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Huawei P Smart (2020) - Smartphone 128GB, 4GB RAM, Dual Sim, Midnight Black

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The Huawei P Smart 2019 was a popular smartphone, so perhaps it isn't that bad if Huawei doesn't change much in the successor, right? Well, we want to find out exactly that in our test. You can really understand Huawei and that the Chinese manufacturer is starting to get desperate: Due to the American technology ban, the manufacturer has no access to Google Services anymore. This also makes the certification for new models difficult or even impossible. What still could be smartly covered up to a year ago now becomes quite obvious in the Huawei P Smart 2020: Huawei has started to simply reissue older models and only changes as much that a new certification still won't become necessary. The small battery turns out to be either a blessing or a curse, depending on the user. Those who want to get away from the daily charging of their smartphones won't get much of a chance, unless they use it very sparingly. On the other hand, the small battery allows for faster recharging and a fairly low weight.

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The Huawei P Smart (2019) looks great, sporting a teardrop notch design, as seen on the OnePlus 6T, and a streamlined body. You can buy the Huawei P Smart (2019) in the UK, India, China, and Europe – no US or Australian release has been confirmed.

The rear fingerprint scanner is in the middle of the phone and easy to hit, with the ridged edges easily identified when you extend a digit. The locating is fairly accurate, the WLAN is fairly fast, the performance is right, and the 128 GB of storage is also a positive point for the smartphone. Multimedia, Budget Multimedia, Gaming, Budget Gaming, Lightweight Gaming, Business, Budget Office, Workstation, Subnotebooks, Ultrabooks, Chromebooks

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Besides the smartphone, the box also includes the charger, a USB cable, and a SIM tool. Huawei also includes a wired headset that offers a fairly acceptable sound. The rear triple cameras include a 48 MP main camera, a 8 MP ultra-wide angle camera and a 2 MP depth camera. Huawei's P Smart series is popular. This is understandable, because until now the series offered a lot for the money. This also makes it possible that the P Smart 2020 still feels fairly current, even though there are only few changes compared to the predecessor.

The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 40.9 °C / 106 F, compared to the average of 32.7 °C / 91 F for the devices in the class Smartphone. The maximum temperature on the upper side is 44.3 °C / 112 F, compared to the average of 35 °C / 95 F, ranging from 21.9 to 56 °C for the class Smartphone. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.8 ms). While under longer lasting, higher load, the Huawei P Smart 2020 becomes noticeably warm, but it does not reach any critical or uncomfortable temperatures. Unfortunately, GFXBench refuses to run on the smartphone, so that we are unable to test the performance stability under longer load and also cannot make any determination on throttling of the performance. The speaker on the bottom edge does not become extremely loud, but it offers a fairly balanced sound, particularly for such an affordable device. Songs or voices can be heard and understood easily. Of course, the speaker will only remain an emergency solution for those who like to listen to music, but at least the Huawei P Smart 2020 sounds better than some other smartphones.

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With 128 GB of storage, the Huawei P Smart 2020 is better equipped than its predecessor, offering some advantage to other devices in its price class here. There is also 4 GB of working memory now, and you can use a microSD card to expand the storage, but then one of the two SIM slots will be occupied. On one hand, the camera app is very extensive and offers many functions. On the other hand, you can for example only use the AI camera, which automatically adjusts to the best settings, at an 8-megapixel image size. Videos can be recorded at a maximum of 1080p and 30 fps. The image quality is decent, and the brightness is still good in weaker light conditions.Because of the differences in heat development between the P Smart 2019and P Smart 2020, we could think of several scenarios: Either Huawei raised the thermal limit for throttling on purpose, making more power available but also causing more heat to develop or Huawei has simply changed the internal design slightly, causing heat to become more trapped. For those who like it slim and light, the Huawei P Smart 2020 can still be recommended. But those who value a long battery life and modern software should look elsewhere.

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