News & Reviews:   Huawei P20 Pro pre-order

The Huawei P20 Pro Twilight fans all came out tonight, buying out more than 400 units for this pre-sale in a flash. Apparently the RM3299 price tag wasn't an issue as buyers lined up as early as 1pm for Huawei's triple 40MP + 20MP + 8MP rear camera smartphone which was available early in the two toned Twilight colour.

The limited edition Huawei P20 Pro Twilight is now being offered by Maxis through their various mobile plans including All Maxis Zerolution Plans as well as through normal 24 months contract such as the MaxisONE Plan 188, MaxisONE Plan 158 and the MaxisONE Plan 128.

Exactly a month before it's official release, Huawei Malaysia is giving customers the opportunity to be one of the first 500 to own a Huawei P20 Pro Twilight in Malaysia. The sale will be held in Pavilion Elite on 4 May 2018 from 6PM onwards until stocks are finished.

After a wild speculation about Maxis releasing the Huawei P20 Pro Twilight variant on 26 April 2018, it turns out that the Twilight model never saw the light of the day BUT...today, Huawei's own flagship concept store at Pavilion has officially announced that the Twilight model will come on 4 May 2018 and the sale will start at 6 PM.

Ever since the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro made their debut, the series was quickly met with positive remarks globally by the consumers and media. It's not just great photography performance alone, but as well as for its design and new colours. 

Speaking of colours, smartphone brand manufacturers are really creative when it comes to naming 'flowery' colours for their devices. From a marketing perspective, it works to a certain level but it can be boring when you have repeated colours. For example, Opal Black, Graphite Black, Jet Black, Black Matte and others. But Huawei once again came up with an innovative feature, a colour design that we didn't think was possible - a Twilight variant.

 Technical Image Press Association, or TIPA for short, awarded the Huawei P20 Pro for the "Best Photo Smartphone" of 2018. The award reflects on Huawei's efforts and their dedication towards developing and manufacturing high-quality products for global consumers.

Launched on 12 April 2018, Huawei Consumer Business Group announced that the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro has racked up more than RMB100 million (~RM61.8 million) in sales within 10 seconds through Huawei's very own VMall.

With the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro out in the market right now, local telco companies are offering the devices for well below the market price bundled along with their data plans. But the question is, what are the plans offered by Celcom, Digi, Maxis and U Mobile? Without further ado, here's another round of comparison between the big four telcos.

A leaked brochure has appeared in Malaysia indicating that the Huawei P20 Pro in the colour-changing Twilight colour option will be arriving on 26 April 2018. The brochure also shows the Maxis icon indicating that the Twilight P20 Pro will be coming under Maxis but it is also an indication that Twilight will also be available elsewhere.

Deemed one of the most highly anticipated smartphones of 2018, Huawei held a roadshow for the Huawei P20 and Huawei P20 Pro in Sunway Pyramid from 6 April 2018 to 8 April 2018 and Sunway Carnival Mall from 6 April 2018 to 9 April 2018 which managed to attract more than 1000 consumers. The roadshow mentioned also allows consumers to experience the photographic capabilities of the devices in various environments that are provided.