Possiamo considerare P40 Lite una “milestone” per Huawei. Dopo Mate 30 Pro, terminale comunque di fascia alta, il P40 Lite è il primo smartphone con Huawei Mobile Services popolare. Il suo prezzo è infatti fissato a 299 euro, anche se il vero valore viene dato dall’offerta commerciale che prevede in omaggio un paio di Freebuds 3, che da sole valgono 149 euro. 
The first thing that would be said is "but it has no Google" and we know, p40 lite has no Google.As Google and its services will not also have the other smartphones that will arrive, for example the top of the range of the same series such as the P40 Pro.
Huawei is doing a huge job to take his services and his approval off, and the discussion if it is better to buy a smartphone without Google should be done outside the field of a product test.In this case, however, we believe that, in the same way as an iPhone, the EMUI operating system is part of the product, the fact that it has no Google cannot be a secondary thing when the purchase is evaluated.It must be the first condition to be accepted.
Without making a long speech today a phone without Google, but with the Huawei Mobile Services could buy it the brand fans, those who do not want Google for different reasons, such as that of not putting the data in the hands of Bigg, and those whonot Hannoprese in terms of applications.
Facebook, Whatsapp e Instagram ci sono, e alcune applicazioni Google possono essere usate tramite browser: usare uno smartphone con Google è più semplice, ma non usarlo e non passare dal Play Store non è impossibile. 
You could take the example of a typical day: one gets up in the morning and check but email, and also with a Gmail account the email works.Synchronize.Social networks are, at least the most common ones, and also different functions such as sharing of the position on WhatsApp, widely used, works.YouTube videos can be watched from browser, Amazon Prime Video is there, there are also several banks applications, and in many cases where there is no application you can go to browser.
Of course, many things require more passages, and in many cases they are not at all the passages within everyone's reach: the Backups of WhatsApp go, for example, restored by hand, copying folders between devices, however trivial for those who chew the computer notIt is for many people.And the same steps needed to install the apps in APK format can be so immediate.
Those who come from another Android device can use Phone Clone to make a backup and a complete restore: copy not only contacts, videos and photos but also the old applications on the phone.For example, we find Google Maps, which works even if there is no Google on board and as long as you do not log in: some functions are lost such as saving the position of home and work, chronology and favorites, but the mapsthere are.
If it is true that many applications work, it is also true that there are many apps that do not work and in addition to these also many services do not go.Let's think of Chromecast, Android Auto, Family Link, all multiplayer games that require Google Play to synchronize results such as the famous Brawl Stars.In addition to all applications that present safety layers such as those of the banks and those for payments.
What Google's weight is in choosing a phone can be understood above all in these days of forced isolation: there are school classes that have organized and ask to send the tasks via Google Drive, there are those who get the food deliveredwith Deliveroo or Uber Eats, and these things do not go to date.As many applications do not even go to connect devices, from home automation products to get to the wearables.Fitbit, to say one, it doesn't work.
The best thing to do to understand if AppGallery and its assortment can satisfy your expectations is to download it on the current Android smartphone, passing from the specific page.It works not only on the Huawei, it works on all smartphones.
Oltre ad AppGallery, avevamo già fatto un articolo dedicato, ci sono altri posti dove trovare applicazioni per un sistema operativo Android senza servizi Google in modo totalmente legale, e il primo esempio che ci viene in mente è Amazon AppStore, la piattaforma che Amazon ha creato per i suoi dispositivi Fire come la TV Stick o i tablet. Disney Plus ad esempio sarà su Amazon AppStore. L'unica cosa da controllare è che le app per Amazon non siano "tablet only": Amazon fa solo tablet e Fire TV Stick, e molte applicazioni sono ottimizzate per un uso con il telecomando e per uno schermo 16:9 orizzontale. Amazon è in ogni caso il miglior alleato possibile di Huawei per certe applicazioni, come quelle di streaming.
As on each Android smartphone, moreover, applications can also be loaded directly from APK files, and on the internet there are repositories that allow you to download app files loaded by users: many of these are safe, the files are verified via checksum control and are actually thesame files found on the Play Store.This operation, it is our duty to remember it, is in violation of copyright because it is not the developers who have made them available, they are users who have redistributed them through unauthorized third platforms.And by loading an application in this way you lose the possibility of automatic update of the app, a problem that does not exist if you install the application through AppGallery.
We believe we have given an idea of what you have to expect today by purchasing a P40 Lite, and remember that Huawei is doing a huge job to support its ecosystem: today the situation is this, but month after month the number of applications yesexpand more and more.EMUI 10 is still Android, but the ecosystem is new and needs time.
You cannot trivialize and say that Google's absence is not a problem: those who buy a Huawei device with Huawei Mobile Services must do it consciously and know all the implications of this choice, also because Huawei still sells excellent smartphones with GoogleMobile Servives that will also be updated to the next versions.Taking a p30 pro on offer today is not a gamble, it is a real deal.
Il P40 Lite si può usare, ma richiede un adattamento che non tutti forse sono disposti ad affrontare oggi: serve la consapevolezza che il “nuovo” è ancora un work in progress che sta crescendo però molto velocemente. Ogni settimana molte applicazioni, soprattutto italiane, vedi l’app di Italo aggiunta di recente, arrivano su App Gallery.
Large screen, classic design
P40 Lite is the result of the usual "Frankesin" to which all smartphones have now accustomed us, an optimization of costs necessary when they have to throw many models out.In front it looks like a Honor 20, or a Nova 5t, screen 6.4 ”LCD with the small hole in the front left room.Behind the Mate 20 is very reminiscent of cameras arranged "stove" style in bulk: a scheme already seen this too, but Huawei has the merit of having cleared it.The rear area always remains faded, but in a less important and more discreet way: the impression is that after exaggerating with multi -flowing color schemes, even very pushed companies are returning to more sober and uniform colors.The dimensions of the P40 Lite are not exactly reduced: it is as large as an iPhone 11 Pro Max, only one centimeter lower than an ultra S20.It is not the ideal smartphone for those looking for something compact, it is suitable for those who want a big screen.
The LCD type panel tries to be "full screen" but in this price range the frame cannot be reduced much, which however shows that "gap" in the lower part, where the black edge steals about half a centimeter all'image.
La presenza di uno schermo di tipo LCD non ha permesso a Huawei di usare un sensore biometrico sotto lo schermo, lo ha inserito a lato, nel tasto di accensione: la posizione è perfetta, si raggiunge sia con la mano destra che con la sinistra. Come ogni sensore biometrico diretto è veloce e preciso.
The screen, having to judge the quality, is aligned with the one used on this price range: Full HD+, average brightness, good contrast and polarizer filter mounted horizontally: with polarized glasses if you watch a video the screen remains black.
The brightness is good, so also the anti -reflective filter if used outside.Of course, a little effort to use an OLED panel could be made, especially today that the word "dark theme" is on everyone's mouth.An OLED better enhances the dark theme and EMUI 10 manages the dark theme to perfection, even on the apps not optimized.
There is the audio jack, the speaker is a lower monophonic: although the headset capsule is well sized there is no stereophonic audio.
Standard camera, the P for Serie Ps for more
The Huawei series is the P series.Photography, pure state.Huawei has done a wonderful job starting from the P10 for each generation of the P series, and in a few weeks the P40 Pro will still raise the bar.The P40 Lite does not look like a family of the P family, because photographically does not bring anything new.Does not anticipate any element of the P40 and P40 Pro, and does not inherit anything of the P30 and P30 Pro.And not even of the P20.The main sensor is the classic 48 megapixel sony with autofocus to phase search and target f/1.8 Electronically stabilized.A sensor already seen on dozens of phones, a sensor that does not seem to be DNA Huawei.We would have liked to see the 40 megapixel sensor of the P20 Pro on the P40 Lite, or that of the P30 Pro: a sensor of absolute quality for 299 euros could be the spring that pushed users to focus on the P40 Lite even without the Google services.
The other three sensors are the 8 megapixel Super Wide, F/2.4, flanked by 2 megapixel support sensors, just useful to bring the number of cameras to 4.Deep that is not a camera that starts, it is just a support, while the macro is an evident "more".Macro Huawei has shown that he knows how to manage very well with the Super Wide, he could do it here too.
Here are some shots made with the P40 Lite: how can you see the yield is standard.Not that it is a problem, almost all 300 euros smartphones photograph this, and this sensor used it asus on the Zenfone 6 and OnePlus on OnePlus 7, but from Huawei photography on the P series we always demand something more.He got used to us.
Below two photographs in the dark: on the left the one made with night mode and on the right what is taken using the standard photo mode.
Here an example of photos with the 8 megapixel Wide lens.
This is the one that can be done with the 2 megapixel macro lens
Fast and quick, with excellent autonomy
Nothing to say in terms of performance, although it is now really difficult to find a product in this price range that has performance problems.The processor is the Kirin 810, 64 bits with 8 core built with 7 nanometer production process.A processor designed for mid -range devices, of the 8 cores in fact 2 are high performance and 6 are "little" type cores, therefore for less heavy loads.The P40 Lite is not a smartphone designed for demanding task, most of the time work the most efficient cores.
Derived from the Kirin 980, the 810 also has Neural Processing Unit Da Vinci Huawei to accelerate the calculations of Machine Learning, LTE modem with 1 downlink to 1.4 Gbps, of Bluetooth 5, Wi-Fi AC and GPS support with Glonass and BDS.We would have liked to do our reception test but, as you can imagine, we cannot take the passerby.We would like to tell you "receives well" but having equipped a laboratory to take precise reception tests we avoid giving valuations based on perception.The telephone quality is good, the download under the LTE network fast enough, but in order to give some more data it would need the test.
Tests that we were able to do instead for the battery appearance, where with moderate use the P40 Lite recorded the best performances of our battery test.Almost 16 hours, a lot.
This is because in stand by the P40 Lite consumes little, and because for most of the operations use the low -speed cores and therefore more efficient.If you use applications that ask the processor as much, such as games, the presence of only 2 high -performance cores is felt and autonomy is part of what is a standard scenario.
Huawei P40 Lite, test batteria. Autonomia record con un uso moderato
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