Huawei’s Mate 90 series has previously been tipped to launch in September, separate from the Mate XT2 tri-fold. A new Weibo leak has now revealed the key specs of the Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max. 

The leak confirms the Mate 90 Pro Max will run on the Kirin 9050 Pro based on the “logical folding” architecture that Huawei teased a while ago. Instead of packing more transistors into a smaller area the traditional way, Huawei is stacking circuits into a 3D structure, effectively trading spatial miniaturization for what it calls time miniaturization. 

Compared to the Kirin 9030 Pro in last year’s Mate 80 series, transistor density has reportedly increased by 53.5%, chip area shrunk by 37.5%, and power consumption at matching performance drops by 41%. This should lead to better performance and efficiency.

Huawei Mate 90 Pro Max Specifications (Expected)

On the display side, the maker is reportedly using a 6.9-inch dual-layer OLED panel at 1.5K resolution. It will have LTPO for adaptive refresh rates and large rounded corners on a flat screen. 

The leak says the battery capacity will range from 6800mAh to 7000mAh, paired with 100W fast charging and WiFi 7 support. The software side will be handled by the new HarmonyOS 7, which brings a new assistant called Xiaoyi along with added gaming features and a gaming console layer built into the OS that Huawei says will keep getting updates over time.

On cameras, the rear setup could include a 200MP main sensor, a 40MP ultra-wide camera, a 50MP dual-telephoto pair, and a third-generation red maple color camera, with a 15MP ultra-wide front camera and 3D face recognition for unlocking. 

Design-wise, it’s expected to feature a new square camera module. However, the new Mate may not have an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner this generation either, as it’s said to feature a side-mounted biometric like the Mate 80 series.

Huawei hasn’t confirmed a launch date for the Mate 90 series yet; instead, it’s holding a launch event tomorrow for new Mate PCs and the GT 7 smartwatch.

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Huawei’s next-generation Mate series has started appearing in early leaks, hinting at major upgrades focused on zoom photography and battery capacity. Tipster Digital Chat Station reportedly shared the information before deleting the post shortly afterward, but details were later reshared by one of his followers online. While the tipster did not directly mention Huawei in the original leak, the emoji and specifications shared strongly suggest that the information could be related to the upcoming Mate 90 lineup, including the Mate 90 Pro Max and Mate 90 RS.

Huawei Mate 90 series may finally embrace dual periscope cameras

As per the leak, Huawei is reportedly testing dual periscope telephoto cameras on its upcoming flagship models. So far, this kind of camera setup has largely remained limited to Oppo’s Find X-series smartphones. The engineering prototypes are said to feature two 50-megapixel periscope sensors, while the larger “super-large” model is currently being evaluated with a 10x optical zoom periscope lens.

The leak further suggests that Huawei could significantly increase battery capacity on the Mate 90 Pro Max and Mate 90 RS Ultimate models. Both devices are expected to feature batteries ranging between 6,800mAh and 7,000mAh. In addition, the smartphones may arrive with a next-generation 6.9-inch Tandem OLED display, which could bring improvements in brightness, efficiency and overall panel durability.

The chipset powering the lineup is also tipped to receive a noticeable performance upgrade compared to the current generation. For reference, the existing Huawei Mate 80 RS uses the Kirin 9030 Pro chipset and features a 6.9-inch dual-layer OLED display with LTPO adaptive refresh rate support. The phone also includes multiple 50-megapixel cameras and Huawei’s in-house imaging technologies.

If Huawei introduces dual periscope cameras across its top-end Mate models, it could directly compete with Oppo’s flagship imaging approach, especially in long-range zoom photography. The addition of larger batteries and upgraded display technology may also help Huawei strengthen its premium flagship lineup further.

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Huawei looks like it’s bringing back something most smartphone brands have quietly moved away from: true long-range optical zoom. Fresh leaks surrounding the upcoming Mate 90 Pro Max suggest the phone could feature a dedicated 10x optical periscope camera, alongside a second telephoto lens.

If accurate, it would mark a pretty significant shift at a time when many Android flagships are leaning more heavily on high-resolution sensors and digital cropping instead of native long-range optics. For context, the Mate 80 Pro Max already features a fairly capable dual-telephoto setup, combining a 50MP periscope camera with 4x optical zoom and a second 50MP periscope lens offering 6.2x optical zoom.

The leak comes not too long after Oppo showed what a modern 10x setup can do with the Find X9 Ultra. That phone uses a 50MP sensor paired with a 230mm-equivalent periscope lens and a complex prism arrangement, allowing it to maintain surprisingly good detail even at higher zoom levels. Oppo also pushed the idea of “lossless” 20x zoom through sensor cropping.

Huawei seems to be taking a somewhat similar direction. The Mate 90 Pro Max is rumored to pair the 10x periscope camera with a large 1-inch-type main sensor and Huawei’s XMAGE imaging system.

Exact details about the telephoto hardware are still unclear, but Huawei has experience in this area. The P40 Pro+ from 2020 was one of the first phones to offer proper 10x optical zoom in a relatively compact body, using a folded light-path design to make it work. In a way, the upcoming Mate series could be seen as Huawei revisiting that idea with newer hardware and smarter image processing.

The wider Android market has largely shifted away from this approach. Samsung, for instance, brought back 10x optical zoom on the Galaxy S21 Ultra using a dual fixed-focus telephoto setup, matching the zoom range of the experimental Galaxy S4 Zoom from 2013. However, the company later moved to a 5x optical zoom setup on the Galaxy S24 Ultra to accommodate a larger 50MP sensor.

Huawei’s current Pura 90 Pro Max already pushes zoom pretty far with its 200MP telephoto, especially for video at higher magnification levels. The Mate 90 Pro Max is expected to build further on that foundation, pairing a larger sensor inside a 10x periscope module with AI-powered image enhancement.

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