Huawei P40 Pro 5G

Class-leading camera;Good battery life;Elegant design;Great if you don't want Google

No Google Services mean, for the price, you'll probably want to look elsewhere (which is a shame);Massive hole punch;App Gallery needs serious improvements quickly

The best camera phones are usually the best phones overall, and you'll mostly find flagships in this category - the likes of the latest Galaxies and iPhones typically deliver the best image quality of the time. Huawei's top dogs have also entered this...

Technically excellent camera ; Excellent curved display ; Strong performance and battery life

No Google apps or services ; Anemic app ecosystem outside of China ; Poor speaker, no headphone jack

The Huawei P40 Pro has incredible hardware. But is that enough to overcome its software restrictions, including the lack of the Google Play Store?

Superb 90Hz OLED quad-curve display ; Powerful internal hardware ; God-tier camera system ; Professional, mature design ; Next-gen 5G connectivity ; Slick and fast EMUI 10.1 OS ; Battery that runs and runs

No access to Google Play Store, apps or services ; Huawei AppGallery still in infancy ; Getting common apps on the phone requires tinkering

Not available in North America ; Light on storage and memory for a flagship phone ; Some camera exposure and color balance quirks ; No Google apps or Play Store

Advances camera setup to impressive new levels ; Eye-catching and well considered design ; Fully curved screen looks great

No Google Services (i.e. no Play Store) means not all apps are accessible/playable ; That pill-shaped front camera isn't pretty

A true flagship in so many areas, except one: the lack of Google Services hampers the downloading, sign-in and operation of certain apps. That's a hindrance for many western users, although using Phone Clone you can use the P40 largely unimpinged. It's...

- Superb camera ; - Premium design ; - Simple 5G ; - 3D Face Unlock!

- Deeply compromised software experience ; - NanoMemory still sucks

The Mate 30 Pro was the phone with the camera so good it was almost worth considering leaving the Google ecosystem to have but the P40 Pro can’t even manage that.

Gorgeous design ; Silky-smooth 90Hz screen ; Camera array is exceptional

No Google apps is deal-breaker for many ; Price is hard to justify

What I do know is that buying the Huawei P40 Pro is a risky venture. Launching a high-priced flagship phone without access to popular apps isn’t an appealing move, and if the frosty reception to last year’s Mate 30 Pro launch offers any indication, I’m...