Huawei got caught claiming DSLR photos were smartphone photos… again

Huawei has been caught red-handed using an expensive DSLR camera to exaggerate the quality of its smartphone. The blunder was discovered when the company was running a contest for their fans in China to promote the P40 Pro. 

A video (screenshot seen below) was shared on Weibo that included several photos that Huawei claimed had been shot on its smartphones. A Weibo user, though, noticed that one of the images looked pretty familiar. After doing some digging, he found the exact photo on photography platform 500px, complete with data on what actually took the shot.

The actual photo wasn’t shot on a Huawei P40 Pro. Instead, it was shot on a Nikon D850 DLSR camera, which costs over USD 3,000.

It was also pointed out that not just one, but two shots were taken from the same photographer.

This isn’t the first time Huawei tried to pull this trick off. Over the past few years, they have used a DSLR instead of a selfie camera for an ad, used a DSLR for their P30 campaign, and implied that a photo from a USD 4,500 DSLR was taken by its P9 smartphone. Although Huawei isn’t the only company that tried this, it’s still a dirty trick to make people think the phone is better than it actually is.

The Huawei P40 Pro is currently the highest ranked device on DxOMark mobile. So, why would they have to resort to such tactics if their camera is superior than other smartphones?

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