HUAWEI P20 LITE REVIEW

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While Huawei's sub-brand Honor has been quite active in India, the company hasn't launched phones under its own name as frequently. The Huawei P20 Lite is one of the two new smartphones launched by the Chinese giant in India, the other being the P20 Pro (Review). Despite sharing the P20, the Lite has little in common with the Pro, though it features a glass-and-metal body, dual rear cameras, a 19:9 display, and runs Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box.






Huawei P20 Lite design

The Huawei P20 Lite has a glass back and an aluminium frame for rigidity. The smartphone has a very sleek and clean design with no antenna lines at the back, smartly integrated dual cameras, and minimal screen borders up front. Thanks to the 80.55 percent screen-to-body ratio, the P20 Lite is quite compact and pocketable. The rounded corners and curved edges also make it feel good in the hand.

The glass back looks and feels premium and helps the P20 Lite stand out from the hordes of metal-clad mid-range smartphones. A glass back does have its own set of caveats though. Not only does it scratch easily, it is an absolute fingerprint magnet as well.

The front fascia of the smartphone is dominated by the 5.84-inch display. It has a notch at the top, which is thankfully quite small. There is an option in the settings menu to mask the notch, which basically darkens the screen area on either side of it. The glass back panel houses the vertically stacked cameras, and there's a centrally located fingerprint sensor that is quite fast and accurate.

While quite small and fiddly, the power and volume buttons on the right are ergonomically placed. The left of the smartphone houses the hybrid dual-SIM tray, which forces you to choose between a second SIM and a microSD card.

While glass is not usually associated with durability, the P20 Lite is quite solidly put together. We dropped the phone many times during our review period, and apart from a few scratches here and there, it did not incur any long-lasting damage.

Huawei P20 Lite specifications

The Huawei P20 Lite is powered by Huawei's own HiSilicon Kirin 659 processor. This is the same processor found in several mid-range Honor smartphones such as the Honor 9i, Honor 7X, and Honor 9 Lite. The smartphone also has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage which can be expanded using a microSD card.

The P20 Lite features a 5.84-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) display that dominates its front. It has an aspect ratio of 19:9 and a pixel density of 432ppi. The display is bright, vivid, and punchy, and is one of the highlights of this smartphone. Viewing angles are spot on and the 19:9 aspect ratio lends itself well to gaming and multimedia consumption without the notch getting in the way.

The P20 Lite has a non-removable 3,000mAh battery and runs EMUI 8.0 on top of Android 8.0 Oreo. Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, FM radio, GPS/ A-GPS, a USB Type-C port (USB 2.0 speed), and a 3.5mm headphone socket. Only one SIM at a time can run at 4G speed - the other is limited to 3G.