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[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Theandroidfan:
This phone opens apps very quickly and scrolling is very smooth. I'm quite surprised at how good this phone's chipset is!
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] marcolorenzo:
I'd say it's more to do with their software/hardware integration. The Kirin 970 is not much faster than the SD835 and certainly slower than the SD845 but the P20 Pro still feels faster than phones with either of those chips.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Robinottawa:
Seems to be delayed by Android-EMUI handshaking.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] XDARoni:
Apps launch very fast on EMUI 9.1. I have the 6GB RAM version and have been very pleased with app launch speeds so far.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're busy and don't have time to wait, which is why you need to stop reading this thread and get back to organizing your Pogs. Rate this thread to express how the Huawei P20 Pro performs when multitasking. A higher rating indicates that the Huawei P20 Pro keeps many apps in memory so that they don't need to reload, and that when moving between apps, transitions are smooth and performance is excellent.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Arun77gupta:
100% ok for multitasking... No lag
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] P20pro:
Ram

What is your ram usage? On boot my p20 pro has left 3.5gb of ram. After half a day 3gb left. But after 1day has only 1.5-2.5 gb left. I always close apps and use that optimisation program and it does not celan up apps for 3gb left. Is this normal for this phone? Only reboot helps and it clean up to 3.6gb
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] reppi:
Guys just let the apps open in the background! That's why we have so much RAM. It just consumes more battery to open the apps again and again. Apps im RAM consume no battery. If RAM should be full which is really hard with 6 GB then the system will clean itself.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] tyw7:
Chrome keeps terminating for me
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] lorreca:
After update to EMUI 9 my multitasking gets some problems... like blu "filter" first time I open the multitasking (then going normal) and very little ram free without reason.... In 8.1 I've got 2/3 gb normally used. Same apps.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] t.kijas:
Exactly same experience, there is memory leak sometimes.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] TheBready:
Same here. Every app is closed when switching apps. No multitasking possible. A reboot freed some RAM, but I think just for a certain time. Hope this will be fixed soon.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Korov:
Agreed. Multitasking completely broken. Sometimes I even get a blank screen with a trashcan instead of a list of apps.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] TheBready:
Do you use a dark theme? I had the same. Try a different theme. After switching to another theme I only have a blue transparent layer over the multitasking view.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] exodus394:
Weird...I am on official .163 firmware,received by OTA and I have none of your problems...Multitasking is very good...2.5-3GB free on average,and 3.7GB free after a reboot. I never saw that blue tint when multitasking...But I think it depends on the region,because while I was checking Firmware Finder I read a log from an update,can't remember the region and it was specifically mentioned that the blue tint bug was fixed,but it wasn't for C432,which I use. Just wait for an OTA.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] TheBready:
I double checked and it seems to be a issue with the Nova launcher.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] birnee:
Had the problem with .163(November) update with .195(January security) it's gone
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Eambo:
Finding the memory management to be extremely poor. In this image I had only Slack open (and freshly so) and my RAM is MIA.

The second I'm switching apps they're killed - it was already aggressive before Pie but now even more so :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] lorreca:
Just to update that with last release 293 the bug with multitasking is disappeared.

Good news. I can use Hyperion or Nova Launcher now.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] dlads:
Mediocre performance, swap file is on by default.

Coming from a Oneplus 5, the difference is simply night and day.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] XDARoni:
I have the 6GB RAM version of the P20 Pro. I have not had issues with RAM as other users have been pointing out. Everything works fine for me.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the Huawei P20 Pro under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] thayil:
I have my P20 pro since yesterday... These reviews on the internet are a joke!!!! This phone is one of the baddest phone I ever had. And I had a lot of phones!

Every damn animations are sluggish, lags and sometimes even freeze! My galaxy S7 was performing way better... And I hate Samsung... I reset the device more than three times. Since the first screen of setup when choosing language the animation seems to be at 24 fps... What a joke! Probably going back to a pixel 2 xl. The overall speed, opening and switching between apps is great but damn these animations... No more chinese rubbish!

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Here is a video made just now... I told you! A JOKE! [youtube]_2VVtgCV9dU[/youtube]
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] killflaker:
Lol just you... i have this Phone and no lag, no freeze, all run perfect.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Neo_Sk8eR:
Ditto
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] thayil:
Ok guys, record your screens and show us how smooth your P20 PRO are!?!?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Neo_Sk8eR:
Because without your approval, our lives will be incomplete :p

Relax dude. My phone is perfectly smooth and this is me coming from a pixel 2. If you don't like it, return it.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] thayil:
But WTF... I'm just saying that this phone has a lot of stutter in its animations. I'll go check on another P20 pro in a shop to see if the problem is only on mine. I had a pixel 2 xl too and the overall impression of smoothness was way better. It will be more constructive to record other videos to prove your affirmation... But anyway...

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Ah and it seems that the more impacted apps are google apps.

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At 3:40, if you don't see any stutter buy glasses dude...

[youtube]OxDqveJKu9I[/youtube]
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] version467:
I usually just lurk in these threads, but I also have this problem.

Overall phone speed is fine, but there are a few things that just seem to be REALLY slow.

Scrolling speed in apps is mostly fine, but system animations seem to stutter. Switching between apps, going back to Homescreen, etc.

Doesn't sound like much, but it really diminishes the experience :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Neo_Sk8eR:
Try switching animations and transitions to 0.5x from developer menu?

That's the only change I've made
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] thayil:
Did you notice more stutter on Google apps? YouTube, maps, play store?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] version467:
Yeah, first thing I did. I usually do that on all my phones. Obviously the animations are faster now, but they aren't smoother.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Deano1889:
I've not had the same issues as you yet (touches wood) but if you unlock developer options you can change the animation speed from x1 to .05 or lower. I have mine set to x0.5 which makes menu transitions feel snappier
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] mudnightoil:
You're a day one adopter. Do you expect there to be no firmware revisions?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] cologne83:
Got the P20 pro since friday...luv it! no lags, no freeze, no stuttering!

Fast as predicted!
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] vodovodo:
people coming from pixel 2 or pixel 2 xl, hell even from first generation pixel please dont compare any other android to them when it come to smoothness, they are even smoother than an iPhone !!!

i had the same issue with Mate 10, i made sure that i stopped most of the background apps (go to battery then launch then disable all except what u need like social media and emails) and i didnt have a problem since, although its a QHD screen with only 4gb of RAM

and trust me, these freakishly huawei devices just gets better and faster with time even before the AI era , it is just how EMUI works

so yeah, if u want the camera, the phenomenal battery life infrared and the TV thing then keep it, otherwise seriously the Pixel 2 is just better in every single way
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Neo_Sk8eR:
When we have both devices side by side you can't ask us not compare and I'm finding very little difference.

This is my first pixel device and I don't see what all the fuss was about, it has stutters too and the battery life yoyos after every update.

For me so far this device is just as responsive however I'm not saying other people aren't experiencing issues, videos have been posted and I can clearly see it but for me it's just as fast and no google maps problems like I've seen others have (still not denying this, there's kinks out there)

This is release software, give them time to throw out updates.

You for example also say the pixel is the smoothest phone out there but I had PLENTY of hiccups with mine and no amount of updates or flashing fixed it, infact it just got worse and i had to go through 2 units with different issues, this was to replace the latest unit where the proximity sensor is now busted and the phone doesn't wake up after a call without a reboot.

Every time you replace the unit you risk getting one with bad blue tint and it's just not worth all the effort, for me this is an upgrade in every way but screen resolution which is definitely not a deal breaker.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] jaju123:
In my experience the p20 pro is very responsive, but the scrolling does stutter quite a bit. Perhaps due to weak GPU and worse software optimisation?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] paysen:
I have a feeling that there are already different versions of the firmware available or preinstalled, thats why some ppl have hiccups and some dont. I know someone from UK who has the stuttering in Google Maps. But one in Germany who doesn't. Just wait a few days, a first update will come soon.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] DaveP2611:
I've both the P20 Pro and the Pixel 2XL and yes the stock experience is smoother on the Pixel, I've not attempted to improve the P20 yet though. But never expected it to be as smooth anyway.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Neo_Sk8eR:
Rootless pixel 2 Launcher works very well :)
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] version467:
This is my best guess as well. However I don't think it's based on country, since I'm from Germany and have peroformance issues. Might be a difference between CLT-L09 and CLT-L29 Models, but who knows.

If someone wants to compare, I'm running CLT-L29 8.1.0.106(C432) and have to deal with stuttering.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] jssagu:
I have noticed slower scrolling, not as smooth as my previous Pixel 2 XL.

Although this is mainly when I m in bed, lying on my side and sort of side scrolling. Otherwise scrolling is decent when in normal use.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] thayil:
Same build here and a lot of stutter. Hope an update will get out soon.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Jamestdd:
I experienced the same problem too on mine, which I never have on my previous mate 9.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] troublecro:
My mate 10 pro got silky smooth after 3 weeks of use. It was sluggish as described first week then as days passed by....less and less. It's just AI recording your behavior pattern and once it settles down its really smooth in 95% cases. Sometimes it throttles the device in weak signal areas when u use max brightness....then it's sluggish again. Otherwise.....no objections.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] skhan33:
Shifting from Note 8

Reading all these comments on slow performance, I may not move to this phone. I had visited stores and checked the speed of the device and it looked fine but it might slow down after loading the device with all those apps.

The fact is when you want to buy you will love everything about the device and convince yourself that it is perfect until you don't start using it you get to know the truth.

I had bad experience with Huawei Mate 9 pro it had bad touch response and was slow as well. I could not keep it for a month and sold with bad resale value. It will be tough to move from Note 8 to P20 Pro even though it looks to be best from Huawei.

Looking for more comments from the users as I am very much interested in this phone and need suggestion to shift or not.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Jamestdd:
Hmm...I have a mate 9, not in any way slow. In fact one of the smoothest I have used. Maybe you got a bad unit. But p20 pro does have some issue. I feel the software not optimised yet.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] popoxee:
I second this. Mine was kinda sluggish in the first 3 days, but got very smooth after.

However there are some apps that are not very compatible/optimized for this phone, like Firefox. Chrome is smooth like a breeze tho.

EDIT

changing animation duration to 0.5x makes it feel so iOS like wow very nice.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] hackdrag0n:
Mines been running fine since day one, which was 4 days ago now. I didn't restore my apps from google play, started fresh, don't know if that makes a difference or not.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Raintitan:
I just got the Intl version here in the US on ATT and it is super smooth. I can't reproduce what I've seen in the video someone made.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
Good morning.

I'm running 120 c436 version and I download it from funky Huawei..

Some lags has been fixed but lags in Google photos ap when scrolling photos is still there in 120 version ...

No changes in camera same problems with Selfi as 107 version.. (low quality pictures etc. Etc)

I w8ing this update almost 2 weeks for fixing bugs but a few things have been fixed..

1,5/1,7 gb update for what??

We must w8 at least one month for next update...
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] jh787:
I had a huge lag when scrolling through the recent apps and long web pages.

I turned off glove mode and everything is perfect.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] donatinho:
Just my 2 cents thought, have you tried forcing GPU rendering?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
sorry I didn't understand... Bad enlgish..
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] donatinho:
I mean:

- enable developer menu; this by touching 10 times the line "Build version" (or number, I use the italian version) that you can find in Settings/system/info phone

- go back to system, and open developer options

- scroll down until you find Force GPU Rendering, under Hardware Accelerated Rendering and turn it on

Once again, words may be slightly different, I am using italian interface and can't remember perfectly the english menu
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
It is off on my settings... Why to set it on? Is it normal? I think lags must be fixed with update..
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] donatinho:
It's not that you MUST set to on. It's just worth a try since it could reduce that lag. I agree with you that an update should address that issue, although honestly I haven't had any problem from this POV
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
[youtube]npHzTW7iirs[/youtube]

This is the lag I mean.... Look
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] donatinho:
I see, i sincerely had the same performance with Google Photo on my Samsung S7. At least on my P20 Pro, scrolling the gallery is lightning fast, I have some slowdown scrolling with Google Photo, but I suppose it's also due to the fact they are stored online.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Harelk1:
My p20 pro is perfect, except once in a million when opening SwiftKey it freezes for 3 seconds and then back to normal.

Overall I sum up this topic with the following

P20 pro is magnificent, amazing camera and overall performance, Including its scrolling quality.

Although, all phones shutter and lag once in a... Due to so many reasons, exactly like people doing mistakes and aren't perfect

So if It can't be more perfect than you, don't expect it to be.

Horray Huawei. A phone Im glad to have.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
No my friend It's not. I have got 50 Mbps downloading. And that's why I m scrolling between three pictures only to check up the problem on your own
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] donatinho:
I have a much faster line , and I agree with you that the scrolling doesn't rely on that; I have the same stuttering. Can you confirm that scrolling pictures in smartphone gallery is smooth?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
Υes I can, I had many top phones In the past mad they were faster :))
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Macmoc16:
Hi guys, I have version 8.1.0.102, everything is very fluid, except sometimes micro-lag in opening folders (launcher stock) and when I minimize a video on YouTube, well-known animations. Will they update this thing better? Thank you
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
Animations will be fixed..
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Macmoc16:
Hello, I hope so, or is there already some version with these fixes?
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
For Europe is 120
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Macmoc16:
Thank you very much for the info, pity that with the branded version has not yet been approved update on the finder.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
I also find a digitizer lag and I don't know if it is fixable..

[youtube]xIZp7O0etEM[/youtube]
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] AndiThebassman:
It's not a problem with the digitizer but seems to be software related.

Here you'll find more:

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-p20-pro/help/horrible-touchscreen-latency-lag-delay-t3774567/page13
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
My best friend bought yesterday P20 pro with 107 version out of the box and he hasn't got lag at all..... :((
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] AndiThebassman:
The deadzone seems to be software related. I tried it on a couple devices and everyone had it. I think some people don't realize that their device has it because it's really subtle. If I hadn't read it here I never would have realized it myself. Maybe try editing a photo and painting over it. There it seems to work without the deadzone/delay
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] NeverNice:
He has this for sure! All Devices i testet so far in a Shop had this Problem! He must have it aswell! I send mine back Today and go for the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus. Im really sad because i really loved the Design from the P20 Pro and the color .. damn Twilight is so sexy :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Noexcusses:
..

nop he hasnt...i send back mine also to huwawei and i asked for new one.. im w8ing the answear!!
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] nightm:
Scroll smoothness was an issue with my device too. I think it's visibly better now (testing e.g. scrolling trought FB). Software version L09, 8.1.0.120:

* Settings > Smart Help - disable all settings related to screen, e.g.:

- glove, hi touch, intelligent cover

- gestures for drawing, screenshots and split screen

* Settings > System > Developer Options

- animations to 0.5x

- force GPU rendering for 2D

- disabled - increase screen contrast in bright sun

- multiprocessor WebView implementation

It feels much better now (I'm sure not all settings had impact), but Google photos image sliding is still sluggish (app problem?)

I also have Settings > Screen > Screen Mode = "Small" as I like UI smaller but I don't see impact with changing it to default value.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Arun77gupta:
No issues about scrolling
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] Federicadr:
I'm having horribles lags scrolling in Facebook..seems like I own a mid range phone [emoji34]

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[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] xsacha:
Animation speeds are just a setting. Every phone has them.

There's no lagg. In fact, if you're in UI doing animations, most likely the fast processors won't even be turned on for this. This is all done on the GPU at full FPS.

There is a difference in timing when you have 'knuckle' screenshot/video enabled but it doesn't affect me at all.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] anfederin:
Im agree, scrolls in long pages are not fluid...the behaviour is similar to a device whith a cheap GPU :(
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] zviki:
Yep. I still have Mate 9 but the screen is broken. It's still usable but very annoying. In the repair centre they demand 200€ for screen replacement! 200€ for 1920x1080 lcd screen (I don't trust 45€ screens sold on Internet)!

So, because I was very satisfied with a Mate 9, I decided to buy a P20 Pro. I don't know what to think about that phone, but it didn't fulfill my expectations. The battery last for a less time than on the Mate 9. And OLED screen should preserve battery life. Internet connection (4g+) is very laggy and unstable (I don't know if it's because of the phone or my carrier). Maybe my problems are related to Phone Clone app. I just transferred all my apps and settings from Mate 9 to P20 pro with this pre-installed app.

Also missing some features frome Mate 9. Fingerprint scanner on the front is a bad choice.

But not all things are bad. Camera is great. Speakers are very LOUD. On Mate 9 was very very silent lately. I don't know if speaker is dying or it has something to do with the updates. I love warranty here in EU (3 years + 3 months on the broken screen (no matter what)).

Well, I think that I need to wait some time. I own P20 pro only for a month right now and AI needs some time to learn user behaviour. Will see after some time...

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Maybe you should blame Facebook app?!

Sent from my CLT-L29
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] suicidal.banana:
Can i just say that comparing anything to a recent Samsung phone refresh rate (what i see happening throughout this thread) is sorta unfair? Seeing how Samsung is leading the mobile vr market, they put higher refresh rate screens in their phones then competitors who dont do mobile vr, this might explain why some people (ex samsung users?) experience lag, while others (non ex samsung users?) dont really notice.

Dont get me wrong, not saying P20Pro refresh rate is perfect or anything, just trying to explain why some people might have issue's. I feel like the 3 star rating it has now for 'scrolling smoothness' is a bit too low, its not a 5star for sure, but imo at least a 4star.
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] dlads:
Please check out swap torpedo, fixes lag for me, coming from Oneplus 5 I'm used to silky smoothness, this device will never be that slick, but with this mod it's close
[Huawei P20 Pro Real Life Review] rowihel2012:
Remove Facebook app

Use lite or black Facebook

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Remove Facebook app

Use lite or black Facebook

Official Facebook app is killing the performance

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Need root?