Huawei today held the Mate 40 series China launch conference and as you can guess, the Mate 40 series was launched for the Chinese market. the company took the wraps off all the models in the series including the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+ and the Mate 40 RS Porsche Design Edition.

The Mate 40 series has already been launched in Europe last week so, the entire specs and Europe prices are already known. Here are the prices of the models in China.

• Huawei Mate 40 8GB+128GB version – 4999 yuan (~$748)
• Huawei Mate 40 8GB+256GB version – 5499 yuan (~$822)

Huawei Mate 40 Pro Price

• Huawei Mate 40 Pro 8GB+128GB version – 6499 yuan (~$972)
• Huawei Mate 40 Pro 8GB+256GB version – 6999 yuan (~$1047)
• Huawei Mate 40 Pro 8GB+512GB version – 7999 yuan (~$1196)

Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ Price

• Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ 12GB+256GB version – 8999 yuan (~$1346)

Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design

• Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design 12GB+256GB version – 11999 yuan (~$1795)
• Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design 12GB+512GB version – 12999 yuan (~$1945)

Huawei also unveiled a Mate 40 RS Porsche Design Collector’s Edition. The Collector’s Edition models have an additional infrared temperature measurement function. At the same time, the Collector Edition model comes with a leather smart window protective cover and Huawei super-fast charging car charger (Max 66W). It is available in 12GB+512GB option and will be sold for 13,999 yuan (~$2094).

Availability

Huawei Mate 40 will officially go on sale on December 21 while the Mate 40 Pro has already gone on sale for the first time today. The Mate 40 Pro+ also went on sale today (October 30) for the first time. The Mate 40 RS Porsche Design sales also commenced today but there is no indication when the Collector’s edition will go on sale.

We must note that the price in China is way lower than that of Europe but then if you are a hardcore Huawei fan or have interest in any of the models, you should be more worried about being able to lay your hands on the device than the price. Huawei is likely to have issues with availability for the models considering the inability to get chip supply from TSMC a wanted due to the US ban.

You can check out our launch article for details of the Mate 40 series’ specifications including the Porsche Design Edition.

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It is less than a week before Chinese tech giant Huawei officially unveils the Mate 40 series in an event scheduled for October 22. Teasers of the Mate 40 have been coming out in bits. The latest teaser comes in form of a video released by Huawei’s terminal official Weibo page. The teaser video is accompanied by the text – “Master assists, the second becomes the master. October 22, # Huawei Mate40# advanced smooth. ” The video itself is that of an interstellar space combat game. Some careful netizens found that as the frame number of the game in the lower-left corner becomes 90, the spacecraft equipment in the game is upgraded, which should imply that the Mate 40 series will upgrade the entire system to a 90Hz screen. This should further improve the fluency and should be an upgrade over the Mate 30 which came with 60Hz refresh rate.

Flagship phones have improved beyond 90Hzto 120Hz and even 144Hz on gaming phones. Thus, while 90Hz may not offer the most fluent display, it offers some improvements over 60Hz. We can’t even say if the top-end Mate 40 Pro will top at 120Hz. That is a possibility as Huawei won’t want to lag behind.

The mate 40 is expected to feature the 5nm Kirin 9000 chipset and will utilise a curved screen. A recent teaser also points to the presence of octagonal rear camera design. The phone is tipped to have 66W fast charge support and will run on EMUI 11 but don’t expect GMS on board.

Check out the video from above.

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Huawei is expected to unveil the Mate 40 series on October 22 which has officially been confirmed. Ahead of the launch, Huawei’s smartphone division head, He Gang, has shared what is likely the first camera sample captured by the Mate 40 camera.

The Huawei exec posted a picture of the moon captured at dawn in China. The proximity of the moon and the clarity of the shot is suggestive of a powerful zoom camera onboard the flagship models. Although the main configuration of the camera is still unknown, the device is definitely going to improve on the zoom camera featured on the previous two generations of Mate series models.

Huawei gets most of the credits for making moon camera shots trendy for smartphones with zoom cameras. The Mate 40 series is expected to come with upgraded cameras which will likely hold the title of best camera phone for a while after the launch. The models are expected to also sport a 50MP main camera. It is already confirmed to pack a Kirin 9000 chipset, the brand’s first 5nm SoC.

The Mate 40 series will comprise of the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+ and Mate 40 Pro+ Porsche design variant. All the models will vary in their display sizes but will all be powered by the Hisilicon Kirin 9000 chipset built on TSMC’s 5nm node.

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We already know that the Huawei Mate 40 series launch is around the corner but what we don’t know is the exact date. A tipster who has dished out reliable info thus far has now revealed that the Mate 40 will be launched on October 22. Apparently, this is the global launch while the launch in China will happen on October 30.

The tipster @RODENT950 on Twitter, apart from indicating that the models will launch in China on October 30, also gave a possible timeline on the device’s progress with pre-launch teasers tipped to start emerging on October 12. The models will go on presale in China on October 22. Sadly, it is still unclear when Mate 40’s global sales will commence. From all indications, most regions will have to wait until next year to get the Mate 40 series.

Let's make it clear

•October 12 is next Monday, warm-up starts then

•October 22 is actual launch date of Mate 40 series ( pre sale start in China)

•October 30 is China's launch date.

(Global sales start are unclear)#HuaweiMate40Series #PorscheDesign pic.twitter.com/CMVNP6Yydp

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) October 9, 2020

The tipster had earlier disclosed that the Mate 40 series will comprise of the Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+ and Mate 40 Pro+ Porsche design variant. All the models will vary in their display sizes but will all be powered by the Hisilicon Kirin 9000 chipset built on TSMC’s 5nm node. As usual, we expect the Mate 40 series to feature a topnotch camera setup which should rank as the best around when launched. Expect the Mate 40’s camera to upset the current DXOMark camera ranking.

There is still no official word from Huawei about the launch but if these details are anything to go by, we should start seeing some pre-launch teasers from next week Monday.

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