4000 yuan sincere work, Huawei P30 30-day experience report
It has been nearly two months since the launch of the Huawei P30 series, and I previously reviewed the Huawei P30 Pro. The 10x hybrid zoom on the P30 Pro gave me a big shock, allowing us to see the potential of the phone in telephoto shooting, but the 6.4-inch large screen also makes it thicker.
For the author who uses mobile phones heavily, I prefer lightweight and easy to control small-screen mobile phones with one hand. So, I used the P30 as my main mobile phone for a month, and today we will talk about the experience of using the P30.
HUAWEI P30
Appearance: 6.1 inch golden ratio, not tired after long-term use
The most obvious difference between Huawei P30 and P30 Pro is the difference in feel. The 6.1-inch screen of the P30 is more suitable for users with small hands. Although it does not use a curved screen, the sleek middle frame processing of the P30 does not make me feel broken. Compared with the P30 Pro, the shorter screen size also facilitates operations such as drop-down notification bars. One-handed operation is not a problem.
The 3.5mm earphone jack is still retained at the bottom.
In addition to the small screen being more practical and easier, the P30 retains a 3.5mm earphone jack, which is very convenient for listening to music with wired earphones, eliminating the trouble of carrying an adapter cable with you. However, there is still no infrared transmitter on the top of the P30. Friends who want to turn on the air conditioner with their mobile phones need to pay attention. The P30 may not meet your requirements, but now there are many smart air conditioners, which are controlled by mobile APP and WiFi. Without an infrared transmitter, it cannot be considered a flaw.
In terms of color scheme, Huawei P30 and P30 Pro have the same color scheme. They are all five color schemes: bright black, aurora, sky realm, orange, and pearlescent fritillary. There is no difference in color scheme from P30 Pro. If there is a requirement for color scheme, P30 can also meet the purchase needs.
Aurora color looks good
Overall, the appearance of the P30 Pro is not much different from that of the P30 Pro. In addition to the curved screen and the size of the phone, they are more of a functional difference, such as the camera difference we will talk about next.
Take pictures: super photosensitive + 3 times light change night scene is equally powerful
Huawei P30 and P30 Pro use the same CMOS, and Huawei replaced the RYYB array with the IMX600 on the P20 Pro. Compared with the ordinary RGBG array, the RYYB array uses a yellow filter instead of a green filter.
P30 super photosensitive Leica triple camera
This is because the yellow filter can get more light than the green one without changing the size of the single pixel. We will explain to you what RYYB is through a small arithmetic problem.
Let’s first assume that the total amount of RGBG light is 100%, then the RGBG light can be decomposed into 25% red + 50% green + 25% blue. RYYB replaces green with yellow.
RGB three colors
We can see from the above image that yellow is a mixture of green and red, so the light with RYYB can be broken down into: 25% red + [50% red + 50% green (broken down by 50% yellow) ] + 25% blue.
Therefore, the total light input of RYYB’s three colors is 150% of that of RGBG. Of course, this is only a theoretical value. At the P30 series press conference, Yu Chengdong announced that this time it will be increased to 40% of the light input, indicating that RYYB still has room for further optimization.
Since RYYB’s CMOS can absorb 40% more light than traditional RGB arrays, it can obtain clearer photos in low light environments. The thicker spectral structure of the RYYB array also further enhances the limit ISO of the Huawei P30. Although the maximum ISO of the P30 is lower than the 409600 of the P30 Pro, it also reaches 204800.
Is such a high ISO enough? Is the brightness of night shooting lower than that of the P30 Pro?
Previously, I conducted a photo test on the P30 Pro’s extreme low light (article link here). In the extreme low light environment (indoor 0.5lux), the P30 Pro can still take photos with good brightness and clear details. When looking at the sample parameters in these low light environments, I found that the ISO was mostly locked at 25600 and the exposure time was 1/8 second.
It is still far below the limit of the P30 camera, and from the perspective of daily use experience, the difference between the P30 and the P30 Pro is mostly in the telephoto and anti-shake experience.
In terms of telephoto, the P30 uses a 3x zoom lens, while the P30 Pro uses the latest periscope 5x optical zoom lens. Of course, both the P30 and P30 Pro telephoto lenses come with optical image stabilization.
P30 lens combination
In terms of the main camera, although the P30 also uses the CMOS of this RYYB array, there is no additional optical image stabilization, only AIS image stabilization. From the perspective of image stabilization, it is indeed a little weaker than the P30 Pro, but AIS is also sufficient in daily scenes. The handheld 6-second exposure is still stable, and people who have requirements for camera image stabilization can rest assured.
From my actual photo effect, except for the absence of 5x light change, 10x mixed light change, and 50x digital zoom, the other experience is not much different from that of the P30 Pro.
Let’s take a look at the samples taken by the P30, starting with the night.
This was taken just as the sun was setting. It can be seen that the brightness of the night scene shot by the P30 is one of the best, and the lighting suppression is excellent (neither of these two night scene photos has turned on the night scene mode). In the second photo, when the road light is suppressed, the pedestrians in the lower left corner can also see clearly, indicating the powerful quality of this RYYB array CMOS.
Now let’s take a look at the interior sample.
Large aperture mode
It can be seen that the indoor proof P30 also performs well, with a high dynamic range, accurate color reproduction, and the blurring of the large aperture is also in place, and there is no wrong image. Let’s take a look at the outdoor proof during the day.
Large aperture mode
In the daytime light ratio scene, the P30’s performance is also very stable, but it is worth mentioning that the AI assistant will automatically select the appropriate optimization mode for you. For photography Xiaobai, the automatic optimization of AI is indeed very useful.
Finally, let’s take a look at the P30’s zoom capabilities through a set of proofs.
Although this kind of zoom ability cannot achieve the effect of shooting birds, it is enough to deal with the zoom photography needs in daily life (such as shooting blackboards, shooting PPT, etc.). Of course, if you have higher requirements for zoom, it is better to consider the P30 Pro.
Of course, the front lens is also very important, the front of the P30 uses a 32 million pixel lens, let’s find a good-looking lady, directly look at the selfie effect.
From the sample, the beauty effect of the P30 is still good. While whitening and peeling, it still retains the details of the face. You can experience it yourself.
Of course, in addition to taking pictures, the dual-scene video recording function of Huawei P30 series has also been upgraded. After turning on this function, the left side of the picture is the picture shot with a telephoto lens, and it can be changed between 2x, 3x, and 5x zoom. On the right is the wide-angle picture shot by the main camera. While shooting close-ups, wide-angle shooting can also be taken care of.
Double scene video
Displaying both telephoto and wide-angle is a very creative feature for some users who like to shoot videos with their mobile phones. The portrait color retention that debuted in the Mate 20 series last year was also inherited.
Overall, although the P30 camera has some differences in hardware parameters compared to the P30 Pro, there is nothing missing in gameplay. From the perspective of ordinary users (who do not have extreme requirements for mobile phone cameras), the camera quality of the P30 is already excellent enough, and the budget saved on mobile phone lenses can be used to purchase a version with larger storage space.
Screen: 6.1-inch top-of-the-line AMOLED screen, just right for one-handed operation
In addition to the camera being unmatched at the same price, the P30’s screen and performance are also highly competitive at the same price. First, let’s talk about the P30’s screen. The P30 uses a 6.1-inch Samsung AMOLED screen, and the top is also designed with a bangs.
We tested the screen with instruments.
It can be seen that in the bright mode, the P3 color gamut volume of this screen reaches 107.6%, and it maintains an excellent color level – the average color deviation value is delta 0.08, the maximum is delta 0.68, the default color temperature of the screen is 7373k, and the screen quality is excellent.
Performance: GPU Turbo 3.0 full release of Kirin 980 potential
In terms of performance, the P30 is still equipped with the familiar Kirin 980, coupled with the latest GPU Turbo 3.0 and the blessing of the Ark compiler, the system’s fluency has risen to a significant level.
Everyone has seen a lot of Kirin 980’s running score, so I won’t put it here. Let’s look directly at the game performance. I chose NBA2K19 for the frame rate test. The frame rate test results are as follows:
NBA2K19 frame rate data from GameBench
It can be seen that the whole process is 60 frames, and the frame rate basically does not fluctuate. With the blessing of GPU Turbo 3.0, the potential of Kirin 980 has been fully tapped, which also shows us the importance of optimization to SOC performance. Similarly, optimization also greatly improves the fluency of the system.
System: EMUI 9.1 fluency upgrade Huawei Share, the more convenient it is to use
From my personal experience, the P30’s screen following and application switching smoothness when sliding are better than previous Huawei phones. This is of course due to the powerful performance of the Kirin 980, but it is also inseparable from EMUI optimization. We can use the GPU drawing in developer mode to see the smoothness of sliding.
Home slide
Taobao swipe
Zhihu slide
You can see that the reaction time is within the smooth line.
In addition to improving the fluency again, EMUI 9.1 has also made great efforts to beautify the icons. Compared with the icons of the previous EMUI 9.0 system, the icons of EMUI 9.1 are more simple and vibrant, giving people a brisk feeling. With the fresh style of EMUI, it is more suitable for young people to use.
Please ignore my wallpaper
In addition to the superficial changes to the system, Huawei has also made internal optimizations and developed the EROFS file system, which is said to achieve an average of 20% faster random read speed and more free space than the traditional EXT4 file system.
In addition, Huawei’s one-touch function is also very easy to use, but I am not using a Huawei laptop, so I can only show you the one-touch demonstration with the P30 Pro and Huawei Matebook computers. Both the P30 and P30 Pro support one-touch transmission.
In addition to one-touch transmission, Huawei Share is also a function I often use in work and life scenarios. To share pictures with other Huawei users, you only need to click the Huawei Share icon, which is convenient and easy to use. Huawei Share’s experience of transferring files between mobile phones is already very close to Apple’s Air Drop, but it needs to be further improved in terms of ease of transferring files with non-Huawei-branded computers.
It can even be shared directly to the printer.
Overall, Huawei’s R & D resources invested in the system over the years have come to fruition, and the impression that the Huawei system is ugly and difficult to use has gradually faded from people’s minds. Hardware and software are walking on two legs. We might as well look forward to the next generation of Android Q upgrades. What will Huawei do?
Battery life: 3650mAh battery life, excellent heavy users can also withstand a whole day
In terms of battery life, the Huawei P30 uses a large 3650mAh battery. From my personal experience, it is completely stress-free to use it for a day from morning to evening. Please see the 5-hour battery life test results below.
In terms of charging, although the P30 is not equipped with the 40W super fast charging on the P30 Pro, it is still equipped with the 22.5W Huawei super fast charging. The 30-minute measured data is as follows.
The actual maximum power can reach 23W
However, in daily use, we may not always carry the charging head, and whether the power bank can fast charge the mobile phone is also a point of our consideration. In actual tests, Huawei P30 supports FCP, SCP and PD fast charging protocols, and there are still many power banks on the market that support these charging protocols.
Summary: 4000 yuan Eslite masterpiece old users call true fragrance
At the end of this experience, I would like to express my feelings about the P30 after using it for a long time.Although the P30 Pro has some trade-offs in camera hardware, wireless charging, dustproof and waterproof, infrared interface, battery capacity, curved screen and other functions compared to the P30 ProBut that doesn’t stop it from being one of the most cost-effective phones at that price.
For the general public who don’t usually take pictures very oftenThe camera function of the P30 is actually powerful enough. At the same price, you can hardly find a phone that takes better photos than the P30.And in terms of the feel of daily use, the smaller and lighter P30 is not easy to use.
In addition to that,Comfortable use with smooth and eco-friendly EMUI, coupled with Kirin 980 and GPU Turbo 3.0 support for games. Excellent comprehensive use experience has allowed Huawei P30 to firmly stand at the price range of 4,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan.
As an "old jazz" who has used Huawei P7, P10, and Mate 20 Pro, this Huawei P30 does make me feel Huawei’s sincerity. Although Huawei has put the most dazzling highlights of the P30 series in the P30 Pro (5x optical zoom), this product strategy makes the P30 look flat as water. But for me as an ordinary user, using the P30 with just the right feel, functional experience, and price is the phone I am really willing to pay for.