A design patent regarding the Huawei Mate 40 Pro has revealed that the smartphone will arrive with a Penta camera set up on the rear. The patent as filed by the Chinese tech giant in Germany and showcases a smartphone that could have a total of eight cameras.
Huawei’s Mate 40 series is an upcoming flagship smartphone lineup from the company which is expected to arrive in the fourth quarter of 2020. It is possible for no drastic changes are made to the successor of last year’s Mate 30 series in terms of design (circular camera module), but could arrive with the additional imaging sensor. According to the design patents the Mate 40 Pro houses three front facing cameras and five rear facing ones. This adds up to a large total of 8 image sensors in one smartphone body, highest yet.
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Penta camera setup isn’t exactly a new never before seen feature but its implementation and adoption in modern flagships are still low. However, Huawei has seemingly filed a patent with DPMA, a German patent agency. The patent reveals a few interesting aspects regarding the flagship, like a design similar to the Mate 30 Pro but with one additional image sensor on the rear, between the four.
Notably, the patent does not reveal the name of the smartphone seen in the designs. So, it is quite likely that it is not the Mate 40 Pro but another offshoot or variant within the same series. However, considering that the patent has appeared this early in the year might suggest that it is still possibly the Mate 40 series. Unfortunately, no official statements or announcements have been made by Huawei, yet.
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