In June, Huawei had confirmed that it will be launching the Mate 20 X 5G smartphone in July. The smartphone is now ready to hit the UAE markets as du telecom operator has started receiving its pre-orders. It is the second 5G phone to release in UAE after the ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G that was made available through carrier Etisalat at the end of May. The pre-orders of the Mate 20 X 5G have started in UAE and it will be available for purchase from July 18.
Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Pre-orders
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G comes with a 24-month contract through du. It requires users to spend AED 145 (~$39) each month. The total price of the phone comes to AED 3,840 (~$1,045). While buying the phone, du customers can opt for a data plan that starts at AED 414 per month.
Buyers who sign up for the smartphone between July 4 and 17 will be provided with a Huawei Watch GT smartphone for free. The Mate 20 X 5G is cheaper than the Axon 10 Pro 5G that is priced at AED 5,832.75 (~$1,588) in UAE.
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Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Specifications and Features
Unlike the regular Huawei Mate 20 X that comes in color options such as Midnight Blue and Phantom Silver, its newly introduced 5G variant comes in a new Emerald Green color. The smartphone comes with a 7.2-inch OLED panel with waterdrop notch. It supports full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2233 pixels and offers a screen-to-body ratio of 87.83 percent.
The Kirin 980 chipset is present under the hood of the device. The SoC is supported by 8 GB of RAM and an internal storage of 256 GB. It features a nanoSD card slot for additional storage. The Balong 5000 5G modem that comes along with it enables 5G connectivity on the smartphone. The Android 9 Pie OS runs on the device.
The rear side of the smartphone features a triple camera unit with a 40-megapixel wide-angle lens with f/1.8 aperture, a 20-megapixel ultrawide lens with f/2.2 aperture and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture. On the frontside of the smartphone is an f/2.0 aperture 24-megapixel selfie camera. The Mate 20 X supports dual-SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, dual-band GPS frequency and USB-C. It lacks a 3.5mm audio jack. Due to modifications for housing numerous antennas inside the handset for 5G connectivity, it features a 4,200mAh battery which is considerably smaller than the 4G LTE edition that features a 5G modem. The smartphone supports 40W fast charging. Lastly, the phone comes with an IP53 rated chassis.
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