At an online-only event held earlier this week, Huawei unveiled its flagship P40 series. The lineup consists of three smartphones namely the standard P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+. The P40 series arrives as the successor to last year’s P30. All three smartphones feature the same design as well as share the same specifications in a few aspects. The P40 series runs on EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10 OS and ship with HMS instead of Google services onboard. Let’s delve into the technical specifications below:
Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+ specifications:
The Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+ sport a 6.58-inch curved screen AMOLED display bearing a QHD+ resolution. The former offers a 90Hz refresh rate while the latter maxes out at 120Hz. Both smartphones feature a pill-shaped cutout at the top left corner that houses two front-facing cameras and a dedicated 3D face unlock sensor. The Pro and Pro+ models flaunt a combination of glass and metal chassis along with IP68 rating for water and dust resistance.
In the camera department, the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ are equipped with Leica-branded quad and penta camera setups respectively. The configuration on Pro+ variant consists of a 50MP RYYB sensor, a 40MP cine lens, 8MP periscope telephoto shooter with 10x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom, 8MP optical telephoto lens and lastly a ToF depth sensor. The setup on the Pro model is the same as above except that it skips the 8MP periscope sensor. On the front, the Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+ smartphones are fitted with a 32MP selfie snapper, a 3D depth sensor and a dedicated IR sensor for 3D face recognition.
Under the hood, the Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+ houses the Kirin 990 processor with 5G connectivity. It is coupled with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage technology up to 12GB and 512GB respectively. Both smartphones are powered by 4,200mAh battery units The Pro model supports 40W SuperCharge technology and 27W wireless charging while the latter supports 55W wired and 40W wireless charging respectively. Both devices come with 5W reverse wireless charging.
Huawei P40 specifications:
Coming to the standard variant of Huawei P40, the device is a toned-down variant of the Pro models. This one features a 6.1-inch flat screen with FHD+ display and a 60Hz refresh rate panel. Like the Pro siblings, the standard variant comes with an elliptical cutout for housing dual front cameras comprising of 32MP selfie shooter and a 3D depth sensor. However, it lacks a 3D face scanning sensor.
On the back, the vanilla P40 sports a triple camera setup consisting of 50MP RYYB main lens accompanied by a 16MP wide-angle shooter and an 8MP telephoto sensor with 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom.
The Huawei P40 is also equipped with a Kirin 990 5G chipset coupled with 8GB RAM and 128GB onboard storage. The device is backed by a 3,800mAh battery unit with support for 22.5W SuperCharge technology. It doesn’t feature wireless charging.
The Huawei P40 series is equipped with a hybrid SIM slot, e-SIM, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, GPS, USB-C and in-display fingerprint scanners.
Huawei P40 series pricing & availability:
Starting with the standard P40, the device is priced at EUR 799 (~Rs 65,900) for the 8GB+128GB configuration in Europe. The Pro variant will cost EUR 999 (~Rs 82,900) for 8GB+256GB option. The Pro+ model carries a price tag of EUR 1,399 (~Rs 1,15,300) for 8GB+512GB variant. The standard and Pro models will be available for purchase from April 7th while the Pro+ will be up for grabs sometime in June in European markets.
