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After a longer wait than usual, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro is ready to be presented this Thursday, October 22. There have been limited leaks and some may turn out to be inaccurate. This latest pack of information has been compiled by the trusted Roland Quandt and should be the most accurate yet as it is so close to release.
The phone will feature curved sides for both the screen and the sides. The design is meant to make the side bezels disappear when you look at the screen. The new Mate will have more curves than the P40 Pro, but without sacrificing the side buttons like the Mate 2019 did.
The display will measure 6.76 ”, the largest in the series, and will be slightly sharper with a 456 ppi pixel density, thanks to a 1,344 x 2,772 px screen resolution. There is no information on the refresh rate, but at least 90Hz seems like a no-brainer.
This leak paints a different picture than what we saw in the first versions. There is no periscope for one, instead a classic 12 MP telecamera with 5x optical zoom (125mm focal length) will be used (you can check out an official camera sample).
Another interesting change is that the laser autofocus will be paired with an optical depth sensor. This will be used to improve autofocus, although it is not yet clear how. There will also be a depth sensor on the front, which shares the pill-shaped drilled hole with the 13 MP selfie camera; Beyond the bokeh effects, this will be used to detect hand gestures.
The main camera will have a 50MP sensor and a lens with f / 1.9 aperture and optical image stabilization. It will record 8K video and feature a dual-tone LED flash and ambient light color sensor for better color reproduction. The third camera will be a 20MP ultra-wide module with an aperture of f / 1.8.
The Huawei Mate 40 Pro will feature the Kirin 9000, the first 5nm chipset to feature an integrated 5G modem. However, this may only be below 6 GHz (Chinese carriers are still in the planning stages of a millimeter wave deployment).
Regardless, the chipset CPU will use Cortex-A77 for its large cores with a 3.13 GHz main core and three more A77s running at 2.54 GHz, plus four smaller 2.04 GHz A55 cores. The GPU will use ARM’s Mali-G78 design and, as we’ve seen in early benchmarks, Kirin leaves the Snapdragon 865+ behind in terms of graphics performance.
For Europe, Huawei is reportedly planning a version with 8GB of RAM plus 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The version for China will reach up to 12GB of RAM. Storage can be expanded using Nano Memory cards.
The new Mate will outperform all previous Huawei models with 65W wired fast charging support, the battery capacity will be 4,400 mAh, about the same as last year. Wireless charging (including reverse charging) will also be supported, although we don’t know the speeds of those.
The phone will launch with Android 10 + EMUI 11 out of the box, paired with Huawei Media Services (as Google’s services are still blocked by a trade embargo). It may take until next year for the new Mates to reach Europe, although the phones will likely ship in China before the end of 2020.
Rumor has it that the October 22 event will also bring a Mate 30 Pro E, a revamped version of last year’s model. This can go through a loophole and have Google Play pre-installed (just like the P30 Pro New Edition did, but we’ll find out Thursday.
Huawei Mate 40 Pro
We can also expect special editions of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro this year: an RS model that will feature the Porsche Design look and a Pro + model that will update the camera. It remains to be seen if these will make it to Europe (although it is quite unlikely, at least for the Pro + model).
A leak showing the renderings of the Mate 40 Pro + and the retail box suggests that instead of a donut, the rear camera design will be based on an octagon. Huawei officially teased the Mate 40’s design, showing off a similar angular camera island, though not an octagon.
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