Paris: Chinese telecom major Huawei is all set to launch its new P30 series of smartphones at an exclusive event in Paris today. Like the older Huawei P20 smartphones, the key USP of the new Huawei P30-series of smartphones is also the camera. Huawei is claiming it to be its “most advanced camera smartphones to date”. The
Huawei P30 and
P30 Pro smartphones will most likely be powered by Huawei's own Kirin 980 chipset -- which also powers the Huawei Mate 20 series smartphones. The new P30 series of smartphones are expected to be launched in India soon after it is launched globally. The Times of India-Gadgets Now team will be covering the launch event live from the venue. Stay tuned to this space for live updates. WATCH VIDEO: Huawei P30 series launch event
Apart from launching the P30 and P30 Pro, Huawei has launched two earphones in the form of FreeBuds Lite and FreeLace along with a power bank. The company also showcased a smart eyewear.
The Huawei P30 smartphone offers 128GB internal storage and 6GB of RAM options and is priced at 799 Euro. The base variant of the Huawei P30 Pro offers 8GB RAM + 128 GB ROM costs 999 Euro. The 8GB RAM variant with 256GB storage and 512GB storage costs 1099 and 1249 Euro respectively.
-After phones and earphones, Huawei now launches a smart eyewear.
-The Huawei FreeLace earphones support Huawei HiPair, which is said to allow users to charge and pair them with any Huawei smartphone -- running on running EMUI 9.1 -- by plugging them to the device.
-Huawei has launched a new wireless audio device-- called the Huawei FreeLace -- along with the latest P30 series smartphones.
-The Huawei P30 Pro comes with a digital car key feature which unlocks car doors with just one tap wirelessly. This feature is available for select Audi car models initially and is expected to be rolled out for other luxury cars going ahead.
-The Huawei P30 Pro comes with 40W charger which can charge the 4,200mAh battery till 70% in 30 mins of charging. The device also comes with 15W wireless charging. There is reverse charging as well.
-Both the smartphones offer dual 4G and VoLTE connectivity on both the SIM card slots.
- The cameras of the latest P-series smartphones come with a Huawei AI HDR+ mode that enables the front and rear cameras to combine multiple photos taken in quick succession.
-Both P30 Pro and P30 support Dual-View mode that equips two of the rear cameras to record different videos simultaneously. “In Dual-View mode, you can capture both an ultra-wide angle clip and a zoom shot – offering a panorama on the right and a close-up on the left of the screen,” explained Huawei.
-The Huawei P30 Pro boasts the highest DxOMark score for camera with an overall score of 112.
-The Huawei P30 phones come with a Dual View feature which will help users record videos with both wide-angle and regular lens simultaneous.
-Both Huawei P30 Pro and P30 claim to offer stable video recordings with AI features.
-Besides the triple rear camera setup of the P30, the Huawei P30 Pro has an additional Time of Flight (TOF) camera -- making the P30 Pro the first handset from Huawei to offer a quad-lens camera setup.
-The Huawei P30 offers 5x periscope zoom.

-The Huawei P30 offers Leica-powered triple-camera system on the back with a 40-megapixel (f/1.8 aperture) primary sensor, a 16-megapixel ultra wide angle sensor (f/2.2 aperture) and a telephoto 8-megapixel sensor.

-On the front, there is a 32-megapixel sensor.

-Huawei showcases technologies like SuperSpectrum Sensor and extreme optical SuperZoom lens in the cameras of P30 series smartphones

-Huawei claims that the new P30 series phones can rival any professional camera.

- The event has started. Stay tuned to this space for more details live from the venue.

Source: gadgetsnow.com