Huawei unveils the refreshed P30 Pro with a new design, new colors and Android 10

One of the best Android phones of the moment receives a great update – both outside and inside. Today, at IFA 2019, Huawei unveiled what he calls the "new" Huawei P30 Pro. It comes in two new colors and is being announced today at the Berlin show alongside Huawei's latest Android software.

The two new color options, Mystic Blue and Misty Lavender, feature two-color Google Pixel-style finishes, a remarkable change from the existing P30 Pro colors. The top area around the camera module has a polished polished finish; at the bottom, this contrasts with a brushed and matte texture on the glass panel. As a result, the sensation in the hand is less slippery and much less prone to swallowing up with fat fingers. In addition, the new colors are a little more sober than the variant 30 ostentatious "Breathing Crystal", which appears in Huawei's ads for the phone, which will make it a good choice if you want a less flashy handset.

The specifications of the two "new P30 Pro models" with which I played in Berlin are aligned on the basic model P30 Pro – 8 GB of RAM + 128 GB of storage, as well as a familiar built-in data sheet around the Kirin 980 chipset. So that can be a New P30 Pro in terms of design and branding, but it's the same thing on the inside.

Another novelty on these phones: the Huawei EMUI 10 software, based on the brand new Android 10. This update will be available soon on all P30, but it is presented today under these new colors. (It is also significant, and very unusual, that Huawei's promotional brand for the "new" P30 presented here at IFA 2019 gives Android 10 a major name loss.)

EMUI 10 has come a long way since we had our sneaky first look in June. The latest Huawei software takes all the features you expect from the new version of Android, such as new location and privacy enhancements, and combines them with the new Huawei UI. The most immediate visual change is the new notification shade, which features new fast settings and a blurry background alongside Pixel-style circular controls.

Traces of visual changes are also found in the launcher, where you can now swipe to see the application tray, as well as in the Weather widgets and applications, which have been rearranged with new icons. Same thing with Huawei's own apps, which introduce subtle plastel colors and bolder title fonts. And meanwhile, large, brightly colored circular icons dominate the other areas of the system's user interface, such as the Settings application and the aforementioned Quick Settings console.

Huawei's Android 10-based software is almost ready for use.

Huawei's gesture navigation system EMUI 9 is back, with improved physics and animations. This is incredibly similar to Google's gesture navigation built into Android 10, but without the status bar at the bottom. Functionally, it is identical to what P30 Pro owners will know and, of course, the old Android three button controls continue to be supported.

Part of the move to Android 10 involves a dark system-wide theme, and if Huawei already had this option for their phones on EMUI 9, there's a big change: the new darker shades can now be applied not only to applications designed for Android 10, but forced on older applications too. This is a big problem for fans of darker aesthetics, as well as for those who are looking to save energy through the use of genuine black OLEDs in the camera. user interface.

Finally, Huawei's Leica-themed camera app has undergone a major overhaul in EMUI 10. In addition to most of the chrome modifications that have been adjusted and moved to make them look flatter, a new wheel filters allows you to choose between three Lieca presets: Normal, vivid and smooth – with a large selection of original creations.

EMUI 10 will be released in beta in the coming days. A public launch is planned somewhere towards the launch of the new Mate 30. And although Huawei's next flagship product will surely bring new changes to what we see here, it's a good introduction to what s & # 39; Wait on that front.

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