Huawei Mate 30 Pro review: The waterfall-display Huawei that launched into the Google ban.
The phone that launched into the ban.
Mate 30 Pro was the first Huawei flagship without Google services — and it shipped anyway, with the year's best camera, a waterfall display and 40 W wireless. The software gap defined its reception in the West; for collectors of Huawei's camera-engineering peak, it remains essential.
01Display
76/10076/100 trails the 82-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.
02Camera
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
74/10074/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 75-point average for flagship phones of 2019.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2019.
06Value
64/10064/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2019.
- Dual large-sensor cameras with a Cine 40 MP ultrawide.
- 40 W wired + 27 W wireless + IP68.
- Kirin 990 + RYYB low-light pioneer.
- Class-leading low-light camera of its year.
- No Google services — the launch story.
- Waterfall display triggers accidental touches.
- 60 Hz panel.
- Support winding down.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 167-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .