The Huawei Mate 40 and its siblings Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Huawei Mate 40 Pro Plus, along with the super-premium Porsche Design Huawei Mate 40 RS, are likely to be the last big flagship phone releases of 2020, as announced. at the end of October, and nothing more significant is on the horizon until 2021. Of course, their significance is up for debate, with no planned US launch and no access to Google mobile services, but they certainly have hardware. High-end, so if you can get past these issues, it's worth checking out. know more. . Below you'll find details on everything you need to know about the Huawei Mate 40 range, including specs, features, price and release date.
Come to the point
- What are they? The latest high-end Huawei phones
- When they left? Unknown but probably soon
- How much will they cost? From € 899 (approx. € 810 / € 1,065 / AU € 1,500)
Huawei Mate 40 release date and price
The Huawei Mate 40 line was announced on October 22, but that won't be when you'll be able to buy the phones. In fact, if you're in the US, you won't be able to buy them at all, like all the recent Huawei phones that don't launch in the country. At the time of writing, in fact, we don't know the exact availability of either model, although we would expect the Huawei Mate 40 Pro to at least land in the UK at some point. . Prices so far are in Euros only, putting the standard Mate 40 at €899 (around €810 / €1065 / AU$1500), the Mate 40 Pro at €1199 (around €1080 / €1420 / 2000 ). AU$), the Mate 40 Pro Plus at $1,399 (around £1,260 / £1,655 / AU$2,330), and the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 40 RS at £2,295 (around £2,070 / £2,715 / AU$3,820). .
Design and screen of the Huawei Mate 40
The three main models of the Huawei Mate 40 all have a similar look, with a curved screen, a camera cutout in the upper left corner, and a large circular camera block on the back. This camera design is called the 'Space Ring Design' and it is certainly striking, with the lenses in a ring around a central circle.
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(Image credit: Huawei) However, there are some differences to the Huawei Mate 40 and Huawei Mate 40 Pro available in a choice of glass black, white or mystic silver finishes, or vegan leather in yellow or green, while the Huawei Mate 40 Pro Plus is offered in a ceramic. white or black ceramic finish. Water resistance varies, too, with the Pro and Pro Plus rated IP68 (which is the standard for flagship phones), while the Huawei Mate 40 only has an IP53 rating, so you should try not to. wet it Other design details include physical and virtual volume controls (the latter lets you use the curved edge of the screen to adjust the volume) and dual stereo speakers, designed to deliver powerful bass. There's also a Huawei Mate 40 RS from Porsche Design, which has an octagonal camera body and lines down the middle of the back, and is available in white ceramic and black ceramic, just like the Mate 40 Pro Plus.
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The Mate 40 Pro has a 6.76-inch display (Image credit: TechRadar) As for the display, the Huawei Mate 40 has a 1080-inch 2376 x 6.5 display with a 90Hz refresh rate and 68 curved edges. degrees. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro Plus, on the other hand, have a 1344-inch 2772 x 6.76 display with heavily curved 88-degree edges and a 90Hz refresh rate. The Mate 40 RS presumably has the same screen, but this has not been confirmed at the time of writing. All models also have an on-screen fingerprint reader.
Huawei Mate 40 battery and camera life
The Huawei Mate 40 lineup has a 50MP f/1.9 main camera, but the other lenses differ. On the standard Mate 40, you get a 16MP f/2.2 ultra-wide telephoto lens and an 8MP f/2.4 telephoto lens, offering 3x optical zoom and optical image stabilization (OIS). The Huawei Mate 40 Pro takes things up a notch with a 20MP f/1.8 ultra-wide camera and 12MP f/3.4 periscope, with OIS and 5x optical zoom. There's also a dual-lens camera on the front, consisting of a 13MP snapper and a 3D depth sensor.
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There's a triple-lens camera on the Mate 40 Pro (Image credit: TechRadar) And the Huawei Mate 40 Pro Plus adds OIS to the 50MP main lens, then it has a 20MP f/2.4 ultrawide camera, a periscope of 8MP f/4.4 (with 10x optical zoom and OIS), a 12MP f. / 2.4 one (with 3x optical zoom and OIS) and a time-of-flight (ToF) camera for depth sensing. Finally, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 40 RS features a 50MP f/1.9 main camera with OIS, a 20MP f/1.8 ultra-wide, an 8MP f/4.4 periscope with 10x zoom and OIS, a 12MP telephoto lens. f/2.4. with 3x optical zoom and OIS, a ToF sensor and a color temperature sensor. When it comes to battery life, the Huawei Mate 40 has 4.200 mAh with currently unconfirmed charging speed, while the Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Pro Plus have a 4.400 mAh battery with one charge. 66 W wired and 50 W wireless – both should be very fast. We'll again assume the Mate 40 RS matches the Pro models here.
Specifications and features of the Huawei Mate 40
All Huawei Mate 40 models have a Kirin 9000 chipset. It's a 5nm chipset, like the A14 Bionic from the iPhone 12 line, and Huawei has made big claims about it. The company claims that its processor is 10% faster than the Snapdragon 865 Plus (which is the best Android chipset today), with the GPU apparently 52% faster and the NPU (neural processing unit) 2.4 times faster. . It is also said to be more power efficient than the Snapdragon 865 Plus. The phones are also 5G-capable and run Android on top of Huawei's EMUI 11 interface, but as with all recent Huawei phones, there's no access to the Google Play Store or Google apps. Regarding RAM and storage, in the Huawei Mate 40 there is 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, in the Mate 40 Pro you get 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, in the Mate 40 Pro Plus there is 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, and in the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 40 RS there is 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. The phones are also compatible with Huawei's new M-Pen 2 stylus, making them alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 lineup.