Huawei has launched its P60 series of phones with three entries. There’s the vanilla Huawei P60, the Huawei P60 Pro and the Huawei P60 Art, which brings a more avant-garde design to the series.
All three phones share the same core hardware – 6.67-inch LTPO OLED screen with FHD+ resolution (1220×2700 px) and a 1-120Hz refresh rate. The panels are protected by Kunlun glass and sport a built-in fingerprint scanner. However, we are going to focus more on the Pro variant.
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Huawei P60 Pro Unveiled
Just like its siblings, the phone has the same 48MP main camera with an RYYB sensor and OIS. The sensor brings an f/1.4-f/4.0 ten-speed variable aperture with automatic scene-based switching.
This approach should capture the optimal amount of light, depending on the shooting environment. Huawei’s marketing materials are praising the new RYYB sensor’s light-capturing abilities as industry-leading. The main cam also supports up to 4K video recording.
Moving on to the ultrawide sensor – P60 and P60 Pro share the same 13MP unit with f/2.2 aperture. The P60 Pro and P60 Art get fancier 48MP telephoto modules with OIS and a 90mm equivalent lens capable of 3.5x optical and 100x digital zoom.
The telephoto lens on P60 Pro has an f/2.1 aperture, which should fare much better in night shots than competing modules from other makers. According to the company, its new 48MP telephoto lens can capture the largest amount of light in the industry which is a pretty bold claim. The sensor also features three-axis stabilization.
The P60 series is equipped with Huawei’s XD Fusion Pro texture engine, which strives to reproduce object textures as close to the way they are perceived by the human eye.
The P60 is powered by the Snapdragon 8+ 4G chipset – an LTE-only version of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC from last year.
Another noteworthy feature on the P60 series is their ability to send and receive Beidou satellite messages. You can send and receive text messages when there’s no ground signal around but this feature will be limited to China.
Huawei P60 Pro draw its power from a 4,815 mAh battery with 88W wired charging support. It also support 50W wireless charging. The P60 series phones boot Harmony OS 3.1 out of the box and are IP68 rated.
Huawei P60 Pro Specifications
Network Properties
- 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM)
- CDMA 800
- 3G bands: HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- CDMA2000 1x
- 4G bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
- Speed: HSPA, LTE-A
Launch
- Announced: 2023, March 23
- Status: Exp. release 2023, March 31
Design
- Dimensions: 161 x 74.5 x 8.3 mm (6.34 x 2.93 x 0.33 in)
- Weight: 200 g (7.05 oz)
- SIM: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Display
- Type: LTPO OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz
- Size: 6.67 inches, 107.7 cm2 (~89.8% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 1220 x 2700 pixels (~444 ppi density)
- Protection: Kunlun Glass
Operating System
- HarmonyOS 3.1 (China), EMUI (Europe), no Google Play Services
Hardware
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8475 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 4G (4 nm)
- CPU: Octa-core (1×3.19 GHz Cortex-X2 & 3×2.75 GHz Cortex-A710 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)
- GPU: Adreno 730
- Memory Card slot: NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
- Internal: 256GB, 512GB
- UFS
Cameras
- Main Camera: Triple
- 48 MP, f/1.4-f/4.0, 25mm (wide), PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
- 48 MP, f/2.1, 90mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3.5x optical zoom
- 13 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide)
- Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
- Video: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@960fps; gyro-EIS
- Selfie Camera: Single – 13 MP, f/2.4, (ultrawide)
- Features: Panorama, HDR
- Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Multimedia
- Radio: No
- Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
- Audio 3.5mm jack: No
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
- Bluetooth: 5.2, A2DP, LE
- Positioning: GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (B1I+B1c+B2a), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a), GALILEO (E1+E5a), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC
- NFC: Yes; NFC-SIM, HCE
- Infrared port: Yes
- USB: USB Type-C 3.1, OTG
Features
- Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, color spectrum
- BDS Satellite Message
Battery
- Battery Type and Capacity: Li-Po 4815 mAh, non-removable
- Charging: 88W wired
- 50W wireless
Models: MNA-AL00
Huawei P60 Pro Price and Availability
The price of the P60 Pro starts at CNY 6,988 ($1,023) for the 256GB model and CNY 7,988 ($1,170) for the 512GB version.
The handset comes in Feather Purple, Feather Black, Emerald Emerald as well as a limited Rococo White option.
Open sales for the smartphone in China starts on March 30. International pricing and availability will be detailed at a later date.
