Huawei has announced today Huawei Mate 40 series of smartphones for global markets comprising of HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro & Mate 40 Pro+. These phones are powered by the Kirin 9000 5nm 5G SoC which runs at clock frequencies of up to 3.13GHz. This SoC is integrated with a 24-core Mali-G78 GPU with two big cores and one tiny core. Both the phones sport a 6.76-inch (2772 x 1344 Pixels) FHD+ OLED display with 90 Hz refresh rate with 240Hz touch sampling rate. The Mate Pro comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage whereas the Mate 40 Pro + comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. Both the phones are packed with 4400mAh battery with 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge. Both the phones have in-display fingerprint sensor.
On the design front, these phones have 88° Horizon Display for an immersive viewing experiene and their silky curve allows comfortable hold. The handsets also offer IP 68 dust and water resistance. These phones have small front camera cut-out with 3D Face Unlock, an Ultra Vision Selfie Camera and Smart Gesture Control. These phones have Space Ring Design on the back panel. HUAWEI Mate 40 and HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro will be available in Black and White, as well as Mystic Silver. There are also two vegan leather variants, Yellow and Green. HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro+ also have ceramic back panel available in two colours: Ceramic White and Ceramic Black.
The Mate 40 Pro is armed with 50MP Ultra Vision camera, 20MP ultra-wide Cine camera, 12MP telephoto camera whereas the Mate 40 Pro+ is equipped with 50MP Ultra Vision camera, 20MP Ultra-wide Cine camera, 12MP telephoto camera with 8MP periscope camera. HUAWEI Mate 40 Pro’s Periscope Telephoto Camera support 10x hybrid zoom and 50x digital zoom whereas Mate 40 Pro+ dual-telephoto camera system enables 20x hybrid zoom and 100x digital zoom. Both the cameras have 13MP front camera with support for 4K capture and feature to shoot Slow-Motion Selfie.
Both the phones are equipped with dual stereo speakers. These phones run on Android 10 with EMUI 11 and Huawei Mobile Services (HMS). These phones offer various connectivity options of 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.2 LE, GPS, NFC and USB 3.1 Type-C etc.
Huawei Mate 40 Pro is priced Euro 1199 whereas the Mate 40 Pro+ is priced Euro 1399. Huawei has not announced availability schedule of these phones.
