Id still be using my S9 if: 1. Its battery wasnt almost dead and if i could find a replacement that wasnt dog water 2. I didnt want more camera lenses.
Now they're doing the same with cars. Just because domestic cars can't get their game up and make better cars, they chose to Ban Chinese Automakers. And they whine about other countries being Protectionist.
One Plus was making retractable cameras like their 7T Pro. Currently Nothing phones are offering the most value with super cheap earbuds, watches and phones. I can buy a new phone, earbuds and watch for the price of Apples cheapest iphone SE. We cant go back to apple anymore they are not for the people.
That 2016 - 2019 era of smartphones was so crazy So many new innovative phones were coming out every other week with stuff like thinner bezels, multiple cameras, night mode, high refresh rate, pop up cameras, in display fingerprint scanners etc etc
I had the cheapest one (Huawei P20 Lite) and for U$ 250,00, what an amazing device to use. So beautiful, and the best IPS I ever seen. So compact, I think the same size of the S10E.
The part about no company making a phone that manages to match what this phone was at the time is so true. When my P30 Pro broke no phone looked like a right upgrade, so I just got another P30 Pro. Still using it today.
Its not anti competitive (if you only look at result then only it will look like it). It against chinese spyware. (Yes usa have a lot of back doors, thats no the point. Foreign nation gathering intelligence is a huge security concern)
Yes, the Huawei P30 Pro is still my everyday phone and it's all I need. How could I give up on a legend that even after almost six years works as well as it did on the first day and still keeps up with some top phones from 2024. ❤️
@@arikowidtrash7074my battery symbol shows empty when its charged full but the percentage still reads 100 so its not an issue,thats the only problem i have with the phone.battery lasts about the same as it did when new. it was new.
Still on it. P30 pro. Last year tought on replacing it, but nothing really worth. This year, same. Battery lasts whole day + fast charging. Camera decent. Not too big/small. No lag/stuttering.
I stiilllll have my old P30 pro even tho is cracked. But chekc out the honor magic 6 pro. That's my new phone and it's so badass. Reminds me of my Huawei phone so much
@@jerapahpinks it lasts the whole day for me, with around 6h screen on time. Tho I use it on performance mode, which consunes a bit more power. For a 5 year old phone, its just great.
god i miss huwawei. i am using a 2019 mid range phone from huawei its still holding strong really dont want to switch from it but the performance is holding it back
Honor *is* Huawei (much as they might try and claim otherwise). Devices like the Magic6 Pro are basically Huaweis for the West. I'm not sure if they're available in the US but that will be down to the carriers as there's no legal reason for them not to be.
Dude 2019 was so peak... iphone 11 series,galaxy s/note 10 series,oneplus and pixel with their 90hz displays, asus rog 2 with their 120hz display which is still the standard for most modern smartphones sony with their xperia 1/5 and 10 lineup, the snapdragon 855 series which still performs really well even after 5 years which was also the first mobile chipset to support 5g...bro,they did some crazy shit back then and now we're getting the same phone every single year 🥲
I still remember p30 pro was an absolute beast of a smartphone. Specs,oh gosh. it completely wiped Samsung s10+ which was the best android phone at that time
I don't have a P30 Pro to compare with, but the Note20 256GB that I have around in the house still feels fast after 4 years of pretty much daily use, no issues at all screen, battery, or performance related!... but that's probably because it's still running the stock Android 10! A10 still does everything that I need and out of fear performance might be way worse with A13 and then can't downgrade, I'll only upgrade iteratively to A11, A12 and A13 if and when I really need it...
It's the best phone I've ever used. Just unbeatable. I have used phones such as the Fold 4, S23 Ultra and Z Flip 6 since but none have come close. It was far far far ahead of it's time. I'm now looking to buy a Vivo X200 Pro, to see if it can come close to the greatness of the P30 Pro.
Micro-usb really make it feel dated. The camera can take decent shots, but most are sub-par.. I like though how light it is, and i can't say compact, compared to my 2016 iphone SE, but it isn't large or uncomfortably big. Android version it has doesn't support dark mode and the eye comfort is not impressive at all. An unlocked bootloader would be great to make the phone a bit more usable. It can feel choppy at times, but it's overall a decent phone i got for practically free with a phone plan.
My mother still uses my old p30 pro. It is running well after 5 years and the battery life is still good (2 days). The camera can produce better pictures than my Galaxy S23
Found out late that Huawei also had a UFS storage alternative at that time. And it would've been a better one but we will never know now. Screw US trade wars.
And china bans US tech and us software ALL the time at a far higher rate. stop being tricked by these people trying to play the victim, the US was right and samsung already had better phones than this
What are these bots doing here ? If you are real people sorry but not sorry for offending. They fking found backdoors in the huawei products. What do you expect to happen ?
@@qwertyuser8541 ummm other company doing same not only hardware but also software like Instagram if you found someone in public using smartphone and old phone like Nokia or Ericsson that person is sus don't want to be tracked
@@qwertyuser8541 Thank you. All i keep hearing is "oh if we didnt stifle innovation", "they didnt want the competition", "they were ahead of their time". Sorry but these phones look like the cheap knockoffs they are and it's not even close when you compare this thing to the S10 series
Still using my P30 Pro 5 years later. Still love it. Just had to replace its case as it literally fell apart due to age (hard finding a new, decent case). Still depressed the USA decided to hobble Huawei because they were getting too good. I think my next phone will be an Honor (spiritual successor to Huawei) but can't justify yet because the P30 Pro is still so good.
I used the p30, not the Pro, and I still remember being bewildered by the night shot. I remember repeating in my head that the phone just turned day to night. It was crazy. If Huawei would make a 6 inch device again, I'm definitely going to try it. They were better than the competition by a mile
I fully agree - I had the P30 Pro for 3 years. I had to change it, because it got broken, however the P30 Pro is still my reference in terms of phones. Thanks for the video, feels nostalgic...😢
Great lookback video. I am still using my Mate 20 Pro from 2018. Have had 2 battery replacements, since, and the phone is still going strong. Huawei has a "battery replacement" program still running here in South Africa. For R199 (about $10) you can get a brand new battery replacement at you local Huawei.
Huawei would have become the number 1 Android smartphone maker in the west if the US didn't sanction them. I had this one in this colour and the Mate 10 Pro. Both were LEAPS ahead of the competition at the time. I handed the P30 Pro onto dad and it sadly died as a daily driver 2 months ago (microphones died).
ahhh I loved my P30 Pro so much, one of the best phones I've owned. Their phones were crazy innovative and I think the industry as a whole feels like it's stagnating/boring now because the Samsung/Apple duopoly doesn't have any viable competitors pushing them to do better. (edit: wait you just said that, I commented before watching sorry) Edit edit: on the debate about whether they spun Honor off: if they haven't, they're definitely operating them from a distance. Honor's hardware design has stagnated, and their software is terrible with significant parts of the UI unchanged from Android 10 on P30 Pro like the notification area and control centre. Honor used to be like ITV+1 in that it would get all the good hardware stuff roughly 1 release cycle after Huawei released it, and software basically at the same time. That's all stopped.
Because I want fully functional and officially supported Play Services when I spent £1000+ for a phone, I wish Huawei was still a good fit for me but it's not anymore
I still have the Huawei P30 pro in the exclusive mystic blue color as my daily driver by choice. Every year I used to go to shops and try the new phones and would never want to switch. The new flagship Samsungs used to seem so boring and I stopped using Apple a long time ago. 6:01 This phone was so ahead of It's time. It's only this year that the battery is finally giving way and I'm probably going to get the Honor Magic 6 Pro. Thank you for this video. You have a new subscriber.
I bought it a year after its release at an attractive price and used it to its full for 4 years. After three years, I started looking at other phones, but for a year, I couldn't find anything that could replace it without compromises and my personal dealbreakers at an attractive price, even though my budget was higher than when I bought the P30 Pro. It’s probably music to your ears, but its successor for me became the OnePlus 12, and it’s the best choice I could have made, although I can still find a few minor things where Huawei is better.
I was working for T-Mobile during that era and I can just totally agree with you. Huawei changed the whole market back then and our sales paralleled that very drastically. People were asking for guides and tips on how to move from iPhones to these phones and literally bought out the stores stock I was working at. Staff was also given borrowed devices to use and show people how to use them and we were all mind blown by how much better they were compared to anything else. I bought the P20 Pro as a personal device and if I still had it I would still use it. Never felt so at home with any phone ever since honestly
Oct 22, 2024. They will launch the no-Android support Harmony OS Next but in China. They're supposedly in talks with Google to provide a transition OS for global users as they can't totally drop android.
They screwed the entire smartphone industry out of years of breakneck innovation via fierce competition. Huawei was on its way to displacing Samsung. Now companies are lazy AF
@@jiffonbuffo I am Australian, and I bought a Hauwei P60 ART model,(better cameras than the Pro) it runs Harmony OS, so no google, and now I see that as a feature. Google is only required because they have made you dependent on it, like a drug. And so they have all your data, and use it against you. Google, apple and Microsoft are evil companies, Huawei I not so sure. And they don't have a intimate connection the the Chinese govt , at lease no more than any other big Chinese company. The real danger for us all is not Russia and China, but the USA and its owners, Israel.
That's why I like the emerge of Honor for the last 2 years, They share the same build quality and software stability with Huawei, while also have decent cameras, plus having their own features like Nano shield and huge silicon batteries which both are very practical features
I have my P30Pro still in my pocket for the last 5,5 years. And my coworker has his S10+. And as you said, 2019 this was the peak. And since that nothing made the same wow effect.
brother, im still using the mate 20 pro (750 bucks in 2018). its crazy to me, while all my friends are switching their smartphones every 2 years because their batteries die and the phones start lagging, mine works as smooth as on its first day. huawei was so extremely ahead back then, no wonder the us had to kill them outside of asia.
My uncle uses the P30 Pro and it have been a beast. Being a very heavy user it has almost been through hell. It's camera, speaker and display got obliterated then repaired and it still works like a champ.
i still have p30 model for almost 5 years, still runs smooth, battery healthy and camera is kicking ass, beside i dropped and smashed display so after new display replacement dust got in camera department and images got more softer and less sharper, also something happened to video zoom, its got pixelated and unwatchable.. rest for the phone hold up quite well . i still holding up until i need to replace it
i remember considering this huawei p30 pro over oneplus 7 pro, both are fantastic mobile devices, one shines in photography the other excels in stability; i eventually went for the o7p to prioritize software and still regret that 5x telescope camera till this day
Fun fact: back in 2021, Tesco Mobile in the UK had a bug where if you added a P30 Pro and selected the promotion for a free sim card, you would only pay the standard price for the sim card and recieve the phone for free
You know what? I'm watching your video from exact same model.. I have it lole 4.5 years, somedays i use my phone around 9 hour, I'm a heavy user.. but this phone is beast. Take good photos, good battery life, till now smooth and fast.
The battery survived over 5 years (rn at 86% battery health) whilst using it 12h a day and during charging, i was the first in my country to have it and it lasted up until i smashed it with about 200kg of force when shutting a door against it (Fell out of my pocket while closing a car's door) And i even used it as a PC with a HDMI cable and even with an emulator. The camera was honestly the best of best, they still have the most advanced one with least amount of AI in use. Huawei will keep making bangers of phones, even without Google support nowadays.
I sadly had to retire my P30 almost a year ago since a few apps I rely on don't support it anymore. watching the video inspired me to boot it up again (of course I still have it lying around) and it greeted me with an almost full battery 😮
This is the kind of video id like to make and to see it done so well and executed in a professional manner makes me feel like i will be tuning in to this ryan fella for a lot longer than the huawei here had software support.
Bought my P30 Pro on launch day (April 19, 2019) on Canada, still using it as my daily to this day. However, it might be finally time to replace it, either with a Vivo, Oppo or Xiaomi depending on what is released over the next few weeks/months. But the Huawei is such a great phone. Wish the stupid ban wasn't a thing.
Watching this video in my 2019 P30 pro, phone still runs great. I recently replaced the battery from huawei service center as the battery was draining after almost 5 years of usage. The only thing I don't like is the curved body and display.
P30 Pro was honestly bonkers i still use it as my secondary phone and honestly im shocked how well it held up it still runs very well camera still does decent job even battery still holds well despite its age
Currently writing this from a p10 plus. Been 8 years and still works perfectly. If I only was a bit more caring it wouldn't have a cracked screen. Am not upgrading until it dies. The battery is the only issue rn, seems that I get 6 hours of use only.
my P20 Pro died last week after 5+ years of service. Best phone ever had. Camera was still amazing, almost no stuttering, battery that lasted more than a day. It was the GOAT. The P20 and P30 Pro were (and are) probably the best devices you could buy, then we know what happened. Now I'm basically lost. Probably will go with the Pixel 8a, which, imo, is worse than the P20.
Same man, started getting constant freezes that lasted up to several hours before it could restart. And now its just flashing red whenever i try to charge it. Saving for a Pixel 7 pro since it seems more appealing to me than the 8a or even 8pro. Its unreal how ahead of its time the p20 was.
2019 was a hell of a year, almost all the people I met at school had that phone, I didn't even need to click the video to know which phone it was, I already knew that's how good the phone was. It's a legend.
Man I wish we could see what Huawei would have brought to the Market without being so highly restricted because of USA. Their own designed SOCs were really solid for the time worked perfectly with the Software also had imo the best Camera
i’ve bought mine back in march 2019. and i used it until may this year when i got an iphone 15. it has been one of the greatest phone i’ve ever had. if it still had support, i was probably going to use it even more. but apps weren’t working on it, had bugs, or just weren’t available. battery on it still lasts more than my iphone, although it’s the original one from 2019. it’s sad that huawei turned out what it is today. to me the p30 pro was their last good phone
I still have this very same phone to this day, and will never let go of it, even if doesn't get updates. The look of it just screams premium, and luckily, I've never dropped it. The battery life was outstanding, and the camera was, and still is, superb
I really think the GOAT Title of the pre Huawei Ban Era belongs to the Mate 20 Pro. The P30 Pro was really good, but everything besides the camera was arguably done better with the Mate 20 Pro - half a year earlier and at the time was ahead of anything else offered at the time. While the P30 Pro I think only sits amongst its contemporaries not surpassing them throughout the board and even falling short in some points (like resolution and GPU performance). Also I 100% agree that Huawei at the time was a big innovator and really pushed especially Samsung at time to try harder.
Had a mate 20 pro from 2019 until earlier this year, the best phone I've ever had in terms of smoothness, screen and its amazing curved design which was perfect for the hand. Sadly it lost mobile data capabilites of all things, so i had to change
I got S24+ few months ago but i stil use P30 Pro for camera for example. The details are amazing in this device. And it may be not as fast as it was years ago but it's still super good and totally useable. And it still has oryginal screen protector :D
My father has one since 2019 and he’s still using it as 2nd phone to this day. I had the S10 when he got this and wanted to swap but ended not doing it since I also have the Galaxy watch and buds. The thing that stood out to me with this phone is how solid it feels. Huawei is to me the biggest what if in mobile tech.
Ive got the little brother, nova 5t with the same processor but little less specs And it was the best phone ive ever used. 3 years and still going strong rn It never lagged, cool asf, sufficient camera, great battery, and out of this world signal reception Absolute beast
I was using the P30 Pro normally until two months ago and even now that I've passed it on, it's running without a single problem. I originally only wanted to use it for three years and then just continued using it after the ban of Google in Germany. It's like those old cars that just run without any problems.
I bought this phone when it came out but i didnt buy the pro version just the regular P30 and i had it from 2019 all the way to 2024, i had to buy a new phone because the regular P30 doesnt have IP68 and it got water damaged but throughout the entire time i had it i was competing even against my friends that had like crazy expensive 1000 dollar phones like iphone 11-12 and i was winnining but then the later iphones had better night photos and i was not in the competition anymore really, but its still crazy that a phone that i bought for 400 dollars was matching flagship phones like iphone and samsung, also the battery life was crazy and i had to charge my phone once every 2 days and it was crazy fast with the 40w brick that most phones didnt even support at the time
I'm still using mine today, original battery. Works incredibly good. If it breaks I'm getting the same phone because there is no other that can replicate it for the same price.
The P30 Pro was by far the best phone I've ever had. Ridiculously good, especially for the price. Sadly, I dropped it on the bathroom floor once and cracked the screen. It still works, but is not really usable anymore. If I hadn't cracked the screen, I'd be still using it today.
Huawei's P30 series, especially with its 2019 release, holds up remarkably well even today. Its strong performance, excellent camera setup (especially with the Leica collaboration), and solid battery life make it a great daily driver for many.
I am still rocking my P20 Pro since release and it never let me down, my battery also still lasts the whole day, and the camera does its thing! Still high-performer and I am able to render short movies without a problem... I used it in dusty terrain, while doing Downhill-MTB movies, put it on a gimbal and smashed it to the ground... I never used a protective-hull or screenprotectors... never needed a repair and it shows it scars like a true warrior it is! 💪
I went on an overseas trip recently and saw this older lady using her Huawei p30 pro to take mindblowing night shots of the city, while my Oppo Reno 10x zoom (slightly buggy but still usable to this day) which was released around the same time was struggling.
also the p30 lite has kept it's price in the used market. 3 years ago it was anywhere from £80-£130 and even today, the prices still hover around £80ish mark.
Design wise it looks similar to my Realme X2 from 2019 which i use till date (5 years), gaming CODM everyday in it and i absolutely love it's camera & gaming performance ❤ You're right all these last 5 years the modern smartphone camera performance seems intentionally downgraded by OEMs, SD slot & 3.5mm jack got removed, etc
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Smartphones in 2019 were so peak, i know a friend who still use galaxy s10+ as his daily driver
Remember the OnePlus 7 pro? Phones still got punch holes, and the mechanism on mine works smoothly to this day
I'm still using s10 as my daily basis. It's got hot like toaster & battery just 3 hours 😂
@@leeminh2401 There is an S10+ still in use in our family. S10+ and P30 Pro were absolutely awesome phones.
Id still be using my S9 if:
1. Its battery wasnt almost dead and if i could find a replacement that wasnt dog water
2. I didnt want more camera lenses.
@@Djoki1s9 battery from IFIXIT? It’s 26$, cheap enough to gamble.
If Huawei wasn't banned, iPhones would never ever think of making the same iPhone for 4-5 years 😮💨
Now they're doing the same with cars. Just because domestic cars can't get their game up and make better cars, they chose to Ban Chinese Automakers. And they whine about other countries being Protectionist.
One Plus was making retractable cameras like their 7T Pro. Currently Nothing phones are offering the most value with super cheap earbuds, watches and phones. I can buy a new phone, earbuds and watch for the price of Apples cheapest iphone SE. We cant go back to apple anymore they are not for the people.
If HTC didn't fall from its prime iphone would have vanished from the market
@@SayanMavrickHTC failed because of their own mistake, unlike Huawei.
@@rbh2na damn what is happening why are so many of my comments disappearing lately? Is RUclips censoring me for speaking the truth?
That 2016 - 2019 era of smartphones was so crazy
So many new innovative phones were coming out every other week with stuff like thinner bezels, multiple cameras, night mode, high refresh rate, pop up cameras, in display fingerprint scanners etc etc
2025 xiami mi 5
@@Xiquinhodasilva99So true bestie
oneplus 7 pro👌🏻👌🏻
It was peak innovation
Huawei mate 20
And the US was supposed to be a free market. Now we have over 1000€ phones that look the same as 5 years ago.
It is not the same thing that the Chinese sell their trinkets for a dollar as that a Chinese company demotes their beloved Apple to third place 🙄🙄
Free market doesn't work when other countries use slave labor and give slave wages
@@JesseVME17now say that again but in English
@@JesseVME17Grammar please?
They were punished for selling things to countries that had sanctions put on them not to mention that they stole everything they could from Cisco.
Totally agree 100%. Huawei was going to be the major Android maker. And yes, they pushed Samsung to innovate, clearly. Such a beautiful thing.
I had the cheapest one (Huawei P20 Lite) and for U$ 250,00, what an amazing device to use. So beautiful, and the best IPS I ever seen. So compact, I think the same size of the S10E.
@@SilvioBritto My father is using my mother's almost 8 year old Huawei mate 10 😂
@@SilvioBritto i am still using mate 20 lite
@@cengizhanhaldz4259 fantastic, wich color? I had the Blue, they all are great.
@@SilvioBritto mine is blue too. Probably i'll use it one more year ,waiting for phones with mediatek 9400 chipset.
The part about no company making a phone that manages to match what this phone was at the time is so true. When my P30 Pro broke no phone looked like a right upgrade, so I just got another P30 Pro. Still using it today.
huawei 🤢
@@PILATESDILEMMA You 🤢🤮
p30 pro made it honestly obvious that huawei were gonna crush western products if they were still allowed to sell
@@PILATESDILEMMAr/youngpeopleyoutube
Agreed. I have both huawei s23 ultra and my huawei p30 pro.
No need to upgrade but huawei p30 p is kind of obsolete for today standard
The last Huawei P series with GMS before the ban.
USA anti competitive move is disgusting.
Yes I agree very disgusting and almost prejudiced
They did put backdoor shit in their routers sooo
@@zconigliettiLOL!
USA government and its customary vassal/owner corporations. It works like a cartel of lobbies.
Its not anti competitive (if you only look at result then only it will look like it).
It against chinese spyware. (Yes usa have a lot of back doors, thats no the point. Foreign nation gathering intelligence is a huge security concern)
Yes, the Huawei P30 Pro is still my everyday phone and it's all I need. How could I give up on a legend that even after almost six years works as well as it did on the first day and still keeps up with some top phones from 2024. ❤️
+1
hows the battery life?
@@arikowidtrash7074my battery symbol shows empty when its charged full but the percentage still reads 100 so its not an issue,thats the only problem i have with the phone.battery lasts about the same as it did when new. it was new.
The only thing I hate about it is it's rootability.
@@arikowidtrash7074 At the moment, it quite calmly gives me 8 hours of screen time.
Still on it. P30 pro.
Last year tought on replacing it, but nothing really worth.
This year, same.
Battery lasts whole day + fast charging.
Camera decent.
Not too big/small.
No lag/stuttering.
I regret selling off my P30 to try the iPhone at that time. If I knew the US would ban Google Play, I’d never would’ve sell it.
I stiilllll have my old P30 pro even tho is cracked. But chekc out the honor magic 6 pro. That's my new phone and it's so badass. Reminds me of my Huawei phone so much
What about battery life in 2024? Is it still very good?
Still on P40 Pro.
@@jerapahpinks it lasts the whole day for me, with around 6h screen on time. Tho I use it on performance mode, which consunes a bit more power.
For a 5 year old phone, its just great.
2019 was Peak Smartphone.
P30 Pro: With Zoom
iPhone 11 Pro: With Triple Camera
Samsung S10: A Pinnacle of Smartphone Design.
Vivo S1 pro
@@-zerxvil-5208 Vivo wasn't or isn't available in lots of countries
@@marksouthwell4490vivo and realme phones were just starting to become available via uk carriers.
S9 design > S10 design
Don't forget first gen in display fingerprint
god i miss huwawei. i am using a 2019 mid range phone from huawei its still holding strong really dont want to switch from it but the performance is holding it back
Honor *is* Huawei (much as they might try and claim otherwise). Devices like the Magic6 Pro are basically Huaweis for the West. I'm not sure if they're available in the US but that will be down to the carriers as there's no legal reason for them not to be.
me also using a mid range huawei 😂
@@PotatoPirate123Honor are/ were well less polished devices
@@marksouthwell4490 same software, hardware quality doesn't seem to be any different
Why do you miss Chinese spyware?
Dude 2019 was so peak... iphone 11 series,galaxy s/note 10 series,oneplus and pixel with their 90hz displays, asus rog 2 with their 120hz display which is still the standard for most modern smartphones sony with their xperia 1/5 and 10 lineup, the snapdragon 855 series which still performs really well even after 5 years which was also the first mobile chipset to support 5g...bro,they did some crazy shit back then and now we're getting the same phone every single year 🥲
Still strong with my Huawei p30 pro for almost 6 years. No hang, No lag, and the camera still superb 💪🏼
I still remember p30 pro was an absolute beast of a smartphone.
Specs,oh gosh.
it completely wiped Samsung s10+ which was the best android phone at that time
Still using my non pro P30. Screen, Battery and Performance aged better than my Note 20. 🙃
you need to switch to the pro version, it's so cheap and you just copy your data with phone clone
I don't have a P30 Pro to compare with, but the Note20 256GB that I have around in the house still feels fast after 4 years of pretty much daily use, no issues at all screen, battery, or performance related!... but that's probably because it's still running the stock Android 10!
A10 still does everything that I need and out of fear performance might be way worse with A13 and then can't downgrade, I'll only upgrade iteratively to A11, A12 and A13 if and when I really need it...
It's the best phone I've ever used. Just unbeatable.
I have used phones such as the Fold 4, S23 Ultra and Z Flip 6 since but none have come close. It was far far far ahead of it's time.
I'm now looking to buy a Vivo X200 Pro, to see if it can come close to the greatness of the P30 Pro.
100% agree with you. I have the s23 ultra but i still own the p30 pro
My sisters and I got my mom a Huawei Y9s. To this day it gets significant updates, lasts more than a day, and the camera DEFINITELY holds up.
i have a y9 prime 2019 and man i dont watch to switch ;(
@@ayanahmed8180my dads still got his and that thing went thru hell and back and it still runs smooth
@@ayanahmed8180you can switch to an honor, is the same Huawei but with Google
Micro-usb really make it feel dated. The camera can take decent shots, but most are sub-par..
I like though how light it is, and i can't say compact, compared to my 2016 iphone SE, but it isn't large or uncomfortably big. Android version it has doesn't support dark mode and the eye comfort is not impressive at all. An unlocked bootloader would be great to make the phone a bit more usable. It can feel choppy at times, but it's overall a decent phone i got for practically free with a phone plan.
My mother still uses my old p30 pro. It is running well after 5 years and the battery life is still good (2 days). The camera can produce better pictures than my Galaxy S23
US playing dirty
Found out late that Huawei also had a UFS storage alternative at that time. And it would've been a better one but we will never know now. Screw US trade wars.
And china bans US tech and us software ALL the time at a far higher rate. stop being tricked by these people trying to play the victim, the US was right and samsung already had better phones than this
What are these bots doing here ?
If you are real people sorry but not sorry for offending.
They fking found backdoors in the huawei products. What do you expect to happen ?
@@qwertyuser8541 ummm other company doing same not only hardware but also software like Instagram
if you found someone in public using smartphone and old phone like Nokia or Ericsson that person is sus don't want to be tracked
@@qwertyuser8541 Thank you. All i keep hearing is "oh if we didnt stifle innovation", "they didnt want the competition", "they were ahead of their time". Sorry but these phones look like the cheap knockoffs they are and it's not even close when you compare this thing to the S10 series
2019 was truly the peak for smartphones. I'm still using my OnePlus 7T Pro today and have no plans changing it.
The S10 Plus I owned was such a beautiful phone, still sexier than even my current phone. I completely agree though.
Not a day goes by without me regretting not buying the Haze Blue 7T Pro when I had the chance 😢
It would have burned out screen pretty quickly@@c2thaj2tha71
I too have a friend who still uses it. Hasn't had any issues besides one battery replacement.
Still using my P30 Pro 5 years later. Still love it. Just had to replace its case as it literally fell apart due to age (hard finding a new, decent case).
Still depressed the USA decided to hobble Huawei because they were getting too good.
I think my next phone will be an Honor (spiritual successor to Huawei) but can't justify yet because the P30 Pro is still so good.
I used the p30, not the Pro, and I still remember being bewildered by the night shot.
I remember repeating in my head that the phone just turned day to night. It was crazy.
If Huawei would make a 6 inch device again, I'm definitely going to try it.
They were better than the competition by a mile
I recommended the P30 Lite for my mom and she's still using it.
Im still using the p30. Too bad the US ban really dwarfed their market share and resource. They could have been way ahead of Samsung right now.
@@ambinintsoahasina i'm using a p30 to this day from the dayone
It turned day to night? That sounds bad
LOl.
Day to night... that is really bad, isnt it.
The competition between Huawei, Samsung, and others was insane back then.
We were getting the best from each every year.
Me watching this at my Huawei P20 Pro :D the phone that i still use nowadays.
mine just died a week ago. I'm lost.
Watching from P20 Pro here too!
Yeah me too 😂
One of the best looking phones!
P20 (not Pro) here
I fully agree - I had the P30 Pro for 3 years. I had to change it, because it got broken, however the P30 Pro is still my reference in terms of phones.
Thanks for the video, feels nostalgic...😢
Great lookback video.
I am still using my Mate 20 Pro from 2018.
Have had 2 battery replacements, since, and the phone is still going strong.
Huawei has a "battery replacement" program still running here in South Africa. For R199 (about $10) you can get a brand new battery replacement at you local Huawei.
I'm still with stock battery with mate 20x using 20-80% charge range. The battery still has 80% = 4000 mah capacity
this is good to know in case I ever need a new battery! I'm still rocking the original battery in my P30 pro and it's still holding up really well
Huawei would have become the number 1 Android smartphone maker in the west if the US didn't sanction them.
I had this one in this colour and the Mate 10 Pro. Both were LEAPS ahead of the competition at the time.
I handed the P30 Pro onto dad and it sadly died as a daily driver 2 months ago (microphones died).
ahhh I loved my P30 Pro so much, one of the best phones I've owned. Their phones were crazy innovative and I think the industry as a whole feels like it's stagnating/boring now because the Samsung/Apple duopoly doesn't have any viable competitors pushing them to do better. (edit: wait you just said that, I commented before watching sorry)
Edit edit: on the debate about whether they spun Honor off: if they haven't, they're definitely operating them from a distance. Honor's hardware design has stagnated, and their software is terrible with significant parts of the UI unchanged from Android 10 on P30 Pro like the notification area and control centre. Honor used to be like ITV+1 in that it would get all the good hardware stuff roughly 1 release cycle after Huawei released it, and software basically at the same time. That's all stopped.
Why you don't use Huawei devices again? Like Pura 70 Ultra
Because I want fully functional and officially supported Play Services when I spent £1000+ for a phone, I wish Huawei was still a good fit for me but it's not anymore
Amazing phone, I'm actually writing this with my P30 and the photos are still great!
My mom uses p30 to this day, great device
Same but the lite version
@hansatinnit7956 lite was piece of sh1t
I still have the Huawei P30 pro in the exclusive mystic blue color as my daily driver by choice. Every year I used to go to shops and try the new phones and would never want to switch. The new flagship Samsungs used to seem so boring and I stopped using Apple a long time ago. 6:01 This phone was so ahead of It's time. It's only this year that the battery is finally giving way and I'm probably going to get the Honor Magic 6 Pro. Thank you for this video. You have a new subscriber.
Fun fact: you still will get a software update if you switch to Harmony os. just need to manually install harmony os
How?
pero pierdes los servicios de Google que el teléfono aún conserva
I bought it a year after its release at an attractive price and used it to its full for 4 years. After three years, I started looking at other phones, but for a year, I couldn't find anything that could replace it without compromises and my personal dealbreakers at an attractive price, even though my budget was higher than when I bought the P30 Pro. It’s probably music to your ears, but its successor for me became the OnePlus 12, and it’s the best choice I could have made, although I can still find a few minor things where Huawei is better.
I was working for T-Mobile during that era and I can just totally agree with you. Huawei changed the whole market back then and our sales paralleled that very drastically. People were asking for guides and tips on how to move from iPhones to these phones and literally bought out the stores stock I was working at. Staff was also given borrowed devices to use and show people how to use them and we were all mind blown by how much better they were compared to anything else. I bought the P20 Pro as a personal device and if I still had it I would still use it. Never felt so at home with any phone ever since honestly
If I remember it have one of the highest ISOs in any smartphone. Around 400000
Damn that US ban screwed Huawei a lot. I really hoped that they would introduce their own OS but sadly nothing like that happened.
Oct 22, 2024. They will launch the no-Android support Harmony OS Next but in China.
They're supposedly in talks with Google to provide a transition OS for global users as they can't totally drop android.
They screwed the entire smartphone industry out of years of breakneck innovation via fierce competition. Huawei was on its way to displacing Samsung. Now companies are lazy AF
@@jiffonbuffo I am Australian, and I bought a Hauwei P60 ART model,(better cameras than the Pro) it runs Harmony OS, so no google, and now I see that as a feature. Google is only required because they have made you dependent on it, like a drug. And so they have all your data, and use it against you. Google, apple and Microsoft are evil companies, Huawei I not so sure. And they don't have a intimate connection the the Chinese govt , at lease no more than any other big Chinese company. The real danger for us all is not Russia and China, but the USA and its owners, Israel.
@@jiffonbuffo why not drop it though I don't get the meaning behind the still sticking with android but not fully.
@@Pan4obecause if they do their own, they cant use android apps. Not sure tho
I wanted that phone so badly. That fire red color was the I was clamoring for.
I had the blue P10, it's predecessor.
Thanks for the revisit.
That's why I like the emerge of Honor for the last 2 years, They share the same build quality and software stability with Huawei, while also have decent cameras, plus having their own features like Nano shield and huge silicon batteries which both are very practical features
I have my P30Pro still in my pocket for the last 5,5 years. And my coworker has his S10+. And as you said, 2019 this was the peak. And since that nothing made the same wow effect.
Phone just got that sigma aura
brother, im still using the mate 20 pro (750 bucks in 2018). its crazy to me, while all my friends are switching their smartphones every 2 years because their batteries die and the phones start lagging, mine works as smooth as on its first day. huawei was so extremely ahead back then, no wonder the us had to kill them outside of asia.
I also have mate 20 pro just changed screen 1 time because i put it in water
I'm watching this video from my 2019 OnePlus 7 , still works like charm
My uncle uses the P30 Pro and it have been a beast. Being a very heavy user it has almost been through hell. It's camera, speaker and display got obliterated then repaired and it still works like a champ.
i still have p30 model for almost 5 years, still runs smooth, battery healthy and camera is kicking ass, beside i dropped and smashed display so after new display replacement dust got in camera department and images got more softer and less sharper, also something happened to video zoom, its got pixelated and unwatchable.. rest for the phone hold up quite well . i still holding up until i need to replace it
i remember considering this huawei p30 pro over oneplus 7 pro, both are fantastic mobile devices, one shines in photography the other excels in stability; i eventually went for the o7p to prioritize software and still regret that 5x telescope camera till this day
I got the Pixel 9 Pro XL
Battery life is excellent
Cameras are exceptional!
Build quality and aesthetics is beautiful!
A week ago, I bought the S24 Ultra switching from the P30 Pro after 5 yers of heavy use and i still use it as my second phone
Fun fact: back in 2021, Tesco Mobile in the UK had a bug where if you added a P30 Pro and selected the promotion for a free sim card, you would only pay the standard price for the sim card and recieve the phone for free
Really?? Such a lucky thing 😂😂😂
You know what?
I'm watching your video from exact same model..
I have it lole 4.5 years, somedays i use my phone around 9 hour, I'm a heavy user.. but this phone is beast. Take good photos, good battery life, till now smooth and fast.
Me too.
Is that huawei P30?! MARVELOUS
I have used a Pixel 6 while upgrading from the P30 pro, I have never had more fun to take photos than the P30 pro
A video on nexus 6p would be nice ryan.
Why? That thing was a POS
@@mikejames6588 Lol no
@@JoshHoulding lol yes, I'm sorry you were too poor to afford one at the time of release
@@mikejames6588 I had a 6P, that's how I know it was solid. Unless by POS, you mean something other than the commonly accepted meaning of POS?
That's a great idea! The Nexus 6P was such a great phone the 1st year in but then.....well..... let's just say I got my settlement check 😅
The battery survived over 5 years (rn at 86% battery health) whilst using it 12h a day and during charging, i was the first in my country to have it and it lasted up until i smashed it with about 200kg of force when shutting a door against it (Fell out of my pocket while closing a car's door) And i even used it as a PC with a HDMI cable and even with an emulator. The camera was honestly the best of best, they still have the most advanced one with least amount of AI in use. Huawei will keep making bangers of phones, even without Google support nowadays.
I am gonna go buy one now Huawei P30!!! 🎉
I sadly had to retire my P30 almost a year ago since a few apps I rely on don't support it anymore.
watching the video inspired me to boot it up again (of course I still have it lying around) and it greeted me with an almost full battery 😮
wallpaper at 2:02 please?
Its on Backdrops
@@sizanulrizwan9403 found it, thanks!
This is the kind of video id like to make and to see it done so well and executed in a professional manner makes me feel like i will be tuning in to this ryan fella for a lot longer than the huawei here had software support.
5:34 amogus
sugoma 5:34
Bought my P30 Pro on launch day (April 19, 2019) on Canada, still using it as my daily to this day. However, it might be finally time to replace it, either with a Vivo, Oppo or Xiaomi depending on what is released over the next few weeks/months. But the Huawei is such a great phone. Wish the stupid ban wasn't a thing.
My friend had it. Camera performance on low light situation was crazy. iPhones showed dark blurry mess while this thing showed something.
Watching this video in my 2019 P30 pro, phone still runs great. I recently replaced the battery from huawei service center as the battery was draining after almost 5 years of usage. The only thing I don't like is the curved body and display.
P30 Pro was honestly bonkers i still use it as my secondary phone and honestly im shocked how well it held up it still runs very well camera still does decent job even battery still holds well despite its age
Currently writing this from a p10 plus. Been 8 years and still works perfectly. If I only was a bit more caring it wouldn't have a cracked screen. Am not upgrading until it dies. The battery is the only issue rn, seems that I get 6 hours of use only.
Yupp, I get it, this was my favorite phone for a really long time, and the only non oneplus old phone I'd rock even today
I remember this phone being a legend, it had reached the same levels as iPhones.
My dad still uses a P30.
my P20 Pro died last week after 5+ years of service. Best phone ever had. Camera was still amazing, almost no stuttering, battery that lasted more than a day. It was the GOAT.
The P20 and P30 Pro were (and are) probably the best devices you could buy, then we know what happened.
Now I'm basically lost. Probably will go with the Pixel 8a, which, imo, is worse than the P20.
Same man, started getting constant freezes that lasted up to several hours before it could restart. And now its just flashing red whenever i try to charge it. Saving for a Pixel 7 pro since it seems more appealing to me than the 8a or even 8pro. Its unreal how ahead of its time the p20 was.
Get a Honor flagship man, it's similar to EMUI in many ways
@@jasons4045 honor is goated man. Got mine. Feels like flagship Huawei
Huawei Mate 20 Pro and the p30 Pro were the greatest smartphones ever made by Huawei💯
Still have a p30 pro in the family and it's the best smartphone purchase I have ever made.
2019 was a hell of a year, almost all the people I met at school had that phone, I didn't even need to click the video to know which phone it was, I already knew that's how good the phone was. It's a legend.
Man I wish we could see what Huawei would have brought to the Market without being so highly restricted because of USA. Their own designed SOCs were really solid for the time worked perfectly with the Software also had imo the best Camera
I'd like to be able to use the Pura, not sure about which one, but as you say restricted to countries that don't kow-tow to US sanctions.
i’ve bought mine back in march 2019. and i used it until may this year when i got an iphone 15. it has been one of the greatest phone i’ve ever had. if it still had support, i was probably going to use it even more. but apps weren’t working on it, had bugs, or just weren’t available. battery on it still lasts more than my iphone, although it’s the original one from 2019. it’s sad that huawei turned out what it is today. to me the p30 pro was their last good phone
Aura Phone
Bruhhhhhhh
I still have this very same phone to this day, and will never let go of it, even if doesn't get updates. The look of it just screams premium, and luckily, I've never dropped it. The battery life was outstanding, and the camera was, and still is, superb
Huawei's tri fold is going to wake Samsung out of its torper of several years. Kudos Huawei.
I had a P30 pro and i couldn't agree more...
Since huawei got banned we didn't have any great innovations in Iphone or Samsung's phone ...
A shame really.
I really think the GOAT Title of the pre Huawei Ban Era belongs to the Mate 20 Pro. The P30 Pro was really good, but everything besides the camera was arguably done better with the Mate 20 Pro - half a year earlier and at the time was ahead of anything else offered at the time. While the P30 Pro I think only sits amongst its contemporaries not surpassing them throughout the board and even falling short in some points (like resolution and GPU performance).
Also I 100% agree that Huawei at the time was a big innovator and really pushed especially Samsung at time to try harder.
Had a mate 20 pro from 2019 until earlier this year, the best phone I've ever had in terms of smoothness, screen and its amazing curved design which was perfect for the hand. Sadly it lost mobile data capabilites of all things, so i had to change
I got S24+ few months ago but i stil use P30 Pro for camera for example. The details are amazing in this device. And it may be not as fast as it was years ago but it's still super good and totally useable.
And it still has oryginal screen protector :D
Drink Water
Yes Drink More
Hi. I was just think why I am feeling lile crap. Turns out I am really thirsty lol. Thanks for the reminder.
My father has one since 2019 and he’s still using it as 2nd phone to this day. I had the S10 when he got this and wanted to swap but ended not doing it since I also have the Galaxy watch and buds. The thing that stood out to me with this phone is how solid it feels. Huawei is to me the biggest what if in mobile tech.
Yes agree, until now i still use Huawei P30 since 2019 and its still working and no problem
me too hahaha
Ive got the little brother, nova 5t with the same processor but little less specs
And it was the best phone ive ever used.
3 years and still going strong rn
It never lagged, cool asf, sufficient camera, great battery, and out of this world signal reception
Absolute beast
My Samsung S9 was a premium flagship phone, the best I've had. My S23 just feels like a midrange phone with a faster chip.
I was using the P30 Pro normally until two months ago and even now that I've passed it on, it's running without a single problem. I originally only wanted to use it for three years and then just continued using it after the ban of Google in Germany. It's like those old cars that just run without any problems.
Still rocking my P30 as my daily driver, superb battery and performance.
My wife had a P30 Pro back then, and when I look back at those photos, the photos are phenomenal, like DSRL quality. This phone was something else.
I bought this phone when it came out but i didnt buy the pro version just the regular P30 and i had it from 2019 all the way to 2024, i had to buy a new phone because the regular P30 doesnt have IP68 and it got water damaged but throughout the entire time i had it i was competing even against my friends that had like crazy expensive 1000 dollar phones like iphone 11-12 and i was winnining but then the later iphones had better night photos and i was not in the competition anymore really, but its still crazy that a phone that i bought for 400 dollars was matching flagship phones like iphone and samsung, also the battery life was crazy and i had to charge my phone once every 2 days and it was crazy fast with the 40w brick that most phones didnt even support at the time
I'm still using mine today, original battery. Works incredibly good. If it breaks I'm getting the same phone because there is no other that can replicate it for the same price.
I'm still using my Mate 20 Pro and P30 Pro. I had no plans to change them, and Huawei's support is superb.
I feel that way about my Oneplus 8 Pro that came out a few months after the P30 Pro, it had the first display to do 1440p @ 120hz.
I have the P30 since 2019 and its still working perfect and fast all day with excellent photos .
The P30 Pro was by far the best phone I've ever had. Ridiculously good, especially for the price. Sadly, I dropped it on the bathroom floor once and cracked the screen. It still works, but is not really usable anymore. If I hadn't cracked the screen, I'd be still using it today.
Huawei's P30 series, especially with its 2019 release, holds up remarkably well even today. Its strong performance, excellent camera setup (especially with the Leica collaboration), and solid battery life make it a great daily driver for many.
I am still rocking my P20 Pro since release and it never let me down, my battery also still lasts the whole day, and the camera does its thing! Still high-performer and I am able to render short movies without a problem... I used it in dusty terrain, while doing Downhill-MTB movies, put it on a gimbal and smashed it to the ground... I never used a protective-hull or screenprotectors... never needed a repair and it shows it scars like a true warrior it is! 💪
I went on an overseas trip recently and saw this older lady using her Huawei p30 pro to take mindblowing night shots of the city, while my Oppo Reno 10x zoom (slightly buggy but still usable to this day) which was released around the same time was struggling.
Had one. It was awesome. It's a shame you can't get this brand with play services any more..
also the p30 lite has kept it's price in the used market. 3 years ago it was anywhere from £80-£130 and even today, the prices still hover around £80ish mark.
I had to Upgrade from my Huawei Mate 10 pro this year. It's amazing how it managed to hold up with great performance for 6 years.
I had the P20. Replaced it when Huawei was banned in the uk . My brother has it and it still works
Design wise it looks similar to my Realme X2 from 2019 which i use till date (5 years), gaming CODM everyday in it and i absolutely love it's camera & gaming performance ❤
You're right all these last 5 years the modern smartphone camera performance seems intentionally downgraded by OEMs, SD slot & 3.5mm jack got removed, etc