Huawei P20 Lite
Huawei P20 Lite
The Huawei P20 Lite is a device that has many great features on its own and can not be taken lightly at least what the company makes it to be.the Huawei P20 Lite is available in the Mid price range segment and is priced at Rupees 22999.
The Huawei P20 Lite has a 5.84 inch LTPS IPS LCD display with a 1080 x 2280 pixels resolution and a pixel density of 432 ppi. The display has a notch design and there are many different sensors and the front cameras housed in the notch. The sunlight brightness is good and you can easily see what’s on the screen with the brightness turned up to full.
The Huawei P20 Lite has a Hisilicon Kirin 659 chipset and runs on Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) processors with Mali-T830 MP2 supporting the graphics on the device. The OS on the device is the Android v8.0 Oreo and has the EMUI 8 overlayed on top. The EMUI is still a little bloated with somee software but the iPhone finish of the OS might lure in some consumers who want an iPhone like experience. The 4GB RAM is capable of running most games but the CPU is not up to par as it is a 2 year old chip that is well balanced but not caught up with today’s times.
The Huawei P20 Lite has a dual camera setup at the back and there is a 16MP main camera with f/2.2 lens and a 2MP camera with depth sensor. The cameras lack image stabilization and hybrid zoom. The camera AI has a long processing time of up to 20 seconds and you need to keep the device stable for that long and this makes it a pain to use the camera and even with all the processing going on in the background you are not guaranteed a good picture. The night shots also suffer and you get to see too much noise and lack of detail in wide shots. The front camera takes good selfies and you find noise here and there and the pictures are above average.
The battery on the Huawei P20 Lite is around 3000mAh and is great to last for a full day with heavy usage. The fast charger provided in the box is 18w but the battery is charged at around 10w and the time differs from 2 hours to 3 hours for a full charge. The fast charging functionality is not consistent and you won’t feel that you are using a fast charger but a normal one.
The Huawei P20 Lite is available in Klein Blue, Sakura Pink and Midnight Black variants.
SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Form factor
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CandyBar
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Release Date
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March 2018
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Package Contents
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Handset, Charger, USB Cable, Quick Start Guide, Eject Tool, Warranty Card, Headset
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Price Group
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Budget Range (10000 - 30000)
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BODY
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Material
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Main body: Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back
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Dimensions
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148.6 x 71.2 x 7.4 mm (5.85 x 2.80 x 0.29 in)
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Weight
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145 g (5.11 oz)
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SIM
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Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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Screen size (Diagonal)
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5.84 inches
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Colors
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Klein Blue, Sakura Pink, Midnight Black
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Keys
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Right - Lock/Unlock key, Volume control
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DISPLAY –
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Resolution
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1080 x 2280 pixels
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Pixels per inch
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432 ppi
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Technology
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LTPS IPS LCD
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Touch
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Capacitive, Multitouch
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Features
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Sunlight display
Night display
Supports standard display
Light sensor
Proximity sensor
Always-on display
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Colors
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16 Million
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CAMERA –
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Primary(Rear) Camera(s) + Aperture Size
Focus
Flashlight
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16 MP, f/2.2 + 2 MP, depth sensor
AutoFocus
LED flash, HDR, panorama
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Features
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Digital zoom
geo-tagging
touch focus
Face detection
Smile detection
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Video
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1080p@30fps
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Video features
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Video Sharing
Video calling
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Secondary(Front) + Aperture Size
Video
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16 MP, f/2.0 + 24 MP, f/2.0
1080p@30fps
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Features (Front Camera)
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Selfie countdown
Face recognition
Group shots
Mirror
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Shooting Modes
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High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Panorama
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Settings
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Exposure compensation
ISO control
White balance presets
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SOFTWARE, PERFORMANCE AND STORAGE –
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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OS
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Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Skin - EMUI 8
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Chipset
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HiSilicon Kirin 659 (16 nm)
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Processor
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Octa-core (4x2.36 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53)
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Graphics processor
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Mali-T830 MP2
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System memory
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4 GB RAM
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Internal memory
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32/64 GB or 128 GB (China, Malaysia, HK)
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Card Slot
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MicroSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
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BATTERY
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Capacity
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3000 mAh
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Type
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Not User replaceable, Li – Po
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Fast Charge
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Fast battery charging 9V/2A 18W
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MULTIMEDIA
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Mirroring
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DLNA, Wireless screen share
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Music player
Filter by
Features
Supported formats
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Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists
Album art cover, Background playback,
MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless), AMR, OGG, MIDI
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Video Playback
Supported Formats
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MPEG4, H.263, H.264
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Speakers
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Earpiece, Loudspeaker
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Headphones connector
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3.5 mm
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Radio
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Yes
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CELLULAR
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Technology
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GSM / HSPA / LTE
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2G bands
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GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
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3G Network
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HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
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4G Network
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LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
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Data
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LTE, HSPA
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No. of SIMs
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2
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Card Slots
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Nano SIM(GSM)+Nano SIM(GSM)
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VoLTE
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Yes
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EDGE
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Yes
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GPRS
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Yes
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Supports 4G in India (Band 40)
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Yes
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IR port
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No
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PHONE FEATURES
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Sensors
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Fingerprint Sensor (Rear Mounted)
Accelerometer
Proximity
Compass
Ambient Light Sensor
Gyroscope
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Notifications
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Haptic feedback
Music ringtones (MP3)
Vibration, Flight mode
Silent mode
Speakerphone
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Messaging
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SMS(threaded view)
MMS
E-mail
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Browser
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HTML5
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E-mail
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IMAP, POP3, SMTP
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Instant messaging
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Hangouts / Google Talk
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Java
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No
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Other features
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XviD/MP4/H.265 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/
Document editor
Voice dialing
Voice commands
Voice recording
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CONNECTIVITY –
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Factors
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Huawei P20 Lite
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Bluetooth
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v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR, aptX HD
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Navigation
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Turn-by-turn navigation, Voice navigation
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GPS
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Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
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Infrared port
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Yes
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Radio
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Yes
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Wi-Fi
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802.11 b/g/n
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Wi-Fi Direct
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Yes
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Mobile hotspot
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Yes
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NFC
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Yes
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USB
Connector Features
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Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Mass storage device, USB charging
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Charging connector
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Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
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Other
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Tethering
Computer sync
OTA sync
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PROS –
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5.84 inch display with a notch design.
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Average screen to body ratio that is, approximately 80.5%.
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432 ppi pixel density.
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Good Neat design
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Camera Pictures are decent.
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3000mAh battery
CONS –
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The battery is only 3000mAh.
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Low Light camera performance is bad.
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Fast charging is not consistent.
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The cameras don’t perform well
The Ultimate Review
The Huawei P20 Lite is a device in the mid price range and is a device which seems to be built with materials that have been outdated for quite a while now.
The cameras don’t offer good quality images and take most of the time in processing the image and you have to keep the phone stable to get a good result which gets annoying very fast.
The performance suffers due to a 2 year old CPU chipset and there are some issues with lag and frame drops due to high requirement of graphics and performance from the various apps.
The battery life is average and the fast charging support is inconsistent and takes the same time to go from 0 to 100.
Buy this device if you like its looks otherwise there are much better options in the market at a price much less.
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