It’s been a rocky year for most, but few cellphone manufacturers have felt it more than Huawei. The ban on Chinese tech giant Google Mobile Services on its phones has been relentless, but Huawei persevered and adopted the company P40 Pro Series in early 2020 as well as a Variety of accessories later in the year.
Huawei’s newest mobile phone, the Mate 40 Pro, is a treat when it comes to hardware. With a huge 6.76-inch screen, incredibly clear stereo speakers and a new Kirin 9000 chipset, the world’s fastest wired and wireless charging is introduced. Huawei is doing everything possible with this flagship.
Without the Google Play Store, this is a given can Many won’t even consider the Mate 40 Pro. That being said, it has delivered the best non-Google Huawei experience yet with the phone in our day. So is Huawei worth reconsidering?
Huawei Mate 40 Pro price and release
The Mate 40 Pro was launched on October 22, 2020. While Huawei doesn’t seem happy with its specs, the Mate 40 Pro was announced alongside the Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro Plus, and the latter two don’t seem to be getting a global release. Huawei’s launch strategy could, in turn, change.
Prices for the Mate 40 Pro have not yet been confirmed, as has regional availability. We do know, however, that it will be available with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM and come in black or an iridescent, pearly off-white.
Don’t expect to be able to buy this phone in the United States as the company often doesn’t sell its devices there.
Design and display
The Mate 40 Pro is big. At about the same size and weight as that Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G, it definitely makes a statement and is a bit of a departure from the slim Mate 30 Pro. On the front, a large 19: 9, 6.76-inch screen is the first thing that gets your attention.
It has an 88 degree curve on either side that hides visible bezels on the left or right. There’s also a two-cut selfie camera, but the rest of the front is made up entirely of screens.
With a resolution of 2774 x 1344, the 90 Hz OLED screen of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro offers many pixels with a point-per-inch value of 456 PPI.
First impressions are very good – it gets light, it looks sharp, and while the extreme curve pulls up the vignetting, the phone’s palm rejection is great.
In contrast to last year Mate 30 ProHuawei the 2020 Edition has volume buttons, and there are also new stereo speakers that sound really impressive. A USB-C port is located on the base next to a SIM slot that can be used to insert a nano memory card, and on the back is an eye-catching circular camera bezel.
Cameras
Huawei has brought back the main and telephoto cameras on the P40 Pro for a replay of the Mate 40 Pro. The primary sensor has a huge size of 1 / 1.28, combined with a resolution of 50 MP and a RYYB subpixel formation (red, yellow, yellow, blue). The telephoto camera is a 12 MP 1: 3.4 periscope system that includes PDAF, OIS and 5x optical zoom.
What is actually new here, the Ultrawide camera of the Mate 40 Pro gets an upgrade with a wide open aperture of f / 1.8, a new Ultra Vision film camera and a focal length of 18 mm. It is used for both video and ultrawide photos, and in turn it is used for sports auto focus with macro shots – introduced in the Mate 20 Pro.
There is no Galaxy S20 8K is recorded here, but the video recording resolution rises to 4K, 60 fps, and Huawei’s latest flagship is now recording video in DCI-P3 that Huawei claims to capture 25% more color space than sRGB.
The Mate 40 Pro’s selfie camera also gets some of that Ultra Vision love: the pill-shaped cutout consists of a 3D depth sensor and a main selfie camera. This uses the best practice of cropping into an ultrawide to capture multiple fields of view and seems to work well.
Huwaeisms
It wouldn’t be a Huawei phone without some quirky innovations, and the Mate 40 Pro doesn’t disappoint. To get started, there are new AI gestures that let you control aspects of your phone with a hovering hand.
Scrolling web pages up and down was a flick of the wrist for a while on Huawei phones, and now left and right swipes have been added to the mix. In addition, a press gesture now answers calls and plays and pauses the music hands-free. We tried it, it works well and of all the gestures this seems to us to be the most useful.
Huawei has also introduced a new AOD (Always-On Display) system: EoD or Eyes on Display. This only activates the constantly on display when you are looking at the phone, so your screen is off 99 percent of the time.
That sounds cool and works well when the phone is tilted towards you – a look is instantly displayed on the screen. That said, when your Mate 40 Pro is on a surface, uncomfortable neck tensioning is required to cut the time. However, if you dive into the settings, you can easily revert to the old school AOD option.
Technical data and battery
Huawei’s own chipset maker HiSilcon continues its flagship experience, and the Kirin 9000 in the Mate 40 Pro is a beast. Despite only 8 GB of RAM (compared to 12 GB for most of the flagship competition), there is enough power here for a smooth, stable experience through the user interface, video playback, multitasking and games.
Emotion UI 11, Huawei’s Android overlay, is obviously a mixed bag given the lack of Google services. Anyone who uses Drive, Docs, or Meet a lot will rudely wake up trying to access any of these apps.
However, we managed to find a lot of workarounds (Google Meet via a web browser) and EMUI will help you find apps that are not available on the AppGallery. While not perfect, this is Huawei’s best iteration of Google-free software to date.
It’s also worth noting that Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, and Netflix all worked well on the Mate 40 Pro and, along with those awesome speakers, make the phone a serious streaming dream. With more games like Genshin Impact not solely relying on Google Play Games for cloud syncing, we were even able to enjoy cross-device game saves on a Huawei phone for the first time.
As you’d expect from a 2020 flagship, the Mate 40 Pro has 256GB of storage. So it is unlikely that you will run out of space. If you are concerned, the nano memory card support will add up to 256GB to the phone’s capacity and calm your memory hungry mind.
While the battery isn’t all that exciting at 4400 mAh, it charges up to 66W, outperforming OPPO’s 65W VOOC flash charging. Huawei even built in 50W wireless charging, outperforming the competition in any fast-charging area.
Early judgment
The Mate 40 Pro doesn’t strike – its screen is excellent, those stereo speakers are loud, and the camera system is competitive.
Despite the fact that Huawei has made incredible strides with its software (Introduction Petal SearchTo make downloading apps even easier, it will likely be a sisyphical effort to win over Google users.
The hardware here – especially the camera technology – feels like the best Huawei has made, and if you’re ready to recalibrate your mobile habits, you’ll be satisfied. Whether you’re willing to give up some of the best uses in Android to get hold of this hardware is another question that only you can answer.
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