A new crown pneumonia epidemic has made it impossible for companies of all sizes in the world to achieve first-quarter results. As China is the first to bear the brunt, the epidemic has also hit the Chinese mobile phone market first, causing many brands with the Chinese market as its core to be affected a lot. However, I did not expect that the epidemic situation in China began to improve, and the epidemic situation abroad was a big outbreak. Although this is not a blessing, many people expect that China may recover from the impact of the epidemic on the world.

While everyone is waiting for the Chinese mobile phone market to slowly pick up, Huawei announced in Paris their new flagship phone in the first half of the year: P40 series: P40 / P40 Pro / P40 Pro +. Huawei’s press conference can be said to announce the start of a new round of war in the Chinese mobile phone market.

Camera combination analysis

Huawei has always had two main flagship mobile phone models: the P series and the Mate series. The P series is young and fashionable. Generally, it uses a new generation of camera elements and changes the interface and design. The Mate series is a business style. New chips are dominant. And this time the P40 upgrade is also roughly similar. The performance of the Mate 30 Pro catches up with the original Kirin 990, but with the new camera components, it brings stronger shooting capabilities.

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Huawei launched three P40 series mobile phones in one breath, and used 6 camera combinations (above). Among the six cameras, the presence of a 16-megapixel wide-angle camera and a 3x zoom camera is the weakest. Both cameras are paired with the main camera at the same time as the P40. In addition, the P40 does not have the P40 Pro and Pro +. ToF depth sensing lens. Readers should pay attention if they are interested in purchasing the P40.


In addition, the entire P40 series is also equipped with an 8-channel color temperature sensor and an AI algorithm library (above). Last year, the P30 Pro used the RYYB sensor for the first time. Although the low-light capability was greatly improved, but It has been criticized as the color table is not as good as Mate 20 Pro. Now with the 8-channel color temperature sensor, I believe that it can improve the problem that the original color temperature of the RYYB array is not easy to control.


Huawei also added an infrared depth perception function to the front lens of the P40, so that the front camera can also use artificial intelligence to shoot blurred portraits. In addition, the P40 adds brand-new intelligent functions, such as the wonderful moments of AI. Through continuous shooting, the best picture can be retained. It can also be used in the system to eliminate passers-by or reflections.


Except P40, Pro and Pro + both support super slow motion video recording at 7,680 frames per second. P30Pro and Samsung S20 Ultra and other top phones can only support up to 960 frames, P40 Pro can shoot 8 times higher than their frame rate. Of course, such a high frame rate is estimated to be very limited when shooting, and it is not very practical (not only requires a shutter of 1/8000 second when shooting, but the picture quality is also seriously affected), but it is still considered to be An update worth mentioning.

Master Camera Analysis: Extra Large Killer

The main lens is undoubtedly the biggest killer of the P40 series. Although Samsung and Xiaomi ’s 100-megapixel photo cameras have been in the limelight for a while, Samsung ’s S5KHM1 high-pixel photosensitive element (CIS) has been Grab the price increase , but Huawei did not join in the rush to rush to continue, the basic strategy of” bottom to kill people “, use Giant 1 / 1.128-inch Photoreceptor with a tyrant grade ( The legend is that IMX700 custom-made with Sony ).

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This sensor is not only larger than Samsung ’s 108 million-pixel sensor, but also the largest cell phone sensor after 2015 (only slightly less than the Nokia 808 ’s <