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You can adjust the OLED screens colour mode and temperature, and schedule a reduced-blue-light eye comfort setting.

The main pre-launch talking point about the P20 Pro was its three-camera setup at the rear which, along with AI features, delivers exceptional photography performance -- particularly in low light.

Smartphones -- particularly top-end handsets -- are often described as being all about the cameras these days, but there are plenty of other differentiating features, and this 799 (inc.

VAT) flagship handset has a lot more to offer than three rear cameras.

The glass backplate isnt my favourite style as its reflective, attracts fingerprints and makes the handset quite slippery to hold.

Smaller hands, like mine, struggle to grip the handset tight for one-handed use, and the phone too easily slides off soft surfaces like chairs and sofas.

Just as well, then, that the P20 Pro has an IP67 rating for dust and water ingress.

Arguably the most notable feature is the way the main pair of lenses protrude significantly from the back of the 7.8mm-thick phone.

Huaweis flagship P20 Pro runs on the AI-optimised Kirin 970 chipset with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.

Its a dual-SIM IP67-rated handset with a 6.1-inch 1,080-by-2,240-pixel screen, weighing 180g.

Twin speakers sit on the bottom edge and deliver good sound quality, even with the volume turned up.

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The speakers flank a central USB-C port, and Huawei provides USB-C earphones plus an adapter for headsets with a 3.5mm audio jack.

The SIM slot, on the left edge, will accommodate two SIM cards, but theres no option to use MicroSD in place of one of the SIMs.

Still, theres a generous 128GB of internal storage, which should be plenty for most use cases.

The front of my black review unit -- the P20 also comes in midnight blue and twilight -- was dominated by the 6.1-inch OLED screen.

The long edges are nearly bezel-free, while the top edge that has a slightly larger bezel with a central iPhone X-style notch for the front-facing camera and speaker.

If the notch for the front-facing 24MP camera and speaker annoys you, it can be hidden in settings.

Still, the near absence of a top bezel means the handset isnt oversized at 73.9mm wide by 155mm deep by 7.8mm thick.

Its reasonably light at 180g too -- Sonys Xperia XZ2, by contrast, comes in at 198g for its 153mm by 72mm by 11-6mm dimensions.

The large bottom bezel houses a home button that incorporates a fingerprint sensor -- not my favoured location for the latter device, as its tricky to hit when working one-handed.

Its far more ergonomic to have the fingerprint sensor on the rear, as it is on most recent flagship handsets.

Authentication is also available using face recognition, but the P20 Pro consistently refused to recognise my face so I couldnt test this feature.

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Huawei P20 Stream To Tv Update Will Sort

Ive not encountered this problem before, so maybe a software update will sort it out.

Its slightly taller and slightly narrower than the 16:9 aspect ratio screens that are becoming standard, having an 18:7.9 aspect ratio.

That provides capacity for the screen to stretch almost to the top of the handset and wrap around the central camera at the top.

That little bit of extra screen height means the overall resolution is 1,080 by 2,240 pixels (rather than the 16:8 standard of 1,080 x 2,160).

Its not something that makes a massive difference to usability, and if the camera-hugging cut-out is irritating, its easy to hide it in settings, which uses the space to the left and right for system notifications rather than the display itself.

Keeping up with the Joneses of the handset world, the Huawei P20 Pro supports HDR10, and it will stream HDR content where you can find it, such as on Netflix.

Even without taking advantage of HDR10, video looks great -- and given the quality of the audio subsystem, this handset is well suited to mobile gaming too.