Huawei P60 Pro review: The variable-aperture moonshot — 2023's low-light camera benchmark.
The camera that beat the sanctions.
P60 Pro answered Huawei's political handicap with optics — a true physical variable aperture that made it one of the best low-light cameras of 2023, sanctions and 4G modem be damned. It remains a cult favourite among photographers willing to live without Google and 5G; for everyone else it is a fascinating historical footnote.
01Display
86/10086/100 trails the 89-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
02Camera
90/10090/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
03Performance
78/10078/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
05Build
84/10084/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
68/10068/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
- Physical f/1.4–f/4.0 aperture — still a low-light reference.
- 3.5× periscope + XMAGE color.
- 88 W wired + 50 W wireless.
- Kunlun Glass is famously tough.
- 4G only — the US sanctions tax.
- No Google services.
- Discontinued, support winding down.
- Expensive for its connectivity.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 38-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .