At an event in Munich, Germany, today Huawei has announced its flagship smartphone Huawei Mate 30 Pro. Also, the company announced the Mate 30 and Mate 30 RS in partnership with Porsche. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro comes with a quad-camera set up, Horizon display, new Kirin 990 chipset, fast wired and wireless charging, and much more.
With US trade ban, Huawei has been forced to launch these new phones today with no Google apps pre-loaded. All the new smartphones launched today will come with an open-source version of Android without Google Play Store and Apps.
Huawei Mate 30 Pro
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro flaunts a 6.53-inch (2400x 1176 pixels) Full HD+ 18.4:9 Flex OLED Horizon display with DCI-P3 gamut, 88-degree curvature. Under the hood, it is powered by the latest in-house 7nm+ Kirin 990 SoC with 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. The device is running on EMUI 10 based on Android 10, which also makes it the first smartphone to come with Android 10 out of the box. The Huawei Mate 30 Pro is backed by a massive 4500mAH battery with 40W Huawei SuperCharge and a whopping 27W wireless charging support. As there are no physical buttons at the side, the device uses side-touch control for interaction.
On to the camera department, the Mate 30 Pro comes with a quad-camera setup with a 40MP primary super-wide-angle movie camera with f/1.8 aperture, a 40MP Supersensing wide-angle lens with f/1.6 aperture, OIS, an 8MP telephoto lens with OIS and f/2.4 aperture and a 3D Depth sensor. Over at the front, there is a 32MP selfie shooter with f/2.0 aperture. The smartphone also comes with an advanced zoom feature with 17mm, 27mm, and 80mm focal lengths. The cameras support up to 45x zooming range with 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom.
The rear camera can record 4K videos, 4K HDR+, 4K time-lapse, supports AIS(AI Image Synthesis), 7680fps slow-mo @ 720p, 960fps slow-mo @ 1080p and the front camera can record up to FHD+ videos. The rear camera supports several different modes and here is the list of features that Mate 30 Pro is capable of – Ultra-high-speed photography, UHD night photography, large wide-angle, large-aperture blur, dual scene video, super night scene, portrait mode, pro mode, slow-mo, pano, black & white art, streamer shutter, HDR, watermark, smart filter, AI photography, document scanning, dynamic photo, 4D prediction chase, smile capture, voice-activated photo. The front camera comes with features like portrait mode, AR, smile shots, self-portrait mirrors, and more.
Huawei Mate 30
The Mate 30 comes with a 6.62-inch Rigid OLED display. Under the hood, it is powered by the latest in-house Kirin 990 SoC with 8GB RAM and 126GB internal storage. The device is running on EMUI 10 based on Android 10. The Mate 30 features a triple rear camera with a 40MP super sensing 27mm wide lens with f/1.8 aperture, a 16MP ultra-wide lens with f/2.2 aperture, an 8MP telephoto lens with OIS and f/2.4 aperture and laser autofocus. The rear camera up to 45x zooming range with 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom. It also features OIS+AIS image stabilization and 2.5cm macro photography capability.
Huawei Mate 30 Specifications
- 6.62-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ 19.5:9 OLED Display, DCI-P3 gamut, Anti-Blue light
- 2.86 GHz Octa-core Kirin 990 processor, Mali-G76MP16 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs
- Kirin 990 5G (5G version)
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB internal storage, NM SD card support up to 256GB
- 40MP(super sensing 27mm wide lens, f/1.8) + 16MP(ultra-wide, f/2.2 aperture) + 8MP(telephoto, OIS, f/2.4) and laser autofocus. Up to 45x zooming range with 3x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom, OIS+AIS, 2.5cm macro photography
- 24MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture
- EMUI 10, Android 10
- 4200mAH battery with 40W Huawei SuperCharge, 27W wireless charging
- Reverse wireless charging
- In-display fingerprint scanner
- IP53 water and dust resistant
- Dual SIM(nano), 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
- Thickness: 8.4mm and Weight: 196 g
- Colors: Space Silver, Emerald Green, Cosmic Purple, Black color variants. Vegan Leather Orange, Vegan Leather Forest Green edition
Huawei Mate 30 Pro Specifications
- 6.53-inch (2400x 1176 pixels) Full HD+ 18.4:9 OLED Display, DCI-P3 gamut, Anti-Blue light
- Kirin 990 5G (5G version)
- 2.86 GHz Octa-core Kirin 990 processor, Mali-G76MP16 GPU, Big Core + Tiny Core NPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 256GB internal storage, NM SD card support up to 256GB
- 40MP(cine camera, f/1.8) + 40MP(super sensing camera, f/1.6, OIS) + 8MP(telephoto, OIS, f/2.4) + 3D Depth sensor Quad rear cameras with LED flash, phase focus, contrast focus, AIS
- 32MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture
- EMUI 10, Android 10
- 4500mAH battery with 40W Huawei SuperCharge, 27W wireless charging
- Reverse wireless charging
- In-display fingerprint scanner, 3D face unlock
- IP68 water and dust resistant
- Graphene film cooling technology
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Sound Screen technology
- 5G, Dual SIM(nano), 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C
- Thickness: 8.8mm and Weight: 198gms
- Colors: Space Silver, Emerald Green, Cosmic Purple, Black color variants. Vegan Leather Orange, Vegan Leather Forest Green edition
Huawei Mate 30 Series features
- EMUI 10 with new layout, Always-On-Display
- Dark Mode
- Intuitive Side-touch Interaction to customize invisible virtual keys for volume adjustment, gaming, and camera set-up as well as being ideal for both right and left-handed users
- AI gesture control for contactless screen interaction
- HiCar smart travel for advanced, seamless connectivity between the device and a car’s communication and entertainment system
- Multi-screen Collaboration allows users to transfer data and control multiple screens between Huawei devices
- 3D Face Unlock and In-screen Fingerprint for security
Pricing and Availability
- Huawei Mate 30 (8+128GB) – € 799 (INR 63,029 approx.)
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro (8+256GB)- € 1,099 (INR 86,695 approx.)
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G (8+256GB) – € 1,199 (INR 94,584 approx.)
- Huawei Mate 30 RS Porsche Design (12+512GB) – € 2,099 (INR 1,65,581 approx.)
The smartphones will be available from October in China.
