Huawei flagship smartphones under the company’s P20 series and the most recent P30 series have been appreciated for its camera innovations. The company has managed to offer an incredible camera experience but falls short in the video department.
The major reason behind that is that the company’s Kirin 970 and Kirin 980 chipsets, which powers the P20-series and P30-series smartphones respectively, lacks support for 4K video recording at 60fps. But that is about the change with its upcoming flagship mobile chipset.
Huawei has confirmed that the company’s upcoming mobile processor — HiSilicon Kirin 990, will come with support for 4K 60fps video recording. Since the upcoming Mate 30-series will be powered by the Kirin 990 SoC, you won’t need to choose between a high resolution and a high frame rate with Mate 30 lineup.
Although Huawei’s flagship smartphones lack support for 4K 60fps recording, most of its competitors have been offering this feature for a couple of years now. Apple was the first to add this feature with iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X. Later, Qualcomm also added the support with Snapdragon 845 chipset that powers the Samsung Galaxy S9 lineup.
As said, the Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 chipset is expected to power the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones and are rumored to get launched on 19th September. Further, the company has also confirmed that its foldable smartphone Huawei Mate X and the next year’s P40-series will also be powered by this very same chipset. We expect the premium Honor-branded phones to be powered by Kirin 990 SoC as well.
The Kirin 990 SoC is said to have been manufactured using the 7nm processing node and will come with Balong 5000 5G modem that will offer support for 5G connectivity. Compared to Kirin 980, its successor is expected to consume 10 percent less power and its overall performance may increase by 10 percent. Currently, there’s no information available on the other specs of the Kirin 990 SoC.
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