Last month, Huawei launched its flagship Mate 20-series of smartphones, which includes Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, and the premium phone Mate 20 RS Porsche Design.

Now, the Chinese company has officially announced that the Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design smartphone will be available for purchase in China from 17th November, carrying a price tag of 12,999 Yuan, which roughly converts to $1,875.

While the Mate 20 Pro comes with a glass back, the Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design comes with a premium leather back. There’s also a vertical strip of glass at the center that runs from the top to the bottom of the back panel. This glass strip houses the triple camera module and the Porsche Design branding.

Further, there’s no camera bump on the handset. The Mate 20 RS Porsche Design comes in two color options — Black and Red. The phone borrows most of its specifications from the Mate 20 Pro — the bigger sibling of the Mate 20.

The phone features a 6.39-inch QHD+ AMOLED notched display with 3120 x 1440 pixels screen resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, the device is powered by the company’s own Kirin 980 octa-core chipset with dual NPU, which is manufactured using the 7nm process.

It packs 8GB of RAM and 512GB of internal storage. In terms of optics, the phone comes with triple camera setup on the back, consisting of  40-megapixel + 20-megapixel + 8-megapixel camera module with Leica lens and dual-tone dual-LED flash — same as that of Mate 20 Pro.

On the front side, the smartphone has a 24-megapixel front-facing shooter with f/2.0 aperture for taking selfies and video calling. In case you don’t want to use the phone’s in-display fingerprint sensor, it also comes with support for 3D face unlock feature.

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Connectivity options on the device include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS with dual-band A-GPS, and USB-C 3.1 port. The phone runs EMUI 9.0 based on Android 9 Pie operating system and is powered by a 4,200mAh battery. It also supports 40W fast charging and 15W Qi wireless fast charging.

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The Kirin 980 chipset that powers the Huawei Mate 20 series of flagship phones and the Honor Magic 2 is a smaller 7nm chipset compared to the 10nm Kirin 970 SoC. To be precise, the Kirin 980 is 30 percent smaller than its predecessor. A die shot of the new chipset has been surfaced to reveal the placement of its different components.

The HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC measures only 74.13mm2. The top-left corner of the SoC features Mali G76MP10 graphics. It promises 50 percent better performance than the predecessor Mali-G72 MP12 available on the Kirin 970. The Kirin 980 is the first SoC from HiSilicon to adopt new DynamicIQ technology by ARM which makes it possible to build chipsets with versatile designs.

The quad-core Cortex A76 CPUs arranged in two pairs are attached the DynamicIQ Shared Unit (DSU). The offer different processing speeds of up to 2.6 GHz and 1.92 GHz. Each core of both the pairs are equipped with 512KB private L2 caches.  On the either sides of the DSU is the quad-core Cortex A55 that can function at up to 1.8 GHz. The 4MB L3 cache is also attached to the DSU. The above image also shows the placement of the LPDDR4X RAM controllers. The Kirin 980 is the first SoC to feature 2,133Mhz memory.

The above image was shared by Chiprebel and the different components on it were labelled by AnandTech. What’s interesting about the layout is that the dual-core NPU unit for handling AI tasks cannot be seen. It should be present on the chip, but its position could not be identified. According to Huawei, the NPU unit of the Kirin 980 is two times faster than that of Kirin 970.

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The recently unveiled smartphones such as Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, Mate 20 RS Porsche Design and Honor Magic 2 are all powered by the Kirin 980. The performance of the Kirin 980 powered Mate 20 series phones is such that the top 3 positions of the on the list of AnTuTu’s best performing Android smartphones for October is led by Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 X.

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Through an unveil event in Shanghai, Huawei introduced the Mate 20 series of smartphones in China. The Chinese manufacturer has introduced Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X and Mate 20 RS Porsche Design smartphones in the home country.

Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro (UD) Specifications and Features

The Huawei Mate 20 features a 6.53-inch IPS LCD screen with FHD+ resolution. It is equipped with a small-sized notch. It is equipped with a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro has a curved 6.39-inch AMOLED display. The larger notch houses sensors that are responsible for 3D face unlock feature.

The Mate 20 Pro has arrived in two variants in China. The first one features a regular rear-facing fingerprint scanner. The other one is called Mate 20 Pro UD where UD refers to under-display fingerprint scanner.

The Mate 20 features 12-megapixel + 16-megapixel + 8-megapixel triple camera system. It is packed with a 4,000mAh battery with support for 22.5W fast charging. On the other side, the advanced Mate 20 Pro features 40-megapixel + 20-megapixel + 8-megapixel triple camera setup. The handset carries support for 40W fast charging and 15W Qi standard wireless charging for its 4,200mAh battery.

Huawei Mate 20 X and Mate 20 Porsche Design Specifications and Features

The Huawei Mate 20 X is fitted with a massive AMOLED screen of 7.12 inches that carries support for FHD+ resolution. It features the same triple camera system that is available on the Mate 20 Pro handset. The handset is backed by a behemoth 5,000mAh battery that is equipped with 22.5W fast charging support.

Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design features a leather rear with a strip of glass running from top to bottom at its center. Since it is a premium version of the Mate 20 Pro, both phones are packed with same specs.

The 7nm Kirin 980 chipset that includes dual NPU unit powers all the flagship phones that belong to the Mate 20 series. These devices are preinstalled with EMUI 9.0 based Android 9 Pie OS.

Huawei Mate 20 Series Pricing for China

The Huawei Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 Pro UD and Mate 20 X phones will be available for buying from today evening in China. The firs sale of the Mate 20 RS Porsche Design phone will begin at 10:08 AM on Nov. 10. Here is the pricing of the Mate 20 series for home market:

Huawei Mate 20
6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage – 3,999 Yuan (~$576)
6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 4,499 Yuan (~$648)
Color Variants: Emerald Green, Sapphire Blue, Twilight, Pink Gold and Bright Black

Huawei Mate 20 Pro
6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 5,399 Yuan (~$777)
8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage (UD version) – 5,999 Yuan (~$864)
8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage (UD version) – 6,799 Yuan (~$979)
Color Variants: Emerald Green, Sapphire Blue, Twilight, Pink Gold and Bright Black

Huawei Mate 20 X
6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 4,999 Yuan (~$720)
8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 5,999 Yuan (~$864)
Color Variants: Sapphire Blue and Phantom Silver

Huawei Mate 20 RS Porsche Design
8 GB RAM + 512 GB storage – 12,999 Yuan (~$1,871)
Color Variants: Red and Black

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Soon after announcing the Huawei Mate 20 series of flagship phones through the Oct. 16 London launch event, the Chinese manufacturer confirmed that it will be announcing its newest flagship phones in China on Oct. 26. A new leak that has surfaced on Weibo suggests that the entire expect for the Mate 20X gaming smartphone and the premium Mate 20 RS Porsche Design phone, Huawei will be releasing only the other Mate 20 devices in China. The leak has also revealed the pricing and color variants of all the Mate 20 phones that will be hitting the home market.

The leaked image shown below states the Mate 20 that will carry a price tag of 4,299 Yuan (~$619) will feature 64 GB of storage and 6 GB of RAM. The Mate 20 Pro that is priced at 5,299 Yuan (~$763) will be advanced version of the Mate 20 Pro as it will feature 128 GB of storage and the same 6 GB of RAM.

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro that was unveiled in Europe features an in-screen fingerprint reader. However, the Mate 20 Pro arriving in China seems to be equipped with a regular rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The leak states that the more powerful Mate 20 Pro models will come equipped with under-display fingerprint scanner.

The leaked image further reveals that the Mate 20 Pro (UD) handset will be arriving in two variants. These include 128 GB storage + 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage + 8 GB RAM. Both phones are respectively priced at 5,799 Yuan (~$835) and 6,299 Yuan (~$907). Both of these models will be arriving with an in-screen fingerprint scanner. These smartphones are expected to release in China in color variants such as Emerald Green, Midnight Blue, Twilight and Black.

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In the Europe, the Mate 20 comes in two models namely, 64 GB storage + 4 GB RAM and 128 GB storage + 6 GB RAM. These models respectively cost 799 euros (~$916) and 849 euros (~$979). The Mate 20 Pro for Europe comes in a single variant that includes 128 GB of storage and 6 GB of RAM. It is priced at 1,049 euros (~$1,200).

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