Huawei Mate 20 Pro Photo Samples

Introduction

Introduced in October 2018, Huawei's Mate xx Pro follows on from final year's Mate 20 Pro, and builds on the success of the very highly rated (for photography) P20 Pro.

Huawei has two different strands for its superlative-of-the-line smartphones, the Mate series, and the P serial. The latter is generally considered the one to exist aimed primarily at photographers, just the former has some very interesting photography specifications which are very appealing to enthusiasts.

Probably the biggest news is the introduction of a wide-angle f/2.2 lens, which gives you lot a 16mm equivalent and is paired with a 20 megapixel sensor. As with the P20 Pro, the Mate 20 Pro uses a triple-lens setup, with the super broad-bending camera replacing the black-and-white sensor as establish in the P20 Pro.

That means that alongside the wide-angle lens, you have the standard f/one.viii lens, which is accompanied by a 40 megapixel sensor and gives you an equivalent of 27mm, plus a telephoto (3x optical) f/2.4 lens, which has an 8 megapixel sensor and focal length equivalent to 80mm.

On the front of the phone, at that place'south a 24 megapixel f/two.0 selfie camera. Other specifications which are probable to appeal to photographers include the ability to aggrandize retentiveness with a new type of retentivity card, super fast charging and a huge battery life, and 2K OLED screen.

At the time of writing, the Mate 20 Pro can be bought, sim costless, for £899.99. It is also bachelor on a wide diverseness of unlike contracts.

Ease of Utilise

Huawei has gone for an ultra-slick design for the Mate 20 Pro. Information technology uses a curved 2K resolution OLED screen, which now incorporates a fingerprint scanner into the screen itself and allows for a bigger screen to torso ratio than the previous Mate 20 Pro. Symmetry is too the aim of the game here – where the P20 Pro placed its three lenses and flash unit of measurement in a row, the Mate 20 Pro places them in a square for an bonny mirrored await.

The phone is available in iv different colours – we've been using the Emerald Greenish version – which has a pattern etched into the dorsum of it. This is designed to make the rear resistant to fingerprints, as well equally apparently helping to brand the glass more durable and less slippy than other models. It'southward nonetheless a fairly slippy phone though, and so while it looks beautiful y'all may desire to invest in a case every bit soon as possible to help it stay that manner.

Like the P20 Pro, the Mate twenty Pro uses a notch at the elevation of the display. The notch has been made bigger to contain a more secure forepart-facing photographic camera which tin can at present be used with Android Pay. If you lot don't like the idea of a notch at all, you can switch it off – if you practice, black bars will appear at the very superlative of the screen instead to create the illusion that there is no notch at all.

Rear of the Huawei Mate twenty Pro

There are a number of dissimilar ways to unlock the screen. You can do then via confront recognition, using the inbuilt fingerprint detector in the screen, or by entering a Pin or blueprint on the screen itself. If however, y'all only need to access the camera, yous tin practise that without unlocking anything – only swipe up from the bottom right hand corner of the lock screen. If you do that, you lot'll be able to meet images taken in your current session, but nothing older.

Every bit we've seen before with Huawei phones, the native camera app is extremely well-featured, being one of the most flexible on the market place for enthusiast photographers.

Front of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro

By default, the app will launch in Photo mode, which is the most straightforward manner to shoot photos. Artificial intelligence is used in this manner, but you can switch it off in the menu if y'all feel that it'south going overboard on certain settings. Yous'll detect that if y'all point the phone towards certain subjects, a word and an icon pops upwards to show you lot what it thinks it's detected. I've tried information technology in a number of unlike conditions, and seen recognition of Mountains, Bluish Skies, Dogs, Flowers, Clouds, Autumn Leaves and more. At that place's besides "Super Macro", which volition automatically switch to using the broad-angle photographic camera to shoot super close-up shots.

There are other options, which you can change in the settings menu while using Photo mode. I of the nearly important is the ability to change Resolution to take advantage of the full 40 megapixels if you want to – by default, the phone shoots in a more sensible 10 megapixels.

Front of the Huawei Mate xx Pro

Other modes run along the button of the camera app. For stills, you've got Portrait, Night, Aperture and Pro. There's also a Video mode, too. A pick of other modes are hidden backside the "More than" section, which includes Slow-Mo video and Panorama. There's also a Monochrome fashion, merely different with the Mate 20 Pro and the P20 Pro, there'south no monochrome sensor, and so information technology's just creating a desaturated color photo.

Portrait Mode is for use when shooting human subjects, creating a faux shallow depth of field effect. A new characteristic for the Mate 20 Pro is the power to cull from different shaped bokeh – you can at present go for circles, hearts, a swirl or discs. The circumvolve shape is the most "natural", but the others are all quite fun options, which are reasonably subtle. It's a shame non to be able to utilize the different shaped bokehs with other subjects, such as pets – perchance this is something Huawei could enable with an update at some bespeak, though.

Rear of the Huawei Mate xx Pro

Discontinuity Style is similar to Portrait fashion, in that information technology creates a fake shallow depth of field, just it can exist used with whatever type of field of study. In this mode, y'all also have the option to adjust how much blur, forth with where the focus indicate is, subsequently you've taken the shot by editing it in playback. For that reason, you might find you lot prefer to utilize it for your Portrait shots too – you can't use the different shaped bokehs, though.

Night Mode is something we've seen before in the P20 Pro. In essence, it works by shooting a series of short exposures, merging them together to create the impression of a long exposure. The benefit of this is that yous can shoot low-low-cal night shots completely handheld, watching the scene build up in forepart of you on screen.

Rear of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro

The Pro mode is 1 which is likely to be of high involvement to enthusiast photographers. With this mode, you lot can alter a number of different fundamental shooting parameters, including ISO, shutter speed, exposure compensation, metering and AF type. In this manner, yous tin can also shoot in raw format, but you need to enable it from the settings menu.

In lodge to switch between modes, you can swipe between the different options. Ane of the disadvantages of the new curved screen blueprint, is that a reduced bezel size can lead to false touches. We've seen the same problem with Samsung's curved phones – on more than i occasion it was difficult to change between the unlike modes offered because the phone thinks you're already touching it on the sides. Eventually, you get used to holding the phone in a sure way to avert this problem, just it's certainly something to look out for.

Image Displayed

As previously mentioned, the telephone's has three different lenses, with three different focal lengths. In social club to switch between the dissimilar options, you can tap a box on the principal camera window – you lot'll move through 1x, 3x, 5x (which is digital hybrid zoom), and finally 0.6x, for the broad-angle lens. A quicker way to get to the wide-bending lens is to pinch inwards. It's worth noting that as but the main (1x) lens can shoot at 40MP, if you have that resolution selected, y'all won't be able to switch between the different lenses.

Switching to the front camera leaves you with the option to shoot in Portrait, Photo and Video mode. In the Portrait style, you can engage the aforementioned dissimilar shaped bokeh as seen in the chief photographic camera, which is fun to use for selfies.

Pro Photographic camera Mode

Ane of the new features of the Mate xx Pro is the ability to expand storage via a brand new type of retentivity card. The Mate 20 Pro has dual sim carte slots, but one of the slots can exist used to take the brand new "NM" (nano memory) card, which is 45% smaller than a Micro SD card.

The Mate 20 Pro has a 4200 mAH battery – giving it a very impressive bombardment life. Information technology'southward nigh certainly going to final y'all a total day, unless perhaps you are constantly using information technology throughout the 24-hour interval. With the charger that comes in the box you tin charge it via "lightning charging", which can get yous support to 70% in thirty minutes. Alternatively, wireless charging is likewise available via an optional wireless charger at boosted price.

Image Quality

All of the sample images in this review were taken using the 8/20/24/40 megapixel JPEG settings.

Nosotros were extremely impressed with the quality of epitome output from both the Huawei P20 Pro and concluding yr'south Mate 20 Pro, so nosotros had every confidence that the Mate 20 Pro would put in an fantabulous functioning. At the time of writing, the Mate 20 Pro hasn't been officially ranked by DxO Mobile, so information technology could well dethrone the P20 Pro which has been sitting at the top of its list since March 2018.

Either fashion, Huawei has even so over again produced a superb device for photographers. There was some dubiousness well-nigh removing the monochrome sensor to make way for the broad-angle lens, but the item appears to be on a par with the P20 Pro – at least not evidently different anyhow. The trade-off to go a wide-bending lens is a welcome i, in our opinion, giving you lot the flexibility to shoot more and varied scenarios. It's particularly great for landscapes and travel photography where you want to bear witness a wider view of the scene.

Colours are fantastic, only as we've seen before with the P20 Pro, they tin can exist a petty over-the-top for some tastes when Primary AI (artificial intelligence) is left switched on. Switching it off tin result in much more natural tones, as can shooting in Pro manner.

The new Super Macro fashion is fantastic for getting extra close to your field of study – making it ideal for shooting certain subjects where y'all want to produce a high level of detail. This is an area that many smartphones struggle with, and then it's neat to see it perform so well here.

Nosotros also continue to be impressed past the fantastic Dark Mode, which is ideal to use in low calorie-free situations, especially if you don't have a way to stablise the phone, such as with a tripod or similar. Photos await great when shared at modest sizes, such every bit online, merely it's possible to run into some foreign artefacts if yous zoom in and examine an image very closely.

The main 1x zoom lens is the all-time performer, only the ultra broad-angle is also extremely impressive, with its 20 megapixel sensor. Distortion for this lens is a little credible at the very edges of the photo, but information technology's not something you'll notice in most ordinary shots. The 3x optical zoom is non quite so good, just it's just about better than cropping into the 1x epitome – peculiarly if you're shooting at just 10 megapixels. 5x hybrid zoom is also a good selection, if you lot need to get closer to the activity – despite being a digital zoom, information technology however produces fairly reasonable images and is helpful to have in scenarios where information technology'southward non possible to physically move closer to your subject.

Under artificial lighting atmospheric condition, colours are rendered fairly accurately by the automatic white balance settings, while other lighting conditions, including clouded also produce natural looking colours. Overall, exposures are pretty well balanced without too much demand to introduce exposure bounty, salve for perhaps very brilliant conditions where you lot might want to retain details in the highlights.

Both Portrait and Aperture style produce practiced and fairly realistic results – specially if you don't scrutinise the edge of subjects too closely to encounter the driblet off in focus.

Noise

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has 8 manually-selectable ISO sensitivity settings available at full resolution, ranging between ISO 50 and ISO 6400.

JPEG	RAW
ISO fifty (100% Crop)	ISO 50 (100% Crop)
ISO 100 (100% Crop)	ISO 100 (100% Crop)
ISO 200 (100% Crop)	ISO 200 (100% Ingather)
ISO 400 (100% Crop)	ISO 400 (100% Crop)
ISO 800 (100% Crop)	ISO 800 (100% Ingather)
ISO 1600 (100% Ingather)	ISO 1600 (100% Crop)
ISO 3200 (100% Crop)	ISO 3200 (100% Crop)

Focal Range

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro'due south fixed focal length lenses are equivalent to 16mm, 29mm and 82mm in 35mm camera terms. Digital zoom is besides bachelor, but with a respective reduction in image sharpness.

16mm

29mm

82mm

Hybrid 5x Zoom

Macro

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has a Super Macro way when using the 16mm broad-angle lens, which ways that it's able to focus as close as 2cm from a subject. Nosotros found this merits to be accurate, though autofocusing does occasionally struggle to lock on at this kind of range.

Macro

Flash

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro uses a twin-ED wink, and as usual for this applied science, it gives a weaker wink outburst than a standard xenon camera wink.

Wink Off

Flash On

Flash On

Bokeh

Bokeh Off

Circle Bokeh

Swirl Bokeh

Disc Bokeh

Middle Bokeh

Long Exposure

Thanks to the optical image stabilisation and a broad f/1.6 maximum aperture, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro performs well at night. Although there's some noise and particular smoothing, the event is however comparable to what a typical compact photographic camera would produce.

Night

Panorama

The Huawei Mate xx Pro'south automatic sweep panorama way works well and lets you stop panning at will. The results aren't always perfect, but ghosting is rare. Unlike well-nigh regular camera panorama modes which produce significantly downsized images, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro has enough processing ability to capture at high resolutions, and so panoramas are usually around 11000 horizontal pixels and 3000 vertical pixels in size.

Sample Images

This is a option of sample images from the Huawei Mate 20 Pro camera, which were all taken using the 8/20/24/xl megapixel JPEG settings setting. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been contradistinct in whatsoever way.

Sample RAW Images

The Huawei Mate xx Pro enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Huawei RAW (DNG) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are non 100% representative).

Sample Movies & Video

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at thirty frames per second. Delight note that this 17 second flick is 87.5Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 2160x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 16 2nd movie is 42Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 2560x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please annotation that this 17 second movie is 42Mb in size.

This is a sample film at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 60 frames per 2d. Please note that this 17 second motion picture is 59.5Mb in size.

This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this xvi second motion-picture show is 35.9Mb in size.

This is a sample slow motion motion picture at the quality setting of 1280x720 pixels at 30 frames per 2d. Delight note that this 10 second pic is ix.74Mb in size.

This is a sample super slow motility movie at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 17.v frames per second. Please note that this one 2d movie is 1.28Mb in size.

This is a sample timelapse film at the quality setting of 1920x1080 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this five second movie is 7.50Mb in size.

Production Images

Decision

Huawei is pretty much the become-to name in smartphones these days if your main concern is the quality of the onboard camera(s).

The Mate 20 Pro doesn't supplant the P20 Pro, but sits alongside it to give you a couple of unlike options when it comes to choosing the best model for yous. With the Mate xx Pro, yous go a wide-angle lens, merely you lose the monochrome sensor – which is more important to y'all is likely to be down to personal preference, but information technology'south hard to spot a huge loss in quality even without that monochrome sensor.

There are other aspects which you may too want to think well-nigh though – such equally the blueprint. A curved screen looks very squeamish, just it presents its own problems – most notably the issue of false touches, which can be learned to live with but may be especially bothersome for photographers who are more likely to agree the phone in certain style.

In terms of the photographs the Mate 20 Pro can produce, once once again Huawei has produced an extremely impressive device. Images are very detailed, have fantastic colours and with three different focal lengths to cull from, information technology's a very flexible selection to have in your pocket. The power to shoot in raw format, or to take control via the Pro manner, is also extremely appealing to enthusiast photographers.

Bogus intelligence does a good job of determining the scene, and it's quite amusing to see how many different types of discipline it can recognise, but if you're finding information technology to exist a piddling OTT in the results that it produces, information technology's not bad that you can switch it off for a more natural wait.

Then there'due south price. At £899 (sim free), the Huawei Mate twenty Pro is at the higher stop of the premium smartphone scale. However, it's much cheaper than the iPhone XS (minimum £999 for a 64GB version – the Mate 20 Pro is 128GB), and the same price as the lowest capacity Samsung Galaxy Note 9. When yous await at it similar that, the fact that information technology offers so much for the price arguably makes it pretty good value for coin.

It'll be interesting to see what Huawei does next to follow on from the P20 Pro next year, simply for at present at least, the Mate 20 Pro is quite probably the smartphone we'd most highly recommend for photographers.

Ratings (out of 5)
Design	five
Features	five
Ease-of-apply	5
Image quality	5
Value for money	4

Main Rivals

Listed below are some of the rivals of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

The Apple iPhone XS is the 2018 update of Apple'southward best e'er selling phone, last year's iPhone X. Read our Apple iPhone XS review to detect out what this latest version offers and if it'southward the right smartphone for dandy photographers...

The Mate 10 Pro is the latest flagship phone from the Chinese manufacturer Huawei, and as with a lot of new smartphones these days, it promises a lot for the slap-up photographer, not to the lowest degree Leica-branded f/1.half dozen lenses and dual colour / monochrome epitome sensors. Read our in-depth Huawei Mate x Pro review for photographers at present...

The Huawei P20 Pro is one of the most exciting new smartphones of 2018 for photographers - find out why by reading our in-depth Huawei P20 Pro review with full-size sample images and videos...

The Huawei P20 is the cheaper alternative to the flagship P20 Pro smartphone that wowed us a couple of weeks ago, simply that doesn't mean that information technology's not worth a look. Check out our in-depth Huawei P20 Pro review with full-size sample images and videos...

The OnePlus half dozen is the latest flagship smartphone on the block, just this i doesn't cost the earth, retailing for well-nigh half the cost of the big players. Can information technology really take on Apple, Samsung and the rest though? Find out at present by reading our in-depth OnePlus vi review...

The Galaxy Annotation 9 is Samsung'south latest flagship smartphone, boasting a half-dozen.4-inch screen, dual 12-megapixel cameras with dual-aperture command, 2x optical zoom, 4K video at 60fps and super slow motion video at 960fps, and internal memory up to 512GB. Take a expect at our in-depth Samsung Galaxy Annotation 9 review to find out if this is the best smartphone camera for avid photographers...

The Milky way S9 Plus is Samsung'due south flagship smartphone for 2018, boasting a 6.2-inch screen, dual cameras with dual-aperture, 4K video at 60fps and super slow move video at 960fps. Is this the ultimate smartphone for dandy photographers? Find out by reading our in-depth Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus review...

The Milky way S9 is the smaller of ii new flagship smartphones from Samsung for 2018, featuring the much heralded variable discontinuity lens and super slow-motion video recording at 960fps. Read our in-depth Samsung Galaxy S9 review with full-size sample images and videos now...

Review Roundup

Reviews of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro from around the web.

Huawei has grown from existence a peripheral thespian to i of the biggest brands in smartphones in a brusque space of time. It started making a name for itself with competitive devices for good prices. These handsets often copycatted features from other flagships, but things have changed in recent history. Huawei'southward no longer an alternative to the bigger companies, it'southward become ane of those companies. Information technology's at present the ane bringing new features to market and pushing the boundaries with phones like the P20 Pro. That thing only came out vi months agone, and Huawei'southward already back with the Mate 20 Pro, which feels like a successor despite the different family proper name. It's another nuts slice of hardware from the Chinese visitor, and arguably the best phone of 2018.
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The Mate 20 Pro is the all-time feeling, most premium device the Chinese business firm has made. It'southward incredibly solid, smooth and well built, but at 189g is nevertheless surprisingly light and manageable compared to the 208g iPhone XS Max and 201g Samsung Galaxy Notation 9.
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This is the nearly gadget-packed phone you lot'll notice. That it is as well one of the nigh accessible phones at this money-no-object level is what makes the Mate 20 Pro extra-special, though. Huawei's display design shrinks the telephone downward, for a more hand-friendly feel than annihilation but the iPhone XS.
Read the full review »

Specifications

Size

Width:

72.3 mm

Top:

157.8 mm

Depth:

eight.6 mm

Weight:

Approx. 189 grand

*Product size, product weight, and related specifications are theoretical values just. Actual measurements between individual products may vary. All specifications are discipline to the actual production.
*The actual weight may vary depending on the configuration, manufacturing process, and measurement method.

Colour

• Black
• Emerald Greenish
• Twilight

Display

Size:

xvi.7 million colours

Color gamut:

2K+ 3120 x 1440, 538 PPI

Chipset

HUAWEI Kirin 980

2 x Cortex A76 2.vi GHz + 2 10 Cortex A76 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz

Operating System

Android 9

Retention

vi GB RAM + 128 GB ROM

8 GB RAM + 256 GB ROM

NM card: back up upward to 256 GB

*Due to limitations in CPU processing power, memory used past the operating organisation and pre-installed applications, the bodily space bachelor to users may exist less than the stated retentivity capacity. Actual retention space may change due to application updates, user operations, and other related factors.

*NM bill of fare sold separately.

Network

LYA-L29:

Primary SIM card:

4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40

4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 / B32

3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 (Japan) / B8 / B19 (Nippon);

3G TD-SCDMA: B34 / B39

2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

Secondary SIM card:

4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40

4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28

3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B8 / B19

2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

LYA-L09:

4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40

4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 / B32

3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 (Nippon) / B8 / B19 (Japan);

3G TD-SCDMA: B34 / B39

2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

*In Dual SIM version, either card slot tin be fix to accommodate the primary or secondary SIM carte du jour.

*Functions available on the live network depend on the situations of carrier's network and related services deployment.

GPS

GPS (L1 + L5 dual band) / AGPS / Glonass / BeiDou / Galileo (E1 + E5a dual band) / QZSS (L1 + L5 dual band)

Connectivity

802.11 a/b/thou/north/ac (wave2), 2.iv GHz and five GHz

Bluetooth 5.0, BLE, SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC and HWA Audio

Type-C, USB 3.1 GEN1*

Type-C earjack

PC Information Synchronisation

*This role should be used with the USB cable (non-standard USB cable, demand to be purchased separately) that supports this role.

*The standard USB cablevision supports USB two.0.

Sensors

Gravity Sensor

Ambient Light Sensor

Proximity Sensor

Gyroscope

Compass

In-Screen Fingerprint Sensor, Hall sensor, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation sensor, Barometer, Infrared sensor, colour temprature sensor

Camera

Leica Triple photographic camera:
twoscore MP (Wide Angle Lens, f/1.8 discontinuity) + 20 MP (Ultra Wide Angle Lens, f/2.2 aperture) + viii MP (Telephoto, f/2.four aperture), supports autofocus (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation focus, phase focus, dissimilarity focus), supports AIS (Huawei AI Paradigm Stabilization).

Front Photographic camera:
Support 3D Depth Sensing Camera.
24 MP, f/2.0 aperture

Audio

Audio File Format:

mp3, mp4, 3gp, ogg, amr, aac, flac, wav, midi

Video

Video File Format:

3gp, mp4

EMUI

EMUI ix.0

Battery

4200 mAh (typical value)*

Wire Charging: MAX 40 W HUAWEI SuperCharge

Wireless charging: 15 West HUAWEI Wireless Quick Charge**

*Typical value. Bodily capacity may vary slightly.

This capacity is the nominal battery capacity. The bodily battery capacity for each individual phone may be slightly above or below the nominal battery capacity.

**Compatible Qi-certified wireless chargers sold separately.

***Non-removable battery. Removing the battery may cause damage to the device. To supercede or repair the bombardment, please visit an authorized Huawei Service Center.

NFC

Read Write mode / Peer to Peer mode / Card Emulation mode (payment by *SIM carte, or HCE) is supported.

*SIM card only back up SIM 1 slot.

Splash, Water, and Dust Resistant

IP68

Your device has been tested in a controlled environment and certified to be splash, h2o, and dust resistant in specific situations (meets requirements of classification IP68 every bit described by the international standard IEC 60529).

Water and grit-proofing are not permanent, and resistance may subtract every bit a result of normal wearable over time. Do not charge the phone when it is wet or in moist environments. Refer to the transmission for cleaning and drying instructions. Submersion in liquid and the resulting damage is not covered by the warranty.

In the box

Handset ten 1

Blazon-C Earphones x 1

Charger x 1

Blazon-C Cable 10 1

Eject tool x 1

Quick Start Guide x i

Protective case 10 i (not for WEU and NEU)

Warranty card ten 1

Type-C to iii.v mm headphone jack adapter x one

News

The Huawei Mate 20 Series is 1 of the virtually highly anticipated smartphone series of the year. Available in six.53-inch, and 6.39-inch the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series is bachelor in three devices: HUAWEI Mate twenty, HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro and PORSCHE Blueprint HUAWEI Mate 20 RS.

Huawei Press Release

A College INTELLIGENCE: HUAWEI UNVEILS HUAWEI MATE 20 Series

LONDON, U.k.—October 16, 2018—Huawei Consumer Business organisation Group (BG) today unveiled the HUAWEI Mate twenty Series, one of the nigh highly predictable smartphone series of the year. Representing a momentous milestone in the history of the HUAWEI Mate Serial, the HUAWEI Mate twenty Serial embodies the acme of innovation. Designed with the industry's most powerful and sophisticated process technology, the latest Huawei flagship devices ready a new bar by which all 2018 smartphones will be measured.

The HUAWEI Mate 20 Series is powered by Huawei's densest and highest performing system on chip (SoC) to engagement—the Kirin 980. Manufactured with the advanced 7nm procedure incorporating the powerful Cortex-A76-based CPU and Mali-G76 GPU, the SoC offers improved operation and an unprecedented smooth user experience. The new 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge, 15W HUAWEI Wireless Quick Charge and large batteries work in tandem to provide users with the best battery life. The Matrix Camera Organisation includes Leica Ultra Wide Angle Lens that lets users not only see wider, merely also closer with its new macro distance capability. The Hyper Optical Pattern on the glass back plays with light and shadows, producing an iridescent optical consequence that is immediately captivating. The Matrix Photographic camera System adopts the iconic Iv-Indicate Design that exudes personality, giving the device a unique visual identity that is recognisable even at a distance. The HUAWEI Mate 20 Serial is shipped with the highly customised Android P-based EMUI 9 operating organisation, on which consumers can bask all productivity and entertainment features easily and conveniently with a few uncomplicated taps and swipes.

Bachelor in 6.53-inch, and six.39-inch the HUAWEI Mate xx Series is available in three devices: HUAWEI Mate 20, HUAWEI Mate twenty Pro and PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS.

"Smartphones are an important entrance to the digital earth. The HUAWEI Mate 20 Serial is designed to be the best 'mate' of consumers, accompanying and empowering them to enjoy a richer, more than fulfilled life with their higher intelligence, unparalleled battery lives and powerful camera performance," said Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer BG.

Ultimate Performance and Battery Life

The SoC at the cadre of smartphones has a determining factor in a device'due south operation and efficiency. Manufactured with the cutting-border 7nm engineering procedure, the SoC fits 6.nine billion transistors within a die the size of a fingernail. Compared to Kirin 970, the latest chipset is equipped with CPU that is up to 75 percent more than powerful, GPU that is up to 46 per centum more than powerful and NPU that is up to 226 percent more powerful. Furthermore, the efficiency of the components has also been elevated: the CPU is up to 58 percent more than efficient, GPU is upwards to 178 percent more efficient, and the NPU is upward to 182 percent more efficient. The Kirin 980 is the globe's outset commercial SoC to use the Cortex-A76-based cores. Huawei has innovatively designed a iii-tier architecture that consists of two ultra-big cores, two large cores and four small cores. This grants the CPU the flexibility to allocate the optimal amount of resources to heavy, medium and light tasks for unprecedented levels of efficiency, simultaneously improving the performance of the SoC while enhancing the battery life. The Kirin 980 is also the manufacture's first SoC to exist equipped with Dual-NPU, granting it higher On-Device AI processing capability to support any and all AI applications.

HUAWEI Mate xx Pro is the world'south first smartphone to support the 4.5G LTE Cat. 21 standard, allowing consumers to feel download speeds of upwardly to 1.4Gbps. It also supports the globe'due south fastest Wi-Fi connectedness speeds--2GB footage requires only 10 seconds to download. The top-terminate flagship too supports dual-band (L1+L5) GPS positioning technology. The AI GPS Satellite Option technology enhances the positioning accuracy beyond a wide range of scenarios.

Besides superb performance, the HUAWEI Mate 20 Serial also features groundbreaking improvement on bombardment life. The HUAWEI Mate twenty Pro houses a large, loftier-density 4200mAh bombardment, and supports 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge, which gives the device upward to 70 per centum charge in 30 minutes. The prophylactic of the charging technology is certified by TÜV Rheinland.

Moreover, HUAWEI Mate xx Pro supports 15W HUAWEI Wireless Quick Charge, the industry'south fastest wireless charging solution, and Wireless Opposite Accuse, which enables the device to work every bit a power banking company for selected electronic devices supporting wireless charging.

Matrix Camera Organisation

Building on the foundation of HUAWEI P20 Serial' camera system, Huawei augmented the HUAWEI Mate 20 with a powerful addition—16mm Leica Ultra Wide Angle Lens. This wider perspective creates a sense of spaciousness and a three dimensional effect to the images. The new camera system as well supports macro altitude, which produces well-baked images of objects that are placed as close every bit ii.5cm from the lens. The added ultra-wide angle lens and macro support completes the feature set of the camera organisation, elevating it to a truly all-round camera that is ready to capture any and all activeness. The HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro is equipped with a 40MP chief camera, a 20MP ultra broad-angle photographic camera, and an 8MP telephoto photographic camera. Together, the trio of lenses supports a broad range of focal lengths (equivalent to the functioning of a 16-270mm zoom lens), enabling it to mimic the results from professional cameras.

The HUAWEI Mate 20 Serial likewise features an AI Portrait Color video mode. Using AI, the HUAWEI Mate xx Serial can isolate man subjects and desaturate the colors effectually them to dramatically highlight the person. AI Spotlight Reel identifies clips with a shared theme and auto-generates a montage, made entirely of highlights.

HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro and PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS both support 3D Face Unlock. The solution chop-chop and securely authenticates users within 0.6s at a false acceptance charge per unit of below 1/1,000,000. Using the 3D Depth Sensing Camera System located at the forepart, the two devices can accurately read the facial features of a subject and recognize even small-scale details. Too user authentication, this suite of sensors also enables the portrait beautification effects to be realised in a more natural and effective fashion.

EMUI ix Enables a Quality Life

The HUAWEI Mate twenty Series comes with EMUI ix, a smart operating organisation based on Android P. Through AI self-learning algorithms, an integrated and granular resource allotment arrangement, and a highly optimised Android environs, EMUI 9 delivers an "evergreen" experience—it remains polish fifty-fifty through extended use.

EMUI 9 incorporates a unified, ergonomic pattern and a streamlined settings menu. The new gesture navigation support allows users to effortlessly interact with their devices using just taps and swipes. It besides introduces new AI features that enable the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series to perform or raise a range of tasks from object identification to food calorie counting[1][2]. Using 3D Live Object Modeling, consumers can even create a fun digital avatar to dance or interact with.

As a key pillar supporting Huawei'south all-connected, all-scenario ecosystem, HUAWEI Share 3.0 delivers a revolutionary improvement in device interconnection, assuasive users to transfer files between smartphones and PC. This is an innovative, Huawei-proprietary solution that enables device interconnectivity. Information technology revolutionises the way people transfer images and videos: all information technology takes is 1 tap to institute a connection between a smartphone and PC for like shooting fish in a barrel and fast file sharing[iii].

Futuristic Design

As an expression of the HUAWEI Mate Series Dna, all devices carry a FullView brandish with a loftier screen-to-body ratio. Compactly engineered, every device in the series tin exist comfortably used with a single manus.

The grace of natural elements is captured on the blueprint of the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series. In item the HUAWEI Mate twenty Pro's chassis is curved on all eight sides—a marvel to behold, and a pleasance to concord in the hand. For the PORSCHE Design HUAWEI Mate twenty RS, Huawei and Porsche Design ingeniously combined race runway elements with premium materials to create a device that exudes elegance and offers a firm, ergonomic grip.

The Matrix Camera array on the back of the HUAWEI Mate 20 Series features a iv-point design with the three cameras and sensor encircled in a polished metal frame, producing an advanced look that is both bold and distinct. The flagship series comes in a new Emerald Green colourway, which is as brilliant as its namesake gemstone. The Hyper Optical Pattern on the glass dorsum uses a complex hairline pattern to produce an irised effect that is non merely highly durable, simply likewise makes the device easy to grip and fingerprint resistant. The devices retain a clean await fifty-fifty when they accept been used extensively.

The HUAWEI Mate 20 (4GB + 128GB configuration) will have a MSRP of EUR799 and the HUAWEI Mate xx (6GB + 128GB configuration) volition take a MSRP of EUR849 from 16th October, 2018.

The HUAWEI Mate xx Pro (6GB + 128GB configuration) will take a MSRP of EUR1049 from 16th Oct, 2018.

The PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS (8GB + 256GB configuration) will have a MSRP of EUR1695, and the PORSCHE Pattern HUAWEI Mate xx RS (8GB + 512GB configuration) will have a MSRP of EUR2095 from 16th November, 2018.

Embodying exquisite design, powerful performance, extraordinary capturing capabilities and next-generation intelligence, the new HUAWEI Mate 20 Serial is the partner of selection for professionals pursuing quality of life.

Pricing and Availability

The new HUAWEI Mate xx Series, too equally HUAWEI WATCH GT, HUAWEI Band 3 Pro will continue sale in the UK soon. Pricing varies between retailers. For more information, please visit: https://world wide web.consumer.huawei.co...

Huawei Press Release

PORSCHE DESIGN AND HUAWEI REVEAL THE NEW PORSCHE Blueprint HUAWEI MATE 20 RS

The Ultimate Course of Artificial Intelligence

London—October xvi, 2018—Porsche Design and Huawei Consumer Business concern Grouping (BG) unveiled the new PORSCHE Blueprint HUAWEI Mate xx RS Series smartphone today, the latest mobile luxury device created through the collaboration between Porsche Design and Huawei. As the 4th handset to join the exclusive line-upwards, PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate twenty RS continues the tradition set by its predecessors, blending state-of the-art technology with uncompromising pattern. Within, it has i of the world's well-nigh powerful chipsets, the newest Kirin 980, supporting industry-leading performance and AI capabilities. The extreme performance is encased within an automotive inspired chassis, the back of which is accentuated with genuine leather for a premium hand feel. The all-new device represents the elevation in mobile luxury and mobile AI, expressed in a timeless functional pattern.

The ii companies collaborated to design the chassis of the new PORSCHE Blueprint HUAWEI Mate 20 RS. Rounded on the sides with assuming, aesthetically pleasing curves, the device reflects its high level of performance in its exterior appearance. The iconic automotive pattern element is incorporated into the back of the PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS—a device with the Rennsport "RS" designation—with a luxury twist.

Artisan Leather Flanks

The PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate twenty RS racing stripe motifs are put together with all-natural leather and glass. Aligned vertically at the dorsum of the device, the unique design provides a sporty, striking contrast that is instantly recognisable—the leather sides add together a natural, personal touch to the design, symbolising the consumer-axial ethos that drives Porsche Blueprint and Huawei, whilst giving a more luxurious look to the device. Together with perfectly rounded edges, the soft natural leather ensures a firm, ergonomic grip and premium touch that evokes the feeling of consummate command.

The handcrafted semi-aniline acme grain leather integrated into the design of PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate xx RS is soft nonetheless highly durable, able to withstand the vesture and tear of everyday use. Being a product of passion and ingenuity, this device it is a celebration of craftsmanship and innovation.

Ultimate Performance

The PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS is powered by a high-operation chipset—Kirin 980, which is manufactured using the cutting-edge 7nm procedure. With the Dual-NPU, the new Kirin chipset enables the smartphone to strike the perfect balance between high operation and state-of-the-fine art power efficiency, even when running at total throttle. The Kirin 980 is besides the world'due south first commercial SoC to utilize Cortex-A76-based loftier performance cores. The Cortex-A76-based cores work in concert with loftier efficiency Cortex-A55 cores to deliver blazing fast performance. Meanwhile, the Mali-G76 GPU drives maximum graphical performance for all use cases.

Ultimate Camera

Separating the ii leather stripes at the back of the device is a pane of glass, which highlights the technology aspect of the PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate twenty RS. The all-new Leica Triple Camera, comprised of a 40MP main camera, a 20MP camera with Leica Ultra Wide Bending Lens and an 8MP telephoto camera, is nestled stylishly underneath the glass. The camera organisation is bundled in a two-past-two matrix that captivates its viewers as it captures them. It comes with a brand-new capability: macro distance. Users can become every bit close to an object as two.5cm from the lenses and capture vivid details with an ultra-abrupt focus.

Leveraging the AI capabilities of the Dual-NPU embedded in the Kirin 980, PORSCHE Blueprint HUAWEI Mate 20 delivers AI experiences via EMUI 9.0, Huawei's Android P-based operating organisation. HiVision, a new feature coming with EMUI 9.0, gives users a smart encyclopedia that fits in their pocket. Pointing a camera towards famous paintings and landmarks reveals their rich history—an especially handy feature for jet-setting globetrotters on their adventures.

Ultimate Identification

The PORSCHE Pattern HUAWEI Mate twenty RS features an In-Screen Fingerprint sensor. Huawei has evolved the design of its sensor with Dynamic Pressure Sensing Technology to attain improved success rate and upward to 30 percent amend recognition speed[1]. The device displays a prompt whenever it detects a finger is hovering to a higher place the sensor. In one case the authentication process is consummate, the unobtrusive prompt quickly disappears into the background. Furthermore, it is equipped with a 3D Confront Unlock solution which, through mapping a user'south face s, enables the device to accurately read the face of a user. The sophisticated sensors and Dual-NPU-powered AI enable 3D Face Unlock to identify a user rapidly (nether 0.6s) and work across a broad range of lighting conditions, including in pitch-black darkness. Moreover, 3D Face up Unlock authenticates users at a false credence rate of below one/1,000,000.

Ultimate Energy

The PORSCHE Design HUAWEI Mate 20 RS houses an industry leading 4200mAh (typical value) bombardment that supports High german TÜV Rubber Fast-Charge System Certified 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge engineering. Tested relentlessly to the limits by Huawei's engineers, the battery in PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS supports more than than a total solar day of intensive apply, and can be charged back at unprecedented speeds. Utilising 40W HUAWEI SuperCharge, users can charge their bombardment from naught to approximately seventy percent (2940mAh) in xxx minutes[two]. A HUAWEI Wireless Charger supporting 15W HUAWEI Wireless Quick Accuse is also bachelor (sold separately). Furthermore, information technology supports HUAWEI Wireless Reverse Charge, which lets the sectional device to human activity every bit a wireless power bank.

Ultimate Design

The frontal view of the PORSCHE Design HUAWEI Mate 20 RS is symmetrical. Porsche Design and Huawei have evolved the lower bezel in favor of a larger screen size, providing consumers with fifty-fifty more display space for whatever work or play usage scenario.

The PORSCHE Pattern HUAWEI Mate 20 RS comes in a 2d color version—Red[three]. While the colour black represents status, professionalism, simplicity and strength, red is passionate, glamorous and adventurous—the perfect colour for those who would like to express their more playful side.

A Leather Smart View Flip Case complements the new device. Fabricated of the aforementioned natural leather as the back of the device, it offers additional protection to the exquisite handset, while leaving an opening for the FullView display to show information including fourth dimension and notifications, besides every bit the Porsche Design logo.

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer BG, said, "The PORSCHE Design HUAWEI Mate 20 RS is a bespoke device uniquely tailored for consumers with a refined gustatory modality for 18-carat luxury. Featuring cut-edge technology encased in an artisan body, it is the ultimate form of AI."

Jan Becker, CEO of Porsche Design Grouping, said, "Functional design is the Deoxyribonucleic acid of Porsche Blueprint, and every iteration of the PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate Serial sees a natural evolution of that principle. The latest novelty exemplifies this by the use of leather, which is simultaneously steeped in tradition and innovative design."

The PORSCHE DESIGN HUAWEI Mate 20 RS epitomises the passion in cutting-edge technology and design shared by Porsche Design and Huawei. With an inspired design, powerful performance, best-in-class battery technologies and sophisticated biometric identification features, the latest luxury flagship appeals to discerning consumers with a gustatory modality for Porsche Pattern's signature purist aesthetics and Huawei's leading technologies.

First Impressions

We've spent some time getting to know the Huawei Mate twenty Pro, so check out our commencement impressions of Huawei'due south new flagship smartphone...

The Mate 20 Pro is the first device from Huawei to use the very latest Kirin 980 chipset, which has not 1, but 2 neural network computing (NPU) processors.

This means that the Mate twenty Pro can now place particulars, not simply contours, can procedure live video as well equally stills, and can dissever objects more precisely. Along with its super-fast Cat.21 LTE, ane.732Gbps Wifi connection, the Mate 20 Pro is capable of streaming 4K live video with no buffering.

Huawei have gone all-out to give the Mate xx Pro an iconic pattern, with symmetry and simplicity at the forefront. The camera is therefore located in the middle of the device, which is curved on all the corners. It'south besides rated to IP68 water and dust resistant.

The Mate 20 Pro is available in Pink Gilded, Midnight Blue, Emerald Green, Twilight and Blackness. Information technology has a 6.39 inch, 3120x1440 2K plus, 19.5:9 ratio, curved OLED HDR brandish.

Two of the colourways have a Hyper Optical Design end, which is both cute and practical, with a tactile finish that resists fingerprints and is less glace than full glass.

The Huawei Mate xx Pro has a Leica triple camera setup, consisting of a wide-angle module (40mp, f/i.eight lens), telephoto module (8mp, f/2.4 lens), and a new ultra-wide-angle module (20mp, 16mm f/2.two lens).

Huawei merits that they don't need the monochrome sensor that's on the P20 Pro - instead they can get keen images from the broad-angle module instead. Interestingly the ultra-wide-bending can focus as shut equally 2.5cms, handy for macro shooting.

Other primal photographic camera features include a fully manual shooting manner, AI 4D predictive autofocus system, a dual tone flash module, 24mp front selfie photographic camera with an f/ii lens, and the AI cinema mode which supports the 21:9 format every bit well equally 16:nine and offers a range of cinematic in-camera effects.

Battery life is improved cheers to the new 4200 mAh bombardment. In the 40W Supercharge fashion, the Mate twenty Pro can reach 70% in just thirty minutes.

In that location'south too wireless charging for the get-go time on a Huawei device, which uses the 15W standard, twice equally fast every bit the industry standard and 160% faster than the Apple iPhone X. At that place'southward too a clever feature called wireless reverse charging, where you tin charge other devices with the Mate 20 Pro!

In terms of security, a hot topic right now, the Mate twenty pro has a dedicated 3D depth sensing camera for its confront unlock feature. There'southward also an in-screen fingerprint reader, with no need for a separate sensor, and a countersign vault that stores passwords on the device, rather than in the cloud. Huawei are also offer more backup options than ever before, with Local, USB, NAS and Cloud options bachelor.

The Mate xx Pro continues to use Huawei's EMUI ix.0 software, which further simplifies the user experience. 10% of the user settings from the previous version accept been rationalized, and the system is claimed to be about 50% faster than before.

Check out our easily-on gallery of photos of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro camera

Huawei Mate 20 Pro - Early Verdict

The Mate xx Pro is Huawei's most advanced smartphone to appointment, with improvements across the lath. These include the photography side of things, which has always been one of Huawei's fundamental aims, with the new 16mm ultra-wide-angle lens making the Mate 20 Pro a very versatile device in terms of its focal range.

So what do you lot think of the new Huawei Mate 20 Pro? Leave a comment below..

Hands On

Want to see exactly what the new Huawei Mate 20 Pro flagship smartphone looks similar in the flesh?

Bank check out our extensive hands-on gallery of photos of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro smartphone.

A hands-on gallery of photos of the Huawei Mate xx Pro flagship smartphone.

Paradigm Gallery

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Preview Images

Ahead of our full review, hither are some sample images taken with the brand new Huawei Mate xx Pro smartphone, which was announced on Tuesday. This flagship smartphone has a triple camera setup with a 27mm 40 megapixel camera, 3x telephoto module, and a new 16mm ultra-broad-angle sensor, making it one of the most versatile smartphones in terms of focal range (16-81mm).

A gallery of total-size sample images taken with the Huawei Mate xx Pro smartphone.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro Sample Images

Sample RAW Images

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Huawei RAW (DNG) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown beneath are not 100% representative).

Sample Movies & Video

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1. Introduction
2. Ease of Use
3. Image Quality
4. Sample Images
5. Product Images
6. Conclusion
7. Chief Rivals
8. Review Roundup
9. Specifications
10. News
11. Beginning Impressions
12. Hands On
13. Preview Images

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