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Huawei announces Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro with bigger batteries and curved displays

In an official event in London, UK, Huawei launched its new Mate 20 series smartphones including the Huawei Mate 20, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, Huawei Mate 20 X and PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS. The Huawei Mate 20 is priced at 799 Euros (around $925) for the 4GB RAM + 128GB inbuilt storage variant while the 6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variant is priced at 849 Euros (around $983). It comes with Midnight Blue, Black and Twilight colour options.

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is priced at 1049 Euros (around $1215) for the 6GB RAM + 128GB inbuilt storage variant. Both these will go on sale in the U.K., France, Italy and the United Arab Emirates starting from October 16th. It comes with Midnight Blue, Black, Twilight and Emerald Green colour options.

Huawei Mate 20
Huawei Mate 20

Mate 20 specs

The Huawei Mate 20 features a 6.53-inch FHD+ OLED 18:7:9 DCI-P3 HDR Display with 820 nits brightness and 2244 x 1080 pixels resolution and is powered by a 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. It comes with 6GB / 4GB LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB inbuilt storage with expandable storage up to 256GB with a Nano-Memory card. It runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 out of the box and supports Hybrid Dual SIM with a Nano-memory card.

It features a Triple camera setup with a 12-megapixel camera the f/1.8 aperture, a 16-megapixel Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.2 aperture and an 8-megapixel Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, laser focus, phase focus, contrast focus, AIS (Huawei AI Image Stabilization). It also has a 24-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture.

It has a 4000mAh battery with Huawei SuperCharge fast charging and comes with 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) connectivity options. It has a fingerprint sensor on the rear side and comes with water and dust-resistant IP68 ratings. It has Dual Speakers. It measures 158.2 x 77.2 x 8.3mm and weighs 188 grams.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Mate 20 Pro specs

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro features a 6.39-inch QHD+ OLED 19.5:9 DCI-P3 HDR Display with 820 nits brightness and 3120 x 1440 pixels resolution and is powered by a 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. It comes with 8GB of LPDDR4x RAM with 256GB storage and another variant with 6GB of LPDDR4x RAM with 128GB of inbuilt storage which is also expandable up to 256GB with an NM card. It runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 and comes with Hybrid Dual SIM support (nano + nano / NM card).

It also carries a Triple rear camera system with a 40-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture, a 20-megapixel Ultra Wide Angle lens with f/2.2 aperture, and an 8-megapixel Telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, laser focus, phase focus, contrast focus, AIS (Huawei AI Image Stabilization). It has a 24-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. It has a 4200mAh battery with 40W SuperCharge and 15W Wireless Quick Charge support.

It supports Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz) (wave2), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual band), NFC, and USB Type-C (GEN1) connectivity options. It has an in-display fingerprint sensor and also has 3D Face Unlock support. It is water and dust-resistant with IP68 ratings and comes with Dual Speakers. It measures 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6mm and weighs 189 grams.