Huawei Mate 40 series to launch on October 22, confirms CEO Richard Yu

The Huawei Mate 40 series is set to launch on October 22. Huawei Consumer Business CEO and CEO Richard Yu took to social media to confirm this development. The series will debut in the Chinese market and global availability is still too early to tell. An MIIT certification from a few months ago hints that the series may include three phones: Huawei Mate 40, Huawei Mae 40 Pro, and Huawei Mate 40 Pro +. The Pro model has also been leaked in renders that hint at a double-hole selfie camera and a quad camera setup on the back.

Yu went to Weibo to announce that the Huawei Mate 40 series will launch in China on October 22. He shared a poster confirming the launch event time for 8pm local time (5.30pm IST). The bottom has a picture of what the sky would look like if you looked from the bottom of a well. It could be depicting an eyeball that hints at focusing abilities. Huawei’s flagship phones are known for their excellent cameras, and the Mate 40 should also boast an excellent camera system.

The MIIT certification spotted by Digital Chat Station in August appears to hint at three models in sight. The first is expected to be the vanilla Huawei Mate 40 with the codename Ocean and the mode number OCE-AN00, and the second is expected to be the Huawei Mate 40 Pro with the codename Noah and the model number NOH. -AN00. The most premium is reported to be the Mate 40 Pro + which comes with the model number NOP-AN00.

Huawei Mate 40 Pro has a quad camera setup on the back
Photo credit: OnLeaks / Pricebaba

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro was also leaked in versions from Pricebaba and Onleaks a few months ago, and the phone is seen to sport a double-punch selfie camera setup. It is seen to have a quad rear camera setup on the back inside a circular module. One of the sensors is configured to be a periscope lens on the back. The renders of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro suggest a double-edged curved screen.

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