Huawei is one of the many companies out of China that is looking to change the tele­com game. By producing com­plicated networking devices to smartphones, the company has successfully turned into the ninth largest telecom com­pany in the world by revenue. It has, in recent times, found a strong foothold in Nepal and many Nepali consumers adored last year’s flagship, the P10 series. And why would they not? The phone was well-built, extremely powerful and com­petitively priced.

Building on last year’s suc­cess, the Chinese company has upped its game this year. Keeping up with industrial advancements and further fuel­ing resources into the R&D of their HiSilicon processor sub­sidiary unit, devices from Hua­wei this year are nothing but awe-inspiring.

 

 

Huawei P20/P20 Pro

Price

Rs 83,500 (P20), Rs 115,500 (P20 Pro)

 

 

 Building on the success of the well-received P10, Huawei’s P20 improves on all fronts from process­ing power to improved optics. The P20 comes with impressive specifi­cations with an in-house HiSillicon Kirin 970 processor paired with 4 GB of RAM on the P20 and 8GB RAM on the P20 Pro, and incremen­tal storage capacities of 64 GB and 128 GB respectively. The displays on both the devices run at a native resolution on 1080 x 2244, the only difference between them coming in size, with 5.8-inch IPS display gracing the P20 and a bigger 6.1-inch display for the P20 Pro.

Apart from the specifications of the phone, Huawei has focused most of its advertising on camera capabilities of their new flagships. Both devices perform extremely well in photography, partly because of the company’s partnership with the veteran camera company Leica and partly because of its adoption of artificial intelligence in image processing. Complementing its soft­ware, Huawei has also opted for a dual-camera (12 MP x 2) for the P20 and a triple-camera (40MP, 8MP, 20MP) for the P20 Pro.

Without a doubt, the triple camera on the P20 Pro is impres­sive and benchmark scores from DxOMark rank the phone’s photo­graphic capabilities well above all offerings from Google, Apple and Samsung. Both the P20 and P20 Pro are impressive phones from Hua­wei and are well worth the jump in model numbering.

 

 

MediaPad M3 8.1

Price

Rs 30,000

 

 

 Apart from a new flagship, Huawei has also released a new tablet in 2018. The newest itera­tion in their tablet-line, the M5, hasn’t made its way into the Nepali market yet, even though the older M3 has been available for a while. Newer formats of the M-line of tablets have seen countless updates, but tablets by nature don’t need as much power as your smartphone. Used mostly for media consumption and light reading, the M3 still holds its own in these regards.

Powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 950 and paired with 4 GB of RAM, the slate is pretty powerful for regular tasks, web-browsing and media consumption. The build of the tablet is also stellar: sleek, thin and light, with an alu­minum body that helps the tablet look and feel strong and expen­sive. The screen is good with an 8.1-inch IPS LCD panel running at an impressive high-resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. The tablet is great for non-demanding tasks, but high-performance gaming is not its suit. Regardless, the tablet is a great option if you want a device for media consumption.