[Huawei P30 Pro Questions & Answers] leoni1980:
Your 'this is the one' idea is the same for me with Huawei products: no matter the hype and the promises (usually fed by so-called 'reviewers' at their parties, in fairness) the camera and software is always a let-down for me. I get that the hardware is in place to make good pictures but as an auto snapper the Pixel and S10 are light years ahead in my experience. I wish Huawei would dedicate less time to pointless gimmicks like dual video and concentrate on getting their *normal* common-user non-pro auto settings as good as they are in a Pixel, iPhone or Samsung.

I can't deny that their hardware is really *really* great but I am, once again, disappointed with a Huawei product for not making their product the full package of greatness. This is, of course, just my opinion. I'm optimistic though. Maybe EMUI 11 is the answer.

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Yes I find it very annoying when people come up with this stock 'change the launcher' argument. It demonstrates complete ignorance and misunderstanding. The launcher is actually the least important part (other than that you can't import third party launcher settings such as layout): the critical things about software to me are the *feel* and the *design*. Samsung used to be terrible - all specs and hype and screen and no effort on the software. It used to be iPhone (good software) Vs Samsung (good specs). Samsung have completely upped their game over the past year or two and One UI is now really beautifully designed - everything from the way the round notification pop-ups slide down the screen, the way the edge of the screen glows when you get a notification, the look and feel of the notification area and the settings pages. Meanwhile the P30 and EMUI still looks like it was designed by a Windows Mobile 6 dev on XDA 15 years ago. Ever since the first iPhone I have started to put importance on the look and feel of software, to the point where I find dull, buggy or uninspiring software *really* off-putting.

There's also little software irritations on EMUI: why can you only quick launch the camera with the volume down hardware button? There is absolutely no argument that this isn't a completely crap idea, and it has led to me missing snapshots because A) I was playing music and in the spur of the moment I ended up just knocking the volume down a notch instead of launching the camera; B) I was inside a app, so it didn't do anything. With some snaps you have only a second or two before the moment is gone. You have a shortcut on the lock screen but this can sometimes just take you to a lock authentication screen instead, and it is hard to get to if you set face unlock to open the home page upon recognition.

Why do lockscreen multimedia controls get HIDDEN by default? What kind of privacy concerns would your Spotify lockscreen controls generate? The hidden notification looks ugly and the only way to enable lockscreen controls is to completely disable the feature for ALL apps, including messages. I can think of no other manufacturer who sees lockscreen multimedia controls as a privacy concerns. Not to mention, the option to disable it is not in the notification settings or the lock screen settings but in the face recognition settings. They could at least duplicate the link to this feature.

Settings and features are way too complicated for a noob. If someone found that their Google Photos weren't uploading in the background because of power management, how would they know to look in Settings, Battery, App Launch? This is complete obfuscation.

The camera is all about zoom. Why the hell are the zoom controls in such a stupid position on the camera UI? It precludes you from easily shooting one-handed, for no good reason.