Earlier today, Huawei launched its new ultra-premium branding called Ultimate Design. And now, the brand has unveiled the first smartphone in this new lineup called the Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design. Details about the new smartphone can be found below.

Design & Display

Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design

Design-wise, the Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design draws inspiration from last year’s Mate 50 RS Porsche Design. It has the same aggressive yet elegant aesthetics featuring an octagonal camera module in the tip center. The body of the smartphone itself is made of ceramic, and the frame is aluminum. It is available in two color options: Red and Black.

Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design

Up-front, the device features a 6.82-inch flat OLED LTPO display with three punch holes in the top center for the front camera setup. The display features a resolution of 2720 x 1260 pixels and offers an adaptive refresh rate ranging from 1Hz to 120Hz. It also has 1440Hz high-frequency PWM dimming onboard along with a 300Hz touch sampling rate. The screen is capable of producing 1.07 billion rich colors as it covers 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut.

Camera

The Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design features a similar camera setup to the Mate 60 Pro+. It has three high-performance lenses on the back including a 48-megapixel primary camera with an adjustable aperture ranging from F1.4 to F4.0. The main sensor features optical image stabilization (OIS) for steady shots. Accompanying it is a 40-megapixel ultra-wide camera with an F2.2 aperture. Additionally, there’s a 48-megapixel ultra-macro telephoto camera boasting an F3.0 aperture, also with OIS, and the added convenience of autofocus. It offers 3.5x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom capabilities.

Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design

The front-facing camera setup consists of a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with an F2.4 aperture and a 3D depth camera for advanced facial recognition capabilities. The camera system allows for up to 4K (3840 x 2160) video recording for both the rear and front cameras, all while benefiting from AIS anti-shake technology to ensure your videos remain steady.

The camera system also comes with a plethora of features including intelligent variable aperture, a 10-stop adjustable physical aperture, super night scene mode, super macro and macro video options, vivid video HDR, and the ability to shoot macro and telephoto pictures simultaneously. The camera also excels in time-lapse photography, slow motion, panorama shots, and much more. For the front camera it features Video HDR Vivid mode, smart wide-angle switching, night scene capture, portrait mode, and a range of creative filters.

Performance & other specs

Under the hood, this smartphone runs on the in-house Kirin 9000s chipset paired with the Hongmeng OS 4.0, ensuring a seamless user experience. It packs a powerful punch with 16GB of RAM, meaning you won’t have to close your recent apps often. Storage options include generous 512GB or 1TB of internal memory, with the possibility of expansion by up to 256GB using an NM memory card.

Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design
Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design

This flagship device houses a robust 5000mAh battery, paired with up to 88W fast charging, 50W fast wireless charging, and 20W reverse wireless charging. The device is loaded with a comprehensive set of sensors, including 3D face recognition, an in-screen fingerprint sensor, ambient light sensor, gyroscope, compass, NFC, and more. The phone supports Tiantong satellite calls and Beidou satellite messages.

Other connectivity options include dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.2 (SBC, AAC, LDAC, and L2HC high-definition audio codecs supported), GPS, AGPS/GLONASS/Beidou/GALILEO/QZSS/NavIC.

Pricing & availability

The phone has two storage models with varying prices. The 16GB 512GB config costs 11,999 yuan ($1,641), while the 16GB + 1TB config costs 12,999 yuan ($1,778). The Phone is currently available for pre-order and will go for live sale on September 28.

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