The Huawei P20 Pro is one of the very rare smartphones that are able to promptly compete with the top tier- the iPhone X and the Samsung Galaxy S9+. Until now, only manufacturers like OnePlus and Google were able to combat with the conspicuous tech giants.
But, it seems that the line between the notoriously fantastic companies and the lesser anticipated ones is shrinking day-by-day. So, let’s take a look at why the Huawei P20 Pro is better than the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
But before we begin, let’s take a look at our prime contender’s specs.
The Huawei P20 Pro bewilders most of the tech community by its specifications. Having an AMOLED display at 1080 x 2244 pixels, an 18:7:9 ratio along with a splendid pixel density of 408 PPI, it validates to be at least better than other Android smartphones, if not, the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Performance-wise, it boasts an octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset which is approximately as good as Samsung’s Exynos chipset in the S9+. Storage-wise, the Huawei P20 Pro obstinately has just one option- 128 GB with 6GB of RAM which is inferior to what the latter offers.
Even with many let-downs, take a look at the top 6 reasons you should buy the Huawei P20 Pro against the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
It has a better design
Believe it or not, both the smartphones have a ravishing design that anyone would dig. But, the P20 has got a slight fringe over the S9+ for that matter. The Chinese smartphone dominates the skeuomorphic design sector by providing beautiful colors, glass backs, and a lot of replication from the iPhone X.
The design is a reasonably influential perspective in a world where functionality matters way less than presentation does. An iPhone 4S, even in today’s time attracts attention owing to its elegance while Apple itself has stopped providing software support to the device after iOS 9. This is why the design comparison between the new Chinese flagship and its competitor is quintessential.
From a distant glance on to the phone, you might not able to distinguish between the Huawei P20 and the iPhone X. But that recurs in a satisfactory manner so it is criticized way less than other Android phones trying to partially plagiarize the Apple way.
As compared to the S9+, it has a more glossy and reflective glass back that you can easily use as a mirror while shaving the hair off of your face. Although, the paramount facet of this phone is its vivid color scheme.
The Huawei P20 Pro is available in Black, Midnight Blue, Pink Gold; more like the rose gold option on the iPhone; and the amazing Twilight. The Twilight, however, is the lambency of this phone as it appears iridescent which means that from one angle, the phone will appear in a different color and from another angle, it’ll appear different.
I can foresee the future that in no time, this particular color, the Twilight will be one of the main reasons the Huawei P20 will be in the top charts of mobile trends, much like when the launch of a new iPhone exonerates.
Well, in juxtaposition with the Huawei P20 Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S9+ comes in Midnight Blue, Lilac Purple, Coral Blue, and the less intrusive Midnight Grey. And none of these colors are even close to the uniqueness of even one of the colors on the latter, especially the iridescent Twilight option.
Additionally, the Huawei P20 Pro is substantiated to have smoother edges, which is not the case with the S9+ as they feel harsher to the palm.
So, anyone, even those who don’t possess a fitting sense of design will definitely opt for the Huawei P20 Pro vs the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Better placement of the fingerprint sensor
Ever had your fingers face fatigue while performing the simple task of unlocking your phone using the fingerprint scanner implanted at the back of the phone? Well, you’re not alone. Thousands of S9+ users face this problem every day, probably, every hour.
It’s not just confined to finger-fatigue, but also the inability of unlocking the phone using the fingerprint scanner while placed on the table without lifting the phone up feels like a daunting task.
Every one of those derelictions is waived off when you use the Huawei P20 Pro. This is because of the simple placement of the fingerprint scanner.
The paramount reason for Samsung to entrench the fingerprint scanner at the back is to gain more real-estate on the front, meaning more screen and fewer bezels. However, Huawei has managed to glean even more screen real-estate by shrewdly employing the notch while placing the fingerprint scanner at the end. And people seem to kinda love it.
Huawei did not cess just at this point. The fingerprint scanner is surprisingly fast, even though the device is thinner as compared to the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Has a better software skin
Huawei’s EMUI Android skin is extensively known for mirroring Apple’s iOS’ design. However, EMUI 8.0 that comes along with the Huawei P20 and the P20 Pro, which is based on top of Android 8.1, has an altogether different aura. While it’s obvious that it copies iOS, it won’t seem as abominable as Samsung’s skin.
Samsung’s skins have evolved to an extent that they provide a ‘close to stable’ experience initially. But as time gorges, you’ll notice cyclical lags and hiccups which elevates to such an extent that the phone becomes virtually unusable. This hasn’t been the case with previous Huawei smartphones and expediently won’t ever be.
Although, the EMUI 8.0 installment is based on a lot of AI which is most prominent in the camera, which I’ll come to in a while. The 8.0 update also interpolates iPad-like multitasking features- essentially the split-screen multitasking.
One handed usage is also encouraged and ingrained dexterously. Huawei provides a little floating dock on the screen which constitutes a bloated dot programmed to accept gestures.
Basically, you move the dot left, right, up, down or in any other manner to perform preset functions. Though, you have the option to edit what those gestures do in the settings.
Again, Huawei conspicuously remains the best option if you ask: “Why is the Huawei P20 Pro better than the Samsung Galaxy S9+?”
Has a better battery
According to a study, an average US person spends about 5 hours a day using a smartphone. And it’s passable as the amount of work that depends on a smartphone these days has also doubled in a decade. That being said, having a phone with bad battery life is a dilapidating ballgame. Keeping your phone attached to the wall most of the time is not the way smartphones should work.
And I get it; most smartphone manufacturers cannot afford to place a sufficing battery in their smartphone’s chassis. Speaking of which, Apple is the best example. Even after the expatriation of the headphone jack, the iPhone X can’t hold a battery having an adequate amount of capacity as per the current criterion. And this is simply because of the placement of a barometer pervading the bottom left zone.
The Samsung Galaxy S9+ is insignificantly better than the iPhone X in terms of battery capacity as it holds 3500 mAh of juice in it. However, I warn you not to fall for battery specs when it’s about Samsung.
This is due to the fact that Samsung’s way of handling resources that eat up the battery seems to not be well optimized. You won’t discern the effect tout de suite but will surely observe poor battery life after a few months of usage.
Enter Huawei, the smartphone manufacturing company that, with its P20 Pro has percolated miracles so far has a battery capacity of 4000 mAh, which is a 500 mAh more than the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
And that makes a huge difference justifying the fact that its chassis is thinner than the last-mentioned. Not just that, it’s known that Huawei phones’ battery tends to last longer and not act up in the long run.
At this point, it’s incontrovertible that Huawei is indeed following the footsteps of Apple, more like copying it directly. But as long as it’s doing wonders with its products, I don’t have a predicament. Do you? Let me know in the comments section.
Huawei itself markets its phone as a ‘two-day’ lasting phone. And it indeed lasts for about two days- according to several user reviews. Even on heavy usage, like playing graphics demanding games, the phone makes it to the ‘a day and a half’ mark without having to recharge it imperceptibly.
If you require a phone with a truly long-lasting battery, then this one is for you.
Has faster-charging capability
Just by having a better battery life does not do justice to a phone’s eminence. In fact, it reduces the receptiveness by necessitating more time to charge in proportion to the battery capacity. Both Samsung and Huawei offer fast-charging in their flagship devices and both of them transact differently.
However, Huawei’s P20 Pro has a leg-up as it sells with a 22.5-watt adapter whereas the Samsung Galaxy S9+ ships with a 15-watt charger. And that’s a considerable difference, if not colossal.
Another inconvenience by the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is that Samsung has gloomily adopted QuickCharge 2.0 while it could’ve easily reached for QuickCharge 4.0 supported by the current Snapdragon 845 chipset embedded in the device. And that, en masse, makes a huge difference when you practically undertake to charge your phone.
This means that on the Huawei P20 Pro, you get a 15% larger battery than the Samsung Galaxy S9+ which also charges two times faster than the less-intrusive. Above all, you can extract much more from a single charge on the P20 Pro than on the S9+, thanks to the rad battery optimization.
Has a camera that overall fares better
Credit: Pocket-LintMost of the reviews from big sources like WIRED, The Verge, etc state that this phone is perfect for just one reason- its camera. Indeed, the Huawei P20 Pro justifies its position with respect to the iPhone X as well as the Samsung Galaxy S9+ in terms of camera quality, features, and backend assessment of images.
Mostly everyone nowadays comprehends some kind of AI-based features into their respective camera apps. But Huawei takes it a ‘notch’ higher. Using what Huawei calls it- ‘AI capabilities’, which we know, as a matter of fact, is intelligent image processing, the P20 offers what once again Huawei names ‘Artificial Intelligence Stabilization’ which is at the very least, aimed at low-light photography. Using actual AI for this one, Huawei proposes smart image capturing as it recognizes different scenes in the shot.
Though, this feature is so formidable that it differentiates between different kinds of food-styles as well. It adjusts the photographic parameters based on if the cuisine is Indian, Chinese or continental, for instance.
Bidding farewell to the AI aspect of this section, there are a lot of other things that make the P20 Pro’s camera mind-blowing. For starters, it has a triple lens camera. Yes, you’ve heard it right. A triple lens, not the standard dual lens that almost every flagship out there offers at this point in time.
Although, this raises a question: Why triple lens? Well, there’s a whiff of optical science in it. One of those lenses is a whopping 40 megapixel Leica lens with a f/1.8 aperture; another one is a 3x zoom camera with a f/2.4 lens. And both of these lenses are accompanied by a third, 20 megapixels black and white sensor.
According to WIRED, the black and white sensor is used to aid processing, cut down noise and boost dynamic range.
“It can do this because a black and white sensor has a higher native sensitivity than a standard one. It doesn’t need a color filter, increasing the amount of light that gets into the sensor,” says Andrew Williams from WIRED.
The Huawei P20 Pro is even faster at taking photos than most of the phones out there and is in an unambiguous competition with the Samsung Galaxy S9+, beating it occasionally. And its low-light abilities are unparalleled as well. Considering the fact that cameras with a high megapixel count don’t usually do well in terms of low-light, it’s impulsive that a company like Huawei has been able to achieve this feat. Even so, that images captured from the iPhone X and the Samsung Galaxy S9+ seem a little astringent.
While the back camera performs its wonders in its own way, the low-light game is strong even for the front camera on the P20 Pro. But, it’s used in an entirely different way- for face unlocking. However, the front camera does not sport fancy infrared sensors as in the iPhone X, the low-light sensing capabilities of the P20 Pro take you to the home screen from the lock-screen in just a matter of half a second.
With all that glamour vested in the camera, you won’t even consider an iPhone X, let alone the Samsung Galaxy S9+ in this comparison between the Huawei P20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S9+.
That being said, the Huawei P20 Pro is available in most parts of the world. But unfortunately, its sales have been exempted from the US, as every other ‘P’ branding from Huawei in the past has. Well, US persons have an option to import it from the UK, or somewhere else.
Anyways, UK buyers can buy the Huawei P20 Pro just by clicking this link right here:
