Huawei
is launching the P40 and P40 Pro this coming March without Google services,
according to Richard Yu himself, the head of the company's consumer business
group. If you were wondering what to expect from
these handsets, design-wise, we now have our first glimpse at them, courtesy of
the leaked renders below. They're less detailed than the usual CAD-based
creations we've seen of other phones in the past, but they'll make do for now.
As
you can see, the design of the rear camera islands looks really familiar, and
that's because we've already seen it on the Samsung Galaxy A51 and A71, the
vivo V17, as well as leaked renders depicting Samsung's Galaxy S11 family, not
to mention the rumored S10 Lite and Note10 Lite. So the rectangle at the top
left of the rear seems to be the prevailing trend of 2020, you might as well
get used to it.
The
exact shape of the rectangle may differ, but the overall idea is the same.
Apparently a lot of smartphone makers have settled on this being the best way
of fitting a large number of sensors in as small an area as possible.
The
P40 is expected to have four cameras on the back. The flagship model should
benefit from a penta-camera setup on the rear, with a 64 MP Sony IMX686 primary
sensor with OIS, a 20 MP ultrawide snapper, a 12 MP periscope telephoto, a
dedicated macro camera, and a ToF 3D camera. The P40 is said to sport a flat
display with a size of 6.1" or 6.2". The
P40 Pro, on the other hand will go with a 'waterfall' type screen that curves
on all four sides, measuring 6.5" to 6.7". The metal frame has a new
design at the corner areas, perhaps to protect a huge pain point from breaking
- the corners of such a curved screen are more prone to that than other parts.
Both
phones are expected to have a busy bottom side, with a USB-C port, SIM card
tray, and speaker grille all there. The power and volume buttons are on the
right, and there's no 3.5mm headphone jack in sight anywhere. While these preliminary renders don't tell
us if the screens will have punch-holes or notches, the P40 and P40 Pro will
definitely not employ pop-up selfie cameras. Both displays will be OLED and
house embedded fingerprint sensors. The P40 Pro's has previously been rumored
to have a 120Hz refresh rate, Quad HD+ resolution, and a screen-to-body ratio
of 98%.
The
P40 Pro could have a 5,500 mAh battery going by some past mumblings, with 50W
fast charging support. It will be powered by the Kirin 990 SoC, with 5G.
Android 10 will be powering the EMUI 10 experience, but it will be devoid of
any Google apps and services.
