Full coverage of the Huawei Launch event on March 26th 2020, China.
Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, Huawei P40 Pro plus, accessories.
The Huawei launch event for the P40 series was held on March 26th, 2020 online from China. And unlike other years, this year with no audience because of the Coronavirus. But Your tech friend covered the event as always, and you can read the full walkthrough here:
CEO Richard Yu is Huawei’s presenter for the event again this year.
Read the timecodes as fixpoints for the walkthrough. The article also includes a few comments from Your Tech Friend.
14:00 We’re live.
Richard Yu
14:04
Start commercials about Huawei’s values, and Huawei’s AppGallery store
14:05 New generation P-series phones.
Richard Yu is on talking about Huawei’s legacy of phones gone before. Also a reference to last years classic comment “Galaxy”.
The build quality of the new Huawei series phones:
Huawei has the biggest camera sensor in the world, meaning you’ll get more light in.
409600 ISO
Huawei P 40 series camera setup described in pictures below:
Kirin 990 5G processor.
Multicolour better precision.
24HR super definition photo quality.
Superfast nighttime exposure compared to other phones.
Most powerful zoom yet.
He talks about design and build:
Quad curve overflow display.
Beautiful waterfall effect.
90 Hz screen refresh time.
30 less blue light
6.58 Flex OLED
2640×1200
441pp1
19.8 : 9 aspect ratio.
Your tech Friend Comment: Richard Yu is not the same without and audience.
Colors: Ice White, Deep sea blue, Classic Black matte finish (for MKBHD?) Also light-reflecting, Silver frost, Blush gold.
Most powerful Leica camera –
Take a video of the moon. Dual video – only back cameras though 🙁
14.33 Still talking about the camera – now showing picture examples
Zoom and AI best moments. Features: Remove passerby and Remove reflections.
14:38 The most powerful intelligent Front Camera system.
32mp AF camera with 2 sensors – Bokeh and depth. Low light face unlock Smart gesture control.
Directional audio zoom on the Huawei P40 series.
Profoto C1 gadget
14.53
Kirin chip with the best AI performance on the market primo 2020.
40 W wireless supercharge. Wi-Fi 6 powered by dedicated Kirin chip.
The Huawei P40 series comes with Emui 10.1
Hey Celia – voice activation on Huawei now
Huawei MeTime 1080p
15.03
Cross-Device Photo Gallery. Kinda like Google’s.
Huawei Mobile Services. Huawei AppGallery has 400M+ active users.
Huawei welcome every developer worldwide to join Huawei’s ecosystem.
15.06 Monogram case for the P40 Pro series. Snorkelling case and gamer case for the P40 Pro series in the video. Cooool 🙂
15.16 Video on the Huawei watch. Huawei Watch GT2 and Huawei Watch GT2e. 2 Weeks battery life.
Huawei Watch GT 2
15.20
The Gentle Monster glasses are back again this year!! 😀 Huawei eyewear
15.21 Prices:
€199 Huawei Watch GT 2e. €229-249 GT 2
Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro plus lineup and prices 2020:
Huawei P40 price is €799 for 8GB 128GB version.
Huawei P40 Pro price is €999 for 8GB 256GB version.
Huawei P40 Pro plus price is €1399 for 8GB 512GB version.
The Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro plus Launches 7. April
Summary:
Focus this year was (again) on the ever-growing camera battle.
Same as last year Huawei was constantly comparing their phones to iPhone and Samsung in a very blunt fashion throughout the show.
The presentation was ok. Richard Yu not in his usual topgear, but still better than the other mobile phone companies CEO’s. Personally I would have liked some more innovative products other than adding waterfall edges to the P40 Pro and P40 Pro plus. A flip phone of sorts would have been lovely. A 300€ flip phone and Huawei’s system and I’d take a chance on it.
– If Huawei Denmark softens, then Your tech friend will test all the phones, and do camera tests for my series “Vloggers delight”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6aWo9mb0D8&list=PLd7v4P_QaTypEbMcIckOWcH0Ew-CvLW_q
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