Huawei Mate 40 Pro+ is the newest powerhouse the US can't have
Huawei has revealed its new flagship, and though the Chinese phone-maker may be embroiled in various Android and chipset headaches, that hasn't stopped it from making the Mate 40 Series a powerhouse. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro+ build on the same aesthetic we've seen the company use before, but with a new "Space Ring" design on the rear that clusters the numerous cameras into a circle.
The Mate 40 Pro will be available in black and white, as well as a Mystic Silver finish that shimmers according to the angle of the light. There'll also be two vegan leather versions, in yellow and green. The Mate 40 Pro+, meanwhile, comes in two "nano-tech ceramic" finishes, in Ceramic White and Ceramic Black.
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Design only takes you so far, of course, so the Mate 40 Series taps Huawei's latest silicon inside. That's the Kirin 9000 Series, a 5nm 5G SoC that the company says uses the most powerful GPU in any of its phones to-date. Alongside the CPU, which runs at up to 3.13 GHz, there's a 24-core Mali-G78 GPU. A 3-core NPU – with two big cores and a more frugal tiny core – is also included.
Altogether they power the 6.76-inch display on both versions of the phone. Huawei isn't using a 120Hz panel, topping out at 90Hz instead, though there's a 240Hz touch sampling rate.
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As for the cameras, that's arguably the topic Huawei fans have been most excited about. There's a whole host of sensors on the back, with the Mate 40 Pro+ having a 50-megapixel wide camera (f/1.9 with OIS), a 20-megapixel ultra-wide (f/2.4), an 8-megapixel 10x periscope lens (f/4.4 with OIS), a 12-megapixel 3x telephoto (f/2.4 with OIS), and a ToF camera for depth sensing. Altogether, Huawei says, you'll get a maximum 17x optical zoom range.
For power, meanwhile, there's the latest version of Huawei SuperCharge. That supports up to 66W of power, and can handle extreme low-temperatures too. There'll be a new 50W wireless car charger as well, also supporting SuperCharge.
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The big headache for Huawei is, of course, software. Cut out of the official Google Android apps – and indeed the Play store – it's still pushing its own EMUI platform. EMUI 11 delivers things like hand gestures – such as swiping up or down in front of the phone to scroll, left or right to flip through galleries, or pressing inward to answer calls or play/pause music – and split-screen views with floating windows for multitasking. There's a 1080p MeeTime video calling app, its own Petal Search and Petal Maps app, and a virtual assistant called Celia that it says is now supported in 15 countries.
It'll also have an optional stylus, the M-Pen 2, which will work with the company's tablets as well, can be used simultaneously across devices without needing to re-pair, and supports 4,096 levels of pressure with tilt-tracking. A Ring Light Case will surround the camera cluster with LED lighting for more even shots.
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As in recent years, Huawei has collaborated with Porsche Design on the Mate 40 RS. That gets a more angular casing and slightly different finishes, but also throws in a thermal sensor. It can be used to track temperatures, with a new thermometer app.
The Mate 40 will be priced at 899 euro ($1,050) for an 8GB/128GB configuration, or 1,199 euro ($1,395) for the 256GB version. The Mate 40 Pro+ will be 1,399 euro ($1,630) for a 12GB/256GB configuration. Finally, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 40 RS will be 2,295 euro ($2,669) for 12GB/512GB. The Ring Light Case will be 69 euro ($80) while the M-Pen 2 will be 99 euro ($115). Just don't expect any of them in the US any time soon.