Engadget Logo Examine the high cospa 5G, which cuts 40,000 yen for the Japanese version of the English Jet Japanese version.The only problem is that GMS is not installed

Huawei has been affected by the US sanctions and has given up the "GMS (Google Mobile Service)".In Japan, the "HUAWEI Mobile Services), an ecosystem built by the company, has been adopted from" Mate 30 Pro 5G "released in April.While using the open source Android, the service and app developers on top of it are replaced with their own products.While moving the shaft foot to HMS, Huawei has expanded its corresponding terminal at once in Japan.Three P40 series were released in June.

What I would like to cover this time is "P40 Lite 5g", which is just the middle terminal among the three P40 series models.As you may know, Huawei has a low -priced version in the P series of each generation.In the P30 series released last year, there was "P30 Lite", and the P20 series before that also had "P20 Lite".In each case, because of its high cost performance, it was adopted in the career, and the sales were excellent.P40 Lite 5G is a terminal that can be said to be the legitimate successor.

▲ P40 Lite 5G.Review that ability

When I thought I bought this terminal on the release date, it took more than a week to arrive with twists and turns, but it has gradually started using it on June 30.The first thing that surprised me was the camera performance.Until now, the LITE series was a specification that dropped as much as the top -class terminal, which dropped as much as one rank, but for P40 Lite 5G, it seems to be "this is enough".I tried shooting in various situations, such as people, landscapes, cuisine, night view, flowers, etc., but they are all beautifully photographed.

▲ Equipped with a quad camera on the back.One is for the depth of the subject, and is essentially a triple camera.

▲ The detail of details is high and the color of the blue sky is good.

▲ The photos of the dishes taken indoors are also fresh

That should be it, the sensor used in the main camera of P40 Lite 5g is 1/1.This is because it has a large size of 7 inches and it is easy to capture a lot of light.Size 1/1.The 7 -inch CMOS sensor is adopted by "P20 Pro" and has been inherited by "P30" and "P30 Pro".There were changes such as ryyb sequence from P30 and P30 Pro, but if you only have sensor size, it is equivalent to a flagship model about one year ago.It is one of the specifications that could not be considered in the middle range model.

Due to the LITE series, the Leica brand is not crowned, but the processing with AI that Huawei is good at is alive.In particular, the night view mode has a strong impact, and even in scenes with a very large light difference, you can copy it firmly.The finished photo looks like a powerful HDR.The following photos may be easy to understand, but it is a mysterious feeling that the route map that will jump in a normal smartphone and the dark sky living together in one photo.。And this is a photo taken on hand.I try out various devices in the same situation, but there are not many terminals that can get the quality so far.

▲ Photos taken in night view mode.The dark sky and the bright route map are well balanced

However, when AI is turned on, it is a little worrisome that the color will be inevitable depending on the subject.For example, compared to those taken with other models on other models, it may look somewhat unnatural.The following is a sensor size 1/1..It is a photo taken with 7 inch P40 Lite 5g and "Xperia 1 II", but I think it is obvious which is P40 Lite 5g.If you don't need to process this far, you may want to turn off AI.Nevertheless, compared to the time of the P20 Pro, there is a natural impression and the practicality is increasing.

▲ If the correction of AI is too strong, the impression that the color is stuffy is compared.

▲ A photo taken with the same subject with Xperia 1 II.This is closer to reality

Other than the camera, it can be said that it is a big surprise that it supports 5G in this price range.I have a SIM card that has been a 5G contract of docomo, but it has been confirmed that it is connected to 5G properly in the same place as the genuine docomo terminal.It is still a small 5G area of about 4 areas, but if it is connected, it will often be explosive, and the net is crispy.Browsing videos is enough if you have hundreds of Mbps.

▲ 5G compatible, and if it is connected, it may come out several hundred Mbps.

One thing to keep in mind is the 5G character that appears in the antennaThe current 5G is a format in which the NSA (non -standalone) is connected to an LTE called anchor band, and then bundles a 5G frequency band when data communication.LTE used as an anchor band is called elte.The terminals released from carriers in Japan have a 5G letter next to the antenna mark for a moment, and if the data communication starts, it will switch to 4G+, etc., but it will switch to 4G+.Lite 5g seems to have a 5G display if it is connected to Elte.

Currently, the 3 major carriers are operating at 5g, which is higher than LTE, making it difficult to fly radio waves far away, and the range is narrower than ELTE.For this reason, there are many cases where communication is not possible at 5G while connecting to ELTE.However, with the specification of P40 Lite 5g, the antenna pict will always be 5G just by connecting to ELTE, and it seems that the 5G area is wider than when using a carrier terminal.Whether it's 4G or 5g, it's better if the communication speed is fast, but if you want to try 5G anyway, it's better to pay attention.By the way, the carrier terminal and the P40 lite 5G terminal are both specifications that are in accordance with standardization, and are not necessarily wrong.

▲ Even if you do not grasp 5g (NR), the antenna pict will be 5g.

The story is likely to end with the camera and 5G, but I will review it all the way.The P40 Lite 5G is equipped with the "KIRIN 820" in the chipset, which is one step higher than the previous Lite series.Although the response of the terminal so far was not bad, the smoothness of the browsing and the agility of the application switching are as high -end models.Antutu Benchmark score is about 350,000, which is slightly inferior to P30 Pro.

▲ High processing capacity beyond the middle range

I don't know if this can be called a middle range model anymore, but on the other hand, it can be seen somehow while using the cost reduction.For example, biometric authentication is one of them, and in recent years, in -screen fingerprint authentication is increasing on middle range terminals, but the fingerprint sensor of P40 Lite 5g is integrated with the power button on the side.If you get rid of it, it's easy to put your fingers, and this is better to use ... (laughs).

▲ The fingerprint sensor is integrated with the power key on the side

I think the display quality of the display is high, but it is not an organic EL.If you want to expand your storage, you will need a "NM card" that uses Huawei's unique standards if you want to expand your storage.This is also a high -end terminal.In detail, the vibrator has a slightly larger impression than the high -end terminal, so it can not be called a tactile feedback.

However, the impact of such a terminal at a price below 40,000 yen is enormous.If GMS is now listed, it would have been a mast -buy.Conversely, the biggest problem is that it is equipped with HMS.Of course, LINE can be used, and most Google services can be used via a browser, but compared to GMS, there are still many apps that are still missing, and it is quite difficult to use as the first terminal.Sometimes you can't do what you can do with GMS terminals.

▲ Instead of Google Play Store, Appgallery is installed

Google services may be very difficult to use via a browser, depending on the thing.For example, Google Calendar is so hard to see, and Google Photos can only be manually synchronized.After using P40 Lite 5g carefully, I realized that I was dependent on Google.I remembered a smartphone in the early days.At that time, there were few apps, and I remember using it while devising various things.

▲ There are many Google services that can be used via a browser

Appgallery has some apps ported from GMS to some extent, which may be much easier than at the time, but it is also true that it is not as good as a smartphone today.Gadget lovers full of frontier spirit may be exciting.One of the writers was one who felt it was fun to set this to make use of it.Rather than receiving everyone, quite a few people choose, but those who have been tired of recent smartphones may be one of the best challenges.