At the end of July, Huawei had held an unveil event in China to announce the Huawei Nova 5i Pro and Huawei Mate 20 X 5G smartphones. The Nova 5i Pro has been available for purchase since the beginning of this month. As scheduled, the first sale of the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G will take place at 10:00 AM in China today. It will be hitting the market as Huawei’s first 5G phone for the home market.
Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Price and Specifications
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G that features 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of native storage carries a price tag of 6,199 Yuan (~$881). The handset comes in a single color of Emerald Green.
The Mate 20 X 5G features a massive 7.2-inch OLED display with waterdrop notch. It delivers full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18.7:9. The 7nm Kirin 980 chipset is present under the hood of the device. The presence of Balong 5000 5G modem brings about 5G connection on the device. It is a dual SIM phone that supports a 5G SIM and a 4G SIM at the same time.
The smartphone is packed with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 40W fast charging. The hybrid SIM slot of the device supports up to 256 GB of nanoSD card. At the front side of the phone is a 24-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. The rear shell of the smartphone features Leica engineered three camera sensors housed inside a square-shaped module. It includes an LED flash, an f/1.8 aperture 40-megapixel primary sensor, an f/2.4 aperture 8-megapixel telephoto lens with OIS and a 20-megapixel ultrawide lens.
The Mate 20 X 5G comes preloaded with Android 9 Pie OS that is customized with EMU 9.1. The other features of the smartphone include Dolby Atmos support, face unlock, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, USB-C, 3.5mm headphone jack and a rear-facing fingerprint sensor.
