We are going today with a duel especially dedicated for photography lovers because the phablets that we face in this comparative, the flagship of HTC y Huawei, are the ones that currently occupy no less than the first and second place in the popular DxO ranking. What else do each of them have to offer ?: HTC U12 + vs Huawei P20 Pro.
Integrated
In the design section, we find two devices with all the details that can be expected at this point from the best high-end phablets, including the glass case, water resistance and, of course, also a USB Type-C port. Unfortunately, they have also joined a trend that they do not like so much, which is the disappearance of the headphone jack port. In any case, aesthetics can be an important factor when choosing, because it is well known that the notch that has adopted the Huawei P20 Pro has many detractors, while in the HTC U12 + we have very reduced frames but with more classic lines. It may also be interesting to note that the location of the fingerprint reader is different: on the front of the phablet of Huawei and behind in that of HTC.
Dimensions
They are much closer in dimensions than in design, with some advantage, but not too much, for the Huawei P20 Pro, which is a bit more compact (15,66x7,39 inch against 15,5x7,39 inch) and light (188 grams against 180 grams). The only point where there is a greater difference is in thickness (8,7 mm against 7,8 mm), although being practical this is perhaps a secondary question.
Screen
Regarding the screen, it should be noted that they are not exactly the same size (6 inches against 6.1 inches), nor the same aspect ratio, because the Huawei P20 Pro uses an even more elongated one than the one we are seeing more commonly now in the high range, including the HTC U12 + (18: 9 vs 18.7: 9), but without a doubt the most important difference that we are going to find is the resolution, because the phablet of HTC stays in Full HD (2880 x 1440 against 2240 x 1080).
Performance
Where the phablet of Huawei yes he has nothing to envy to the de HTC It is in the performance section, since they arrive with processors from different manufacturers, but in both cases of the same level (Snapdragon 845 eight cores to 2,8 GHz against Kirin 970 eight core to 2,4 GHz), and the two accompany them with 6 GB RAM memory. And of course, as far as the operating system is concerned, we both have the latest version of Android, Oreo.
Storage capacity
In the storage capacity section, it is more difficult to give a winner, because each one has its strengths, depending on our habits and preferences: the phablet of HTCone side has a card slot micro-SD, which will give us the possibility of gaining space externally, something that we will not be able to do with Huawei; This one, however, has in its favor arriving with twice the internal memory in the standard model (64 GB against 128 GB).
Cameras
As we said at the beginning, the duel in the cameras section is probably the most outstanding of this comparison and of course it cannot be denied that the two leave us impressive technical specifications, although the balance still leans on the side of the phablet of Huawei: at HTC U12 + we have a dual camera 12 MP, with 1,4 um pixels, f1 / 8 aperture, optical image stabilizer and x2 optical zoom; at Huawei P20 Pro a triple camera, with 40 MP (the others are 20 and 8 MP), aperture f / 1.8, optical image stabilizer and x3 optical zoom. In the front camera it is also imposed, and with more clarity if possible, because the superiority in number of megapixels is very wide (8 MP against 24 MP) and here the HTC phablet does not make up for it with larger pixels.
Autonomy
In the autonomy section we are also inclined to bet on the side of the phablet of HuaweiEven if we have to remember that it is always advisable to be cautious until we have comparable data from actual use tests. The truth, however, is that the Huawei P20 Pro has a lot of advantage in battery capacity (3500 mAh against 4000 mAh) and there is nothing in its technical specifications that should prepare us to have a much higher consumption, rather the opposite because its screen has a lower resolution.
HTC U12 + vs Huawei P20 Pro: final balance of the comparison and price
Although if what interests us is almost exclusively the cameras section, the Huawei P20 Pro It is still probably the best option (so what they believe in DxO at least), there are some other data that we may want to take into account if we want to go further, such as that it comes with more battery and more storage capacity, but without a slot for micro-SD card, something that we will have like the HTC U12 +, which also has a higher resolution.
In principle, the price would be another point in favor of the HTC U12 +as it has been announced by $800, Whereas the Huawei P20 Pro It was launched from 900 euros, but after some time, the truth is that it can also be found in some distributors for more or less the same price, which gives us more freedom to assess only the characteristics of each one .