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As planned, on October 22, Huawei held an online presentation of the flagship series of camera phones Huawei Mate40. Almost all the details were leaked to the network before the announcement, so it remains for us to clarify the details and summarize.
The line is represented by four models: Mate40, Mate40 Pro and Mate40 Pro +, as well as a limited premium edition Mate 40 RS Porsche Design. They differ from last year’s Mate30 with an updated design, improved performance, and broader functionality.
In terms of design, the main models Mate40, Mate40 Pro and Mate40 Pro + combine the external design of the main camera block, in the shape of a donut / donut. At the same time, the Mate40 Pro, Mate40 Pro + and Mate 40 RS Porsche Design received a “face” for three – all of them are equipped with waterfall-displays with strongly curved sides and an oval cutout for a double front camera in the left corner. At the same time, the Mate 40 RS Porsche Design is distinguished by a different design of the rear panel (vertical “racing” stripe with a characteristic texture in the center) and the main camera unit (octagon-shaped). As for the Mate40, it is also equipped with a curved screen, but the curvature is not as strong as in the bigger brothers, and the front camera is unique and is cut into a round hole in the upper left corner of the screen.
Most of the presentation of the Mate40 was devoted to photo and video capabilities, and this is understandable, given that this is what the series is famous for.
The detailed specifications of the Mate40 main cameras with Leica optics are as follows:
Mate40:
- 50 MP (1 / 1.28 ″ sensor with 1.22 µm cell size), 23 mm (wide-angle) lens with f / 1.9 aperture, omni-directional PDAF, laser autofocus;
- 8 MP, 85 mm lens (telephoto) with F / 2.4 aperture, 3x optical zoom, PDAF, OIS;
- 16 MP, 17 mm (ultra wide angle) lens with f / 2.2 aperture.
Mate40 Pro:
- 50 MP (1 / 1.28 ″ sensor with 1.22 µm cell size), 23 mm (wide-angle) lens with f / 1.9 aperture, omni-directional PDAF, laser autofocus;
- 12 MP, 125 mm lens (telephoto) with f / 3.4 aperture, x5 optical zoom, PDAF, OIS;
- 20 megapixel lens (ultra wide angle) with 18mm f / 1.8 aperture.
Mate40 Pro +:
- 50 MP (1 / 1.28 ″ sensor with 1.22 µm mesh), 23 mm (wide angle) lens with F / 1.9 aperture, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS, laser autofocus;
- 12 Mp, 70 mm lens (telephoto) with f / 2.4 aperture, 3x optical zoom, OIS;
- 8 Mp, 240 mm lens (telephoto) with F / 4.4 aperture, 10 x optical zoom, OIS;
- 20 megapixel lens (ultra wide angle) 14mm f / 2.4 aperture.
- 3D ToF camera module.
Mate 40 RS Porsche Design:
- 50 MP (1 / 1.28 ″ sensor with 1.22 µm mesh), 23 mm (wide angle) lens with F / 1.9 aperture, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS, laser autofocus;
- 12 MP, 70 mm lens (telephoto) with f / 2.4 aperture, 3x optical zoom, OIS;
- 8 Mp, 240 mm lens (telephoto) with F / 4.4 aperture, 10 x optical zoom, OIS;
- 20 megapixel lens (ultra wide angle) 14mm f / 2.4 aperture.
- 3D ToF camera module.
In particular, only the Huawei Mate40 RS Porsche Design, which is technically a copy of the Mate40 Pro +, supports 8K video recording.
The Mate40’s front camera is 13 megapixels. In older siblings, it is complemented by a second 3D ToF module for scene depth analysis and biometric identification.
The hardware foundation of older models is the latest 5nm Kirin 9000 SoC with a built-in Balong 5000 modem, containing 15.3 billion transistors. Its configuration includes an eight-core CPU built on a three-cluster scheme (1xCortex-A77 @ 3.13 GHz + 3xCortex-A77 @ 2.54 GHz + 4xCortex-A55 @ 2.05 GHz) and a Mali-G78 24-core ARM GPU. The base model Mate40 uses a slightly simplified version of the Kirin 9000E: the neural processor (NPU) has not three, but two cores, and the GPU has 22 cores instead of 24.
The screens of the older models are also identical: 6.76-inch OLED with a resolution of 1344×2772 pixels. Bending angle: 88 °. The supported frame rate is “only” 90 Hz. In the presentation, the head of Huawei explained that the 120 hertz panels are too “gluttonous”, so they decided to abandon them in favor of greater autonomy. At the same time, the sensor layer polling rate was increased to 240 Hz. The base Mate40 has a more compact 6.5-inch OLED display with 1080 x 2376 pixels. An optical fingerprint scanner on all models is built into the display.
RAM for the Mate40 and Mate40 Pro is 8 GB, the Mate40 Pro + and Mate40 RS Porsche Design is 12 GB. Built-in flash memory: Mate40 – 128GB, Mate40 Pro / Mate40 Pro + – 256GB, Mate40 RS Porsche Design – 512GB. Storage can be expanded with proprietary Nano Memory cards (connected to the second SIM slot).
The battery capacity is 4200 mAh (Mate40) and 4400 mAh (Mate40 Pro, Mate40 Pro + and Mate40 RS Porsche Design). The younger model only supports wired fast charging with power up to 40 W, and the older ones support wired fast charging (up to 66 W) and wireless (50 W), as well as reverse wireless charging of devices (5 W) .
Other smartphone features: IP68 protection, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, NFC, IrDA, USB Type-C 3.1, stereo speakers (except Mate40), 3.5 mm and support for 32-bit / 384 kHz sound .
Dimensions and weight Mate40 – 158.6 × 72.5 × 8.8 mm and 188 g, Mate40 Pro – 162.9 × 75.5 × 9.1 mm and 212 grams, Mate40 Pro + – 162.9 × 75, 5 X 8.8 mm and 230 grams, Mate40 Pro + – 162.9 x 75.5 x 10.1 and 234 grams.
All models in the Mate 40 line will ship with the pre-installed EMUI 11 skin based on Android 10 and without Google services (instead, Huawei’s own multimedia services ecosystem).
Prices have been announced and are lower than expected.
European prices:
- Mate40 – € 899;
- Mate40 Pro – € 1199;
- Mate40 Pro + – € 1399;
- Mate40 RS Porsche Design – € 2,295.
Prices and release dates for Mate40 in Ukraine have yet to be announced.
