Huawei P30 Pro vs Galaxy S10 Plus vs Pixel 3 XL vs iPhone XS: Clash of the flagships

Huawei is heating up the flagship segment with its newly announced P30 Pro smartphone and it would appear that the first worthy competitor to the Galaxy S10 is here.The P30 Pro is more of an incremental update from the Mate 20 Pro (Review) announced last year. The phone comes with a curved screen and smaller drop-notch as compared to the bigger notch on the Mate 20 Pro. Of course, the smaller notch means no 3D face unlocking, so the P30 Pro comes with an in-display optical fingerprint scanner.The display is a 6.47-inch OLED panel and has a resolution of 2,340 x 1,080 pixels. The phone runs Huawei's custom skin, EMUI 9.0 which is based on Android 9.0 Pie.[caption id="attachment_6331781" align="alignnone" width="1280"]

Huawei P30 Pro[/caption]On the inside, the phone is powered by Kirin 980 SoC which is built on a 7 nm process and it features dual neural processing units (NPUs) to speed up the AI tasks on the device. The phone has storage of 128 GB going all the way to 512 GB and 8 GB of RAM.However, by far the breakthrough feature for the phone has to be its camera unit. The P30 Pro sports a quad-camera setup which consists of a 40 MP primary camera with f/1.6 lens and OIS support, a 20 MP wide-angle camera with f/2.2 lens and an 8 MP camera that is said to have “periscope” zoom system offering 5x optical zoom and 10x hybrid zoom. The fourth camera on the phone is a ToF (Time of Flight) camera that is meant to capture 3D depth information.Launched at a starting price of €999 (approximately Rs 77,000), the P30 Pro is understandably an expensive smartphone. It can be pit against the likes of Galaxy S10 Plus (Review), iPhone XS (Review) and the Pixel 3 XL (Review). Here's a spec comparison between the four devices. We shall reserve judgment on a winner until we have reviewed the P30 Pro so stay tuned for that.

Smartphone	Huawei P30 Pro	Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus	iPhone XS	Google Pixel 3 XL
Display Size (inch)	6.47	6.4	5.8	6.3
Resolution (pixels)	1080 x 2340	1440 x 3040	1125 x 2436	1440 x 2960
Pixel Density (PPI)	398	526	458	523
Display Type	OLED	Dynamic AMOLED	Super AMOLED	P-OLED
Dimensions(mm)	158 x 73.4 x 8.4	157.6 x 74.1 x 7.8	143.6 x 70.9 x 7.7	158 x 76.7 x 7.9
Weight (gm)	192	175	177	184
Dual SIM	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SIM Type	Nano-SIM	Hybrid Dual	Nano-SIM + eSIM	Nano SIM
Connectivity Types	GSM / HSPA / LTE	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE	GSM / HSPA / LTE/ VoLTE	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Processor	HiSilicon Kirin 980	Exynos 9820	A12 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
CPU Cores	Octa-core	Octa Core	Hexa-core	Octa-Core
CPU Clock Speed (GHz)	2x 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2x 1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55	2x 2.7 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2x 2.3 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4x 1.9 GHz Cortex-A55	2x2.5 GHz Vortex + 4x1.6 GHz Tempest	4x 2.5 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x 1.6 GHz Kryo 385 Silver
GPU	Mali-G76 MP10	Mali-G76 MP12	Apple GPU	Adreno 630
RAM	8 GB	8, 12 GB	4 GB	4 GB
Ruggedness	IP 68 dust/water resistant		IP 68	IP68 dust/water resistant
On-Board Memory	128, 256. 512 GB	128 GB/512 GB/ 1 TB	64, 256, 512 GB	64/128 GB
Expandable Memory	Yes, up to 256 GB	Yes, up to 512 GB	No	No
Sensors	Face ID, fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass	Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2	Face ID, Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Primary Camera	40 MP, f/1.8; 20 MP, f/2.2, 8 MP, f/3.4 and 3D TOF	12 MP, f/1.5-2.4; 12 MP, f/2.4 and 16 MP, f/2.2	12MP f/1.8; 12 MP f/2.4	12.2 MP, f/1.8
Optical Image Stabilization	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Camera Array	Quad-camera	Triple	Dual Camera	Single
Autofocus System	PDAF/Laser AF	Dual Pixel PDAF	Phase detection autofocus	Dual pixel PDAF
Secondary Camera	32 MP, f2.2	10 MP, f/1.9 and 8 MP, f/2.2	7 MP f/2.2	8 MP, f/1.8 and 8 MP, f/2.2
Video Capture	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps	2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@480fps	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)
Flash	Dual-LED	LED Flash	Quad-LED	Dual-LED
OS Version	Android 9.0 Pie	Android 9.0 Pie/ One UI	iOS 12	Android 9.0 Pie
AI (Smart Assistant)	Google Assistant	Bixby, Google Assistant	Siri	Google Assistant
GPS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual, band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth	v 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE	5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX	v5.0, A2DP	v 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
NFC	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Infrared	Yes	No	No	No
Fingerprint Scanner	Yes, in-display	Yes, in-display (ultrasonic)	No	Yes, Rear button
3.5mm jack	No	Yes	No	No
Radio	No	No	No	No
USB Type	Type-C reversible connector	Type-C Reversible connector	Lightning Port	Type-C Reversible connector
USB Standard	v 3.1	v 3.1	USB 2.0	v 3.1
Battery (mAh)	4200	4100	2658 mAh	3430
Fast charging	Yes	Yes (support wireless fast charging as well)	Yes	Yes
Colors	Aurora, Amber Sunrise, Breathing Crystal, Black, Pearl White	Prism White, Prism Black, Prism Green, Prism Blue, Canary Yellow, Flamingo Pink, Ceramic Black, Ceramic White	Space Gray, Silver, Gold	Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink
Prices in India	Starts at €999 (approximately Rs 77,000)	$999.99	Rs 94,900	Rs 83,000