Huawei today announced its flagship Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro smartphones at an event in London, as it had promised. Both these have OLED DCI-P3 HDR Displays, but the Mate 20 Pro comes with 6.39-inch QHD+ screen with 86.90 screen-to-body ratio, while the Mate 20 comes with a 6.53-inch FHD+ screen with 88.07% screen-to-body ratio. These are powered by Kirin 980 7nm SoC with Dual NPU and run Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top. The Mate 20 Pro has an in-display fingerprint scanner with 10-level Dynamic Pressure Sensing (DPS) technology and 3D Face Unlock as well as 3D Live Emoji and AI live model that lets you record it moving and dancing on your desk.
These have triple rear Matrix camera system with OIS. The Mate 20 has 16mm Leica Ultra Wide Angle Lens and also supports macro distance, which produces crisp images of objects that are placed as close as 2.5cm from the lens. The Mate 20 Pro is equipped with a 40MP main camera, a 20MP ultra wide-angle camera, and an 8MP telephoto camera. Together, the trio of lenses supports a wide range of focal lengths (equivalent to the performance of a 16-270mm zoom lens). The AI Portrait Color video mode uses AI to isolate human subjects and desaturate the colors around them to dramatically highlight the person. AI Spotlight Reel identifies clips with a shared theme and auto-generates a montage, made entirely of highlights.
These phones have NM Card slot, that lets you use replace the second SIM with a NM Card, making these first phones with the feature. The Mate 20 Pro has a glass back with unique Hyper Optical Patterns glitter in the emerald green version that offers good grip and is resistant to fingerprints.
The Mate 20 Pro also comes with 40W (10V/4A) Huawei SuperCharge fast charging technology that lets you charge the phone from 0 to 70% in 30 minutes. It also comes with 15W Wireless Quick Charge support and comes with Wireless Reverse Charge, which enables the device to work as a power bank for devices supporting Qi wireless charging. The Mate 20 packs a 4000mAh with Huawei SuperCharge fast charging technology that lets you charge the phone from 0 to 58% in 30 minutes.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro specifications
- 6.39-inch (3120 x 1440 pixels) QHD+ OLED 19.5:9 DCI-P3 HDR Display with 820 nits brightness
- HUAWEI Kirin 980 (2 x Cortex A76 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex A76 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz) processor with 720 MHz ARM Mali-G76MP10 GPU
- 8GB LPDDR4x RAM with 256GB storage/ 6GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with NM card
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0
- 40MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 20MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 8MP Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, laser focus, phase focus, contrast focus, AIS (Huawei AI Image Stabilization)
- 24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / NM card)
- In-display fingerprint sensor, 3D Face Unlock
- Water, dust resistant (IP68)
- Dual Speakers
- Dimensions: 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6mm; Weight: 189g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) (wave2), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band), NFC, USB Type-C (GEN1)
- 4200 mAh (typical) battery with 40W SuperCharge, 15W Wireless Quick Charge
Huawei Mate 20 specifications
- 6.53-inch (2244 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ OLED 18:7:9 DCI-P3 HDR Display with 820 nits brightness
- Huawei Kirin 980 (2 x Cortex A76 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex A76 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz) processor with 720 MHz ARM Mali-G76MP10 GPU
- 6GB / 4GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with NM card
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0
- 12MP rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, 16MP Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, 8MP Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, laser focus, phase focus, contrast focus, AIS (Huawei AI Image Stabilization)
- 24MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / NM card)
- Fingerprint sensor
- Water, dust resistant (IP68)
- Dual Speakers
- Dimensions:158.2 x 77.2 x 8.3mm; Weight: 188g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) (wave2), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band), NFC, USB Type-C (GEN1)
- 4000mAh (typical) battery with Huawei SuperCharge fast charging
The Huawei Mate 20 comes in Midnight Blue, Black and Twilight colors, is priced at 799 Euros (US$ 925 / Rs. 67,820 approx.) for the 4GB RAM with 128GB storage version and the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version costs 849 Euros (US$ 983 / Rs. 72,070 approx.).
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro comes in Midnight Blue, Black, Twilight and Emerald Green colors, starts at 1049 Euros (US$ 1215 / Rs. 89,050 approx.) for the 6GB RAM with 128GB storage version. Both these will go on sale in select markets such as U.K., France, Italy and United Arab Emirates starting from October 16th.