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[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] ipred:
Ι have the P20 Pro almost 2 weeks now. I come from Galaxy S8. I bought it cause i read in reviews that it's the best phone for photography.

I did many comparison tests ( P20 Pro vs Galaxy S8) and the P20 Pro has definetely better camera. The noise reduction works better, the dynamic range is clearly better and of course the zoom is better. Note that i am talking only for the rear camera for photography. I don't shoot video and i am not into selfies.

I am also very satisfied with the battery life which is also far better. The display is not 2k but i knew it when i bought it and the difference is minor. As for the cpu, i am not a gamer so for my needs it's fast enough (same as it was on the S8).

What do i expect in the future? a) The notch removal and b) even further camera improvement.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] pratik_193:
Things i hate:

1. lack of switching mobile data from one sim to another without disconnecting the connection

2. Battery life is not as i expected.

3. No option to set a custom vibration level for ringtones, notifications etc.

4. No option to unlink ringtone and notification volume

Things i like:

1. Looks.!

2. Fast and front FP

3. Camera

4. Fast charging with super charger
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] Jonathan-H:
Updates are a little slow, and it's not as smooth or fast as Pixel 2 XL.

Camera is amazing, beats any other flagship in almost all conditions except selfies. The Lumia 1020 had a crap camera, don't know why people try to compare it.

Battery life is definitely the best of any flagship, 10 hours screen on time. Fastest charging. (The One plus 6 charges slower as it has smaller battery, and it does not compare with the battery life of the P20 pro by a mile)
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Yea I don't mean to bash the pro, I mean I love the phone, but they've missed things seemingly on purpose, it's hard for me to fathom.

Maybe it'll get better, I've just seen 131 appear as an update so will see how that goes. Supposed to be a lot better.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Lumia was decent for stills when you had a tripod. An I mean it was decent enough and ahead of time. But yea I wouldn't compare it to this lol. Just not in the same league.

Don't know about the Oneplus 6 but the 5 had I think a very similar battery and it topped out in less than an hour for me which is phenomenal, the pro is just over an hour.

Either way I'd have picked the pro over the 6 100%
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
The only thing missing for me: The ability to charge the P20 Pro while it's connected by HDMI using a USB-C hub.

Otherwise, it's great; the Swiss-army knife of smartphones.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] mangusZen:
Is this a fault of the phone or of your cable or hub?

I read somewhere there was an hub with charging too
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Hmm mine charges? I've got an Anker usb cable hub it's essentially thunderbolt so perhaps that's why.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
Apparently, the P20 Pro cannot be charged through a USB-C hub. I've Googled about this, and finally I asked here as well. Here's a good reply from MoritzJT in the thread, "USB-C hub with HDMI port and can charge Huawei P20 Pro?" in "Huawei P20 Pro Accessories" subforum:

"The moment the USB hub is connected, the P20 Pro disables charging and instead puts out power to the hub to power the USB devices, card Reader, GPU, Network and soundcard. It does recognize the charging cable as indicated in the top bar but currently it's impossible to force the p20 pro to go into charging mode. I think this can be solved by Huawei. I think it's not the hubs fault. I guess you won't find a hub that does charge the p20 pro as long as Huawei doesn't find a way to mount devices but not try to power them itself."

If anyone knows of a hub -- or some other accessory or method -- that will charge the P20 Pro while it's also plugged into HDMI, please let me know. Thanks.

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Does this Anker usb hub have HDMI output as well? If so, does your P20 Pro charge while it's also connected to a monitor?

thx.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] user4001:
Over 3 months with this phone and I'm happy(ish). The initial setup is pretty exhausting but once you get used to EMUI, maintenance on new apps is easy enough. I broke a few things by going a bit too medieval on EMUI's ass initially but managed to work out what was actually needed.

- Love the navigation tool that is the fingerprint scanner

- Love the battery life

- Love the themes (well, the theme I've chosen anyway)

- Love the camera

- Love how easy it is to connect to TV/Monitor

- Like the fine control of apps that is possible (except the bloat that you can't disable obviously)

- Like EMUI (!!!)

- HATE my contract-free, unlocked phone being branded now and the slow ass updates (and extra bloat) that comes with it

- HATE the 4k video abilities. Tripod needed.

- Dislike the fact I don't have a Snapragon 845 or Kirin's upcoming processor. The 970 is good but not quite on the same level.

- Dislike the non-uniform screen I have. It's only visible in really dark room with low brightness.

Anything else I think of I'll add!
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Yes to all of the above.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] user4001:
Oooooh that's nice to know. Don't use the feature enough at the moment to really need it but great to know you can charge while using it like that.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
This is the one that I bought. There are others of the same spec but you get the idea

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B018XF4KRC?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
Thanks. Curious: What charger are you plugging into the Anker? The one that came with the P20 Pro?

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Also, if you don't mind doing a small test, how long does it take for your Pro to increase its charge by 1% when it's plugged into a monitor using the Anker? Thx.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
I use two, one is the original and one Is a spare dash charger, I'm off tomorrow an the dock is in work so will have to wait til Friday.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Have to say since installing lineage.

Liking this device more now.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] MicasjasM:
I almost hate it

I have been using the Huawei P20 Pro for a little over a month now. Had Samsunng phones since the S3 andthe last one being an S7 Edge. But I wanted something totally different and to be honest I regret it every day.

The battery life is amazing (heavy user but still lasts for at least 24 hours, althoug they said 36 hours but still) that is probably one of the only positive things I can say.

The camera is the main reason why I decided to get it and that is the most dissapointing thing so far. Most important was low light photography because my son is on stage a lot and I like to take pictures of his performances. Low light pictures are great until the object starts moving, then you might as well not even try to take pictures. This also goes for normal pictures by the way. After realizing this I now understand why all the YouTube reviews are of pictures of still objects. My daughter took pictures and video with her S8 last time my son had a performance and in her pictures at least the kids were recognizable. In my pictures they were just one big messy blur. When taking pictures withmy Samsung, 9 out of 10 pictures were gorgeous now I am Lucky when I get 4 out of 10.

I hope it is just me having to get used to a new Phone, or some setting I missed but otherwise this was the first and last time I am using a Huawei and will return to Samsung when I can renew my business contract in September.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] orangecroc:
Try using Pro mode, and don't use night mode for moving objects.

Also turn AI off.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] all the pugs:
Basic photography principles also apply for smartphones. But Huawei should really have implemented a mode for speed/sports/movement that selects the fastest shutterspeed available so a casual user without knowledge of these photography rules can also take good pictures.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] MicasjasM:
Ow really? Too bad I did not know sooner. I will defenately give that a try next month. Thank you. I hope I won't have to change any settings in pro mode though. By the time I get those right it'll be finished. ?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
I use the 30fps 1080p for video, works excellently, compared it with a colleagues s8+ , zooming etc and I'm sorry to say but the s8+ was left wanting..

As for stills, I've heard of people saying that the phones not so good at them either. Personally I disagree, this device has one of the best if not the best still cameras I've ever used bar none, but if you prefer the Sammy then that's up to yourself.

I wouldn't buy another Samsung even if the choice was between that and an iPhone..
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] MicasjasM:
I agree. When taking pictures of specific situations you don't usually get a second try. They need to be good the first time. I wish I would understand settings but I just don't have the feel for it. And you can't even memorize settings because they change with every different situation.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] tusenkonstnar:
Surprised

I come from a Note 8 to P20 PRO and expected the camera to be a huge step up and to miss some of the more work related advantages of Note 8.

My experience (currently) is the other way around.

Photo:

* The P20 pictures look grate on a small phone screen but when viewing them on my computer most of them (sea, grass, trees and even faces) look like they where painted by water colours by a very skilled person. Add to that far to much HDR and they give a very unrealistic feeling. Very disappointed. I have switched of AI but still struggle with this artifical water colour thing. However, with both the monocrome sensor and the 40 MP sensor 1/1,7" the Hardware is superior so I will give it a few more days before selling it.

* Is there anyone that has found a good combination of settings that solves the problem? Or can recommend a 3:rd part app? (guess it's hard to find a 3:rd part app that takes advantage of the different sensors)

Work/productivity:

Here where I expected nothing it really kicks ass.

* Long battery time compared to my Note 8.

* Much faster charging if I'm not using the phone and if I AM USING the phone the difference is even larger (Samsung is really bad at charging and that is not only if screen is on, listening to spotify is enough for it to charge extremely slow).

* No need for a bulky and expensive DEX (that also NEEDS to be plugged in to a charger), just a small USB-C to HDMI adapter is all I need (ironically enough I bought a samsung converter)

* Some functionality I expected to lack when not having a pen has turned out that P20 supports by just using my knuckle instead. Streetsmart Huawei.

* Better system navigation frees up space on screen making the usable area of the screen to be similar to Note 8 although it should be approximately 10% larger on paper.

* Extremely fast and reliable finger print reader (so fast that face recognition have been turned of - I have no use for it any more)

* The last but not least geeky advantage: P20 has all buttons on one side => If you use it in landscape mode at work together with a BT-keyboard you can wake the screen up without having buttons "down" against the table. This last thing is not a typical case but the way I use the phone that small detail makes difference.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
What variant do you have and what firmware are you on? It'll make the difference.

Also if you're concerned about photos, there's a great discussion thread in the p20 pro section about sharing images and mate, some of them are truly phenomenal, there's also a few reviews by professional photographers who really know what they're doing and the shots they've produced have been nothing short of staggering..

The camera as I've said many times completely blows any Samsung device out of the water, the only thing which is a little weird is the portrait shots which use so much smoothing it looks unnatural, but the main camera, I disagree, it's a stellar snapper and can take some epic shots, point and shoot or pro, pro producing the best shots.

But hey that's also your opinion so thanks :good:
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
By chance, did you get to test out how fast your P20 charges through the Anker hub while connected to HDMI?
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
I didn't but I have a very lazy day in work today so I'll be testing it for you.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
[MENTION=9297708]nomadtor416[/MENTION] testing the charger now, i'm just playing a round of tiger woods on the PSP emulator via monitor and bluetooth pad, works so well.

I'll let it go down then plug the charger in, someone actually robbed my dash charger in work if you can believe it. So i'll be using an 87Watt Mac charger as it's the only one i have without going looking.

Give me about an hour i'll maybe do a video too.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
OK so tried the dock with bluetooth ipega, i'll upload the video later, but the charger definitely works, 1% every couple of minutes it was going up.

Bluetooth connected to my phone and a pad and head phones, screen on playing PSP, went from 76 to 78 during the video.

Charger used was a Mac one but the huawei charger should do the same if not more.

Funny thing, it didn't even get warm lol?

I'd probably buy this myself if i wanted to buy another seeing as the one i have isn't available anymore.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Comp...id=1532188844&sr=8-3&keywords=anker+usb-c+hub

Same price i paid too.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
[youtube]XnwhjMfsJ8s[/youtube]

Video of the dock and charging, set up etc
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
[MENTION=2880355]dladz[/MENTION] Thanks so much for taking the time to do the charging test and video. Looks like I'm going to get an Anker hub.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
No worries pal. Looks like Mac based hubs have the ability to pass through more current, think it's thunderbolt.

Haven't got that dock in listed but I think you'll be fine.

Worked really well on both lineage and emui.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
Well, turns out I didn't really need the Anker hub. All I needed was a PD-capable charger along with PD-capable hub. So I got a PD charger from the local BestBuy store today, plugged it into my current PD-capable HooToo USB-C hub, and voila...my Pro charges fine with it plugged into an HDMI monitor thru the hub.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Nice one.

Only know what I have works. Plus the Anker looks superb :good:
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
Does this one have a sub c port to charge the phone while displaying out? How does one charge the phone using the hub?

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If HDR is too aggressive for you, I would turn master AI off and just leave the phone on 40MP for the best detail. That's it.

But for me, that is making too many sacrifices. I prefer the HDR, and the pixel binning. Smaller file sizes etc.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] RFD_Yesstyle:
coming from an S8+, the only thing i expected to be an upgrade was the cam.

What I like about the cam:

- zoom. at max zoom, the pics are still pretty descent

- night mode. Most of the time night mode doesnt make a huge difference but when it does, its pretty useful. The question here is, is the 4 second wait worth it.

Everything else is either on par or below Samsung.

Phone could definitely use more Themes or if any. What comes with the phones are only wallpapers. Samsung has tons of official themes.

Face unlocking is pretty fast but sometimes doesnt work properly. You gotta press the unlock button for it to work but this doesnt happen often.

Stereo speakers would be better if front facing and located top and bottom.

Wish the screen quality was as good and included waterproofing.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] kloodee:
For me it gives me the perfect balance between quality of hardware and software, not to mention the unbelievable camera and its low light performance. My biggest concern in the Bluetooth audio streaming which cutts off with every head set i used, its not normal and i really hope that someone can guide me in flashing a fresh factory image to ensure that its a software issue and not a hardware issue.

Thanks
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] vodovodo:
search google plus my friend, you will be amazed of the quality themes out there

plus here is 2 phenomenal themes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h7cof48tD_2oFwv3teJpcLc0vpfyZUYK/view?usp=sharing

https://xdaforums.com/p10-lite/themes/theme-hot-rod-emui-8-fhd-color-options-t3781364

My problem with this phone is the user interface experience, for some reason, huawei droped the messages app and using android messages and it made people extremely happy, why not go vanilla all the way or atleast support us with project trble ROMS to get the options.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] freddyttt:
unfortunately my days with this phone are numbered. i loved my mate 9 so im way disappointed the p20 pro did not live up to the hype. its downfall is the camera. sometimes it takes great shots while other times they are terrible. my mate 9 always took great shots. oh well.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
I can confirm that it does, Huawei smashed it on this one.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Play about with the camera a bit pal. A lot of people would disagree with your statement here, there are so many settings that you really have no excuse to take a bad shot.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
I looked in the images on Amazon, I cannot see a C port. I see hdmi, ethernet and multiple usb A ports, but no C port. Please confirm. I wanna buy this. It's the one adapter that does all.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] nomadtor416:
That particular Anker hub has no C port, but look further down in the description and it says there's a newer model which does have it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Deli...n-ChromeBook/dp/B071JV4NPS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] RFD_Yesstyle:
thnx. will check it out
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Sorry I got the links mixed up, the second one posted here is the one I meant.

My one is the slightly older model and actually looks better than both lol.

Sorry for the mix up.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Yep this is the one I was meant to post.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] freddyttt:
Thanks but if I want to sit and play around with the camera I'd get a DSLR. Today I took around 10 pics outdoors of my cats. They all were terrible. My mate 9 they would have all been great.

Not to mention around 5 or 6 food pics and a few over bliwn basic flower pics
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] freddyttt:
Here you go
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] mancuk29:
Defo not bad shots

From a apple fan boy since the 3s this camera is amazing

Haven't managed to take one bad shot yet

Shots totally unedited
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] m7svk:
I am not going protect p20pro, but since 1997 when I had my first erricson I had few phones, maybe better to say over one hundred mobiles phones, all different models and makes, I never had iphone, and never will, but I am shooting with dslr from 2002, and done over one hundred thounsads photos, I am not professional, but I want decent quality photos, and I must say p20pro is great for me with pro mode, aperture mode, night mode, monochrome mode, this is amazing kit, but you need to learn to use it, and results will be better than great. This phone - camera is about learning and understanding, not blaming camera, for bad photos, every photograph know that behind great photos is photograph and not camera only, but behind bad photos is again photograph and not bad camera.. Have great day, and enjoy shooting with p20pro..
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Hi [MENTION=3292308]subhani[/MENTION], apologies, you're right, i quoted the wrong hub, that is simply powered by the phone, not reversable.

The second device listed is the one i should have quoted.

This one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Deli...n-ChromeBook/dp/B071JV4NPS/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

Although it's a little pricey, £20 more than my one which works perfectly.

The one i have is actually slightly different, older model but better material used.

Here it is for half the price i paid for it

https://www.mymemory.co.uk/anker-us...f2b914585&wgexpiry=1540743111&source=Webgains

I've personally never used this site but if it's safe i'd probably get that one, it'll work perfectly and you'll save £40

Apologies to anyone who i've confused over this.

I can confirm that the one i've just quoted is the one i got a while back, it's not on amazon anymore.

This was it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071XY4ZK...KJ&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&sr=1-10&tag=ianker-20

Just in case any Oneplus or other device owners find themselves here, bare in mind although this works on the Huawei P20 Pro i can confirm it will NOT work on devices from last year (don't know about Huawei from last year)

Oneplus 5, LG, Sony, Pixel, they all needed Displaylink technology hubs for HDMI video, this is me testing it when i got the 1+5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXhPvW-aOtY very expensive lol, over £100 :eek:

Fortunately for us Huawei did a great job including it and the desktop addition is superb.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] dlads:
Lol ok mate, each to their own.

The strongest thing about this phone is it's cameras.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
No problem at all buddy. I am looking for one with the ethernet port, USB C, HDMI and USB A. Currently I have two dongles to do all of those and they are for my two year old laptop. With one dongle, I can do everything on my laptop and my phone. Search continues! Edit: I found this pricey solution.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-Ada...077G5C9Z1/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

It's a fair point, if you're always rushed for time, but once you're past the learning curve, it can't be that much hassle can it? I mean, I know if in the dark and with no FAST moving subjects, night mode is where I will default. If I'm in bright sunlight, AI auto is perfect. I turn off food mode, but other than that, I like greenery, blue sky, auto portrait recognition all under one setting and working automatically without user input. I may bother with a 40mp image if I want the extra detail. I nearly always use the telephoto zoom too, this being the only camera phone to do it with usable results. No other phone compares.
[Huawei P20 Pro Questions & Answers] subhani:
Check this comparison guys. I think you guys were writing the lumia off a bit prematurely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ujDqMyedc