Some Worthy Options To Substitute For The Huawei P30 Pro

Mandy Seth


Here are the best alternatives for the Huawei P30 Pro, if you don't want to take the risk with the latest Huawei flagship amidst the Huawei vs the US situation.

In 2019, the Huawei P30 Pro's with its signature Leica quad-camera system is pronounced as one of the most amazing devices in the mobile world. No phone camera enthusiast is able to ignore that product. Unfortunately, according to recent news released by the US government, US companies are now banned to co-operate with Huawei which create a threat for all US citizens to put their money - not a small amount, but $900 - on a risky phone like the P30 Pro, even with it comes along with a promise from Google promising in Google Play and security updates

To cool down your desire of the smartphone, the article made a table comparing some good deal photographic substitutes for the Huawei P30 Pro as below:

Google Pixel 3 XL for low-light photos

In terms of camera specs, the best alternative to the Huawei P30 Pro is the Pixel 3 XL. The quality of the image taken from Pixel 3 XL is as good as the P30 Pro and stay above almost phone in the current market.

Both phones have dedicated low-light support. If the P30 Pro has its Night Mode, then the Pixel comes along with Night Sight which allows the phone to yield a more impressive nighttime photo than any other.

However, the Pixel 3 XL, as well as any other phone, is unable to compare with the P30 Pro in zoom options. The P30 Pro offers users pretty impressive 3x optical zoom and 5x hybrid zoom.

The price for a Google Pixel 3 XL starts from Rs. 54,999 with some heavily discounted by now.

>>> Read more: Google Pixel 3a And 3a XL: A Bang For Your Buck

iPhone XS Max for the best video

Another option to substitute the P30 Pro is the latest iPhone XS Max. Indeed, this phone is ahead of all other phones in the video feature. The P30 Pro is excellent in the photo and camera, but not the video. While the video quality taken by the P30 Pro is pretty oversaturated, the iPhone XS Max can provide a wider dynamic range that captures greater detail on its videos.

The minus point for the iPhone is that it lacks a Night mode, but it has a low-light recording setting instead. This feature reduces automatically the frame rate in darker conditions, fold more light and result to phenomenal.

The iPhone XS Max is currently available from Rs. 105,750.

Oppo Reno for an insane 60x zoom

In term of the monster zoom feature, the only phone that can compete with the combination of 3x optical zoom, 5x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom in the P30 Pro is the newly introduced Oppo Reno. The phone comes with a 10x hybrid zoom and a 60x digital zoom. Despite not selling officially in the US, buyers can buy an international version on sites of a third-party retailer for $800.

In the meantime, with 48 megapixels (the P30 Pro has 40 megapixels), the camera specs of the Oppo Reno are impressive to phone camera enthusiasts. You can purchase the Oppo Reno 10X Zoom for a starting price of Rs. 39,990.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus for ultra-wide angle delight

The strong point of this brand new Samsung smartphone is that it has an ultra-wide angle camera on it which is able to compete with the P30 Pro. This ultra-wide camera has compiled pretty well with the main camera.

The ultra-wide angle camera on both the Huawei P30 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus are all impressive to phone camera enthusiasts, however, the edge is now given to the Samsung phone.

The Galaxy S10 Plus' starting price is Rs. 63,000.

Sony RX100 for better photos, video, and zoom

Those above phones can compete separately with the P30 Pro in particular aspect of photo, video and zoom feature. However, the Sony RX100 can compete with the P30 Pro in every all!

the Sony RX100 series provides users such a powerful zoom in an optimal package. It isn’t a phone, but a camera in the size of your jeans pocket.

However, it isn’t everything. Other selling points of this phone is about its 1-inch sensor and built-in zoom lens. Which means it results in stunning video and impressive photos that you are hard to have on any other device. The minus point is that you cannot make a call with this, of course, the biggest difference between this product and the Huawei P30 Pro is that it's not a phone.

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