Huawei unveiled the Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, and Mate 20X in London, featuring the all-new HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC.
All three phones sport triple rear camera modules. The Mate 20X also includes an M-Pen stylus, competing with the Galaxy Note 9, and a massive 7.2-inch display. The Mate 20 and Mate 20X have a waterdrop display notch, while the Mate 20 Pro has a VSEL front-facing module for enhanced face unlock security.
Huawei Mate 20
The Huawei Mate 20 boasts a 6.43-inch full-HD+ panel with a small ‘Dewdrop notch’, resulting in an 18.7:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood is the Kirin 980 SoC, speculated to be paired with 4GB of RAM and up to 128GB of onboard storage.
The phone boasts a 4,000mAh battery, Huawei’s proprietary facial recognition technology, and a 3.5mm headphone jack—features absent in the Mate 20 Pro. Additionally, it includes a rear fingerprint sensor.
The Mate 20 shares the same cameras as the Mate 20 Pro, a departure from the P20 series. Both Mate 20 phones feature a triple rear camera setup: a 40-megapixel primary sensor with an f/1.8 aperture for enhanced light capture through pixel-binning, a 20-megapixel secondary sensor with an f/2.2 aperture, and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor with an f/2.4 aperture.
Mate 20’s Dewdrop Notch
Mate 20 Specifications
Key specifications:
| Display | Huawei Dewdrop Display; 6.53-inch LCD; 2244 x 1080 pixels; 18.7:9 aspect ratio; DCI-P3 HDR support |
| SoC | Kirin 980 SoC (4 x Cortex-A76 at 2.6 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz) |
| GPU | Mali-G76 GPU |
| RAM | 4/6GB |
| Storage | 128GB + microSD support up to 256GB |
| Rear Camera | Triple Cameras (40MP f/1.8+ 20MP f/2.2 + 8MP f/2.4) |
| Front Camera | 24MP (f/2.0) |
| Battery | 4,000 mAh with 22.5W Huawei SuperCharge |
| Connectivity | USB Type-C, NFC, 3.5mm headphone jack |
| Software | Android 9 Pie, EMUI 9 |
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Mate 20 Pro features a smaller 6.39-inch OLED display with QHD+ (1440×3120 pixels) resolution, compared to Mate 20. It retains the Kirin 980 SoC, 6GB RAM, and 128GB storage, supporting Huawei’s Nano Memory Card for up to 256GB expansion. Mate 20 Pro omits the rear fingerprint sensor.
Unlike Mate 20, the Pro version includes an under-display fingerprint scanner and a larger 4,200mAh battery with SuperCharge 2.0, charging the phone to 70 percent in 30 minutes.
The front camera module features a VSEL sensor with 3D Depth Sensing, projecting over 30,000 points on the face for identification and unlocking.
Regarding connectivity, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro supports high-speed LTE access, NFC, Bluetooth v5.0, and Gigabit WLAN, with dual-band capability. It features a dual-SIM slot that accommodates either an NM Card or a nano SIM.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro Specifications
These are the key specifications of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro:
| Display | Huawei FullView Display; 6.39-inch curved OLED panel; 3120 x 1440 pixels; 19.5:9 aspect ratio, DCI-P3 HDR support |
| SoC | Kirin 980 SoC (4 x Cortex-A76 at 2.6 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz) |
| GPU | Mali-G76 GPU |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB + Nano Memory Card support |
| Primary Camera | Triple Rear Cameras (40MP f/1.8+ 20MP f/2.2 + 8MP f/2.4) |
| Rear Camera | 24MP Front Camera |
| Battery | 4,200 mAh with 40W Huawei SuperCharge support |
| Connectivity | USB Type-C, NFC, No headphone jack |
| Software | Android 9 Pie, EMUI 9 |
Huawei launched a Porsche Design Mate 20 RS, featuring a leather back and similar specs to the Mate 20 Pro, including an under-display fingerprint sensor.
Pricing and Availability of Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro
The Mate 20 starts at 799 euros for the 4GB/128GB variant, with the Mate 20 Pro priced at $1049. Both phones will come in five colors, including the popular Twilight shade from the P20 Pro.
There is no announcement yet regarding the availability of the phones in India. Huawei typically holds a separate launch event for India, as it did with the P20 Pro. Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks.
Pritam Chopra is a seasoned IT professional and a passionate blogger hailing from the dynamic realm of technology. With an insatiable curiosity for all things tech-related, Pritam has dedicated himself to exploring and unraveling the intricacies of the digital world.
