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Huawei’s P40 Lite Cost Effective but No Google Apps
May 24, 2020
Huawei announced the P40 series of smartphones: The Huawei P40 Lite 5G, an upgraded version of the Huawei P40 Lite that the company launched two months ago. The Huawei P40 Lite 5G brings along upgraded silicon, a better primary camera, and of course, 5G support. The phone features a 6.5-inch LTPS LCD panel with HDR 10 support at Full HD+ (1080 x 2400) resolution. On the inside, the phone is powered by the new HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G octa-core chipset (compared to the Kirin 810 on the previous model) coupled with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage. On the back, the phone features a quad camera setup comprised of a 64MP f/1.8 primary camera (compared to the 48MP camera on the previous model), an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, it has a 16MP f/2.0 selfie shooter.
Table 1: Huawei P40 Lite Specifications
May 24, 2020
Huawei announced the P40 series of smartphones: The Huawei P40 Lite 5G, an upgraded version of the Huawei P40 Lite that the company launched two months ago. The Huawei P40 Lite 5G brings along upgraded silicon, a better primary camera, and of course, 5G support. The phone features a 6.5-inch LTPS LCD panel with HDR 10 support at Full HD+ (1080 x 2400) resolution. On the inside, the phone is powered by the new HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G octa-core chipset (compared to the Kirin 810 on the previous model) coupled with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage. On the back, the phone features a quad camera setup comprised of a 64MP f/1.8 primary camera (compared to the 48MP camera on the previous model), an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, it has a 16MP f/2.0 selfie shooter.
Table 1: Huawei P40 Lite Specifications
Source: Company
The Huawei P40 Lite 5G includes a 4,000 mAh battery which is a downgrade from the 4,200 mAh unit on the P40 Lite, but adds 40W fast charging which is capable of providing 70% of charge in 30 minutes.
The phone supports Bluetooth 5.1, dual-band WiFi, USB Type-C, a 3.5mm headphone jack, NFC, and 5G support. Software is EMUI 10.1 based on Android 10 sans Google apps. The Huawei P40 Lite 5G is simply a rebranded version of the Huawei Nova 7 SE that launched in China last month. The Huawei P40 Lite 5G comes in three colors: Space Silver, Crush Green, and Midnight Black. It’s available for pre-order right now and will go on sale across Europe starting May 29 for a price of €400 (~$430).