Huawei P40

Huawei P40 in Kenya

The price of Huawei P40 in Kenya is 81,000 shillings. It was announced in 2020, March 26, and is the successor of the P30. Huawei P40 Android Smartphone runs on the Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) processor with Mali-G76 MP16 GPU. The phone has 6/8 GB RAM and 128/256 GB of internal storage which is expandable using NM (Nano Memory) (uses shared SIM slot). It also runs on Android 10 with no Google Play Services and is powered by a 3800 mAh battery.

Huawei P40 price in Kenya and key features

Phone	Price in Kenya	Storage	Camera	Battery
Huawei P40	Ksh. 81,000	128GB / 8GB RAM	Triple 50 MP	3800 mAh

The Huawei P40 measures 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 175 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a triple 50 MP rear camera and a 32 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 6.1 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels OLED display with a pixel density of 422 PPI. It has a 3.1, Type-C 1.0 port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Huawei P40 (under display, optical). It is a dual SIM smartphone with support for 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi, and GPS too. Buy it today at Phones Store Kenya.

Launch

This phone, Huawei P40 was released in 2020, April 07. This phone has a 148.9 x 71.1 x 8.5 mm dimension and weighs about 175 grams. It is also a Dual SIM smartphone that uses Nano-SIM and has dual stand-by. On the front is a hole punch display wherein the dual selfie camera lies. Its back panel has its camera module on the right-hand side. As for the fingerprint scanner, there is an under-display, optic one.

Huawei P40 comes in colors Silver Frost, Blush Gold, Deep Sea Blue, Ice White, and Black. It makes use of the 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, and has no 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.1, A2DP, LE, and GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As for radio (FM), it does not come with it. Visit this product’s official website by following this link.

Huawei P40 5G smartphone

The Huawei P40 smartphone supports four network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, LTE, and 5G. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE  is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.

Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets. And 5G is the fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019 – see Huawei P40 Lite

Display

Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Huawei P40 has an impressive display panel that measures 6.1 inches, 91.3 cm². It is an OLED capacitive touchscreen that supports 16M colors and multi-touch.

This display has a decent 1080 x 2340 pixels resolution and an equally high 422 PPI density. As for the dual selfie camera, it is inside that hole punch on the top right corner. This phone’s build is glass with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass), and a glass back, metallic frame. Huawei P40 is IP53 dust and splash protection certified.

Platform

A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Huawei P40 runs on the Android 10 operating system. Android 10 is the tenth major release and the 17th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was released on September 3, 2019. Also powering Huawei P40 is an Octa-core (2×2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55), Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) chipset. This version of Android it runs is based on EMUI 10.1, with no Google Play Services.

Under the hood, it also brings a Mali-G76 MP16 GPU. The ARM Mali-G76 MP16 is an integrated high-end graphics card for ARM-based SoCs (mostly Android-based). It was introduced early 2019 in the Kirin 990 5G and according to Huawei should be about 6% faster and 20% more efficient than an Adreno 640 in a Snapdragon 855. Huawei P40 comes with 245gb or 128 GB of internal storage with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM. You can still expand its storage using an NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot).

Cameras

There are five cameras on Huawei P40. They are made up of a main 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28″, 2.44µm, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS, 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom and a 16 MP, f/2.2, 17mm (ultrawide), AF. Its main feature is Leica optics, LED flash, panorama, HDR and it can shoot video up to 4K@30fps with the main camera and likewise 4K@30fps with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie. On P40 there is a dual 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm + IR TOF 3D, (biometrics sensor only).

Battery

Huawei P40 has a non-removable Li-Po 3800 mAh battery. It is a lasting battery given its 3800 mAh capacity despite having a high performing Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) chipset. It also has fast charging 22.5W. This battery should be enough to last a whole day of mixed usage.

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