Huawei is apparently gearing up to launch another new device within its flagship Mate 40 lineup from last year. A new report has suggested that the new Mate 40 series model will feature 5G networking and could be the sixth entry in the family.

The Chinese tech giant had recently obtained a network access license from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This license was for a new smartphone with a model number of “NOH-AN50,” which hints that it belongs to the Mate 40 flagship family. It was initially assumed to be a new Mate 40 Pro model that could’ve been branded as a Collector’s Edition and feature the Kirin 9000 5G chipset. But now, tipster @魔法科技君 believes that the upcoming handset in question is the Mate 40E Pro that will be powered by a Kirin 990 5G SoC.

For those unaware, the company had previously launched the Mate 40E in a 4G and 5G variant. Now, it is apparently gearing up to launch a new Pro variant as well that supports 5G networking. While the Mate 40E had featured a Kirin 990E processor, the Pro variant will supposedly sport the Kirin 990 5G. However, it seems odd that the brand plans to release a new smartphone that features a dated flagship processor that was announced back in 2019.

In other words, Huawei might have reserves of its Kirin 9000 series running low or they could possibly even be completely dry. This means that any future smartphones from the brand might likely be unable to feature its latest and greatest chipset. Previous estimates had indicated that the company had managed to acquire just 10 million units of Kirin 9000 chips before US sanctions cut off the company from its primary chip supplier TSMC. Although, this is still just an unconfirmed report, so take it with a pinch of salt for now.

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Other than the Mate 40 series, Huawei also announced a new model for the Mate 30 series called the Mate 30E Pro 5G. The new flagship is powered by a new processor dubbed the Kirin 990E 5G. If you are wondering how this chipset differs from the Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G, then you are at the right place.

The Kirin 990E 5G is a mix of the Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G. It is a 7nm+ EUV processor that has the same CPU configuration and clock speeds as the Kirin 990 5G. However, its GPU is less powerful than that of the Kirin 990 5G and Kirin 990. It also shares the same NPU as the Kirin 990 and has a 5G modem.

The table below should make it easier to understand the differences between the three processors.

Kirin 990 versus Kirin 990E 5G versus Kirin 990 5G

As you can see, the new Kirin 990E 5G processor offers the same CPU performance as the Kirin 990 5G. However, its GPU is not as powerful as that of the Kirin 990  and Kirin 990 5G.

Huawei also seems to have slightly upgraded the modem of the Kirin 990E 5G as it supports all frequencies of the three main domestic operators in China with the exception of China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3G band which the Kirin 990 5G also doesn’t support.

The Kirin 990E 5G is a result of Huawei tweaking its existing chipsets. It is a smart move based on its current predicament and we expect it to power more devices in the future.

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Honor will be announcing the Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro on April 15. The EGB-AN00 that appeared on Bluetooth SIG, 3C and Geekbench in the recent past is believed to the Honor 30 Pro smartphone. While the Geekbench listing revealed that is powered by Kirin 990 5G SoC, the 3C listing suggested that it could be coming with a 40W rapid charger. Today, the same phone and its network variants such as EBG-AN10 and EBG-TN00 has appeared on TENAA with full specifications.

Honor 30 Pro specifications

The Honor 30 Pro TENAA listing has no images of the phone. It mentions that the device measures 160.3 x 73.6 x 8.63mm and its weight is 186 grams. It could be coming to China in multiple colors. However, the listing only mentions black color variant.

The Honor 30 Pro has a 6.57-inch OLED display that produces full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels and a tall aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The phone features an under-screen fingerprint sensor. Leaked shots of the phone suggested that were spotted recently suggested that it could be flaunting a curved OLED panel.

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The handset features a total of five cameras. It is fitted with a selfie camera of 32-megapixel. While the EBG-AN00 / AN10 TENAA listing states that it has a 40-megapixel lens in its quad camera system. However, the EBG-TN00 phone has a 50-megapixel lens too in its quad camera setup.

The Kirin 990 5G SoC is present under the hood of the Honor 30 Pro. Based on TENAA listings of EBG-AN00 / AN10 / TN00, it can be said that the phone will be arriving in China in 8 GB and 12 GB RAM editions and 128 GB and 256 GB storage versions. There will be a nanoSD card slot onboard and the phone will ship with Android 10 OS. The Honor 30 Pro has a 3,900mAh minimum rated battery.

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Honor had held a launch event in China yesterday to announce the Honor 30S and Honor 9A smartphones. While the Honor 9A debuted as an entry-level phone, the Honor 30S arrived as an upper mid-range phone driven by the all new 7nm Kirin 820 5G chipset. Today, the company took to Weibo to confirm that its next unveil event will be held on April 15 for announcing the Honor 30 series of flagship phones.

The Honor 30 series launch date poster features the well-known Chinese actor named Li Xian. He can be seen showing the glimpse of the purple colored Honor 30 series phone.

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Yesterday, OnePlus confirmed that it will be holding an unveil event on April 14 to introduce the OnePlus 8 series that includes the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro smartphones. OnePlus will be holding a dedicated launch event for OnePlus 8 series in China on April 16. The Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro are expected to rival with the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro phones.

The rumor mill has revealed only few details on the specs of the Honor 30 series. Earlier this month, a leaked poster had surfaced on Weibo that revealed the rear design of the Honor 30 series. The poster revealed that the Honor 30 series a round-shaped camera module on its back and it will be coming in four colors like pink, blue, silver and purple.

Unconfirmed rumors surrounding the Honor 30 have unearthed that it has three rear cameras. The first one is a 50-megapixel Sony IMX7XX lens, a 12-megapixel ultrawide shooter and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. Live shots of the alleged Honor 30 Pro were spotted recently. the images revealed that the smartphone has a display with pronounced curvature on left and right sides. A pill-shaped cutout for dual selfie snappers were also seen. It seems to support 90Hz refresh rate.

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Huawei will be announcing the P40 flagships tomorrow. Recent reports have revealed that the Chinese manufacture will be also debuting other products like Huawei Watch GT 2e alongside the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro phones. Ahead of the launch, Winfuture.de carried a detailed report that revealed the entire specifications and pricing of the P40 and P40 Pro smartphones.

Huawei P40 Pro specifications and price (Rumored)

The Huawei P40 Pro has a 6.58-inch OLED display that produces full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2640 pixels and a refresh rate of 90Hz. The OLED panel that a slightly wide pill-shaped cutout to house three items such as a 32-megapixel selfie camera, a depth sensor and a face unlock 3D sensor.

The rear side of the phone features an OIS-assisted 50-megapixel UltraVision camera with f/1.9 aperture mainly for capturing photos. It supports Octa Phase Detection and pixel binning technology. AI kicks in to shoot photos in a 1.7 second period and automatically chooses the best shot. There is a 40-megapixel second lens for mainly recording videos. Next lens in the camera setup is the SuperSensing telephoto shooter of 12-megapixel that supports 50x hybrid zoom. Lastly, the camera system features a macro camera and a depth sensor. The first two lenses in the camera setup are RYYB sensors. The front and rear cameras of the phone can capture 4K videos. With ISO sensitivity of 51200, the P40 Pro can cope well in poor lighting conditions.

The Huawei P40 Pro’s SoC is coupled with graphene-assisted cooling. It houses a 4,200mh battery that supports 40W SuperCharge. It is an IP68 rated dustproof and water-resistant device. The P40 Pro has 8 GB of RAM and it will come in 128 GB and 256 GB storage editions in the home market. The P40 Pro will start at 999 euros (~$1,079) and it come in silver, gold, white and black colors.

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Huawei P40 specifications and price (Rumored)

The Huawei P40 has a 6.1-inch OLED panel that offers 1080+ resolution and 60Hz refresh rate. It does not feature a 3D sensor but inherits the P40 Pro’s two frontal shooters. The rear camera system of the phone features a 50-megapixel UltraVision lens with OIS, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with OIS and a 16-megapixel ultrawide sensor.

The P40 houses a 3,800mAh battery with 22.5W SuperCharge support. The device lacks IP rating and internal cooling system. The P40 will come with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage in Europe and it will cost 799 euros (~$863). It will have the same color variants as the Pro model.

The Kirin 990 5G is present under the hood of the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro phones. The report also stated that the Huawei P40 duo will come in LTE versions in some regions. Recent reports have also revealed that there is another phone in the series called Huawei P40 Pro PE (Premium Edition). It is expected to arrive as the company’s first phone with penta-lens setup. The German publication did not reveal any details on the P40 Pro PE.

The Huawei P40 series will come with Android 10 and the company’s AppGallery. It won’t have Google Mobile Services (GMS) preinstalled. The P40 and P40 Pro will have a new type of memory card standard called NanoMemory 2. Both phones also have in-display fingerprint scanners.

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Huawei is all set to announce the Huawei P40 series of flagship smartphones on March 26. The Kirin 990 5G chipsets that drove the Huawei Mate 30 series phone last year will be powering the P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro PE (Premium Edition). The specs of the P40 and P40 Pro have surfaced through different sources in the recent months. A fresh report on 91mobiles has revealed the entire specifications of the P40 duo.

Huawei P40 specifications

The leaked information that was sourced from reliable tipster Ishan Agarwal revealed that the Huawei P40 has a 6.1-inch OLED display with a single punch-hole for its 32-megapixel front camera.

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— Ishan Agarwal (@ishanagarwal24) March 20, 2020

The back panel of the phone has a Lecia engineered camera setup that comprises of a main lens of 50-megapixel, a secondary shooter 16-megapixel, an 8-megapixel Ultra Vision sensor with support for up to 30x digital zoom. The Huawei XD Fusion Engine will be present onboard for enhanced photography experience. The Kirin 990 5G powered smartphone will be backed by a 3,800mAh battery with support for 40W fast charging. It may support 27W wireless charging.

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Huawei P40 Pro specifications

The Huawei P40 Pro features a bigger 6.58-inch OLED screen with curved edges. The pill-shaped cutout on the screen will be home for its 32-megapixel main selfie snapper and a depth sensor.

The rear side of the Huawei P40 Pro has a primary lens of 50-megapixel in its Leica Ultra Vision quad camera system. It is accompanied by a 40-megapixel lens, a 12-megapixel sensor and a 3D ToF sensor. It will be driven by Kirin 990 5G and it will be backed by a 4,200mAh battery with 40W wired charging and 40W wireless charging. The tipster has claimed that the latter could be limited to 27W.

There is no word on the RAM and storage combinations of the P40 and P40 Prov in the new leak. Also, these phones will lack Google Mobiles Services and feature Huawei Mobile Services with AppGallery instead.

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At the end of the previous month, the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro phones that have ANA-AN00 / TN00 and ELS-AN00 / TN00 had received approval from the 3C certification of China. Both phones have also been certified by China’s TENAA authority. However, their specs haven’t appeared yet on TENAA. These phones are slated to go official on March 26. Ahead of the launch, the Huawei P40 Pro has appeared on Geekbench with some key specs.

The Huawei ELS-NX9 smartphone that has been spotted on Geekbench 5 seems to be a different country variant of the Huawei P40 Pro. The handset scored 776 in the single-core test of Geekbench 5. It recorded a scored of 3182 in the multi-core test.

The handset is powered by HiSilicon Kirin chipset that has a base frequency of 1.95GHz. It seems to be the Kirin 990 5G chipset. It is the same SoC that fueled the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G smartphone that was made official in the last quarter of 2019.

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The Huawei P40 Pro’s Geekbench listing further reveals that it is equipped with 8 GB of RAM. The phone is running on Android 10 OS. The P40 series models may not arrive with Google Mobile Services (GMS). Instead, the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) could be onboard along with the company’s own AppGallery. Hopefully, the entire specifications of the Huawei P40 series will appear on TENAA in the near future.

Recently, a notable tipster had revealed that the Huawei P40 will be available in Europe for around 799 euros (~$890) and 899 euros (~$1,000). The European markets are speculated to receive the Huawei P40 Pro for around 999 euros (~$1,113) and 1,099 euros (~$1,225). The more advanced Huawei P40 Pro that is rumored to be equipped with a 120Hz refresh rate display and a penta-lens camera setup could be priced between 1,199 euros (~$1,336) and 1,299 euros (~$1,448).

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A new smartphone that has model number of EBG-AN00 and EBG-AN10 has been approved by the 3C authority of China. It is yet to be confirmed whether it is a Huawei or Honor smartphone. Apart from bagging 3C certification, multiple variants of the device were previously spotted at the database of Bluetooth SIG regulatory body few weeks ago.

The EBG-AN00 / AN10 is a 5G phone that has been certified with HW-100400C01 that supports 40W fast charging. It is the same charger that the Chinese firm will be shipping with the Huawei P40 series that is slated to go official on March 26.

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Some reports have claimed that the codenames of the Honor 30 phones are based on the universities of the U.K. The model number of last year’s Honor V30 was OXF-AN00. It is said that “OXF” is based on the name of Oxford University.

Yesterday, the alleged Honor 30 phone with model number BMH-AN10 was approved by 3C authority in China. The 5G phone is also expected to arrive with a 40W fast charger. It is speculated that it could be the Honor 30 5G phone and the “BHM” text could be based on the name of Birmingham University. Also, the newly found EBG-AN00 / AN10 could be based on Edinburgh University. It is advisable to wait for further reports to know whether BHM-XXXX and EBG-XXXX will really end up as Honor 30 series phones.

Last year’s Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro were shipped with 22.5W fast charger. On the other hand, the Honor 30 and 30 Pro may arrive with 40W fast charging support. Rumors have it that the Honor 30 series will break cover at some time in April to rival with OnePlus 8 series that is speculated to launch in the second week of the same month.

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On Monday, Huawei had unveiled the Huawei Mate Xs foldable phone which arrived as the successor for the original Mate X from last year. Since yesterday, the Mate Xs is available for reservations in China through leading online retailer sites including Huawei’s Vmall. It appears that the Mate Xs will be receiving stupendous response in the home market as its reservations crossed 383K mark at the time of writing.

On JD.com, nearly 150K people have registered for Mate Xs and Suning received around 105K reservations at the time of writing this post. The reservations are soon to cross 500K mark on Vmall. Such is the popularity of the Mate Xs that comes with an improved processor and refined design along with an improved hinge mechanism over its predecessor.

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The Huawei Mate Xs will be available for purchase starting from March 5. The device is priced at 16,999 Yuan (~$2,424) in China. The China pricing of the foldable phone is same as its predecessor model. In Europe, the Mate Xs will be costing 2,499 euros (~$2,732) and it is scheduled to be available for pre-orders from March 2. Other global markets are also expected to receive the Mate Xs in the coming month.

Huawei Mate Xs specifications

The Mate Xs is a Kirin 990 5G and 8 GB RAM powered foldable phone with a flexible OLED display of 8 inches that offers 2200 x 2480 pixels. The camera setup of the device includes a 40-megapixel main sensor, an OIS enabled 8-megapixel telephoto sensor, a 16-megapixel ultrawide shooter and a ToF sensor. The 4,500mAh battery of the Mate Xs supports 55W rapid charging. The phone does not feature Google apps, but comes with latest EMIU 10 based Android 10 OS. The phone offers a massive native storage of 512 GB.

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Yesterday, Huawei Consumer Business CEO Yu Richard unveiled the company’s new folding phone named as Mate Xs, the successor phone to Mate X. A product page of the Mate Xs has appeared on Jingdong Mall (JD.com). The device is now up for reservations on China’s retailer site. The listing states that the phone will be available for purchase from March 5.

Huawei had introduced its first phone with a folding screen, the Huawei Mate X at 2019 Mobile World Congress (MWC) tech exhibition. The successor phone i.e. the Mate Xs has debuted with a more powerful chipset and improved design. JD.com seems to have bagged the first online test right for Mate Xs this time.

Though the release date for the phone in the Chinese market hasn’t been officially announced, the JD listing states that the phone will go on sale in China on March 5 10:08am (local time). The pricing of Huawei’s new foldable phone for Chinese markets is currently under the wraps.

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Huawei Mate Xs specifications and features

The Huawei Mate Xs that is priced at 2,499 euros comes with 8 GB of RAM and 512 GB of onboard storage. The processor has been upgraded from a Kirin 980 to Kirin 990 that confers it an integrated 5G modem. It runs on EMUI 10 based on the open-source version of Android 10 but would use its own ecosystem called HMS (Huawei Mobile services). The device lacks support for GMS (Google Mobile Services).

The Mate Xs arrives with a quad-layer construction for its screen, a more robust design over its predecessor Mate X. This includes two opposed layers of polyamide film above a flexible OLED display. A softer polymer layer below this would offer a cushioning effect and a final layer below this will connect to the main body of the phone. Huawei has also worked on the design of the hinge to make it more smoother and durable as compared to Mate X. The Mate Xs promises to allow use of three apps at once, one on the left side of the display, one on the right, and a third in a floating window. Additionally, it will allow for simultaneously opening two instances of the same app.

With an 8-inch screen that folds from the outside and a main display that measures 6.6 inches, other features of the phone seem to match that of the original Mate X. Like its predecessor, the camera hardware includes a main 40-megapixel f/1.8 camera, an 8-megapixel f/2.4 telephoto camera, a 16-megapixel f/2.2 ultrawide camera, and a 3D depth-sensing camera. The battery life too hasn’t been upgraded from 4,500mAh that Mate X had arrived with.

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In October 2019, Huawei had confirmed that it will be launching a more powerful edition of the Huawei Mate X foldable in March this year. The Mate X was fueled by the Kirin 980 chipset. The forthcoming Huawei Mate Xs will be driven by the Kirin 990 5G chipset. In December, the Mate Xs that has a model number of TAH-AN00m had bagged 3C certification in China. With the launch drawing near, the new foldable phone has surfaced on the database of TENAA.

The screenshot reveals that the Huawei Mate Xs shows that it is a 5G device that carries support for NSA and SA 5G network in China. The TENAA listing of the phone is yet to populated with its full specs and images. Hopefully, the Huawei Mate Xs TENAA listing will be updated soon with its specs and images.

The 3C appearance of the phone in December had revealed that it could be with a 65W fast charger.  Huawei Consumer Group CEO Yu Chengdong had recently in an interview that the Huawei Mate Xs will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 tech trade show that will be held in between Feb. 24 and Feb. 27.

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The Huawei Mate X was priced at 16,999 Yuan (~$2,476). Rumors surrounding the upcoming Mate Xs have revealed that the Mate Xs could be a cheaper device despite coming with improvements in display and design. The device will be equipped with an upgraded hinge system and a newer Kirin 990 5G processor. Since the Mate Xs is less difficult to manufacture compared to its predecessor, it is likely that the Mate Xs could be coming with a cheaper price tag.

As far as the hinge of Huawei Mate Xs is concerned, it is more durable and fine tuned compared to the hinge on the Mate X. The display size will remain intact as the predecessor model. With design improvements, the Mate Xs will be slightly smaller than the previous model.

In related news, Huawei is reportedly working on another smartphone with foldable screen. It is likely to go official in the second half of 2020. It remains to be seen whether it arrives with clamshell form factor like the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip or it features a tri-fold design like the rumored Galaxy Z phone.

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Huawei will be announcing the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro flagship phones in Q1 2020. The rumor mill is gradually picking up pace on revealing the key details of the P40 series. A leaked image that surfaced in the previous week had revealed that Huawei P40 Pro could be equipped with as many as five cameras on its rear. Now, another leak courtesy of leakster Teme on Twitter and 9TechEleven has shared the renders of the Huawei P40 Pro. The new images have revealed the front and rear design of the smartphone. The new leak reveals that the P40 Pro will be equipped with as many as 7 cameras!

Huawei P40 Pro renders and specifications

The source reveals that the penta-lens camera of the Huawei P40 Pro has a main wide-angle lens, a cine lens, a ToF (Time of Flight) sensor, a periscope lens with support for 10x optical zoom and a either a telephoto lens with up to 9x optical zoom or an ultrawide lens. The renders show that a large LED flash is also present inside the rectangular camera module. The glass rear of the phone appears to be curved towards the edges. The renders show the P40 Pro in Breathing Crystal and Black color variants. The black model seems to sport a two-tone color design.

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The frontside of the Huawei P40 Pro is flanked with a curved display. It features a pill-shaped punch-hole at the top-left corner. The P40 Pro could be fitted with a 6.5-inch or 6.7-inch screen that will offer quad HD+ resolution and an aspect ratio of 20:9. The screen will offer 90Hz refresh rate and it will be integrated with a fingerprint sensor. Also, the smartphone could be equipped with under display speaker.

The Huawei P40 Pro could be fueled by Kirin 990 5G chipset and 8 GB / 12 GB of RAM. The base model of the phone may offer users with 128 GB of storage. The Android 10 OS couple with EMUI 10.1 will come preloaded on the device. If the US trade ban continues, the P40 and P40 Pro are unlikely to feature Google Mobile Services (GMS).

Huawei P40 series may arrive early

The Huawei Mate 30 series had debuted around a week after the IFA 2019 tech trade show in September. Tipster Teme has claimed that the P40 series may have an early launch. The P40a and P40 Pro may get announced after the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 tech exhibition in February. The tipster has also claimed that Huawei will be launching NovaBuds (a rebranded edition of Honor Flypods 3) and Nova 6 Pro will also break cover in the first half of 2020.

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Huawei is reportedly working on Huawei P40 and P40 Pro as successor editions of the Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro that had debuted in the first quarter of this year. The Huawei P40 series is expected to break cover by Q1 2020. A fresh leak has revealed the key specifications of the Huawei P40 Pro. The leak also states that the phone could be backed by a 5,500mAh graphene battery and it may arrive with 50W fast charging technology.

According to the leak, the volume of the 5,500mAh graphene battery that will be powering the Huawei P40 Pro will be only 70 percent of that of lithium batteries. The graphene battery could be coupled with the newly developed 50W rapid charging technology from Huawei which will take only 45 minutes to charge it completely.

The leak has further revealed that the Huawei P40 Pro will be coming with a 6.5-inch waterfall display. The OLED screen will support quad HD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. It may offer a high screen-to-body ratio of around 98 percent. The display of the phone may bear a pill-shaped cutout for dual selfie snappers.

The Kirin 990 5G is expected to be powered the Huawei P40 series. The back panel of the Huawei P40 Pro could be fitted with a Leica engineered penta-lens setup that may include Sony IMX700 or IMX686 primary lens with OIS support and RYYB color arrangement, a 20-megapixel ultrawide lens, a 12-megapixel periscope telephoto lens, a macro lens and a ToF sensor. The rear cameras may support 4K video recording.

The P40 Pro may come with main sensor + ultrawide lens dual selfie camera system like the Huawei Nova 6 5G phone. The leak states that the Huawei P40 series will run on Android 10 customized with EMUI 10 skin.

The leak has no information on the launch date and pricing of the Huawei P40 series. Readers are advised to digest the above report with a grain of salt. The P30 series were made official in March this year. Hence, the P40 and P40 Pro may break cover around the same time next year. A recent report had revealed that Huawei will be selling the Huawei P40 series in the global markets.

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Honor has just announced its flagship Honor V30 and V30 Pro 5G smartphones in its home country, which are powered by the company’s own Huawei Kirin 990 SoC. From the interview of Honor president Zhao Ming, it seems that the company is very confident about the success of Kirin 990 chipset.

He has claimed that every 5G chipset available in the market, except for the Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990, is a low-end one. He says that it’s very difficult to make a good 5G chipset and their SoC has passed Level-6 tests while other have not even passed Level-4.

Zhao Ming also says that there’s a big different in propaganda and experience claiming that all the other chipset makers are just spending a lot on marketing and not the actual technology, which can be reflected in the sales numbers.

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Announced in September this year, the Kirin 990 SoC is built with a 7nm extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) process. Huawei says its new integrated chip is smaller than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 + X50 5G modem, allowing for more compact 5G smartphones. It is also claimed to be the world’s first mobile SoC with more than 10 billion transistors, making it more efficient with power consumption.

The highlight of the SoC is that it’s also the first full-frequency 5G SoC — it’ll support both non-standalone and standalone architectures as well as TDD/FDD full frequency bands. The Kirin 990 is a true unified design, supporting Sub-6 GHz 5G networks on both SA and NSA architectures, making it the first to do so.

Aside from implementing the 5G modem, another biggest change in the Kirin 990 is the NPU, or Neural Processing Unit. It is basically a co-processor optimized for the sort of vector math which is the lifeblood of machine learning frameworks like Facebook’s Caffe2 and Google’s TensorFlow.

The chipset uses two big, two middle and four little cores to optimize multitasking, with clock speeds of 2.86GHz, 2.36GHz and 1.95GHz respectively. The 990 5G also packs a 16-core Mali G76 graphics processor for mobile gaming, as well as smart cache built-in to reduce bandwidth by up to 15 percent.

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The Huawei MatePad Pro launched in China today with features not seen on any tablet before. It is not only the first tablet with a punch-hole display but it is also the first tablet with support for reverse wireless charging. No, it is not the first tablet with wireless charging, the Nexus 7 (2013) supports wireless charging too.

The new tablet is powered by the Kirin 990 processor but a more powerful version will arrive next year. Huawei’s CEO, Yu Chengdong, disclosed at the launch that the MatePad Pro will get a 5G version next year. That version should be powered by the Kirin 990 5G which not only has a built-in 5G modem but has its cores clocked at a higher speed.

The MatePad Pro 5G version will launch in the first quarter of 2020. Based on the timeline, the device may arrive alongside the Huawei P40 series.

Other than the difference in the processor and network (5G support), we expect the MatePad Pro 5G to have a bigger battery capacity. The MatePad Pro has a 7250mAh battery capacity, slightly smaller than the 7500mAh battery of the MediaPad 10.8. We presume Huawei will include a 7500mAh battery in the 5G version of its new tablet. And of course, expect a higher price tag.

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On Nov. 26, Honor will be launching the Honor V30 series of flagship phones in China. Ahead of the launch, the Chinese manufacturer has started with the reservations of the Honor V30 series. The official Vmall online store along with other e-commerce sites like Jingdong Mall and Tmall are now receiving the registrations of the Honor V30.

In the past few weeks, plenty of details on the Honor V30 series have appeared, but none of them seem to be very accurate. The series is expected to include Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro smartphones. It is speculated that there could be a special Honor V30 Aston Martin edition in China. In the Europe, the series could be called Honor Vera 30.

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The Honor V30 could be a non-5G phone fueled by Kirin 990 chipset whereas the Honor V30 Pro could be the company’s first 5G phone driven by the Kirin 990 5G chipset. The handset will be supporting both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) 5G modes. The Honor V30 may include a 4,000mAh battery with 40W fast charging. The Pro model may house a 4,200Ah battery along with 40W rapid charging and it also carry support for wireless charging.

The Honor V30 Pro could be coming with dual front-facing cameras housed inside a pill-shaped camera module. On the other side, the Honor V30 could be also featuring a punch-hole display with a single front camera. It remains to be seen whether both phones are equipped with side-mounted fingerprint scanners. The predecessor Honor 20 and 20 Pro phones had featured side-facing fingerprint readers.

As far photography is concerned, the Honor V30 and V30 Pro may feature a rectangle-shaped camera module. The V30 could be fitted three rear-mounted cameras whereas the V30 Pro could be decked with four rear-mounted cameras. Both phones are rumored to be equipped with 60-megapixel main cameras on their rear. The Honor V30 series will come with new “Camera Matrix” algorithm that will make it possible to capture better photography experience.

Hopefully, the Honor V30 and V30 Pro phones will soon appear on TENAA with their full specifications. On Nov. 26, the Chinese is also expected to unleash other products including Kirin 810 powered Honor Tab 6 alongside the V30 series of phones.

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The Huawei Mate X foldable phone has been rumored to get a launch in China on Wednesday, October 23. The official Huawei Weibo account is still yet to confirm that info, and seeing that the day is almost here with no official confirmation, the possibility of the device launching on Wednesday is getting slimmer. Nevertheless, the alleged prices of the Mate X have leaked today.

The info comes from Huawei Central, one of the sources that reported it will launch on Wednesday. The Mate X will have two versions – a base model with a Kirin 980 model + Balong 5000 5G modem and a high-end model with a Kirin 990 5G chipset.

The Kirin 980 model will have a price tag of ¥9999 (~$1414) while the Kirin 990 5G version will sell for ¥13,999 (~$1979). The price of both models is significantly cheaper when compared to the launch price of €2299 (~$2563) announced in Europe back in February, which of course is for the Kirin 980 version.

The Mate X has 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. We don’t know if the Kirin 990 5G version will have the same configuration or differ in other ways but ¥4000 (~$565) is a lot if the difference is limited to only the chipset.

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The Honor V30 and Honor V30 Pro are upcoming flagship phones from Huawei’s sub-brand, Honor. A few days ago, alleged specs of both phones were posted on Twitter. A new leak has surfaced today with some key differences and new details.

According to the source, the Honor V30 will indeed have a punch-hole LCD display while the V30 Pro will have an OLED display with a larger punch hole for dual cameras. The source says both phones are powered by the Kirin 990 5G.

Unlike the previous leak which said the Honor V30 has triple rear cameras, this new leak says the phone actually has a quad-camera setup on the back just like the Honor V30 Pro. However, the camera configuration is different for both phones.

The Honor V30 will have a 60MP primary camera paired with a 16MP super wide-angle lens, a 2MP 2.4 cm macro lens, and a ToF camera. Inside the hole in its screen is a 32MP selfie camera.

The Honor V30 Pro will also have a 60MP main rear camera but a 20MP super wide-angle lens, an 8MP telephoto lens, and a ToF camera. The main selfie camera is also a 32MP sensor but the configuration of the second camera is unknown.

The Honor V30 will draw power from a 4000mAh battery with support for 22.5W fast charging while the V30 Pro will have a 4200mAh battery with support for 40W fast charge and 15W wireless fast charge.

The source reports that the Honor V30 series will have a price tag not more than ¥3000 (~$420) and both phones are expected to be announced by the end of October.

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Honor has recently confirmed that its next V-series flagship phone will be called Honor Vera30. It will be debuting as Honor’s first 5G smartphone. Parent company Huawei will be debuting the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones next week. Fresh rumors claim that the display of the Mate 30 Pro won’t be supporting 90Hz refresh rate. It may offer regular refresh rate of 60Hz. However, the Vera30 arriving later this year could be equipped with a 90Hz display.

Various smartphone manufacturers from China are gearing up to launch phones with 90Hz displays. as it offers smoother visual experience while gaming, watching movies and regular usage. The OnePlus 7 Pro that went official came with a 90Hz display. The OPPO Ace flagship phone arriving next month is also expected to sport a 90Hz screen. The upcoming Xiaomi Mi MIX 4 is also speculated to come with a display that offers 90Hz refresh rate.

The Honor V30 will be arriving as the successor for the Honor V20 phone from last year. The Honor V20 supported 64-bit games at 60fps. Hence, the Honor V30 with its 90Hz refresh rate and powerful Kirin 990 5G chipset will offer better overall display experience.

There is no information on the specifications of the Honor Vera30. Vague detail suggest that it could be equipped with a round-shaped rear camera module like the Mate 30 Pro. Like the Mate 30 series, the Honor V30 may come with the latest EMUI based Android 10 but may lack support for Google apps. The rumor mill is currently focused on leaking details of the Mate 30 series that is scheduled to go official on Sept. 19 through a launch event in Munich, Germany.

In related news, the Mate 30 Pro is expected to come with a 6.6 – 6.8-inch full HD+ waterfall AMOLED display with screen fingerprint sensor, Kirin 990 5G, a 4,500mAh battery, 8 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, Sony IMX600 40-megapixel + 40-megapixel + 8-megapixel + ToF quad camera with 3x optical zoom, a triple front camera setup with a 32-megapixel lens, an unspecified ultrawide lens and a ToF sensor.

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Huawei will be announcing the Mate 30 series of smartphones through an unveil event in Munich, Germany on Sept. 19. Last year, it had introduced Mate 20, Mate 20 X and Mate 20 Pro smartphones. There is no confirmation on whether the company will be announcing Mate 30 X, but the rumor mill has been actively revealing details on the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro. A fresh leak that has appeared today has detailed information on the complete specifications of the Mate 30 Pro smartphone.

Huawei Mate 30 Pro Specifications (Rumored)

The leaked specs sheet reveals that the Huawei Mate 30 Pro’s screen measures between 6.6-inch and 6.8-inch and it offers full HD+ resolution of 1176 x 2400 pixels. It sports a ‘Waterfall’ AMOLED display comes with extremely curved edges that is embedded with an in-display fingerprint reader.  It is said that the Mate 30 Pro will carry support for 60Hz refresh rate. The earpiece of the phone is also lodged under the display. The improved Huawei Face ID 2.0 on the Mate 30 Pro is faster and more secure, and it be also used for tracking heart rate and breath rate, reveals the leak.

The HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G SoC powers the Mate 30 Pro with 8 GB / 12 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. The phone is driven by a big battery of 4,500mAh capacity that carries support for 40W SuperCharge and 27W SuperWireless Charge. The specs sheet also has mentioning of 30W support. The Android 10 OS will be loaded on the device without Google apps. Also, it will be featuring the latest EMUI 10 UI.

Rumors surrounding the Mate 30 Pro that have appeared so far have started its wider front notch which is narrow than the Mate 20 Pro’s notch will be equipped with three cameras. The leaked specs sheet reveals it will have a main lens of 32-megapixel, an unknown ultrawide lens and a ToF sensor.

The Mate 30 Pro has a round-shaped camera housing with four lenses inside it. It has a Sony IMX600 f/1.6 aperture main lens with OIS, a 40-megapixel wide cine camera, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture, OIS and 3x optical zoom and a ToF sensor. The quad cameras will of Mate 30 Pro will be powered by a Xenon flash and color temperature sensor.

The Mate 30 Pro’s bottom edge will have a mono speaker and an earpiece. It will have a physical power button (probably placed on top edge like the Vivo NEX 3), an IR blaster and a volume slider touch bar. It will also carry support for nano SIM / nanoSD dual slot. The handset won’t be featuring a 3.5mm audio jack. lastly, it will come with an IP68 certified dustproof and water-resistant device.

There is no information available on the pricing of Mate 30 Pro. The Mate 30 series may release first in China before it arrives in other markets.

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A few days ago, at the IFA 2019 in Berlin, Germany, China-based Huawei announced its much-awaited Kirin 990 5G flagship chipset for smartphones. The chipset comes with dual NPU hardware which not only makes it superior than its predecessor but also superior compared to its competition.

The AI Benchmark test puts the newly announced Kirin 990 5G chipset ahead of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC, topping the rankings. The chipset has achieved a score of 52,403 in the test, far ahead compared to the scores of Unisoc Tiger T710 and Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets.

The Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G is a 7nm octa-core chipset that has 10.3 billion transistors. It uses two big, two middle and four little cores to optimize multitasking, with clock speeds of 2.86GHz, 2.36GHz and 1.95GHz respectively. The 990 5G also packs a 16-core Mali G76 graphics processor which should offer plenty of power for mobile gaming, as well as smart cache built in to reduce bandwidth by up to 15 percent.

It is also touted to be the first full-frequency 5G SoC — with support both non-standalone and standalone architectures as well as TDD/FDD full frequency bands. The Kirin 990 is a true unified design, supporting Sub-6 GHz 5G networks on both SA and NSA architectures.

For photography, it has a new fifth-generation Dual ISP boasts DSLR-level hardware noise reduction and block-matching and 3D filtering. Huawei’s smartphone cameras already produce stunning low-light results, but it looks like that can be improved further.

Aside from implementing the 5G modem, the biggest change in the Kirin 990 is going to be the NPU, or Neural Processing Unit. Boiled down to basics, it’s a co-processor optimized for the sort of vector math that’s the lifeblood of machine learning frameworks.

Huawei has scheduled a launch event in Munich on the 19^th of September, where the company is expected to launch Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship smartphones, which will be powered by this new Kirin 990 SoC.

Today, Huawei’s sub-brand Honor has released a poster confirming a new lineup of smartphones — Honor Vera30. While nothing much is known about this new smartphone series, the company has confirmed that it’ll be powered by the Kirin 990 5G chipset.

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Like every year, Huawei announced its new flagship mobile platform, the Kirin 990 at IFA 2019. The new Kirin 990 will power the Huawei Mate 30 series which is going to go official on September 19 and will hit the shelves in October.

Will the new Huawei’s SoC surprise everyone with its high performance and efficiency or will it will lag behind Qualcomm, Samsung and Apple chipsets that will power the upcoming flagships?

The public opinion is already divided, but before building an opinion it is better to gather all the information. And there are a lot of factors influencing it. Here, you will find 10 important things to know about the new HiSilicon Kirin 990, many of which may end up surprising you.

Kirin 990 has an integrated 5G modem

Just like the newly-announced Exynos 980, the Kirin 990 is a chipset which integrates a 5G modem. And it will be the world’s first flagship chipset with an integrated 5G modem to hit the market. Until now, we have seen mobile processors with an external 5G modem in the shelves. To be accurate, Kirin 990 will come in two variants: one with 5G support which will include a Balong 5000 modem, and one LTE-only model. The 5G variant supports sub-6 GHz 5G networks on SA and NSA architectures and it will obviously be included in the most expensive versions of the upcoming Huawei’s flagships. The LTE-only variant should end up in less expensive flagships from the brand.

Kirin 990 is built with the best production process

Huawei’s Kirin 990 mobile platform is built at 7 nm+ with the most advanced production process out there: TSMC’s 7FF+ with EUV. Note that only the 5G version of the chip is built with this production process, while the 4G variant is built at 7 nm just like the old Kirin 980. An advanced production process allows chipsets to be compact, efficient and powerful. And that is exactly the case of the Kirin 990.

Thanks to this advanced manufacturing process, Kirin 990 5G is the world’s first chipset with more than 10.3 billion transistors, while the 4G version has about 8 billion transistors which is still a huge amount.

Kirin 990 should be better than Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

According to both Huawei and the first benchmarks, Kirin 990 will be slightly better than Qualcomm’s flagship option of this year: the Snapdragon 855. During the launch event at IFA 2019, Huawei showed the Geekbench results of both the chipsets and highlighted that Kirin 990 has 10 percent better single-core performance than Snapdragon 855 and 9 percent better multi-core performance. Huawei also claims that it has a 12 percent better big-core efficiency, 35 percent better middle-core efficiency, and 15 percent better little-core efficiency. Note that these terms indicate the three clusters which the Kirin 990 includes.

The 5G variant of the chipset has an octa-core architecture composed of 2x Cortex-A76 CPUs running at 2.86 GHz (big-cores), 2x Cortex-A76 (middle) clocked at 2.36 GHz and 4x Cortex-A55 (little) running at 1.95 GHz. The clock frequency of the middle and little cores is slightly lower for the 4G version of the SoC (2.09 and 1.86 GHz respectively).

World’s first chipset with ISP 5.0 (BM3D) for DSLR-quality noise reduction

If there is one feature which has been Huawei’s focus in the past few years, that’s photography. The Kirin 990 is able to provide DSLR-quality image noise reduction through a new filtering algorithm called BM3D (Block Match 3D) which significantly improves its noise reduction capability in images.

Support for 8K video recording

Kirin 990 even supports 8K video recording at 30 fps with HDR.  And it is able to improve noise reduction even in videos. The Kirin 990’s NPU is able to cooperate with the ISP in order to provide a better image quality on all levels, with tons of revolutionary features and technologies. That is why you will see a lot of improvements in photography and videography.

Same GPU as 980 but better graphics performance

Kirin 990 includes a Mali G76 MP16 GPU clocked at 700 MHz: it is the same GPU as the Kirin 980, yet it provides better performance because it integrates 16 cores: 6 more cores compared to the 10 cores found on the Kirin 980. Both the 4G and the 5G version will have this architecture for the GPU. While the Mali G76 has a slightly lower frequency, Huawei believes a wider GPU will improve the chipset performance even if the frequency and the voltage are lower.

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A separate Kirin A1 co-processor for less intensive tasks

In order to improve the Kirin 990, Huawei has adopted a co-processor called Kirin A1 for Bluetooth, audio decoding and applications which do not require a lot of power. Thanks to this additional unit, the load on the chipset is reduced and the overall performance is indirectly improved.

Quad-core NPU for AI with DaVinci architecture

If we compare the Kirin 990 with its predecessor, the biggest difference we’ll notice is the NPU (Neural Processing Unit). An element which is often ignored by the average user, but is very important in everyday application. Huawei has used the new DaVinci architecture for the NPU of the Kirin 990, which was first seen on Kirin 810 launched earlier this year. The ‘Big’ Da Vinci cores support both INT8 and FP16 quantization of networks which offers better power solutions to ML inference problems. Further, Huawei has added a Tiny Core NPU that is a smaller and very power-efficient version of Da Vinci architecture connected over the AXI bus. It has lower performance but it can process a lot of tasks to save energy.

Kirin 990 is coming soon on Huawei Mate 30

As we said earlier in this article, Kirin 990 will be the world’s first chipset with an integrated 5G modem to hit the market. Indeed, it will debut in less than two weeks on the Huawei Mate 30 series. The new flagship line-up will be officially unveiled on September 19 and it will start hitting the shelves in October.

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There will be more affordable Honor smartphones with the chipset

If you are a Huawei fan you know that the company usually releases more affordable devices with its flagship chipsets, after its most important flagship phones. Usually, the first affordable high-end devices to come with Huawei’s flagship chipsets are released by its sub-brand Honor.

We know for sure that Honor’s first 5G flagship, the Honor V30 5G will feature this Kirin 990 5G. We won’t be surprised to see more smartphones with this chipset in the coming months.

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