The selfie cameras on the Huawei Nova 13 Pro are brilliant, and its rear camera's great too, so why can't I fully commit to it?
Table of Contents Selfies and vlogging are the Huawei Nova 13 Pro’s forte, and I apologize in advance for the fact that you’re going to have to look at my visage to see its ability for yourself. But thankfully, the rear camera is also really good, so our sample photos don’t only feature yours truly.
Related The camera app presents you with a 1x and 2x shooting mode, along with a 0.8x and a full wide-angle mode as standard, and you can zoom in manually to 5x. There’s the usual portrait mode, beauty mode, and some clever eye-tracking to improve focus. Again, this is the front camera we’re talking about, with modes most will be familiar with but usually on the rear camera.
What about the rear camera? There are three cameras on the back of the Nova 13 Pro: A 50MP main camera, a 12MP telephoto camera with a 3x optical zoom, and an 8MP wide-angle camera. What makes it special is the adjustable physical aperture control, so you can shift between f/1.4 and f/4.0 manually. We’ve also seen a similar feature on the Huawei Pura 70 Pro and the Xiaomi 14 Ultra.
Software is a problem This is a Huawei phone and as such does not come with Google Play Services, the Google Play Store, or any familiar Google apps installed. You source apps through the Huawei AppGallery or by downloading .apk files, and while it is a shock to the system if you’re coming from a Google Android phone, it’s not insurmountable if you’re keen on getting away from Google.
These little things don’t give me much confidence in the phone, as it appeared to be working against me rather than with me. It’s quite a leap to ditch Google entirely in the first place, but when the rest of the software seems to actively trying to make life difficult, there’s very little incentive to make the effort.
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