Announced on 26th of March and set to be released in April, the Huawei P40 will be either a step or multiple steps forward from the Huawei P30. Coming along with the Huawei P40 are the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+. To alleviate all fears, it is worth mentioning here that Huawei has announced that the Covid-19 pandemic will not affect the release of this device.
The Huawei P40 is a sleek and normal weight 6.1″ smartphone weighing a hundred and seventy five (175) grams but still heavier than the P30 (165g). That’s most likely because of the increase in battery and added thickness. It measures 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm (height, width and thickness respectively) thus, the device remains a slender smartphone that’s easy to handle. Concerning the network, the highest it has to offer is 5G LTE which is also the best network band you can get right now and for next few years, maybe.
It sports a 6.1″ OLED capacitive touchscreen, with 86.3% screen-to-body ratio. With the resolution being 1080 x 2340 at 422 dpi, the P40 renders graphics in crisp bright colours. It runs Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10.1 on HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) chipset coupled with Octa-core (2×2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) CPU under the hood. This should deliver speed and efficiency. No lagging, even for gaming. In terms of memory, You’re provided with multiple options which include 128GB ROM + 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM + 8GB RAM and 256GB ROM + 8GB RAM . In case you ever exhaust your installed ROM, it supports Nano memory up to 256GB through a shared sim slot.
The camera setup is quite impressive. The rear camera is a trio of 50 + 8 + 16 MPs and the selfie camera is just a single lens of 32MP and a 3D bio-metrics sensor which affords it the luxury of facial recognition as one of the security systems. The fingerprint sensor is fixed under the display. This smartphone is powered by a Non-removable Li-Po 3800 mAh battery supported with the fast charge technology for quick top-ups. Below are the full features of the Huawei P40
Huawei P40 Full Specs
| Launch | |
|---|---|
| Announced | March 26, 2020 |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, April 7 |
| General | |
| Controls | Touchscreen, Volume button, Lock/Power button, Fingerprint |
| Battery | Li-Po. 3800mAh non-removable. |
| Colours | Silver Frost, Blush Gold, Deep Sea Blue, Ice White, Black |
| Display | |
| Type | OLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~422 ppi density) |
| Size | 6.1 inches, 91.3 cm2 (~86.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Multitouch | Yes. |
| Protection | IP53 dust and splash protection |
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OS | Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10.1 |
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) |
| GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 |
| Storage | |
| RAM | 6GB | 8GB | 8GB |
| ROM | 128GB | 128GB | 256GB (UFS 3.0) |
| SdCard | Nano memory up to 256GB sdCard support – Shared sim slot |
| Main Camera | |
| Triple | 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28″, 2.44µm, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 16 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide), AF |
| Features | Leica optics, LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@960fps; gyro-EIS |
| Selfie Camera | |
|---|---|
| Single | 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm IR TOF 3D, (biometrics sensor only) |
| Features | LED flash |
| Video | 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| Headphones | – Wireless Connection – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic No 3.5 mm headphone jack |
| Photo/Video | Viewer and Editor |
| Sound Recorder | Yes |
| Alert Types | Vibration, WAV ringtones, MP3 ringtones |
| Comms & Networks | |
| WiFi | Yes, ~ 802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Hotspot | Yes |
| GPS | Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC |
| Bluetooth | Yes ( 5.1, A2DP, LE ) |
| Infrared | Yes |
| NFC | Yes |
| USB | 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go |
| FM radio | No |
| Sim | Single SIM (Nano-SIM/eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| Sim Type | Nano sim |
| Networks | GSM | CDMA | HSPA | LTE |
| Sensors & Controls | |
| Compass | Yes |
| Proximity sensor | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Fingerprint | Yes, Under display, Optical |
| Face Recognition | Yes |
| Gravity sensor | No |
| Temperature sensor | No |
| Voice Commands | — |
| Barometer | No |
| Stylus | No |
| Iris Scanner | No |
| Heart Sensor | No |
| Wireless charge | No |
| Charging | Fast charging 22.5W |
| SpO2 | No |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Cooling system | Atmosphere |
| Resistance | – |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML 5 |
| Weight | 175g |
| Dimensions | 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm |
| Price | – |
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