Huawei may be struggling, but that's not slowing down when it comes to new phones, as the company has just announced the Huawei P Smart 2021, an affordable smartphone with plenty of notable features. The P Smart 2021 costs just $199.99 (around $260 / AU$360), but packs a massive 5,000mAh battery, putting it in line with the Moto G8 Power Lite, except on a charge. much faster 22,5 W. The Huawei P Smart 2021 also has a quad-lens camera with a 48MP main snapper, 8MP ultra-wide angle, 2MP macro and 2MP depth. So those last two goals aren't particularly high, but getting four on a phone this cheap isn't the norm.
Big screen but limited software
The screen is a 1080-inch 2400 x 6.67, which, again, for the money, is a pretty decent spec. There's also 128GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and a punch-hole 8MP selfie camera. The phone's Kirin 710A chipset won't deliver huge amounts of power, but it's paired with 4GB of RAM, which isn't too bad for the money. Where the Huawei P Smart 2021 will struggle is on the software side, because if it runs Android, it does so without Google Mobile Services, like most recent Huawei phones. This means there's no access to the Google Play App Store (although Huawei has its own alternative) and no access to Google apps. If you like the sound of the 2021 P Smart, you'll be able to pick it up starting October 22 in a choice of Crush Green, Blush Gold, or Midnight Black.