Our quick take
Huawei P40 initial
It’s the 2020 look
- Curved glass on the back Ice White, Black, DeepSea Blue, Silver Frost and Blush Gold IP53 rated
Display
- Flat 6.1-inch display 1080 x 2340 OLED panel 60Hz maximum refresh rate Pill-shaped cutout
Performance and battery
- Kirin 990 5G processor 8GB RAM + 128GB storage Expandable via Huawei NM Card 3,800mAh battery 22.5W fast charging
No Google, no problem?
- EMUI 10 Based on Android open source, but no Google Play
Camera chops
- Triple camera on the back 50MP 1/1.28-inch sensor primary f/1.9 camera 16MP f/2.2 ultrawide 3x telephoto lens Dual selfie camera
To recap
The Huawei P40 - on first impressions - seems like a perfectly good piece of hardware. The camera system looks really promising, and the general performance should be really good, but it is placed in an awkward position by a number of factors.
