Huawei’s P-series should launch earlier than other flagships since it usually comes with the same Kirin processor powering the Mate flagships of the preceding year. There is no chipset delaying it unlike most of its competitors that have to wait for Qualcomm’s new flagship processor to be available. This should give Huawei an upper hand when it comes to sales. However, their phones usually come later. For example, the P30 series launched after the Galaxy S10 series this year. Next year will be no different seeing as Huawei’s CEO has confirmed that the 2020 P-series will be announced at the end of March in Paris, France.
Next year’s models should arrive as the Huawei P40 and Huawei P40 Pro, and a new leak by Steve Hemmerstoffer a.k.a. OnLeaks gives us an early look at their design.
The leaker who has posted renders of multiple 2020 smartphones including the Galaxy S11 series has collaborated with 91Mobiles for the new leak. The style for the renders are similar to what we saw with the Pixel 4 this year – black images of the phones against a black background. The thing about this type of render is that there are uncertainties with the design.
Huawei P40
According to the images, Huawei is adopting the same style it used this year for the Huawei P30 series – a flat display for the standard model and a curved display for the Pro.
The Huawei P40’s screen is put at between 6.1” and 6.2” and should, of course, be an AMOLED display panel. The renders do not show if it has a notch or punch hole neither is there any mention of a pop-up selfie camera. Notwithstanding, a punch-hole seems like the more plausible choice.
There is a USB Type-C port at the bottom of the Huawei P40 along with a speaker griller on the right and a SIM tray on the left. The power button and volume rocker are on the right side of the metal frame. Unfortunately, the P40 ditches the audio jack.
On the rear, the Huawei P40 joins the Galaxy S11 series with its rectangular camera housing design. It has been reported that there are four cameras inside, one more than that of the P30. The camera housing protrudes from the rest of the glass body. Save for the cameras, the back of the phone is bare.
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Huawei P40 Pro
The Huawei P40 Pro is more sophisticated with its design. It has a curved display like its predecessor but the way the glass and frame fuse together at the corners is unlike any smartphone we have come across. The display is said to be 6.5-inches in size with a QHD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a screen-to-body ratio of 98%.
The curved sides are not as steep as that of the Mate 30 Pro, so we still have physical buttons for the volume and power keys. Just like the standard model, it too has its USB type-C port flanked at the bottom by the SIM tray and speaker griller and also has no audio jack.
The Huawei P40 Pro has a similar rear design as the standard variant but it is expected to feature more sensors. The primary camera has been reported to be the 64MP Sony IMX686 sensor paired with a 12MP periscope telephoto camera, a 20MP ultrawide angle camera, a macro camera, and a ToF sensor.
There are rumors it will ship with a 5500mAh battery with support for 50W SuperCharge wired charging. It should also come with a faster wireless charging technology.
Both phones should come with the Kirin 990 5G chipset but Huawei may decide to use the Kirin 990 + Balong 5000 modem for the standard P40 while the chip with the integrated modem will power the Pro model. They will also run Android 10 based on EMUI 10 out of the box but without Google Mobile Services.
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