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wowie has always been an innovator when it comes to smartphone cameras and this is a key part of what made the P series stand out although the p9 and p10 were not the first to incorporate dual cameras they represented a significant step up for the tech at the time now with the p20 Pro while we is pushing the envelope further by introducing us to the world's first triple lens camera and it looks like it's going to be something special I'm Adam chin Itsuki from Android authority here to tell you all you need to know about the p20 pros the like a triple camera let's start off by actually explaining what we're looking at here is there's a lot to take in at the very top we have an 8 megapixel telephoto lens with an F 2.4 aperture and 52 millimeter focal length kitted out with optical image stabilization technology this is the sensor for all you Baca fans out there as the longer focal length will allow you to capture those perfect portrait shots naraba is looking very spiffing in this shot for instance the middle sensor meanwhile is a massive 40 megapixel RGB sensor with an F 1.8 aperture and 28 millimeter focal length that's the highest megapixel count we've seen on a single smartphone camera since the heyday of the beefy Nokia Lumia 1020 way back in 2012 finally the bottom lens is a 20 megapixel monochrome shooter with an F 1.6 aperture which resides just below the dual module and sits almost flush to the rear of the phone much like the mate 10 the p20 pro features a four-way hybrid autofocus comprising a blazer Det contrast and phase detection that wouldn't be possible without the device's array of sensors so in the main module we have a laser transmitter and a laser receiver while the flash module below includes a color temperature sensor while way says this sensor brings a new level of color accuracy to the pro's camera and it's capable of differentiating between the color of a subjects skin and the actual color of the room they're in for instance so that's the hardware out the way but what's it actually like to use well the first major boost is an improved low-light performance we already have a broad aperture range from F 2.4 all the way down to F 1.6 which should theoretically help to stop a lot of the visible noise and the loss of detail in low-light conditions while we've gone a step further however an integrated an all new system for low-light photography which confused four pixels into a single larger pixel that bumps the one micrometer pixel size on the RGB sensor up to two micrometers the pro also boasts the highest maximum ISO of any smartphone capping out at an incredible 100 and 2400 for some perspective Apple and Samsung's most recent flagships offer a top is o of 6400 significantly less obviously if you dial all of these settings up to the top then you're inevitably gonna miss out on the kind of detail and sharpness that you'd get under normal conditions but it also means the p20 Pro Swiss spoke and night mode can capture an insane amount of light even in near complete darkness while ways also talked up the pros ability to take a long exposure shots at night normally capturing stunning light trails requires some kind of tripod setup to steady the device but while way says the p20 Pro is capable of taking handheld long exposure snaps for up to four seconds this is thanks to some more AI trickery moving back into the light of day there like a triple cameras other headline features it's five times hybrid zoom function we've already seen manufacturers like Apple Samsung and even oneplus implement optical zoom by switching between RGB and telephoto lenses for two different zoom levels meanwhile Huawei is previously stuck with a secondary monochrome sensor to enable two times hybrid zoom now though it wants the best of both worlds by introducing that third telephoto lens while retaining the monochrome sensor that results in three times optical zoom which can be toggled via a circular zoom button in the camera app or by pinching the screen while we isn't giving up on its hybrid zoom system from the may 10 however and just in case three times optical zoom isn't enough you can digitally magnify the image up to five times with another quick tap of course only the telephoto lens has the hardware stabilization so you'd be forgiven for thinking that the magnified lenses are inevitably going to come out as a little blurry in a bold claim however while Way says that o is is in fact largely unnecessary thanks to the ki-rin 970 processor and its neural processing unit as with the Mait 10 series the dedicated on device AI processing system powers a wide range of applications on the pro including what Huawei is calling AI image stabilization the system dubbed AIS for short because companies love making up new acronyms which never stick around is capable of capturing multiple scenes at once move noise and blur from the final shot ais is complemented by 4d predictive focus that actively tracks and predicts object motion rounding out the overall camera package is wild ways usual camera modes including 3d panorama motion photos and a fully kitted out pro mode with controls for ISO white balance exposure shutter speed and much more whoa is also added an interesting ultra snapshot feature which lets you take a shot from a screen off in just naught point three seconds to capture those fleeting moments without having to first unlock your device there's also super slow motion video up to 960 frames per second and overall improvements to the scene detection feature on the may 10 which can automatically adjust your camera settings the best capture photos of food animals fireworks greenery and other specific objects as you can probably tell by now while weighs put a lot of work into making the p20 camera the phone's standout feature well the world's first triple smartphone camera live up to the hype in the long run we'll need to put the phone through its paces for a full review to know 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