Huawei to sling Google-free mid-range P40 Lite 5G at British shores this summer
(2020/05/20)
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Huawei has confirmed UK pricing and availability of its latest mid-range blower, the P40 Lite 5G, a pared-down version of [1]this year's flagship with tapered price tag to match – starting at £379.99.
Driving this phone is Huawei's octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 820 platform, which bundles a Mali-G57 GPU, as well as the firm's Da Vinci NPU.
This chip first premiered on the Honor 30S and uses a slightly modified big.LITTLE architecture, packing one Cortex-A76 core clocked at 2.36GHz, a further three Cortex-A76 cores at 2.2GHz, and four power-sipping Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.84GHz.
The P40 Lite 5G's display is a 6.5-inch FHD+ affair, with support for HDR 10, as well as a hole-punch that houses the phone's 16MP front-facing camera. This is accompanied by 6GB of RAM, 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage, and a 4,000mAh battery that supports Huawei's proprietary 40W fast-charging tech.
Like its bigger brother, the P40 Lite 5G packs a quad-camera setup, although it's nowhere near as impressive, with Huawei's homegrown RYYB sensors ditched in favour of Sony's 64MP IMX582 kit.
In close formation are the usual suspects on a multi-camera setup, including an 8MP wide-angle lens, a 2MP super macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor.
The P40 Lite 5G runs Huawei's latest EMUI software, which is based on the open-source version of Android. That means there's no Google Play Store – or any of the Chocolate Factory's other apps for that matter. Instead, you get the Huawei App Gallery, which is a bit hit-and-miss, with many of the most common applications conspicuously absent.
Tempted? The P40 Lite 5G is available to pre-order from 3 June to 16 June, with the device formally hitting shelves on 17 June. Anyone who stumps the money up in advance can also bag themselves a free pair of Huawei's Freebuds 3 wireless earphones.
While the phone is priced competitively, one can't help thinking that it'll inevitably struggle to convince customers, thanks to the [2]absence of the mainstream Android app store . This makes the P40 Lite a particularly hard sell, given the presence of other similarly priced devices, like the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G and the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G. ®
[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/18/review_huawei_p40_pro/
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/26/huawei_google_embargo_exemption_plea/
Driving this phone is Huawei's octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 820 platform, which bundles a Mali-G57 GPU, as well as the firm's Da Vinci NPU.
This chip first premiered on the Honor 30S and uses a slightly modified big.LITTLE architecture, packing one Cortex-A76 core clocked at 2.36GHz, a further three Cortex-A76 cores at 2.2GHz, and four power-sipping Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.84GHz.
The P40 Lite 5G's display is a 6.5-inch FHD+ affair, with support for HDR 10, as well as a hole-punch that houses the phone's 16MP front-facing camera. This is accompanied by 6GB of RAM, 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage, and a 4,000mAh battery that supports Huawei's proprietary 40W fast-charging tech.
Like its bigger brother, the P40 Lite 5G packs a quad-camera setup, although it's nowhere near as impressive, with Huawei's homegrown RYYB sensors ditched in favour of Sony's 64MP IMX582 kit.
In close formation are the usual suspects on a multi-camera setup, including an 8MP wide-angle lens, a 2MP super macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor.
The P40 Lite 5G runs Huawei's latest EMUI software, which is based on the open-source version of Android. That means there's no Google Play Store – or any of the Chocolate Factory's other apps for that matter. Instead, you get the Huawei App Gallery, which is a bit hit-and-miss, with many of the most common applications conspicuously absent.
Tempted? The P40 Lite 5G is available to pre-order from 3 June to 16 June, with the device formally hitting shelves on 17 June. Anyone who stumps the money up in advance can also bag themselves a free pair of Huawei's Freebuds 3 wireless earphones.
While the phone is priced competitively, one can't help thinking that it'll inevitably struggle to convince customers, thanks to the [2]absence of the mainstream Android app store . This makes the P40 Lite a particularly hard sell, given the presence of other similarly priced devices, like the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G and the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G. ®
[1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/18/review_huawei_p40_pro/
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/26/huawei_google_embargo_exemption_plea/