Smartphone Huawei Mate 20 Pro - advantages and disadvantages

The official presentation of premium smartphones Huawei Mate 20 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro is scheduled for October 16, 2018 in London. Huawei promises to introduce a revolutionary smartphone that will outshine all competitors. Manufacturers keep the best technical specifications of the devices secret, which increases interest in future announcements.

In this article, we will try to describe in detail the positive and negative aspects of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro smartphone based on modest data taken from an Internet resource.

Appearance and equipment

Equipment

The phone will be delivered in a presentable box containing:

• Smartphone;
• USB cable (cord length is standard);
• Documentation for use;
• Warranty card;
• Headset;
• Hybrid adapter;
• Clip for dual sim slot;
• Company charger.

Appearance

The body of the smartphone is made of durable glass. The back panel effectively shimmers in the rays of light. It has three main camera modules and an original flash on a square platform that protrudes slightly above the body. The company logos are also applied: Huawei and Lake.

The screen occupies the entire front panel of the smartphone. At the top, there is a cutout in which the selfie camera, earpiece and sensors are located. Small rounded bezels run along the edges of the display.
On the top edge is an infrared port and a 3.5 mm audio input headphone jack.

On the bottom, there are two stereo speakers and a USB Type-C port.

The manufacturer offers three body color options: classic black, blue, twilight (with a color gradient). The dimensions of the phone have not been published, but it is already known that the aspect ratio corresponds to 19.5:9.

The surface of the smartphone is slippery and, of course, fingerprints remain on the glass case. It is advisable to immediately put on a protective cover. The case of the device has protection against water and dust according to the IP67 standard. It can be washed, dropped into water without worrying about the consequences.

Specifications of the smartphone Huawei Mate 20 Pro

CPU

The flagship Kirin 980 processor with a neural network module was developed by a subsidiary of Hisilicon and was already presented at the IFA 2018 electronics exhibition in Berlin. The number of transistors is 6.9 billion. The processor is built using a new architecture: 2 Big Cortex-A76 (2.6 GHz) + 2 Middle Cortex-A76 (1.92 GHz) + 4 Little Cortex-A55 (1.8 GHz) and received a Mali-G76 graphics accelerator, which is used for the first time. The manufacturer guarantees a significant increase in the speed and energy efficiency of the device.

Memory

Presumably, the smartphone will receive RAM – 6/8 GB, internal – 128/256 GB. In any case, the lack of a slot for expanding flash storage does not upset. The amount of memory is enough for constant work without closing applications.

autonomy

The company presented an advertising poster depicting smartphones and the capacity of their batteries. The maximum power is 4000 mAh. It was stated that the Huawei Mate 20 Pro device will acquire a built-in modern lithium-polymer battery (Li-Po) with a larger capacity (possibly 4200 mAh) with support for fast charging (Super Charge 2.0), with which it can recharge the battery up to 70% in half an hour .The smartphone will support 15W wireless charging.

After the presentation, the survivability time of the smartphone will be reliably known, we can only assume that it will withstand two days of active work without additional power.

Screen

The device is equipped with a touch screen with OLED matrix (Organic Light Emitting Diode - Organic Light Emitting Diode), which provides a bright picture with wide viewing angles. Display diagonal 6.9 inches with a resolution of Quad HD + (1440 x 3120 pixels) 16M colors. The screen is protected by durable glass Corning Gorilla Glass (version unknown).

The color temperature is set automatically, but if desired, it can be adjusted manually. To view the context at maximum brightness, the screen remains readable in the sun, the minimum mode is convenient to use at night. It has an eye protection function.

Interface

The smartphone will run on the Android 9.0 Pie operating system with the proprietary EMUI 9.0 shell. The new interface of this version was presented at the International Electronics Fair IFA, which was held in Berlin this year. The interface has a more convenient virtual keyboard, simplicity, nimble and intuitive.

Huawei uses the Emotion UI (EMUI) interface, which was invented for its mobile phones based on the Android operating system. The proprietary interface EMUI 8.0 contains 940 elements. Huawei decided to reduce their number to 843 in version 9.0 to get rid of congestion. Through the use of GPU Turbo 2.0 technology, increased performance, fast wireless networking and significantly improved the touch sensitivity of the display.

The smartphone will have a new HiVision feature.When you point the camera at a flower, landmark, the phone will give you full information about the object in real time. You can use this function and, being near the restaurant, find out the menu and customer reviews.

The device will have a block with an NPU neuroprocessor for shopping (Shopping by Camera) and an NFC module.

At the presentation of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro smartphone, manufacturers will present all the features of the proprietary updated EMUI 9.0 shell.

cameras

The popularity of models depends on which company has installed optics in mobile phone cameras. Chinese tech giant Huawei is partnering with well-known German brand Leica. The companies are united by the desire, based on their experience, to create high-quality devices better than those of competitors.

According to DxOMark, in the ranking of high-quality mobile phone cameras at the beginning of the year, the flagships Huawei P20 Pro and Huawei P20 took the first two places. According to the latest data, with a score of 116 points, the not-yet-presented Huawei Mate 20 Pro device is in the lead. When you need a mobile phone to capture high-quality images and video capture of unforgettable moments, you can easily make a choice and not miscalculate which phone model is better to buy.

Smartphone cameras are universal, they distinguish 500 shooting scenes, which are divided into 19 categories. They have optical image stabilization (OIS), the functions are built on the basis of artificial intelligence. In night mode, they give excellent color reproduction without blurring and noise. Photos are clear with good detail. The cameras detect the object even in complete darkness.

How to photograph at night:

It is possible to shoot video with the effect of slow motion 960 frames per second.The footage can be edited, select interesting shots and improve the appearance of the picture.

According to rumors, the smartphone can conduct underwater shooting, while the power, focus and sharpness will be controlled using the lock button and volume keys.

Specifications of the main camera

The rear camera satisfies the selection criteria of many consumers, opens up a variety of shooting possibilities. It has two LED dual-tone flash and three modules: a 40 megapixel (f/1.8) wide-angle lens with laser autofocus, a 20 megapixel (f/1.6) monochrome module, and an 8 megapixel (f/2) color telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. ,four).

Sample photo:

Using the 5x hybrid zoom makes it possible to zoom in on distant objects without losing image quality. There are a lot of shooting modes. When using the Master AI function, you can feel like a professional photographer, the smartphone itself recognizes the object, and artificial intelligence autofocuses and sets the necessary parameters. The device understands that this is macro photography and focuses on detail, if photographing the sky, it accurately selects the sky mode, when shooting a person it switches to portrait mode. There is a standard set of features such as panorama, HDR, bokeh effect. There is a magic light mode in which you can choose: stars, water, light graffiti, headlights. The pictures are amazingly spectacular.

How to take pictures in bokeh mode:

Front camera specifications

The front camera has a 24 megapixel (f / 2.0) module with 3D technology, has artificial intelligence. Selfies are obtained like a professional photographer.It is possible to apply various functions and lighting effects.

When using the portrait mode, take a picture and make a picture of only a person, cut out everything that surrounds him. Then use the filters and create your favorite background. You can change the position of the light source, choose from which side the face will be highlighted.

Additional features

Communication and sound

The smartphone has two stereo speakers. It supports functions with Dolby Atmos, HWA audio effects. You can listen to music at full power in good quality. It is possible to connect wireless headphones. The built-in speaker with intelligent noise reduction allows you to communicate on the phone without any interference, with any noise, callers can clearly hear each other.

Dual-Sim Support, Dual 4G & Dual VoLTE, 4.5G LTE 4X4 MIMO 4.5G is a type of LTE networks with gigabit speeds.

Supports GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou Global Positioning System.

Supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Dual Band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot.

Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE.

For active games

At the presentation of the Kirin 980 chipset, manufacturers did not ignore gamers. Powerful filling with a new graphics accelerator with 6 GB of RAM will ensure stable operation of the device with full immersion in the game without heating, freezing and lags. The smartphone has the ability to use augmented reality applications.

Unlock

You can unlock your phone:

• On the face, regardless of the degree of illumination of the room. The front camera supports 360-degree 3D face recognition.
• By fingerprints. The fingerprint sensor is located under the screen display, unlocking is very fast.
• By voice.The smartphone supports the Bone Voice ID function, the phone is unlocked by the user's voice even in a noisy environment.

What is the price?

The name of Huawei is not associated with a manufacturer of low-cost mobile phones. In the electronics market, devices with powerful “stuffing” and not a budget price are in demand. The estimated average price for the top smartphone Huawei Mate 20 Pro will be from 55 to 65 thousand rubles. According to other sources, the price is from 900 to 1100 dollars. The presentation will take place soon, and the price will be announced. Now it is difficult to say where it is profitable to buy a smartphone, it is better to wait for the opening of sales, which are planned for the end of October.

conclusions

• Branded optics;
• Image stabilization;
• Beautiful design;
• Powerful battery;
• Advanced technologies using artificial intelligence.

• Price;
• In the absence of a cover slippery case.

A premium smartphone with the latest: a processor, a graphics accelerator, a proprietary shell, with chic optics and support for artificial intelligence. Huawei has not yet revealed the secrets of all the chips of this model, but we can assume that a unique device with great functionality awaits us. I would like to hope that this device will become the owner of wireless charging.