Can't use Google apps,

No.

The Mate 30 Pro was the phone with the camera so good it was almost worth considering leaving the Google ecosystem to have but the P40 Pro can’t even manage that.

- Superb camera; - Premium design; - Simple 5G; - 3D Face Unlock!;

- Deeply compromised software experience; - NanoMemory still sucks;

In a different 2020, I could be telling you that the Huawei P40 Pro is one of the best phones you could buy. After all, it sees the Chinese telecoms giant at the height of its hardware powers, delivering a device that performs extremely well and leaves little off its spec sheet.

Technically excellent camera; Excellent curved display; Strong performance and battery life

No Google apps or services; Anemic app ecosystem outside of China; Poor speaker; no headphone jack

Huawei has once again raised the bar for smartphone image quality, with the new P40 Pro taking the top spot for front camera performance in our database. Its reconfigured dual front camera setup, with a high- resolution 32MP primary module and dedicated IR sensor for improved bokeh and autofocus...

Accurate exposure on faces and wide dynamic range; Generally accurate white balance and pleasant skin tone rendering; High detail in outdoor and indoor shots; Well-controlled noise; Good depth estimation and natural blur gradient in bokeh shots; Accurate white balance and low noise when using flash,...

Slight autofocus instabilities indoors and in low light; First face out of focus in group selfies; Highlight clipping sometimes visible; Color quantization visible in low light; Fusion artifacts sometimes visible in high dynamic scenes; Strong loss of detail in low light; Skin tones slightly...

There's no getting away from the fact that, right now, Huawei's AppGallery ecosystem isn't where it needs to be, and that will lead to anything but a seamless transfer for phone users from their past device.

Superb 90Hz OLED quad-curve display; Powerful internal hardware; God-tier camera system; Professional; mature design; Next-gen 5G connectivity; Slick and fast EMUI 10.1 OS; Battery that runs and runs

No access to Google Play Store; apps or services; Huawei AppGallery still in infancy; Getting common apps on the phone requires tinkering

A star on the wrong walk of fame

Superb cameras; Great design; Spectacular battery

App Gallery lacks many apps that you're used to; Apps that you could download may still not work; Canadian pricing is unknown

There’s just one real flaw to this package, but unfortunately it’s a potentially significant one. Without support for Google’s formidable ecosystem of apps and web tools, many users will find themselves cut adrift from their favourite services.

Gorgeous; refined design; Superb; flexible camera; Excellent battery life

No Google Play Services; 50x zoom shots are barely usable; EMUI isn't the best

Fantastic hardware meets challenged software; the P40 Pro is the best camera phone you can get for £899, and the phone’s design is beautiful. Despite some elegant software highlights too, however, the limitations when it comes to Google will likely turn many off.

Class-leading camera; Good battery life; Elegant design; Great if you don't want Google

No Google Services mean; for the price; you'll probably want to look elsewhere (which is a shame); Massive hole punch; App Gallery needs serious improvements quickly

“The Huawei P40 Pro has the best camera in the business, but many will find getting the apps they need quite difficult.”

Superb design and comfort; Sublime OLED screen with 90Hz refresh rate; Brilliant; versatile camera; Long battery life

No Google services or apps; Audio isn't great

When it came to hardware, Huawei was not stingy and has put everything that the company had on its shelves or could develop from scratch into this device. Also in terms of the operating system, EMUI 10.1, you get a package that has already been evaluated a million times.

Beautiful design; Great 90 Hz display; Current Android; Very good camera; Long battery life

Huawei Mobile Services is not yet a full replacement for Google Mobile Services; App library still limited and confusing