Huawei’s flagships have always topped the charts when it comes to the Cameras. Precisely, DXOMARK, which is known for camera reviews, has time and again spotted the nitty-gritty that Huawei includes in every generation. After reviewing the Mate40 Pro, it has released the rear camera review of the Mate40 Pro+. Accordingly, the device tops the charts beating its sibling by 3 points.

Huawei Mate40 Pro+ gets an overall DXOMARK camera score of 139 points. With this, it sets new a record in the Camera department. It scores a whopping 144 points in the Photo category. As the report says, this is the highest ever for still photos. However, it is three points short(98 points) of beating Mi 10 Ultra in the zoom category.

If you recall, the latter, which previously had the best camera, scores 101 points in the Zoom category. Besides, Mate40 Pro+ also misses the top spot in the Video category to its sibling Mate40 Pro. It scores a point lesser(115 points) than the latter(116 points). That said, Huawei has now captured three of the top 5 spots on the DXOMARK camera rankings and this is impressive to say the least.

In comparison to Mate40 Pro, it has an additional dual-Telephoto lens and 3D ToF sensors. Before we talk about the Pros and cons, let’s briefly take a look at the rear-camera setup on the Mate40 Pro+ below:

• 50MP f/1.9 Primary
• 20MP f/2.4 ultra-wide
• 12MP f/2.4 Telephoto
• 8MP f/2.4 Telephoto
• 3D ToF sensor
• Color Temperature Sensor
• Video: supports 4K at 60fps
• Features: OIS(Primary, Telephoto), EIS

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The report says that Mate40 Pro+ takes still photos and videos with accurate Exposure, a wide dynamic range, and doesn’t miss out on the highlights. The images are almost similar to those on the Mate40 Pro. However, the extra Telephoto and wider lens(ultra-wide- 14mm FOV), and features like OIS helps take better pictures with wider range, noise reduction, and textures.

However, it has few minor cons like color quantization, ghosting artifacts, shallow depth of field, and less sharpness in video frames(low light). Strangely, the device’s autofocus fails at closer distance and its preview images seem to be different than captured ones.

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Huawei unveiled the Mate40 series of smartphones back in October. It’s already been two months but many of the models are in short supply in China. In fact, the Mate40 was opened up for pre-orders just a couple of days back. Now, it looks like the Mate40 Pro+ will also be available for sale but with a twist.

Huawei’s official Vmall has listed the Huawei Mate40 Pro+ for sale from December 21 in China. The top-of-the-line flagship from the Chinese giant will be available for purchase at 07:38 AM Beijing time(GMT+08:00). However, after this, the website says it will go on sale only on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday of a week at 10:08 AM.

This suggests(via ITHome) that the device is still in short supply and the stocks will be limited even during the sales. The situation is similar for the Mate40 RS Porsche Design as well. If we recall, these devices, after a short sale were often out of stock during the last two months. In fact, a previous report said Pro+ and RS Porsche Design’s inventories on offline stories were also in short supply.

It’s a no-brainer that Huawei is facing these issues due to the US Govt’s restrictions on procuring the company’s Kirin SoCs. In fact, the Mate40 series could be the last flagships to feature the in-house chipsets.  And this could also be a factor in driving the demand for the upcoming sales of Mate40 flagships. The series has already received great reception with Mate40 getting sold out in under a minute recently.

Mate40 Pro+ Specifications

Anyway, the Mate40 Pro+ features a 6.76-inch flexible OLED 90Hz display with 2772x1344p resolution, 456 PPI. Under the hood, it is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9000 chipset paired with a single 12GB RAM, 256GB UFS 3.1 storage.

For cameras, we have a 50MP f/1.9, RYYB primary, 20MP f/2.4 ultra-wide, 12MP f/2.4 Telephoto with 3x zoom, 8MP f/4.4 periscope with 10x optical, and a ToF sensor. Upfront, there is a 13MP f/2.4 wide-angle lens and a 3D ToF sensor.

Other specs include 5G, Wi-Fi 6, NFC, Bluetooth 5.2, 4,400mAh battery with 66W wired, 50W wireless charging. The device also has IP68 certification, 3D face unlock, in-display fingerprint scanner, reverse wireless charging, Dual stereo speakers, and came with EMUI 11 based on Android 10 with HMS at launch.

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