Huawei recently launched the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship smartphones which are now available for purchase in its home market China. Today, the Chinese giant has launched the Mate 30 series smartphones in Malaysia.
The launch of the Mate 30 series devices outside China comes at a time when there’s uncertainty over access to Google apps and services through Huawei’s phones. It’s noteworthy that the Mate 30 series is the first from Huawei to come without access to Google’s services and apps after ban from the United States.
In Malaysia, both the smartphones come in two color options — Space Silver and Black. While the Mate 30 is priced at RM2,799, the Pro variant costs RM3,899. The company will soon reveal more details about its availability.
The company is also offering gifts worth RM1,115 with the purchase of the Mate 30 series in Malaysia, which includes a wireless in-car SuperCharge charger, a DJI Osmo Mobile 3 gimbal, a back case, and Huawei Care with extended one year warranty and six months screen crack warranty.
The launch of the Huawei Mate 30 series in Malaysia is a major move from the Chinese giant. Till now, the phones were limited to the Chinese market only, making Malaysia the first international market to get the Mate 30 series smartphones.
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The Mate 30 series’ international launch comes just a day after it was reported that the workaround for the Google apps and services is no longer working. The workaround, which relied on LZ Play app, has been shut down after reported about the security concerns started making rounds online.
Lack of Google apps and services has virtually no impact as long as the phones are limited to the Chinese market. However, access to Google’s service is crucial when the phone comes to the international markets. While the company is pushing developers to work for its own app store named App Gallery and is willing to spend around $1 billion, it remains to be seen how it turns out.
Coming to the specifications, the Huawei Mate 30 features a 6.62-inch Full-HD+ Rigid OLED FullView display with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. It is powered by the 5G-ready Kirin 990 chipset with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of native storage. It runs EMUI 10 based on Android 10 OS and is powered by a 4,200 mAh battery.
As for the cameras, the primary camera on the Mate 30 is a 40-megapixel sensor with an aperture rating of f/1.8. This works along with a 16-megapixel ultra-wide sensor with an aperture rating of f/2.2 and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with an aperture rating of f/2.4.
On the other hand, the Mate 30 Pro features a 6.53-inch Full-HD+ Flex OLED Horizon Display with a resolution of 1176 x 2400 pixels and an aspect ratio of 18.4:9. The device is powered by the same octa-core Kirin 990 SoC as the Mate 30 and is available with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
It comes with a quad camera setup at the rear which consists of a 40-megapixel sensor, a 40-megapixel ultrawide lens, an 8-megapixel depth sensor and a 3D ToF sensors. The smartphone draws power from a 4,500 mAh battery with 27W wireless charging and 40W Huawei Super Charge technology.
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