A great aftersales customer experience is always crucial in maintaining a brand’s reputation in the industry, especially in the smartphone industry. While smartphone manufacturers always promise 2-5 years of software support for their devices in the long run, these major software updates normally take up more and more space in your old phone. 

Coupled in with the apps, photos and videos you’ve taken throughout the years, phone storage space running low is normally an annoyance for those who are using their old phones. And you can’t directly add more storage to your smartphone right? Or can you?

In China, Huawei has proposed a solution for these old phone users to extend their phones’ life cycle without having to pay a premium. Huawei officially calls this aftersales service as “Internal Storage Upgrade Solution”. The service has been running in China since last year for its flagship Huawei P10 series up until the Huawei Mate 30 series, and as of February 2022, Huawei has now added its Huawei P40 lineup into the service.

How the storage upgrade service works is quite simple. Let’s say a user has a Huawei P40 in a 128GB storage configuration. After 1 year, they have realised that 128GB is not enough to store all their apps and media on their phone, and they want to upgrade to 256GB storage without changing their phone. The user can simply visit their nearest Huawei Service Centre in China and pay 559 RMB(USD 88) to get their Huawei P40 128GB upgraded to a 256GB configuration.

Do note that quotations for each device varies, so you may need to visit Huawei’s China website first to get a quotation for your internal storage upgrade before you visit a Huawei Service Centre in China.

For under USD 100, the service also ensures that all of the users data will be transferred over to the new storage drive. This service takes up to an average of 10 days to complete and is currently only available in Chinese markets, not available worldwide.

The service serves as a convenience to those who feel like they are comfortable with their current Huawei phone but wished that their phone supported more storage. Indirectly, the end-user can also save themselves the hassle of searching for a new phone and splurging top dollar to get the phones they want, when they could comfortably settle back on an older flagship that they currently have.

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A new teardown of Huawei devices has revealed that the company had to replace the US made parts with unknown Chinese ones. This replacement was caused after the US ban, where the Chinese tech giant was barred from using products made by America based companies.

According to a new report, a Tokyo teardown specialist by the name of Fomalhaut Techno Solutions opened up Huawei’s flagship Mate 30. The teardown was done to analyze the internals of the smartphone, which revealed various parts from different Chinese firms. For those unaware, the Mate 30 is a part of Huawei’s flagship series and boasts top notch specs but arrives with vanilla Android without Google services due to the ban.

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After the ban, only 1 percent of the internal components value of the Huawei smartphone comprised of US made parts. This number is a sharp decline from the previously reported 11 percent. Thus, it seems that Huawei had to forcibly shift suppliers for various parts. Currently, Huawei handsets ship without Google services and feature its own proprietary HMS (Huawei mobile services) and AppGallery.

At the same time, the Chinese tech giant is also racing to ready its HarmonyOS (HongMengOS in China). Despite the loss of Google support, Huawei is doing quite well in China, even during the coronavirus pandemic. However, the same cannot be said for the overseas market, where Google services are almost synonymous with the Android operating system.

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Huawei Singapore has announced new color variants for the FreeBuds 3 wireless earbuds and the Nova 5T smartphone. The Freebuds 3 will now be available in Red while the Nova 5T will now be available in Crush Green.

The Red Huawei FreeBuds 3 can be purchased for SG$238 (~$172) while the Crush Green Nova 5T will be priced at SG$498 (~$360). Both products will be available across the island at Huawei Concept Stores, select electronic stores, Lazada, and Shopee from February 10. There will also be a roadshow at VivoCity on that day.

New colorways are not the only thing Huawei has announced. There are also discounts on other products as well as free gifts when you purchase these items.

For example, If you purchase a Nova 5T, you get a free pair of Huawei FreeLace wireless earphones (read our review) worth SG$128 (~$92) while all purchases of the Freebuds 3 gets you a 15W wireless charger and silicone case worth SG$96 (~$70). Huawei says buyers will get free gifts while stocks last.

Huawei is also offering a special offer on the Mate 30. From now till March 1, 2020, buyers will be able to purchase the flagship at SG$798 (~$576) instead of SG$948 (~$685). They will also get a free phone case and a 27W SuperCharge Wireless Car Charger worth SG$146 (~$105) along with every purchase. You can grab this deal at the aforementioned stores and online platforms.

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The Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship phones have already been available for purchase in China since last month. However, the 5G versions – the Mate 30 5G and Mate 30 Pro 5G – are yet to go on sale. That changes on Wednesday.

The Huawei China website has now listed the 5G versions of both phones will be available on Wednesday, October 23. The sales will begin at 18:08 pm (China Local Time).

The Mate 30 5G is available in two variants – an 8GB + 125GB version with a ¥4999 (~$706) price and  an 8GB + 256GB version priced at ¥5499 (~$777). The Mate 30 Pro 5G also comes in two variants – an 8GB + 256GB version priced at ¥6899 (~$975) while the 8GB RAM + 512GB version is priced at ¥7899 (~$1116).

The Mate 30 5G and Mate 30 Pro 5G are powered by the Kirin 990 5G, a 7nm + EUV processor. It not only has a built-in 5G modem but its NPU chip has 2 big cores and 1 small core while the regular Kirin 990 has 1 big core and 1 small core. Its cores are also clocked higher.

The Mate 30 5G and Mate 30 Pro 5G each have a total of 21 antennas, 14 which are for 5G, more than double the 6-antenna design of other 5G phones. Both 5G phones come in Vegan Leather Orange and Vegan Leather Forest Green.

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Last month, Huawei released its new flagship model, the Mate 30 Pro, which is one of the most important smartphones of 2019, featuring a powerful hardware and camera setup. However, there’s a HUGE obstacle that this phone has to overcome to be successful in the international markets.

Huawei is essentially banned from using Google services on its new smartphones like the Mate 30 Pro. Despite Huawei’s promise of creating a vast app library with replacements for Google apps, it would still be hard for users to give up on essential services like YouTube. There are workarounds to add Google services on the device, but they are not straightforward.

However, unlike the global market, domestic users in China can use substitutes for most google apps. And it’s a 1.4 billion people’s market, which why Huawei is still confident they can make their new flagship without google services.

If you keep the Google issue aside, the Mate 30 Pro is an excellent 2019 smartphone. We would definitely recommend it to our readers, and here’s why!

Note that our review video is shot entirely by the Mate 30 Pro! It should give you a fair idea on how the phone performs in the video department.

Huawei Mate 30 Pro Design

Let’s start with the design of Huawei’s Mate 30 Pro, which comes standard with a 6.53-inch edge-less curved screen. Our source revealed that the leading suppliers for the display are BOE and Samsung. The instant visual experience of the fully-covered curved display is quite remarkable.

And although it looks pretty cool, some users still have concerns like accidental edge touching and color deviation around the edges. But you don’t have to worry about that much. 

After several weeks of use, I can say that the colors on the display are a bit dark around the curved edges, but it’s not distracting at all. Also, Huawei cuts almost all the touch functions on its edges. But the edge does reserve a few useful but limited features. For example, because they removed the physical volume button, you can adjust it just by double-clicking the edge. So, no matter how you hold it, there are no accidental touches. Plus, there’s also an option to adjust the display aspect ratio which won’t cover the edges, if that’s what you want. This can be handy during times like gameplay, as the buttons and the display won’t move over to the sides of the screen. 

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro Camera Review

The circular cameras on the back resemble the Nokia Lumia 1020, which was one of the best camera smartphones of its time. And the round combination protrudes up a bit, so I worry whether it will get scratched soon and affect the image quality. But so far, the cameras have remained unscratched.

The Huawei Mate 30 Pro is equipped with a super-sensitive Leica quad-camera combination. There’s an 8-megapixel telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom (5x hybrid zoom and 30x digital zoom), a 40-megapixel super sensing camera with a larger standard sensor, a 40MP cine wide-angle camera dedicated for video use, and an additional 3D depth-sensing camera. 

Thanks to DAVINCI’s dual-core, independent NPU neurons, the image capture and review is indeed much faster than the previous Huawei phones. The Mate 30 Pro was able to reproduce the rich colors of an object in full daylight. Even in backlit scenes, it was able to suppress the brightness and preserve the details of the characters.

The super night scene further enhances the resolution of the photos in low light environments. The results are pretty close to the effect that you get with long exposure on professional cameras, but here you don’t need a tripod, just your bare hands!  Honestly, even in the standard photo mode, most night scenes came out well lit and detailed. So, the super night mode can be reserved for those extremely low-light conditions. But it does come in handy sometimes especially when regular mode mess up the exposure in some night scenes. 

One of my favorite things about the Mate 30 Pro’s camera is the color reproduction. You probably have your own opinion about how Huawei handles saturation, but it’s hard to deny that such color reproduction is unique among all smartphones. The uniqueness is probably because of Leica’s contribution to the phone’s camera.

The samples come out pretty emotional and dramatic. So I would definitely recommend it for those who are into travel photography and humanistic photography. It’s really hard to explain why I like the Mate 30 Pro’s camera, so it’s best that I allow the below samples to show you what I’m talking about. 

Huawei MAte 30 Pro Camera Samples

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Now let’s talk about the telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. The equivalent focal length is around 81mm. This sensor is really convenient when you want to have to shoot portraits or focus on a distant object. I do have to add that Mate 30 Pro’s telephoto camera was not as good as we expected in backlit scenes. This is especially true when we compared it with the photo shot by 2x zoom telephoto camera on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.

If we have to pick up one highlight of this camera setup, it should be the 40MP cine camera, which is the first step for Huawei to target the video market. It has a wide-ratio sensor with an 18mm equivalent focal length. The high resolution makes it one of the best wide-angle cameras in the market right now. It won’t disappoint you at all. I used it more frequently than the primary camera as it reserved the same-level detail and captured more objects in landscape photography. 

The 3D depth-sensing camera measures the depth-of-field as an additional piece of information for the three other cameras. So, when you shoot it in portrait mode, the sensor helps in simulating the blurring effect. The additional information from this sensor helps to make the subject stand out of the background and get an excellent blurred effect.

But the Huawei Mate 30 Pro’s camera isn’t without flaws. For example, the white balance detection is pretty weak and unstable, even under the same lighting conditions. The white balance shifts between the three cameras under the same lighting. And when using the 40MP high-resolution camera, the zoom option is no longer be available in its wide-angle mode. 

Huawei Mate 30 Pro Videography Review

Traditionally, we have focused on the photography skills of a smartphone camera but not much on their videography skills, mainly because smartphones were not great in shooting videos. But things have changed in 2019.

Huawei and Apple flagships have excellent filming capabilities. We’re working on a comparison of their videography skills in an upcoming video, so please stay tuned. But in this video, we want to focus on the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, which can shoot up to 4k 60fps video. 

First of all, I have to say the color reproduction is improved quite a lot thanks to the wide-ratio sensor. But it’s unstable at times as you might experience some flicker when it shoots the same scene. And such color flickers often exist when switching between different zoom cameras. Mate 30 Pro’s inconsistent video color solution makes it quite hard to edit a video in a unified color style that combines multiple shots with different zoom options. The main culprit could be Huawei’s auto AI detection.

Meanwhile, the white balance can also be an issue in videos. Sometimes it’s not easy to have the correct white balance under some complicated lighting conditions. Please check out review video above for video samples. 

Remember how terrible the stabilization was on the P30 Pro? But this time, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro has fixed it well through image cutting and OIS. We found both the moving shots and the stabilized shots were smooth with excellent stabilization. It even remained quite stable when we were holding the phone for 3x zoom filming. 

From the video samples shot by the wide-angle cine camera, we did see the ambition of Huawei in the video department. The dynamic range was improved significantly. Again, thanks to the RYYB pixel arrangement, it reserved an excellent brightness under most lighting conditions. But under strong contrast, the images were not sharp enough with the loss of darkness detail. As we used the telephone camera for a closer shot, the detail loss problem is much more apparent due to its 8MP resolution.

Overall, right now, the Mate 30 Pro is not able to challenge those professional filming machines. If you want great video quality, you probably need some accessories or equipment for extreme conditions.

Professional filming would include some smooth zoom-in or zoom-out shots. Unfortunately, the Mate 30 Pro is still not able to simulate it smoothly. There were visible image stutters and color changes.  

The official camera app features a dual-view mode for filming, but it is limited among the rear cameras. Unfortunately, we cannot use the front and back cameras at the same time. This could have been a fabulous feature for vloggers, but note that Huawei can still add it via a future update. So, we’re looking forward to seeing more features in the camera app. 

I would also like to add Huawei has killed a few bugs in the Mate 30 Pro’s camera in the recent update. So, if you have any issues with zoom or wide-angle modes, please update your phone. 

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The Mate30pro also supports 7,680 frames of ultra-high-speed photography in slow motion, making it the most powerful Huawei smartphone for video recording. And we will have a special video to introduce it to you soon.

So that’s all the essential details that you need to know about the Mate 30 Pro.

Is the Huawei Mate 30 Pro leading the camera competition in the smartphone market? Yes, at least for now. 

For general users or most vloggers, the overall quality of the quad-camera combination is very powerful. However, if compared with professional filming machines, the drawbacks would impact your outcomes quite significantly. 

To conclude, the Mate 30 Pro is one of the best camera flagships in the smartphone market right now, especially for photography!

For our detailed review of the Mate 30 Pro including its battery and performance, please check this article.

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On Sept. 19, Huawei had held an unveil event in Munich, Germany to announce the Mate 30 series of flagship phones. The Chinese manufacturer had confirmed all the details on the specs and pricing of the Huawei Mate 30, Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 RS Porsche Design at the launch. Even though the launch event was kept in Germany, the company had confirmed that China would be first country to receive the Mate 30 series. The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro phones have gone official in China now through which their pricing have been confirmed.

Huawei Mate 30 Price in China

The Huawei Mate 30 4G with 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage is priced at 3,999 Yuan (~$560). The higher model with 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage costs 4,299 Yuan (~$602). The Huawei Mate 30 5G with 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage is priced at 5,499 Yuan (~$770). Its color variants are Bright Black, Galaxy Silver, Cosmic Purple and Emerald Green. The 5G edition comes in two more colors like Orange and Forest Green.

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro Price in China

The Mate 30 Pro 4G costs 5,799 Yuan (~$813) for the 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variant. The higher variant with 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage costs 6,299 Yuan (~$883).

The Mate 30 Pro 5G with 8 GB RAM + 256 GB is priced at 6,899 Yuan (~$967). The 8 GB RAM + 512 GB storage edition costs 7,899 Yuan (~$1,107). The Mate 30 Pro comes in the same colors as Mate 30. However, its 5G variant in two additional colors such as Orange and Forest Green. The Mate 30 RS Porsche Design phone costs 12,999 Yuan (~$1,822).

The 4G editions of the Mate 30 series are now available for purchase through various retailers including Vmall and JD from today. The 5G edition of Mate 30 series is not available for purchase yet in China. Also, there is no word on the pricing for the international variants of the Mate 30 series yet.

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The Kirin 990 is Huawei’s latest flagship processor. It is the chipset inside the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro and will be the SoC that will power Huawei and Honor‘s flagship for the next 10 months or thereabout.

Prior to the release of the Mate 30 series, the Kirin 990 was spotted on Geekbench powering an unknown Huawei device. After the launch, the chipset was benchmarked on AnTuTu, scoring less than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 Plus. Today, the Master Lu benchmark result for the processor has surfaced on the web.

The result reveals the test device is the 8GB RAM + 256GB version of the Mate 30. The device scored a total of 424261 points. A break down of the score shows that the device has a CPU score of 163,575, a GPU score of 160856, and a RAM/memory score of 42840, and a storage score of 56,990.

Compared to other devices, the Mate 30’s Master Lu score comes behind that of devices like the Nubia Red Magic 3 which has a score of 459,463 points and the Black Shark 2.

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The Kirin 990 is a 7nm chipset with 8 cores in a 2 + 2 + 4 arrangement. It has 2x Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.86GHz, another set of 2x A76 clocked at 2.09GHz, and 4x Cortex A55 cores clocked at 1.86GHz. Its GPU is a 16-core Mali-G76 and it has a dual-core NPU. There is also a Kirin 990 5G which is a 7nm + EUV chipset with some of its cores clocked higher than the non-5G version. It also has a tri-core NPU. Hence, the Master Lu score for the Mate 30 5G version should be higher than the above.

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The Huawei Mate 30 series launched this week in Munich, Germany. The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro are available in a single configuration in Europe – 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB respectively. However, in Huawei‘s home country, the Mate 30 series will be available in more configurations.

The TENAA listings for both phones have been published and they reveal the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will be available with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage in China. The Mate 30’s model number is stated as TAS-AN00 while the Mate 30 Pro’s model number is LIO-AN00P/LIO-AN00.

Along with an 8GB RAM + 128GB version, the Mate 30 will come in 6GB RAM + 128GB, 8GB RAM + 256GB, and 12GB RAM + 512GB. On the other hand, the Mate 30 Pro will be available in 6GB + 128GB, 8GB + 128GB/256GB, and 12GB + 512GB.

Other than the RAM and storage, the rest of the specs are the same with the version announced in Europe. China is Huawei’s biggest, so it makes sense that it will have more variants available.

The Mate 30 series is powered by the Kirin 990 processor. The Mate 30 has a flat OLED screen while the Mate 30 Pro has a greatly curved screen called Horizon Display. The Pro version packs a total of 7 cameras – four on the rear and three in front while the Mate 30 comes with 5 cameras (3 on the rear and 2 in front). They run EMUI 10 based on Android 10.

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The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro launched today as Huawei‘s latest flagships. Just like other phones with standard and Pro models, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro have some very key differences. We highlight those differences below.

Conclusion

The Mate 30 Pro misses out on the Horizon Display but not everyone is a fan of curved displays. Plus the Mate 30 Pro’s display will definitely cost more to repair compared to the Mate 30. The Mate 30 also keeps the audio jack which has been missing on the Pro version since the Mate 10 Pro. Unlike last year’s Mate 20, the cheaper Mate 30 gets support for wireless charging and it is amazing to see it charges at the same speed as the Pro variant.

The Mate 30 Pro costs more and for €300 extra, you get a sharper and more gorgeous display. You also get 3D Face Unlock, reverse wireless charging, and an IP rating. It also packs some pretty cool party tricks such as 7680fps slow-motion recording thanks to its 40MP Cine Camera, Gesture Control thanks to the gesture Sensor up in front and invisible virtual keys. There is also an upgraded wireless reverse wireless charging so you can bail out your friends at 3x the speed of last year’s model.

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Huawei’s Mate series has become one of the best flagship lines of smartphones. Every year, Huawei sets a new standard with its phones and the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro are no different. The theme for this year is Rethink Possibilities and Huawei does just that.

Design

Just like last year’s Mate 20 series, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro also look different with respect to design, mainly on the front.

The Mate 30 Pro features what is called a Horizon Display which is its name for what is generally referred to as a waterfall display. The screen curves at an angle of 88°, just shy of a right-angle. Theses curves mean there are no side buttons on the Mate 30 Pro. So Huawei uses what is called Side-touch Interaction which is invisible virtual keys. Because these are virtual keys, they are customizable, so if you like the buttons on the left, you can have them on the left instead of the right. Side-touch interaction also adds a virtual camera shutter key and like the volume keys, you can also change its position.

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The Mate 30, on the other hand, has what Huawei calls a Rigid OLED display which is actually just a flat display.

Both phones have a notch at the top while, while that of the Mate 30 Pro is smaller than its predecessor’s, the Mate 30 has a bigger notch.

On the back of the Mate 30 series is a new camera design called Halo Ring. Huawei says the design was inspired by that of a DSLR camera. The Mate 30’s camera housing holds three sensors while the Pro model has a quad-camera setup.

Huawei also revealed that its Mate 30 series 5G phones boast a total of 21 antennas, 14 of which are 5G antennas which trump the 6-antenna design we have seen in other 5G phones like the Vivo NEX 3 5G.

Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30 Pro 5G

The Huawei Mate 30 Pro comes in two versions – a 5G and a 4G model. Both have a 6.53-inch Flex OLED display with a 2400 x 1176 resolution and an 18.4:9 aspect ratio.

The notch at the top of the display is home to a Gesture Sensor which allows users to wave to scroll and make a hand grab gesture to screenshot without touching the screen. There is also a pair of 3D depth cameras, ambient light and proximity sensor, and a selfie camera inside the notch. The Mate 30 Pro also has 3D Face Unlock.

Two other pretty tricks the Mate 30 Pro can do are AI Auto-Rotate and AI Private View. AI Rotate switches the screen’s orientation when you move from portrait to landscape even if the phone is not in your palms. AI Private View will automatically hide sensitive information when it senses someone is looking over your shoulder.

The Mate 30 Pro is powered by the Kirin 990 while the Mate 30 Pro 5G is powered by the Kirin 990 5G. The Kirin 5G chip doesn’t just have a 5G modem. It also differs from the non-5G model in other ways. For example, its NPU chip has 2 big cores and 1 small core while the regular Kirin 990 has 1 big core and 1 small core. The Kirin 990 5G also has its 4x Cortex A55 cores clocked higher at 1.95GHz and its 2x Cortex A76 cores clocked at 2.36GHz against the non-5G’s 1.86GHz and 2.09GHz.

Both versions of the Mate 30 Pro has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There is dual SIM support and the 5G version supports dual SIM 5G which means either of the two SIM slots can be set to 5G. The tray is a hybrid SIM tray which allows for two nano-SIM cards or 1 nano-SIM and an NM Card (SIM 2 slot).

The Mate 30 5G supports 5G bands n79, n78, n77, n38, n28, n3, and n1 which makes it usable around the globe.

The Mate 30 Pro series boasts an impressive camera setup. The quad cameras o the back are a SuperSensing 40MP f/1.6 camera with OIS, a 40MP Cine f/1.8 camera, an 8MP f/2.4 telephoto camera with OIS, and a 3D depth-sensing camera. The phones also have a dual-LED flash, a laser focus sensor, and a color temperature sensor. The selfie camera is a 32MP f/2.0 sensor and with the 3D sensor.

The Mate 30 Pro duo pack a 4500mAh battery with support for 40W wired charging and 27W wireless charging. Owners will have to purchase the wireless charger separately. Reverse wireless charging is back and this time it is 3 times faster than that of the Mate 20 Pro. There is no audio jack but there is an IR sensor.

The Mate 30 Pro runs EMUI 10 based on Android 10. It has an IP68 rating and weighs 198 grams. Its dimensions are 158.1 x 73.1 x 8.8 millimeters.

The Mate 30 Pro is available in Black, Space Silver, Cosmic Purple, and Emerald Green. The Mate 30 Pro 5G comes in the aforementioned colors and adds a Vegan Leather version that is available in Orange and Forest Green. The Vegan Leather version is skin-friendly, durable, and IP68 water and dust resistant.

Mate 30 and Mate 30 5G

The Mate 30 and Mate 30 5G both have a 6.62-inch FullView Rigid OLED display with a 2340 x 1080 resolution and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

Just like the Mate 30 Pro differs from its 5G version when it comes to processors, the same applies to the Mate 30 and its 5G version. The Kirin 990 chipset is paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage on both versions.

The Mate 30 duo have a 40MP f/1.8 SuperSensing primary rear camera which is paired with a 16MP f/2.2 ultrawide angle camera, and an 8MP f/2.4 telephoto camera with OIS. There is dual-LED flash, a laser focus sensor, and a color temperature sensor too.

The Mate 30 and Mate 30 5G pack a 4200mAh battery and also support 40W wired charging. Thankfully, Huawei has also added wireless charging this year instead of via an add-on case. They also support 27W wired charging and not a slower charging speed but no reverse wireless charging. It keeps the audio jack and also has an IR sensor.

The Mate 30 duo run EMUI 10 based on Android 10. They are available in the same colors as the Mate 30 Pro with the 5G version also having Vegan Leather variants.

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Price

The Mate 30 is priced at €799 while the Mate 30 Pro is priced at €1099. Huawei didn’t reveal the price of the Mate 30 5G but the Mate 30 Pro 5G will sell for €1199.

There is no info on availability.

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro is all set to meet us a couple of hours later in Munich, Germany. Just before its official launch, the phone has surfaced again in a bunch of beautiful hands-on images. These pictures not only reveals the wide notch on its display but also confirms a bunch of specifications.

We can see that the Mate 30 Pro comes with a pretty wide notch on top of its 6.5-inch display. The bezels aren’t very thick, which is a good sign. Also, the screen looks beautiful as the curve extends to the sides, which is a peculiar design of the waterfall display. These images also confirm most of the phone’s specifications.

The Mate 30 Pro will come with a 6.53-inch OLED display with 2400 x 1176 pixel resolution, 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB storages, Kirin 990 chipset, and a quad-camera setup consisting of two 40MP cameras, one 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 3D sensor. This image confirms that the primary f/1.6 40MP shooter, as well as the 8MP wide-angle camera, will have OIS. There will be a 4400mAh battery with 40W fast wired charging and 27W wireless charging. Other features confirmed by these pictures include an 8.8mm thick body, 198 grams weight, EMUI 10 right out of the box, and IP68 certification.

We pretty much know everything about the phone before its official release later today. So, we now wait for the pricing and availability of the device in the next few hours.

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The Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagships are all set to be announced on September 19. We have been getting a steady stream of leaks about the lineup in the past couple of weeks. Today, we have several new updates, which bares Mate 30 lineup’s color options as well as the specifications just before its launch event.

First, evleaks has shared a render showing off the Huawei Mate 30 Pro as well as the Mate 30 in different color options. It looks like both the models will have four colors at launch: Blue, Purple, Black, and Green. These renders further affirm that both the models will come with four rear cameras in a circular housing. Evleaks had already shared the individual renders of both the devices yesterday revealing the front as well. You can check those Mate 30 renders from here.

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Apart from this render, we have also got an alleged image showing off the specifications of the Mate 30 series. The image reveals that the standard version, as well as the Pro version, will feature Kirin 990 with DaVinci architecture based NPU. The phones will come with four cameras at the back featuring two 40MP cameras, an 8MP telephoto camera, and a 3D camera. The setup will be capable of capturing UHD videos along with super slo-mo videos. The Pro model will feature a larger 4500mAh battery while the standard Mate 30 will get a 4200mAh one. Both phones come with 40W fast charging along with 27W wireless charging.

Note that the Mate 30 Pro will feature a waterfall display while the regular Mate 30 should have a flat OLED panel.

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A mysterious Huawei phone with NLE-AL00 model number has been benchmarked on Geekbench. While the benchmarking platform does not mention it clearly, it appears to be fueled by Kirin 990 chipset that was recently announced by Huawei at the IFA 2019 tech trade show.

The Huawei NLE-AL00 is powered by a HiSilicon processor that has a base frequency of 1.96 GHz. At IFA 2019, Huawei had announced Kirin 990 and Kirin 990 5G chipsets. The 5G edition has two Cortex-A76 cores that work at 2.86GHz, two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.36GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.95GHz. On the other side, the regular version of the Kirin 990 has two Cortex-A76 cores that clock at 2.86GHz, two Cortex-A76 cores at 2.09GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.86GHz. Hence, it is being speculated that the Huawei NLE-AL00 could be fueled by the non-5G version of the Kirin 990.

The Huawei NLE-AL00 could be an upcoming flagship phone since it is running on the recently announced Android 10 OS. The purported Kirin 990 chipset is assisted by 8 GB of RAM. In the single-core of Geekbench, the NLE-AL00 has scored 3842 points and it has recorded 11644 points in the multi-core test. It is yet to be determined whether the NLE-AL00 is a Huawei or Honor branded smartphone.

A reliable tipster from China has claimed that NLE-AL00 is not the model number of the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones that are scheduled to go official on Sept. 19. Last year, Mate 20 X gaming-centric phone had debuted as one of the first phones with Kirin 980 chipset. So, there is a possibility that the NLE-AL00 could be Mate 30 X or the Honor Vera30 flagship phone. The Honor Vera30 is expected to go official towards the end of the year.

The Kirin 990 is a second generation 7nm chipset and the successor of 7nm Kirin 980 chipset from last year. Built with 7nm+ EUV process, the regular version of the Kirin 990 5G has dual Big Core and a Tiny Core NPU unit whereas the non-5G edition has single Big Core and a Tiny Core NPU unit. Both come with 16-core Mali-G76 GPU, UFS 3.0 and UFS 2.1.

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The Huawei Mate 30 series will be announced in Munich on September 19. Ahead of the release, images of the Mate 30’s retail box has surfaced on the web. The images are reported to have been shared by a reviewer who got a prototype.

The Mate 30 will come in an uninteresting black box with the name of the phone inscribed in gold. The words “SuperSensing Camera” is written right next to Leica’s logo.

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The sticker on the side reveals the Mate 30’s model number is TAS-AL00 and this version has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. This was the highest configuration available for last year’s Mate 20 but we can’t say if that will be the case again this year. Nevertheless, there should be support for storage expansion via Huawei’s proprietary Nano Memory card slot.

The box also shows the phone supports TD-LTE. Chances of a 5G version of the Mate 30 are slim, so don’t expect one.

The Mate 30 will have a smaller notch than the Mate 30 Pro, just like its predecessor last year. However, Huawei has switched from a waterdrop notch to a  rectangular one if this photo of a leaked tempered glass is genuine. Inside the notch will sit two cameras.

The phone will be powered by Huawei’s new Kirin 990 processor. There are reports it will have support for fast charging this year and not via an add-on accessory like the Mate 20.

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At the recently held IFA 2019 tech trade show in Berlin, Germany, Huawei announced the Kirin 990 chipset that will be powering the Mate 30 series that is scheduled to go official on Sept. 19. The launch event for the Mate 30 series will be held at Munich, Germany on the said date. In an interview session after the company’s IFA 2019 event, Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu said that the Mate 30 series will be listed and sold in China first.

The Huawei Mate 30 series is expected to debut with AOSP edition of Android that won’t feature Google apps. Yu has claimed that the company will provide a workaround through which users will be able to manually install Google apps on Mate 30 series by themselves in the international markets.

So far, the rumor mill has revealed that the Mate 30 Pro may come with a 6.6-inch display that offers quad HD+ resolution. It will be equipped with a wider notch and it will be flaunting waterfall effect like extremely curved edges. The handset come may come with an in-display fingerprint scanner and advanced 3D face unlock feature. The wider notch of the Mate 30 Pro is said to be housing as many as three camera sensors.

The newly unveiled 7nm Kirin 990 chipset with integrated 5G modem powers the Mate 30 Pro. The rear side of the phone has a quad camera system that may consist of a pair of 40-megapixel sensors, an 8-megapixel telephoto lens and a ToF sensor. The four cameras of the phone will be housed inside a round-shaped module. The smartphone is expected to arrive with a 4,500mAh battery that may support 55W rapid charging and 30W wireless charging. The company is also expected to release the 5G version of Mate 30 Pro. As of this writing, there is no information available on the pricing of the phone.

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Because of the ongoing US trade ban against Huawei, the upcoming Mate 30 series phones will be arriving without any apps from Google. The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro won’t be featuring Play Store and other important Google apps like Gmail, YouTube and so on. At IFA 2019 tech event, Huawei Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu addressed the media the company is working on a solution to bring Google apps to the Mate 30 series after the launch.

Yu said that the company is looking for possibilities to let users install Google apps on the non-Google version of Android on Mate 30 handsets. He also stated that the process of installing Google apps on Mate 30 series would be ‘quite easy’ because of the open source nature of Android. He added that third party developers have collaborated on bringing Google apps to Mate 30 series owners.

Meizu, a known smartphone brand in China lets users install Google services through its own app store. Huawei could be working on a similar solution for the Mate 30 series and forthcoming mobile devices. It could be a good solution for bringing Google apps on Huawei devices, but side-loading can result in security issue. Last year, cyber criminals offered malware through Fornite app that required users to install it by side-loading.

Yu said that the company was aiming to achieve shipments of 300 million phones in 2019 if the US trade ban was not imposed on it. The executive stated that it was targeting shipment of 90 million in the last quarter of the year prior to the sanctions.

In related news, Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone was expected to go official in August. However, its arrival has been delayed for reasons best known to the company. Yu has said that the company release the Mate X as early as October or in November. There is a possibility that the company may also release a more powerful Kirin 990 chipset edition of the Mate X.

The Mate 30 series is scheduled to go official on Sept. 19. The first market to receive it will be China. The Chinese firm may release leather-clad edition of the Mate 30 series.

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The next Huawei flagship, the highly anticipated Mate 30 Pro, which looks gorgeous in renders which leaked recently, is to be unveiled in a matter of days. That is why this recent confirmed report is so devastating. Huawei has just confirmed that the Mate 30 will launch without any Google apps. Instead, it will reportedly come with third-party alternatives running on a bespoke version of Android 10.

This is big news. For those who don’t know, the Google apps suite includes some fantastic tools like Google Maps, Calendar, Google Drive, Google Assistant and Gmail. At the IFA conference, Dr Wang Chenglu, Huawei’s president of consumer software, said the company was in the process of developing alternatives to Google apps and services, including GPS navigation.

Despite the loss of Google apps, it appears the Mate 30 will still be running on the latest version of Android, seeing how Android is an open source operating, meaning anybody can use it. In other words, the company’s much-touted HarmonyOS won’t be making its debut on the Mate 30, and presumably so with the Mate X if the reports are to be believed.

The new report, from Nikkei Asian Review, states that the Mate 30 series would be the first phone to ship without Google’s services. The Mate X, Huawei’s foldable smartphone, will be the second device to come without any Google apps. According to analysts, Huawei’s smartphone sales will see a drop of at least 10 million units in 2019.

This is a bitter pill to swallow for Huawei fans and is sure to have an impact on global sales. While the Android ecosystem isn’t as fenced in as Apple’s iOS, apps like Google Maps and Gmail are essential to most users. Expecting customers to use third-party alternatives or implement workarounds to access these apps is a very big ask.

We’ll hopefully know more when the phone launches against the odds on September 18. Based on these developments, things aren’t looking good for the Huwaei Mate 30, but we’re optimistic Huawei has some sort of workaround that will help them overcome this. We’d hate to see a promising device like the Mate 30 fail because of something like this.

With the Trump administration taking a hard line on Huawei, the company’s crisis appears far from over. Huawei faces a “live-or-die moment,” founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said in a company memo on Aug. 20. It seems this applies now more than ever, which is a shame.

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It is official, the Huawei Mate 30 series will be launching this month, not at IFA 2019, but at a special event in Munich, Germany on September 19.

The announcement was made today on Twitter by the official Huawei Mobile account. The tweet includes a tease of the new circular camera housing or Oreo camera has some have come to term the design.

Did you get it right? The countdown to #HuaweiMate30 starts now!
We're going full circle in Munich on 19.09.2019.
Join us live: https://t.co/9ugi5gG9ci#RethinkPossibilities pic.twitter.com/etRYjrBVEC

— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) September 1, 2019

Last week, a leaked poster revealed the Huawei Mate 30 series will come with quad rear cameras in a circular housing with a huge bump. That bump is said to be as a result of smart cases which will bring additional features to the phone. We talked about the cases here which we think will not be limited to the Mate 30 series but also other Huawei phones and Honor phones too.

The Huawei Mate 30/30 Pro will feature cameras co-developed with Leica, two of which are 40MP sensors. It will also have triple cameras in front housed inside a notch, an in-display fingerprint scanner, a Kirin 990 processor, and an IR sensor. It will also have a display that curves to the sides at an angle close to 90°. Huawei also recently received certification for a new wireless charger that can charge at 25W.

However, while the Huawei Mate 30 series will be announced in Europe first, it may actually not be available for purchase outside China for a while as Google as said the manufacturer isn’t licensed to launch the phones with official Android and Google Play services due to the trade ban.

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Huawei is expected to unleash the Mate 30 series of flagship phones in the latter half of the September month. Couple of leaked shots of the front panel of the purported Huawei Mate 30 Pro and the actual device have appeared in the recent past to reveal its display design. Two new photos of the same phone seem to have appeared today to reveal its front and rear design.

Just like the real image of the Mate 30 that had appeared in the previous week, the new image shows the handset enclosed in a case to conceal its identity. Hence, it is not clear whether the phone shown in the images belong to the Huawei Mate 30 or Mate 30 Pro.

A closer look at the display of the phone shows its pronounced curvature towards its edges. A recent leak had revealed that the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will both arrive with dual-edge curved displays. However, the Mate 30 Pro will have a curvier screen than the Mate 30.  Probably, the handset shown in the new images could be the Mate 30 Pro. A closer look at the top portion of the screen reveals the presence of a wide notch that could be housing all kinds of sensors for 3D face unlock, front camera and so on.

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Shown below is the first real shot of the rear side of the purported Mate 30 Pro’s back panel. The rear cameras are completely hidden by the case, but a long LED strip along some other sensors seems to be present alongside it. It matches with the below shown case renders of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro.

The recently spotted Mate 30 Pro case renders had revealed that the phone will come equipped with a round-shaped camera module with three lenses and a square-shaped LED flash inside it. However, the long strip does not seem to appear like LED flash. It also suggested that the phone will continue to sport an in-screen fingerprint reader.

In terms of specs, the rumor mill has so far revealed that the Huawei Mate 30 Pro will be housing a 6.71-inch display with quad HD+ resolution support. The 7nm Kirin 990 chipset that is slated to go official at IFA 2019 tech trade show next month could be fueling the smartphone with up to 12 GB of RAM. The handset could be equipped with a 4,200mAh battery that supports 55W fast charging and fast wireless charging. For photography, the phone could be featuring a pair of 40-megapixel sensors on its rear. Huawei is expected to unleash the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro on Sept. 19. Hopefully, the company may also unveil the massive Mate 30 X as the successor of Mate 20 X. As of this writing, there is no proof on its existence.

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While 30W is even higher than what we reported yesterday, it looks like the actual charging speed could be less than the max speed mentioned in the document. The FCC listing reveals that the charger’s claimed 30W charging output has not complied to its tests. So, it is possible that the actual wireless charging speed is somewhere around 25W, which is what a Chinese blogger revealed yesterday.

At present, Xiaomi has the fastest charger on a commercial smartphone, with its Mi 9 supporting 20W wireless charging. Now that Huawei’s new CP61 charger has been spotted on FCC, expect the new wireless charger to be launched alongside the Mate 30 series.

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Huawei Mate 30 series is expected to meet us in September this year. So far, rumors have revealed that the phone could turn out to be quite powerful, just like its predecessor. The phone is expected to feature the new generation Kirin 990 chipset with a powerful camera setup at the back. However, it looks like the upgrades won’t just be limited in the camera and processor department. The Mate 30 is now being rumored to come with the world’s fastest wireless charging.

According to a popular blogger in China, the Huawei Mate 30 flagship smartphone will come with support for 25W wireless charging. This would beat Xiaomi Mi 9, the current leader in this department featuring 20W fast wireless charging support. In comparison, the newly announced Galaxy Note 10+ comes with just 15W wireless charging, which isn’t really bad but it will be way slower than the upcoming Mate lineup.

The Mate 30 is already shaping up to be a powerful smartphone. It is expected to feature the new Kirin 990 chipset with two 40MP cameras (one primary and another wide-angle) along with other sensors at the back. It should come with Android Q based EMUI 10. There are also rumors about the Lite version coming with the newly announced Harmony OS.

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The rumor mill is now actively spilling information on the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship phones. The Huawei Mate 10 series was made official in October 2017 and the Mate 20 series was announced in October 2018.  Hence, Huawei fans have been expecting that the Mate 30 series may go official in October this year. Citing information from Huawei Consumer Business Software President, Dr. Wang Chenglu, a Russian tech blog has reported that the Mate 30 series will be debuting on Sept. 19.

According to the publication, Chenglu has revealed that the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will be powered by the Kirin 990 chipset. One of the major features of this new SoC is that it will consume less energy. The Mate 30 series will come preloaded with the latest Android Q OS overlaid with the latest EMUI 10 skin. The publication has claimed that devices will not come preloaded with Google services due to the ongoing conflicts with the US authorities because of the trade ban.

The rumor mill has already leaked that Huawei’s next flagship chipset for mobile devices i.e. Kirin 985 will again be a 7nm product. Probably, the same SoC could be made official as Kirin 990. The SoC is expected to come bundled with a 5G modem. This suggests that the company may sell 5G editions of Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro as well.

While the Mate 30 series may go official on Sept. 19, their 5G editions may come around December. So far, the rumor mill has revealed that the Mate 30 Pro has a massive 6.7-inch display with 90Hz refresh rate. The display will have extremely curved edges and it will feature a wide notch to house the complex sensors of 3D face unlock. The rear shell of the phone may include a triple camera unit with two 40-megapixel sensorsv. The battery of the Mate 30 Pro could be coupled with 55W fast charging. The Mate 30 is expected to arrive with slightly weaker specs than the Pro model.

Recent reports have revealed that the upcoming Huawei Mate 30 Lite will be the first phone from the company to arrive with its Android alternative HarmonyOS. Probably, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro units in China may also feature the new OS from the firm.

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The upcoming Huawei Mate 30 Pro has been spotted again. The leaked image shows a woman holding the Mate 30 Pro at a subway. The design of the phone is not clearly visible since the phone is enclosed in a protecting case. However, the design of the display can be seen clearly.

The new image shows that the Huawei Mate 30 Pro has a display that curves towards the edges. There is a wide notch at the topside of the display. It could be housing some complex sensors for 3D face unlock. The leaked screen protectors of the handset that had appeared in the past month had also revealed that it will be arriving with a wider notch.

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Since the Mate 30 is also expected to arrive with a curved-edge display and a wide notch, it is difficult to say whether the handset that has appeared in the leaked image is the Mate 30 or Mate 30 Pro. Last year, the 3D face unlock feature was only available on the Mate 20 Pro handset. This year, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro phones are both expected to arrive with support for 3D face unlock.

Rumors surrounding the Huawei Mate 30 Pro have revealed that it will be housing a 6.71-inch display with quad HD+ resolution support and in-display fingerprint scanner. The upcoming 2^nd gen 7nm Kirin 985 chipset is expected to fuel the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro handsets. The SoC could be assisted by up to 12 GB of RAM.

The Mate 30 Pro may house a 4,200mAh battery that may possibly come with 55W rapid charging support. A newer leak has revealed that the Mate 30 Pro will be featuring a 40-megapixel 1/1.5” RYYB sensor with f/1.6 to f/1.4 variable aperture, another 40-megapixel lens with 1/1.7” sensor and 120-degree ultrawide field-of-view with cine lens features and a telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom support. Rumors are rife that the Mate 30 Pro will be equipped with a quad camera system. Hence, the fourth one could be a 3D ToF (Time of Flight) sensor. Huawei may announce a 5G version of the Mate 30 Pro. The Mate 30 series of flagship phones are expected to go official in October.

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Huawei is expected to unleash the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro flagship phones in October. Since the launch is few months, the rumor mill is now actively working on leaking information on the Mate 30 series. Yesterday, some live shots of the Mate 30 Pro had surfaced on Weibo to reveal that it will be featuring a wider notch that could be packed with multiple sensors for Face ID like the predecessor Mate 20 Pro. Fresh images of the screen protectors of the alleged Mate 30 and 30 Pro smartphones have appeared today. The leak reveals that even the Mate 30 phone will be equipped with a wider notch. The trail production of the Mate 30 series has started.

In the above image, the Mate 30 screen protector is shown on the left whereas the one on the right is for Mate 30 Pro. In terms of design, both seems to be equipped with dual-edge curved displays. Hence, it appears that the Mate 30 will be the first non-Pro Mate series flagship phone to feature a curved display. The curvature on both screen protectors are slightly different. The Mate 30 Pro is said to be equipped with COP (chip-on-plastic) technology for its display.

Compared to the notch found on the Mate 20 Pro, the Mate 30 series seems to feature a narrower notch. The bottom bezel of the phone is also quite slim. A careful look at the notch on both images suggest that Mate 30 and 30 Pro have slightly different arrangements for the sensors.

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The multiple sensors on the notch of the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro phones could be for the 3D facial unlock like the predecessor Mate 20 Pro phone. The images of the protective film have surfaced because the film manufacturing factories have started producing it. A leakster has claimed that the screen protector of the Mate 30 series is the most difficult surface film in history. He has also said that the Mate 30 Pro has entered trial production phase.

Rumors have so far revealed that the Mate 30 Pro will be equipped with a 6.71-inch display that will produce quad HD+ resolution. The smartphone could be fueled by Kirin 985 chipset and it may come with up to 12 GB of RAM. The Mate 30 Pro could be packed with a 4,200mAh battery that may arrive with support for 55W fast charging. The handset could be blessed with an advanced quad camera setup. There could be a 5G version of the Mate 30 Pro. As of this writing, there is no information available on the specifications of the Mate 30 handset.

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It’s already known that the Huawei is gearing up to launch its flagship smartphone series — Huawei Mate 30 in the coming months. Now, a report has surfaced online which sheds light on the upcoming smartphone’s design.

The report coming from the company’s supply chain suggests that the phone will come with a unibody design with no gap for the metal frame so that the phone can be made without any kind of notch or holes. It says that the company believes this kind of design to be the future of the smartphone design.

Earlier this year, another Chinese brand Vivo had introduced a concept phone with such glass unibody design. So, it’s quite possible that Huawei is preparing a smartphone with a glass unibody design.

If there are no holes in the phone, then the issue arises about the SIM card slot on the device. Well, the report says that the company will adopt the eSIM technology instead of the traditional SIM card.

For regular buttons such as power button and the volume rocker keys, it is said that the company will take the pressure-sensitive approach. For charging, the phone will have to be dependent on wireless charging.

However, take this information with a pinch of salt and there’s hardly any evidence pointing towards Mate 30 using the glass unibody design. While such a design for a smartphone is possible for the near future, we don’t expect the Huawei Mate 30 to take such an extreme approach of opting for a no-holes design.

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In October, Huawei is expected to launch the Mate 30 series of flagship phones. Reports in the past have claimed that the Mate 30 Pro will be equipped with a rectangular camera module on its rear. However, a leaked render that showcases a round-shaped module with four camera lenses have surfaced today. Also, the display design of the phone has been revealed through another leaked image.

A leaked photo of the glass back panel with a large-sized round cutout had surfaced earlier this week. Today, a leakster from China that is known for sharing vital details on upcoming Huawei phones has released a leaked render of the Mate 30 Pro. The color of the device is similar to the Emerald Green edition of the Huawei Mate 20 series.

The four camera lenses and LED flash are placed in “X” shape. The image reveals that the phone will be equipped with Leica engineered SUMMILUX-H lens and it will offer 5x optical zoom.  As of this writing, there is no information on the camera configurations of the Mate 30 Pro. It goes without saying that the camera module of the handset has a very sophisticated appeal.

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Also, a leaked image of the front panel of the Mate 30 Pro are now being circulated on Weibo. The top bezel of the phone is blurred in the image because of which it is difficult to determine whether it features a notch or not. The display is curved towards the left and right edges. The bottom bezel of the phone appears really thin compared to the predecessor model. This indicates that the Mate 30 Pro will offer higher screen.

Last year’s Huawei Mate 20 camera with a display with waterdrop notch whereas the Mate 20 Pro featured a larger notch on its display. The wide notch of the Mate 20 Pro housed complex sensors for 3D face recognition. Rumors surrounding the Mate 30 Pro have claimed that it won’t feature 3D face unlock. Hence, it is likely to sport a waterdrop notch or a center positioned punch-hole like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 smartphone.

Rumors surrounding the Mate 30 series have claimed that it will be powered by 7nm Kirin 985 chipset. With Balong 5000 5G modem onboard, these phones are expected to carry support for dual-SIM dual-standby 5G connectivity like the upcoming Mate 20 X 5G edition.

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Huawei had introduced the Kirin 980 SoC as the world’s 7nm SoC at the IFA 2018 tech trade show in August 2018. The SoC was first seen under the hood of Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro flagship smartphones. Since then, it has been used by the company to power other flagship phone such as Honor Magic 2, Honor V20, Huawei P30 and P30 Pro. The Chinese manufacturer is now reportedly working on an improved version of Kirin 980 SoC. A Weibo user has claimed that the company will be debuting 7nm Kirin 985 later this year and it will be powering the upcoming Mate 30 series of flagship phones.

Previous reports have reveled that the Kirin 985 chipset will be manufactured through Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) technology. It is expected to deliver 10 to 20 percent better performance than the Kirin 980 SoC. TSMC is expected to produce the Kirin 985 through its N7 process. Apple A13 chip that will be powering the upcoming iPhones will be built by TSMC’s more advanced N7 Pro process.

The mass production of the Kirin 985 is now rumored to begin in the third quarter of the year, and it has now reportedly entered the designing stage. There is no confirmation on whether it will be a 5G-ready SoC. Probably, the Chinese firm will debut the Kirin 985 in August this year.

As far as Mate 30 series is concerned, there is no information available on the specs of the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro smartphones. A report from the previous month had revealed that the company has already started testing the Mate 30 handset. After Huawei Mate 20 X smartphone and Mate X foldable phone, the P30 Pro is rumored to be the next 5G-ready phone from the company. The Chinese manufacturer is also expected to announce a successor for the Kirin 710 SoC that has powered many of Huawei and Honor branded mid-range phones that have launched recently.

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Huawei is all set to launch its new smartphones — Huawei Mate 30 series in the coming months. Now, the latest report says that the company is planning to use the latest class-loaded board SLP technology for the flagship devices.

With this, Huawei will become the third major smartphone manufacturer that will adopt the SLP circuit board technology in its smartphones. Earlier, Apple used the same technology for its iPhone X and Samsung has reportedly adopted this for its upcoming Exynos-powered Galaxy S10 lineup.

SPL circuit board stands for Substrate Like PCB, which is sometimes being misleadingly called “Stacked Logic Board”. With the SLP motherboards, the chips are stacked or packed together, which helps in making their footprint much smaller.

While most of today’s phones use 10 layers of copper on the PCB, the stacked SLP circuit board uses 20, permitting a higher density of components in a given surface area. This makes extra space inside for other components, such as a larger battery, however, it’s not confirmed how the company plans to utilize the extra space.

Although the mobile phone market is in growth bottleneck, the industry is expected to witness a significant upgrade trend this year in terms of PCB and motherboards. The tier-II brands are also expected to be upgraded from the traditional high-density connection board (HDI) to the Anylayer-class HDI product. The main reason for such upgrade is being attributed to growth in demand for mobile phone functions.

As we mentioned, Apple utilized the same design for its last year’s iPhone X, which follows in its successors too, enabling the company to introduce a bigger L-shaped battery inside. The SLP circuit board market is estimated at $1.9 billion in 2016 and $2.24 billion by 2023, with a 64 percent CAGR between 2017 and 2023.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 is expected to come in three models — SM-G970F, SM-G975F, and SM-G973F. The Galaxy S10 lineup from Samsung is going to launch officially on 20th February and will be showcased at the upcoming MWC 2019 in Barcelona, Spain which kicks-off from 25th February.

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As per the reports, Huawei Mate 30 Pro will have a penta-camera setup. The case bears a larger cutout at the upper half which suggests that the device will have 5 sensors at the rear with an LED flash. However, we are not certain if the patented case is for the Mate 30 Pro but it is definitely for one of Huawei’s 2019 flagship.

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Huawei is one of the Chinese smartphone OEMs that has been actively working to make 5G technology available to general users. At the ongoing Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWCS) 2018, Huawei CEO Eric Xu confirmed that the company plans to be ready with its first commercial 5G solutions and smartphone chips by March next year. This will make it possible to debut its first 5G smartphone by June 2019.

Huawei is known for launching P-series of flagship phones by the first quarter of the year whereas the Mate series flagship are made official at the start of the last quarter. Hence, the 2019’s Huawei P30 is unlikely to carry support for 5G connectivity. However, there is a possibility that the Mate 30 that is speculated to debut by October 2019 could be the company’s first 5G phone.

The Chinese firm will be fixing problems related to low latency and network connectivity by the end of this year. Once these hurdles are resolved, the development process can pick up pace significantly. Xu is of the view that Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) can grow significantly through 5G. However, he did not reveal any plans on entering the VR and AR markets.

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As far as the 5G enabled Huawei phone that is expected to debut by June 2019, it is now being speculated that it could be a mid-range smartphone. The Mate 30 arriving towards the end of 2019 may feature the high-end Kirin 1020 that will be enabled with support for 5G connectivity.

In related news, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has also confirmed that the company is prepping up to debut its first 5G phone by June 2019. Hence, the OnePlus 7 could be one of the first smartphones to arrive with support for 5G connectivity.

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