting so much our hard-earned money into a phone. The camera quality can be seen in this pic which is full of details. This is the first photo taken on this phone without any manual adjustment and in a casual mode.
My final verdict is please see all the qualities of a phone for the money you are spending. Don't just blindly go for camera or processor ( speed ad which is shown by the OP6 guys. Don't take me wrong that I am against Oneplus. My wife has OP5t and I am more more than happy with its performance. Just speed is not only the thing which we require for our use and on this criteria the OP6 is advertised.). Go for something which fulfills most of the requirements. At the end of the day you should have a phone which is an all-rounder not the master of one trade.
