Huawei P40 Pro Plus

If you’re picking the P40 Pro Plus up, it’ll be for that camera, and specifically, the 10x zoom, 240mm equivalent telephoto lens. Virtually everything else about it is almost identical to the significantly cheaper P40 Pro - from the great design, screen, and main camera, through to the software limitations that result from no Google services. If you’re a Huawei fan and you aren’t swimming in cash, definitely get the P40 Pro. That said, the Pro Plus is the new best-in-class smartphone camera to beat.

The Huawei P40 Pro Plus is a brilliant piece of engineering, but the lack of Google Play Services makes it a mediocre portal to apps and services.

At the end of this review we find ourselves liking the Huawei P40 Pro+ a lot. And it is not because of one feature, but for the whole package. Its ceramic design is something easily likable for the added sturdiness and premium touch, the OLED screen is great, and the camera has so much to offer that we keep discovering new modes or ideas for photoshoots every day. And they usually are saved at top quality. Our point is, the P40 Pro+ will not disappoint, you just need to be ready to let go of Google.

The P40 Pro+ is an excellent flagship device that is ahead of its time in several key areas but the record-breaking hardware comes with a hefty price tag of way more than a grand, and you have to jump through hoops to make some apps and services work. Still, where Huawei goes plenty of its competitors follow, so we hope that the P40 Pro+ trailblazer will initiate a space war that can only benefit the end user.