Huawei P40 review: Compact 6.1" Kirin 990 flagship with Leica triple camera.
Why the P40 mattered
The P40 was the first major Huawei flagship sold globally without Google services — Huawei bet HMS could replace GMS for European and Latin American buyers, and the phone's Leica-tuned cameras and compact build gave loyalists a reason to stick around through the trade-ban era.
01Display
78/10078/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
02Camera
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
04Battery
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2020 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
- Compact 6.1" body for a 2020 flagship
- Leica-tuned cameras among class-best
- Kirin 990 5G still capable in 2025 light use
- No Google Mobile Services (HMS only)
- Only 60Hz
- 3800 mAh is small
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 182-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .