SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei P20 Pro review: World's first triple-cam flagship with Leica branding.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2018·$899
Overall
84/100
Class rank
#3 of 138
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Triple-cam pioneer.

P20 Pro was the first triple-camera phone — 40 MP RGB + 20 MP monochrome + 8 MP 3x telephoto — and it sat at the top of DxOMark for 12 straight months. It changed the trajectory of smartphone photography.

01Display

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

TypeOLED
Size6.1 inches
Resolution1080 x 2240 px

02Camera

92/100

At 92/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 17 points above the cohort average.

Main40 MP RGB, f/1.8
Mono20 MP monochrome, f/1.6
Telephoto8 MP 3x optical, f/2.4, OIS
Selfie24 MP, f/2.0
BrandingLeica optics + AI Master

03Performance

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 76-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

ChipsetKirin 970 (10nm)
GPUMali-G72 MP12
NPUFirst-gen Huawei NPU

04Battery

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingSuperCharge 22.5W

05Build

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

What works
  • Topped DxOMark for 12 months — best camera of 2018
  • Twilight gradient finish became iconic
  • 3x optical tele rare in 2018
What doesn't
  • Notch divisive
  • No 3.5 mm jack
  • EMUI heavy and divisive
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

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 138-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .