Granted, the notch on the Mate 20 Pro is much wider – but that’s because of the new camera tricks and sensors held within.

But I must say it's a real shame Huawei was banned because this is legitimately the best phone I've ever used. The other instant giveaway, of course, are the three rear cameras, arranged in a signature 2x2 grid. That helps make for a more immersive screen experience, plus the curved glass sides are an alluring touch.Waterproof Build: IP 68 dust and waterproof, the phone can withstand immersion in up to 2 m water for 30 mintues. In sunny weather the phone captured rich blue skies, with plenty of detail remaining in the shadows. such as 2014's P7 were entirely forgettable, but the company has upped its game with subsequent launches and is now the second-biggest phone manufacturer in the world. The Mate 20 Pro keeps the 40-megapixel wide-angle and 8MP telephoto lenses from before, but trades out the P20 Pro’s monochrome lens for a 20MP ultra wide-angle camera. The camera configurations of both models additionally feature a 20-megapixel monochrome sensor, whose output can be used to help improve image quality.

The trouble is that Huawei’s AI still feels too aggressive in its supposed optimizations of a given shot. inch display, a headphone jack, a 5,000 mAh battery, vapour chamber cooling and support for an optional stylus. The Portrait Mode offers software-adjusted lighting and aperture options for bokeh effects as well as a selection of filters. During this time, my friends and acquaintances have had different Samsung, One Plus, and Pixel phones break, lag, or have other issues.

Huawei’s EMUI 9 certainly won’t be to everyone’s taste, and it doesn’t quite raise the bar the way the Android version on Google’s Pixel 3 has, but it is well optimised and smooth in operation and most of it can be customised if you don’t like the way it works or looks. View image in fullscreen The quad arrangement of the LED flash and three cameras on the back is quite distinctive.