Lack of interest in P30 Line?

[EricMartinSoCal]

I'm surprised by the lack of activity in the forums related to the P30 Pro. With the launch only a few days away I have been hard-pressed to find much meaningful discussion here. Even the P20 forums are pretty quiet when it comes to the P30. Anyone planning on jumping on this device next week?

 

[RaRa85]

Oh I'm jumping on it for sure. Not next week but definitely by September time.

 

[Eggmundo]

Oh I'm jumping on it for sure. Not next week but definitely by September time.

September's quite specific and far away, lol.

 

[RaRa85]

September's quite specific and far away, lol.

Well it's the end of summer and my daughter birthday month so I'd like to have it by then. And I want to pay mostly cash for it and put a small portion on a credit card.

 

[EricMartinSoCal]

Looking good!

https://youtu.be/qsidixOTRaU

 

[RaRa85]

I'm going for the black unless they have the same color from the P20 Pro again.

 

[Eggmundo]

Looking good!

https://youtu.be/qsidixOTRaU

Bizarre wailing in that video.

 

[Eggmundo]

I'm going for the black unless they have the same color from the P20 Pro again.

Won't be going for this phone if they continue to give us a UI that looks like it's from 2012.

 

[chanchan05]

Honestly I don't find Huawei's P series at all that exciting. Going by past P series, it's essentially a little fine tuning of the previous year's mate series with barely any additional features. At this point in time the Mate would be cheaper so I'd rather buy that or wait for the Mate 30.

 

[EricMartinSoCal]

Won't be going for this phone if they continue to give us a UI that looks like it's from 2012.

You can always use a 3rd party launcher right? Nova?

 

[RaRa85]

Won't be going for this phone if they continue to give us a UI that looks like it's from 2012.

I won't have a chance to worry about the UI. Nova launcher from the first moment I set it up.

 

[slivy58]

More than happy enough with our P20 & Pro seeing little reason to upgrade. Besides, if it incorporates a curved display (as it appears it will) that right there is a no-go for me.

 

[Eggmundo]

I won't have a chance to worry about the UI. Nova launcher from the first moment I set it up.

Do you lose all the cool features EMUI offers if you change the launcher?

 

[RaRa85]

Do you lose all the cool features EMUI offers if you change the launcher?

Not at all from what I understand but I'll have to see. They have videos on YouTube most likely for this so I'll check. But Nova has all the features I need anyway.

 

[nlm]

The cameras are a big step from the P20 series and even the Mate 20 line and I like how they are still using mechanical methods for low light rather than software.

Other than that there's not much of a differentiation. No real world experiences on the in screen finger sensor, loss of IR for face unlock (compared to Mate, which means it's the same as the P20 series) and the curved display has more potential downsides than upsides for those that use a case.

Also I'm not a fan of how the smaller/better ergonomically fitting P30 has lesser hardware. I'd rather have the P30 form factor with all the goodies of the Pro model. Just have two sizes of the same hardware.

 

[EricMartinSoCal]

Also I'm not a fan of how the smaller/better ergonomically fitting P30 has lesser hardware. I'd rather have the P30 form factor with all the goodies of the Pro model. Just have two sizes of the same hardware.

I agree 100% - that's what the Galaxy S10 did. Though, that's not the trend. Most offer the best in the larger models.

 

[Eggmundo]

What's ridiculous is giving the P30 only IP53.

 

[note1note9]

yeah realised the Huawei forums are so quiet compared to a similar Samsung forum. why though, Huawei phones are as good as Samsung phones.

ps: I'm a note 9 user

 

[dov1978]

P30 Pro looks awesome but I'm trying to stick to the Mate line now. I jumped from the P10 to the Mate 10 Pro then finally to the Mate 20 Pro yesterday. The camera on the P30 Pro is the only thing I'm slightly envious of but that'll be upped again in September with the Mate 30 Pro so I'll hang off.

 

[dov1978]

yeah realised the Huawei forums are so quiet compared to a similar Samsung forum. why though, Huawei phones are as good as Samsung phones.

ps: I'm a note 9 user

Sheer volume of Samsung users and remember this is a dominantly US based site still where Huawei isn't nearly as popular like it is for the rest of us. It's definitely getting busier with Huawei's rise in popularity. You should have seen the Huawei forums a year or two ago lol