Huawei Mate 20 X 5G will be debuting in July in China. At the end of the previous month, Huawei had claimed that the handset had obtained China’s first 5G terminal telecom equipment network access license. It had also confirmed that it supports SA and NSA 5G networks. The images of the Mate 20 X 5G have appeared on TENAA which indicates that the release date of the smartphone is close at hand.
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G has already gone official in UAE through which its entire specifications have been revealed. Compared to the 4G LTE version of the Huawei Mate 20 X, there are some changes on its 5G variant. For 5G connectivity, the Mate 20 X 5G comes with Balong 5000 5G modem.
In order to make space for the numerous 5G antennas, Huawei has axed the 3.5mm audio jack and reduced the size of the battery to 4,200mAh on the Mate 20 X 5G. The phone also lacks a secondary speaker that is available on the Mate 20 X which features a 3.5mm headphone jack and comes with 5,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging support. The Mate 20 X 5G carries support for 40W SuperCharge rapid charging technology. As it can be seen in the images of the Mate 20 X 5G, its appearance is identical with its 4G LTE model. The smartphone sports a new Emerald Green color and it features a 5G logo.
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According to PhoneArena, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G achieved an amazing download speed of 694Mps and an impressive upload speed of 37.2Mps in Vodafone’s 5G network in Spain. On 4G LTE, the download speed ranges between 30 and 35 Mbps and the upload speed clocks between 10 and 15 Mbps in the U.S. The Huawei Mate 20 X was introduced as a gaming-centric phone in October 2018. With 5G connectivity, its users will be able to take advantage of cloud gaming seamlessly.
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G has a full HD+ 7.2-inch OLED display with waterdrop notch. The 5G variant in UAE comes with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage. The EMUI 9.1 based Android 9 Pie OS runs on the device. It features a front-facing camera of 24-meapixel. The rear-facing triple camera system has a 40-megapixle main sensor, a 20-megapixe ultrawide lens and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom support.
