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so a lot of people are calling this the best smartphone camera in the world and we decided to test that but in a different scenario we decided to bring it to my favorite city in the world I'm home it'll be better with pocket now this is the Huawei P 20 Pro and let's see what it can do from the beautiful city of Rome keep in mind though this is not a final review I still do not have enough time with the phone call this more my first impressions because I was at the right place to do so so there are a couple of peculiar things about the Huawei p20 Pro that are unique to every smartphone to start this is definitely the king of hardware when it comes to smartphone photography the only time that I've seen three camera sensors in one phone the fact that one of these camera sensors brings a second approach at 40 megapixels in a camera and the fact that there is also the same blend that we've seen from lekha in the past where we've got the monochrome sensor to complement photography and now we also have a telephoto lens that makes an interesting solution in hybrid zooming with those added megapixels as well really cool one of the things that I like the most about the b20 Pro is also one of the things that's a little complicated to handle in its AI a lot of companies use the term AI now for photography we're really the first company to actively use that was huawei point the camera at something of the techs what it is and it adapts the thing about the b20 pro is it's extremely aggressive a lot more aggressive than the May 10 Pro you pointed something and it automatically switches modes it switches to portrait mode it switches to blue sky and the problem is sometimes you don't necessarily want that there are cases where the resulting photos are amazing but they're amazing for Instagram they're extremely over sharpened and I know a ton of people that love them I personally do these kinds of filters for Instagram but I actually prefer the photo to be as natural as possible which is one of the things that I like the most about the like approach with Huawei and in the case of the b20 Pro you have to point the camera at something it'll switch modes automatically and then you have to switch the camera back turn the mode off and hope that it doesn't switch itself back on as it constantly mumbles with you to get it done sure you can turn this off within the settings but then there are cases where you actually want it so I wish there was a balance so all this being said you've got the hardware you've got the software with AI how are the photos I guess an award the best way to describe them is gorgeous but it all depends on your taste in photography see there's a lot of processing going on after you take a photo the camera actually sharpens the photo it provides color wherever you need it and so definitely if you're a photography purist and especially if you come from a previous Huawei smartphone where you're used to that pure photography then yes you're most probably gonna fight this approach but if you're just like me you're interested in photos for Instagram then definitely this is cameras gonna be a treat because literally you don't do anything but take the shot the camera takes care of everything else and in most cases the camera actually knows how to boost everything adequately again because AI detects what it's looking at and then adapts the camera mode to whatever it is that you need at the moment now it is a very gloomy day in Rome we're currently in Piazza Navona but my favorite favorite spots in the city and gloom low light that's probably one of the best things that this camera can do let me show you why and then there are things like night mode where Huawei has this very interesting approach to deal with what they consider to be the biggest issue in photography and that's the fact that there's motion blur every time that you try to take a photo and you just can't keep it stable and you're obviously not carrying a tripod because this is a phone it's genius at least at its idea where it takes up ton of photos and then eventually collages result that is supposed to not be blurry fact of the matter is or at least now the results are great some of the time then there are times where apparently the phone just doesn't produce a stable shot or the phone takes forever to capture shot and bring you a result and obviously you're they're stalled waiting for the photo to be processed again I believe that the concept is the feature I believe that the concept is on its right way but it still needs more work I would say that this is the first phone that I would ever trust for zoom photography and trust me I've used them all galaxy s 9 plus iphone 10 the biggest problem really is detail the 3x optical zoom on this phone is great the 5x hybrid zoom is great but even more interesting even if you zoom into 10x give the phone a second allow it to then stabilize the shot and even those photos are useful I really love this about this phone now I wish I could say the same about selfie photos you know I'm not a fan but as it turns out even though the hardware is here with 24 megapixels on the shooter even though there are software to provide background blur through portrait photography it seems that the software needs work and then in the case of the hardware it's clearly a problem whenever you're at night and sometimes either at fumbles with white balance lured fumbles with things like blends flaring it's really bad in certain cases I hope this is just the problem with my unit we've been receiving software updates so it could just be that there's more work to be done here and then there are the extras always seriously has to be spoiled with monochrome photography there are cases where coloured photos though necessarily look good because the place is not that elegant and where black and white photos simply make everything look elegant and for those of you that don't like all the AI features and all the auto modes you simply can just go into pro mode and have all the manual photography that you're looking for that Huawei has done a great job with since the past couple of mate phones now fun fact I wanted to record this video in the p20 Pro fully and that didn't turn out to be such a good idea there are a ton of limitations starting with the selfie camera there is no stabilization and even though though you have 24 megapixels you are capped at 720p like really what year is this and then in the second case for example in the primary shooter there is stabilization video is actually really good but then even though you have the cure 970 power here there is no 4k video at 60 frames per second and that whole 960 frame per second video yeah that experience is actually not good the video comes out great and all the problem is that the user interface doesn't support you to be able to record more than a few seconds as opposed to the galaxy has 9 plus where it continues recording before processing and then you can actually ask it to go Ultra slow-mo again in the case of this phone you can't do that it actually starts processing after it and just makes the whole experience just cumbersome so yes this is the Huawei P 20 Pro from Rome is it the Renaissance of photography I would say that there is a lot of promise here it's got the best part where on a smartphone camera there is a ton of software to back it up it needs a little help and implementation I guess my initial verdict would be I would definitely recommend this phone for photos not so much for a video but again this is not our final review I still need more time with it let us know in the comments what you think about the photos and all your app that make sure you follow us on social media subscribe to our channel as well you can follow me on Twitter Jaime underscore got on Instagram at home every data please give this video a thumbs up if you liked what you saw I'm having everything I think so what you're watching let us know what you 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