Huawei P30 Lite Reviews
October 08, 2018
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In the P30 series smartphone line, Huawei provides a cheap version of the smartphone, the P30 Lite.
As already informed, Huawei P30 Lite comes with different names in several countries. Global version uses the name P30 Lite. Whereas in China will use the name Nova 4e.
As the name implies the word Lite, this device has a simpler specification than the other P30 series. The significant difference from the three P30 series is the Huawei P30 Lite even though it is included in the P series, not provided by the Leica camera. However, the Huawei P30 Lite puts the camera and performance as its flagship features.
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Huawei P30 Lite is embedded with AI technology and GPU Turbo feature is also still present on this smartphone.
Design
Huawei P30 Lite has a look that is very similar to the Nova series, especially with the absence of Leica writing that is usually attached to a P series camera.
This phone appears quite sturdy and elegant thanks to the wrapping of Midnight Black colored glass material. Huawei P30 Lite has dimensions of 152.9 x 72.7 x 7.4 mm and weighs 159 g.
When held, this smartphone is quite comfortable and not too heavy. The curved corner on the side adds comfort when gripped.
A pretty annoying drawback of this smartphone design in my opinion is that the hand trail is easily left behind so that the smartphone becomes easily dirty.
If the other two series use an OLED screen, the Huawei P30 Lite is equipped with an IPS LCD screen measuring 6.15 inches with a resolution of 2312 x 1080 pixels. Above the screen there is a notch waterdrop as a container for 32MP selfie cameras and receiver speakers.
Just like the P30 series, the Huawei P30 Lite also doesn't have a curved screen like the P30 Pro series.
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At the back there are three cameras arranged vertically on the left side along with the LED flash under the camera array. Next to the camera there is also a fingerprint scanner circle.
On the right side there are volume up and down buttons and the power button. While on his left side there was nothing.
MicroUSB 2.0, a speaker, a 3.5mm audio jack, a mic hole embedded in the bottom. While at the top there is a slot for 2 SIM Cards where one functions hybrid as an SD Card slot.
Hardware and Performance
To support this smartphone performance Huawei immersed the Kirin 710 chipset with an Octa-core processor and Mali-G51 MP4 GPU. The storage is supported by 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM and MicroSD slot up to 512GB.
Support for GPU Turbo-based AI technology is able to provide maximum performance, especially when playing games. In addition to optimal performance, GPU Turbo technology is able to make battery life more efficient.
Test the performance, I did a number of tests such as benchmark tests, playing games, watching videos and movies and listening to music. Benchmark applications used are AnTuTu and Geekbench 4.
In these measurements, the AnTuTu application scores 129435
AnTuTu Huawei P30 Lite results
Benchmark results using AnTuTu
While Geekbench 4 shows the number 1512 for single core and 5300 for multi core.
Test results using Geekbench 4
For its power, this smartphone is supported by a 3340mAh capacity battery.
UI and Features
For its operation, Huawei P30 Lite runs with the Android 9.0 Pie operating system wrapped in the EMUI 9.0 display.
Just like other P30 series, Huawei P30 Lite offers several application options for data transfer needs such as Huawei Share and Phone Clone. What distinguishes this P30 Lite series does not provide NFC features. This is understandable considering that Huawei P30 Lite is an affordable version.
For device security, there is nothing different from this device with other P30 series. Fingerprint, Face Recognition is still embedded in the Huawei P30 Lite. It's just that the fingerprint scanner (fingerprint) on this device is not in the form of an screen but is placed on the back of the smartphone.
The fingerprint scanner on the Huawei P30 Lite works well and only takes 0.25 seconds to recognize it. In the condition of wet fingers this feature is also still able to work.
Face recognition can also function with a 45 degree incline both right - left and up - down face. When recording my face using glasses, when the glasses are removed the sensor can still recognize.
Camera
This smartphone is pinned by three main cameras with 24MP resolution, 8MP and 2MP resolution. The main camera and selfie of Huawei P30 Lite are supported by AI technology which is able to recognize objects and adapt them to the existing scenario so that the photos can be maximized.