Huawei P30 to ramp up the camera game

December 21, 2018

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According to a new leak shared by Evan Blass, the forthcoming Huawei P30 will introduce some major enhancements in terms of camera hardware and functionality. Despite Google's prowess with the single lens Pixel 3 phones released this fall, most smartphone manufacturers continue to push the boundaries with camera hardware by expanding the number of lens and what they do. Huawei is no exception and they have already shown they are good at it, so the Huawei P30 should be another “imaging powerhouse” based on the details shared by Blass.

According to Blass, the Huawei P30 will get a triple lens rear camera that supports a maximum resolution of 40MP. For a while most manufacturers seemed to have settled in the 12MP to 18MP range and focused on improvements to things like image stabilization. However, we are now starting to see this big push to some massive MP numbers, a trend that Huawei seems to have jumped on board.

Another big improvement will be in terms of zoom capability with the Huawei P30 supporting “lossless” zoom of up to 5x. No details are provided as to whether that is being achieved with hardware or software. Greater zoom capabilities is an area that many users seem to be interested in, which could explain why manufacturers see it as a unique selling position to adopt.

The Huawei P30 promises to be another imaging powerhouse, according to someone who's seen one: triple rear camera, with a maximum resolution of 40MP and 5x lossless zoom, plus a 24MP selfie cam. And this isn't even the Pro variant.

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) December 21, 2018

Finally, Blass says his sources claim the Huawei P30 will get a 24MP front-facing camera or selfie cam. That easily surpasses many rear-facing cameras in terms of mega-pixels. We will have to watch out for whether Huawei tries any other improvements for the front-facing camera like adding in additional lens for things like bokeh effects.

Blass points out that the camera information shared with him is for the base Huawei P30. An upgraded Pro variant is expected and could get even more extreme camera hardware.

source: Evan Blass (Twitter)

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