In-depth Analysis of Huawei P40 Series Cameras

Huawei launched the P40 series globally via an online event on 26th March 2020. The P40 series includes Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro and Huawei P40 Pro Plus. The company has brought the best 5G smartphones powered by Kirin 990 5G chipset. The Huawei P40 Series uses the World’s first full pixel Octa PD Autofocus, 8 Colour channels, Wi-Fi 6 Plus with a speed of 2400Mbps, 160MHz, the smartphone comes with a Quad-Curve Overflow Display.

According to the latest DxOMark report and review, the camera of the Huawei P40 Pro as expected is a new titleholder with a total of 128 points. At 128 points, the Huawei P40 Pro achieves an impressive new top score in the DXOMARK camera ranking, leaving even the best competitors in the dust. Its Photo score of 140 is also an impressive new record, based on an impeccable performance across all sub-categories.

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The Huawei P40 series is the successor of the most liked P30 series. In this article, we will discuss the camera specifications in detail.

Let’s start with 50MP details for all the three phones:

50MP ultra vision camera is the world-class camera with 1/1.28 inch vision sensor which redefines super clarity shooting with precise details regardless of the same complexity and light conditions.

It Includes,

1) RYB COLOR FILTER ARRAY– The work of Bayer filter (A Bayer filter mosaic is a color filter array for arranging RGB color filters on a square grid of photosensors. Its particular arrangement of color filters is used in most single-chip digital image sensors) is to correct the colors when the phone capture the picture. It is placed on top of the image sensor. The reason a phone must have RYB sensor because an image filter by design is only light-sensitive and color sensitive. So to able to capture colors, it is required to place RYB color filter array. Huawei introduced RYB filter first in the Huawei P30 series.

2) OCTA PD AUTOFOCUS– The HUAWEI P40 SERIES is the only series in the mobile world to have world’s 1st full pixel octa PHASE DETECTION AUTOFOCUS which offers focus capability on all pixels to Fusion Engine for combining image data form all sensors to ease the zoom operation and as a result to achieve an optimized image quality at intermediate zoom settings.

Huawei P40 Camera Analysis:

P40 features ultra vision triple AI camera powered by LEICA backs you up to shoot at day or night whether the subject is up close or at distance. The 50MP camera is placed in the middle of all three cameras.

Stating in order-

On the top, it features the –

8MP TELEPHOTO CAMERA- which helps you to capture the beauty in a distance up to 30X zoom-in feature.

The 3rd camera features the-

16MP ULTRA WIDE ANGLE CAMERA which through its super leica quality camera makes you to explore the world from different angles. It also provides 2.5cm macro shot camera feature for macro shot lovers.

Also, The HUAWEI XD Fusion Engine powered by the upgraded ISP and NPU is fully competent to swiftly process the huge amount of information and enhance extraordinary clarity at pixel-level for every picture, day or night .

FRONT CAMERA: The 32 MP front camera carefully keeps your features and intelligently adjusts the lighting color and lighting on your face to make every selfie look nice and natural.

Huawei P40 Pro Camera Analysis:

The Huawei P40 Pro is a quad camera phone which features-

A) 40MP Ultra Wide Cine Camera -A cinematic video camera with multiple features on the top which is made up of world-class 1/1.54 inch sensor, ultimately helps you to record-

Ultra Low-light video
Ultra Slow-motion video
Telephoto video
4K Time lapse video

B) The 2nd camera on the phone is the main camera measures to 50MP, which we discussed above.

C) The 3rd camera in the order is of 12MP TELEPHOTO CAMERA which can capture the objects and can makes you to meet the unseen details at a distance by zooming upto 50X times.

D) The 3D Depth Sensing Camera has been placed aside the other three cameras along with flash above it.

It gives you the AI-time depth detection and create professional-level bokeh effects.

FRONT CAMERA: The new set of upgraded high definition 32 MP front camera with auto-focus and a IR depth camera work closely to click a good selfie with natural bokeh effects. The AI helps you to click the best picture.

Key camera specifications:

Quad camera setup, including ToF sensor
Primary: 50MP 1/1.28″ sensor (12MP output), 23mm-equivalent (1x defined as 27mm) f/1.9-aperture lens, full-pixel Octa-PD, OIS
Ultra-wide: 40MP 1/1.54″ sensor, 18mm-equivalent f/1.8-aperture lens, PDAF
Tele: 12MP 1/3.56″ sensor, 125mm-equivalent f/3.4-aperture lens, PDAF, OIS
ToF 3D depth-sensing camera (78-degree FOV)
LED flash
4K video, 2160p/60fps (2160p/30fps tested); default is wide-angle camera 1080P/30fps
Multispectral color temperature sensor.

Huawei P40 Pro+ Camera Analysis:

Huawei P40 Pro+, it features Penta camera layout with,

50MP as it main camera, 40MP ULTRA WIDE CINE CAMERA, two TELEPHOTO cameras of 8MP each with 240mm and 80mm super zoom lenses and PDAF TOF 3D depth sensor.

P40 PRO+ has world’s 1st muti-reflection super periscope telephoto camera which can capture light reflection upto 5times, 10X OPTICAL ZOOM , 20X HYBRID ZOOM and 100X MAX ZOOM.

FRONT CAMERA:

Huawei P40 Pro plus camera have a dual inscreen camera setup, 32MP AF selfie camera is the main camera with having a feature of FACE UNLOCK under all light conditions. The setup has IR depth / GESTURE camera for smart gesture control for scrolling and capture as its 2nd camera. The front camera system also includes AMBIENT & PROXIMITY SENSOR for AI private view with private face recognition.

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Huawei has recently announced the pricing details of the whole series. The Huawei P40 and P40 Pro models will be available on sale in China starting April 8 and the Huawei P40 Pro Plus will go on sale on June 1, 2020.

Huawei P40 Price:

6GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 4188 yuan
8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 4488 yuan
8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 4988 yuan

Huawei P40 Pro Price:

8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 5988 yuan
8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 6488 yuan
8GB RAM + 512GB ROM – 7388 yuan
8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 6888 yuan – SPECIAL EDITION

Huawei P40 Pro Plus Price:

8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 7988 yuan
8GB RAM + 512GB ROM – 8888 yuan

Huawei P40 Specifications:

Display – Flex OLED
Size – 6.1-inch
Resolution – 2,640×1200-pixels
Pixel Density – 441ppi
Dimension – 148.9×71.06×8.5
Weight – 175g
Mobile Software – Android 10 with EMUI 10.1
Rear Camera – 50-megapixel (ultra vision wide) 16-megapixel (ultrawide) 8-megapixel telephoto with 3x optical zoom, and color temperature sensor
Front Camera – 32-megapixel
Processor – Kirin 990 5G
Storage – 128GB
RAM – 8GB
Battery – 3,800 mAh (with 22.5 watt fast-charging)
Colors – Black, Deep Blue Sea, Ice White, Silver Frost, Blush Gold

Huawei P40 Pro Specifications:

Display – Flex OLED
Size – 6.58-inch
Resolution – 2,640×1200-pixels
Pixel Density – 441ppi
Dimension – 158.2×72.6×8.95
Weight – 209g
Mobile Software – Android 10 with EMUI 10.1
Rear Camera – 50-megapixel (ultra vision wide) 40-megapixel (ultra wide) 12-megapixel (5x optical telephoto), 3D time-of-flight camera, color temperature sensor
Front Camera – 32-megapixel & depth sensor
Processor – Kirin 990 5G
Storage – 128GB/256GB
RAM – 8GB
Battery – 4,200 mAh (with 40-watt fast-charging)
Colors – Black, Deep Blue Sea, Ice White, Silver Frost, Blush Gold

Huawei P40 Pro Plus Specifications:

Display – Flex OLED
Size – 6.58-inch
Resolution – 2,640×1200-pixels
Pixel Density – 441ppi
Dimension – 158.2×72.6×8.95
Weight – 226g
Mobile Software – Android 10 with EMUI 10.1
Rear Camera – 50-megapixel (ultra vision wide), 16-megapixel (ultrawide), 8-megapixel telephoto (with 3x optical zoom), 8-megapixel telephoto (with 10x optical zoom,) time-of-flight sensor, color temperature sensor
Front Camera – 32-megapixel & depth sensor
Processor – Kirin 990 5G
Storage – 128GB/256GB
RAM – 8GB
Battery – 4,200 mAh (with 40-watt fast-charging)
Colors – Ceramic Black, Ceramic White.