Huawei P40 Lite Preview: Lite Versions Don’t Get Better Than This

Huawei P40 Lite Preview: Companies have adopted a very varied approach when it comes to their flagship smartphones, by having a lite and PRO variant along with the regular variants of the phone, they are able to appeal to a bigger consumer  base and therefore the sales figures have improved. Many customers are not able to pay for PRO variants or even the regular variants of the phones, that’s where the LITE variant comes in saving your money by giving you partial experience. This case is very similar with the P40 LITE as well. The phone is a decently under-specced P40, and there is nothing wrong about it.

Here are the specs:

Dimensions	159.2 x 76.3 x 8.7 mm (6.27 x 3.00 x 0.34 in)
Weight	183 g (6.46 oz)
Build	Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.4 inches, 101.4 cm2 (~83.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 2310 pixels (~398 ppi density)

PLATFORM	OS	Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10
Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 810 (7 nm)
CPU	Octa-core (2×2.27 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×1.88 GHz Cortex-A55)
GPU	Mali-G52 MP6

MEMORY	Card slot	NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal	128GB 6GB RAM
	UFS 2.1

MAIN CAMERA	Quad	48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.4, (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (macro), 1/5.0″, 1.75µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Features	LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video	1080p@30fps

SELFIE CAMERA	Single	16 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/3.1″, 1.0µm
Features	HDR
Video	1080p@30fps

SOUND	Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
NFC	Yes (market/region dependent): JNY-L21A, JNY-L01A, JNY-L21B
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 4200 mAh battery
Charging	Fast charging 40W, 70% in 30 min (advertised)

Running Android 10 on the Huawei’s custom chipset is no worries because it feels like a breeze. The software itself has really matured over the years and has started to become one of our trusted skins of Android, very close to Samsung’s ONE UI. The camera is 16 on the front, and 48 with a couple other sensors on the back. This makes for an interesting and capable shooter which does not sweat in majority of conditions. 

The display is a crisp gigantic one at 6.4 inches, although it is just an LCD display, you wouldn’t feel the difference. The battery has been given a boost to 4200MAH with fast charging that takes it to 70% in 30 minutes. You would be getting a black, blue and green color for the phone and the glass has its own unique light reflecting pattern which makes for a beautiful device in its own right!