It's just a couple of months since Huawei launched the Mate 30 Pro in Munich, Germany, a phone that was pretty much universally accepted as being outstanding with a single, fatal flaw – the conspicuous lack of Google apps and services thanks to the ongoing US ban. In a show of resolve, or perhaps just stubbornness, Huawei has confirmed that it plans to announce the P40 and P40 Pro at a launch event in Paris next year.
As confirmed by Huawei's CEO, Richard Yu, during a press event in China, the handset maker will launch the P40 series in Paris during March next year. As you might expect with the ongoing US ban, the P40 series will be announced without Google apps and services installed. Instead of Google Mobile Services core being present, the P40 range will feature HMS (Huawei Mobile Services) running on top of Android 10 with the EMUI interface.
It's a shame that Google's apps and services won't be present on the P40 series, especially considering that Huawei will no doubt hit the ball out of the park once again, as it did with the P30 Pro back in March. Under the hood, we can expect the P40 Pro to be powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G processor and feature even better battery life, cameras, and performance.
It's unknown at this point whether Huawei will make the P40 and P40 Pro available in western markets without the presence of Google's apps and services, but it's likely that availability will be similar to that of the Mate 30 Pro, which is a huge shame.
Source: Frandroid
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