What are the advantages and disadvantages of Huawei P40 Pro+compared with Huawei P50 Pro? Who is better?

Huawei P40 Pro+is a product released in March 2020, while P50 Pro is a product released in September 2021. Although P40 Pro+is older than P50 Pro, its suffix is followed by a "+", which means that it is the highest configuration of P40 series. Maybe many friends are wondering whether P40 Pro+or P50 Pro is better. This article will analyze it in detail for everyone, hoping to help those who choose Huawei flagship phones.

Performance:

Huawei P40 Pro+is equipped with Kirin 990 5G chip, with LPDDR4x storage and UFS3.1 flash memory; Huawei P50 Pro is equipped with Snapdragon 888 4G chip, with LPDDR5 storage, and UFS3.1 flash memory. The Kirin 990 5G chip is manufactured based on TSMC's 7nm EUV process, and the Snapdragon 888 is manufactured based on Samsung's 5nm process. Since the architecture design and process of the Snapdragon 888 are more advanced, its performance is certainly stronger than the Kirin 990.

However, the reputation of the Snapdragon 888 among users and manufacturers is not very good. It is known as the "Fire Dragon 888". Because of its large heat output, it is easier to touch the temperature wall when it is used heavily, which leads to frequency reduction and frame locking. Without the help of external fans, the experience is not good. Although the structure and process of the Kirin 990 5G chip are about two or even three generations behind, it has the reputation of "Ice Kirin", Even now, the performance is enough, and it is more stable than the Snapdragon 888.

Therefore, P40 Pro+and P50 Pro have their own winners and losers in terms of processors. However, the running memory performance of P50 Pro is better than that of P40 Pro+, and the loading and caching speed of LPDDR5 is faster than that of LPDDR4x. A more critical point is that P40 Pro+supports 5G, while P50 Pro is a 4G mobile phone, so the mobile network speed of P40 Pro+is faster than that of P50 Pro.

Screen:

The P40 Pro+is equipped with a 6.58-inch OLED screen, which has a resolution of 2640 * 1200, and supports the highest 90Hz refresh rate. It is a four curved screen, which varies from person to person. However, the process design is full. However, the P40 Pro+screen only supports 8bit color depth, and does not have high-frequency PWM dimming, so the display effect is not very good, nor is it enough to protect the eyes.

The P50 Pro is equipped with a 6.6 inch OLED screen, which has a resolution of 2700 * 1228, the highest refresh rate of 120Hz, and a touch sampling rate of 300Hz. The P40 Pro+does not say anything about the touch sampling rate, but it is estimated that it is not as high as the screen touch sampling rate of the P50 Pro. Of course, this has little impact on the screen touch experience. The P50 Pro screen has a 10bit color depth and also supports 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. However, it is a hyperbolic screen and its process design is not as good as the P40 Pro+'s four curved surface overflow screen.

From the screen parameters of both, the author thinks that the P50 Pro screen is better, mainly because it has a higher refresh rate and touch sampling rate. It also supports 10bit color depth and 1400Hz high-frequency PWM dimming. It looks better than the P40 Pro+screen, and it also protects the eyes. Other aspects, including process design, are not very important to me.

Camera:

The camera configuration of P40 Pro+is 32 million pixels of dual camera front+50 million pixels of main camera+40 million pixels of super wide-angle movie lens+8 million pixels of periscopic telephoto+8 million pixels of super zoom lens. Both main camera and telephoto lens have OIS physical optical anti shake.

The main camera of P40 Pro+is the Sony IMX700 sensor, which has a 1/1.28 inch base. The ultra wide angle film lens is the Sony IMX600 sensor, which has a 1/1.7 inch base. The main camera and ultra wide angle are both custom RYYB array sensors, which can increase the light input by up to 40% on the original light sensitivity. Therefore, the main light sensitivity of P40 Pro+can be said to be very close to the RGGB array sensor with a 1 inch base. The IMX600 has the addition of 40% of the light input, It can basically catch up with the Sony IMX766 with a 1/1.56 inch bottom.

P40 Pro+is different from P40 Pro in that it has an additional 8 megapixel super zoom lens. With the help of this lens, P40 Pro+can achieve a maximum optical zoom of 10 times when combined with periscope telephoto lens. Therefore, P40 Pro+is the only mobile phone that supports 10 times optical zoom.

In contrast to the camera configuration of P50 Pro, it is 13 million pixels front+50 million pixels main camera+40 million pixels black and white+13 million pixels ultra wide angle+64 million pixels periscopic telephoto. The main camera is Sony IMX766 sensor, but it is not a RYYB array, so there is no 40% light inflow addition. From this point, it can be seen that the main camera of P50 Pro is not as strong as the main camera of P40 Pro+.

The 40 megapixel lens of the P50 Pro is also a Sony IMX600 sensor, but it is not used as a super wide angle movie lens here, but as a black and white lens, which only serves as an auxiliary shot. The real super wide angle lens of the P50 Pro is only 13 million pixels, so its super wide angle lens effect is far less than that of the P40 Pro+.

The only thing that P50 Pro is better than P40 Pro+is that its telephoto lens is 64 million pixels and has a 1/2-inch bottom, which is much better than P40 Pro+'s 8 million pixel telephoto lens in terms of analytical power. However, P50 Pro's telephoto lens can only achieve 3.5x optical zoom, while P40 Pro+'s is 10x optical zoom, so P50 Pro's telephoto lens has better shooting effect when the zoom is not more than 3.5x, However, after 3.5 times, the P40 Pro+is a little better than the others. However, the telephoto lens of P40 Pro+is limited by pixels, so the telephoto lens of both P40 Pro+and P40 Pro+is only half the weight.

From the comparison of camera configurations between the two, the P40 Pro+is generally better than the P50 Pro, but the P50 Pro seems to follow the primary color path, so the sensors do not use RYYB arrays, which is very similar to the current Glory Magic series models.

Motor:

Huawei P40 Pro+uses Z-axis linear motor, while P50 Pro uses X-axis linear motor, so the vibration sense of the latter is definitely better.

Endurance:

P40 Pro+is equipped with 4200mah battery+40W wired fast charge+40W wireless fast charge, and P50 Pro is equipped with 4360mah battery+66W wired fast charge+50W wireless fast charge. The charging speed is faster than P50 Pro, but the increase is not large.

Although the battery capacity of the P50 Pro is larger, we should not forget that its screen has a 120Hz refresh rate without the support of LTPO energy saving technology. The P40 Pro+screen has a 90Hz refresh rate. In addition, the energy efficiency of the Snapdragon 888 is not as good as that of the Kirin 990. Of course, the P40 Pro+is a 5G mobile phone, which will consume more power when using 5G, so it's hard to say who has a strong endurance.

Therefore, from the comparison of the above aspects, without considering the 5G network, P40 Pro+has more advantages in photographing, but the experience brought by other aspects is relatively weak. In addition to being inferior to P40 Pro+in photographing, P50 Pro obviously has better comprehensive experience. The only drawback is that it does not support 5G.

So, if you want to have a better photo effect and 5G at the same time, P40 Pro+is definitely better. But if you don't really need 5G, and you don't have to pursue the extreme of mobile phone photography, P50 Pro is still better than P40 Pro+.

However, considering the current situation, the author does not recommend starting with these two mobile phones, because P40 Pro+only has a 10x optical zoom function than P40 Pro, and this function is very poor under the 8 million pixel telephoto lens, so it is better to choose P40 Pro+than P40 Pro to save money.

For the P50 Pro, it is not recommended to start. Its new machine is more expensive than the Mate 50 equipped with Snapdragon 8+Gen1. The performance and technology of the Mate 50 are much more advanced than the P50 Pro, so it is better to choose the Mate 50 directly if you have the budget to buy the P50 Pro!

Of course, if you want to buy second-hand products and have to choose between P40 Pro+and P50 Pro, it is recommended to choose Huawei P40 Pro+which supports 5G and has better photos. What do you think? Welcome to the comments area for friendly interaction!