If you're looking for some of the best camera phones, the best Huawei phones match that brief. As well as that, they're stylish and powerful.
The catch? Since a trade ban from the US government, the latest Huawei phones can't run Google Mobile Services and they don't even have the Google Play Store. That's a big issue for many people living in Western markets who are used to other Android smartphones offering the functionality.
That also means the phones are not typically available in the US either. While Huawei has started offering its own operating system called HarmonyOS 2, it doesn't really solve the problem.
Things get more complicated too. The company's latest flagships like the Huawei P50 and Huawei P50 Pro aren't available in many regions, despite launching in China back in August 2021. However, the P50 Pro is slowly becoming more widely available which is why it now features on our list.
You may need to be patient and make some compromises if you want one of the best Huawei phones, but there are some excellent handsets to choose from.
We've ranked them below. Alternatively, you can check our guides to the best phones, best Android phones, or the best cheap phones for other options.
Best Huawei phones 2022
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The Huawei P30 Pro is the best Huawei phone you can buy right now. It's also one of the best phone we've used when it comes to photography, with the cameras being the P30 Pro's real party piece, providing staggeringly good 5x and 10x zoom, and a digital 50x zoom with gets you insanely close to objects far off in the distance. Its low-light capabilities are also top-notch.
The large 6.47-inch screen on the P30 Pro may 'only' have a Full HD+ resolution, but it's bright, clear and colorful providing an excellent canvas for your apps and games.
There's no worry when it comes to the P30 Pro potentially running out of juice, the battery life here is excellent. We regularly got to the end of the day with 30% or more left in the tank.
The P30 Pro not only sets a new standard for Huawei, it sets a new standard for the entire mobile industry. Its cameras are quite simply astonishing, the design is eye-catching and the power plentiful. It’s a true flagship smartphone.
Read more: Huawei P30 Pro review
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is a brilliant all-round phone, offering up a heady mix of design, power and performance with a few party pieces thrown in too.
It builds on the excellent P20 and P20 Pro offering up even more screen, enhanced triple rear cameras and an in-display fingerprint scanner.
The Mate 20 Pro packs a huge 6.39-inch display giving you a large amount of space for gaming and movies, and its QHD resolution and HDR10 support ensures everything looks great. There is a wide notch at the top of the display though.
It also boasts three cameras on the rear, nabbing the excellent 40MP wide-angle and 8MP telephoto lenses from the P20 Pro - but the third sensor is new. It's an ultra-wide 16MP snapper allowing you to cram even more of your surroundings into each shot.
The Mate 20 Pro is a full-featured phone for a full-featured price - it even has a few tricks you won’t see elsewhere, and more powerful specs than most of its competitors.
Read more: Huawei Mate 20 Pro review
The Huawei P30 has a smaller screen than the P30 Pro, and makes do with just the three rear cameras and a maximum zoom of 30x, but it's still one of the best Huawei phones around.
With a 6.1-inch display the P30 is a little easier to manage in the hand than its larger sibling, and with a Full HD+ and plenty of colour it's a top smartphone screen. You can expect to get excellent battery life from the Huawei P30, with the phone often lasting a day and a half on a single charge without issue.
While the three cameras on the rear aren't quite as good as the four on the P30 Pro, they still offer up an impressive shooting experience with 5x, 10x and 30x zoom and great low-light abilities.
There's heaps of power, a handy headphone jack (something the Pro can't boast) and a more manageable form factor for one-handed use. And of course, it's a little cheaper too.
Read more: Huawei P30 review
The Huawei P50 Pro looks and feels great. The ideal size, it has a polished metallic surface that attracts fingerprints but looks gorgeous. A 6.6-inch OLED screen means it's ideal for watching movies on with a 120Hz refresh rate ensuring it can keep up with fast moving scenes.
Specs wise, it's powerful too with the Snapdragon 888 chipset powering proceedings. A set of four AI-powered Leica cameras with the primary wide camera offering a 50MP sensor means it's great for taking beautiful images.
The only letdown here is that color management is a little flawed with the ultra-wide lens and telephoto lens, but for the average snap, it's a delight.
Read more: Huawei P50 Pro review.
Easily one of the best phones around in terms of hardware, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro suffers for the lack of Google apps and Play Store but if you simply want great photos and a gorgeous screen, this is the one for you.
It moulds into your hand perfectly thanks to its curved design that feels great, and it handles pretty much everything you throw at it enthusiastically. Photography wise, it takes fantastic photos and has an extensive range of tools to enhance them further.
However, with the lack of Google apps support, you will be restricted with what you can download to this phone, and it does feel rather pricey to be so limited.
Read more: Huawei Mate 40 Pro review