Today, I got the new Google Pixel 5 in my mailbox. To me, the camera of a mobile phone is of particular importance. Given the excellent feedback in the media on Google´s phone cameras, I was excited to try it out myself. I compared the Google Pixel 5 with my wife´s Huawei P30. The P30 is around 1.5 years old and had, at that time, a similar price tag (700 Euro) as the Google Pixel today (600 Euro).
I was very sure the Google Pixel 5 would outperform the Huawei P30 given the 1.5 years age difference. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
The photo below is just one of many examples that I took, but results were all similar (due to time contraints I am just presenting this one sample).
![](https://isg.beel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Huawei-P30-vs.-Google-Pixel-5-photo-1-all-1024x461.jpg)
While photos seem to be a bit more bright with the Google Pixel 5, they lack detail and structure and have notably more noise.
![](https://isg.beel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Huawei-P30-vs.-Google-Pixel-5-photo-1-flowers-1024x683.jpg)
![](https://isg.beel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Huawei-P30-vs.-Google-Pixel-5-photo-1-house-400-percent-1024x683.jpg)
![](https://isg.beel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Huawei-P30-vs.-Google-Pixel-5-photo-1-table-150-percent-1024x683.jpg)
Results were also similar for night mode and portrait mode. At best, one could argue that photo quality was about the same though I tend to feel the Huawei P30 is, overall, the better camera phone despite its age.
That being said, the Google Pixel 5 makes a good impression. It´s build quality seem great, it is fast and has a good display.
1 Comment
HC · 30th November 2020 at 22:01
Hey, thanks for the comparison! My dad just picked up the P30 and was asking this exact question. Very helpful to have come across your article and comparison!