Huawei Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro with Kirin 9000 announced

Huawei has unveiled its latest flagship phones in the Mate series. Meet the Huawei Mate 40 and the Huawei Mate 40 Pro.

Huawei Mate 40

The Mate 40 is equipped with a 6.5 inches AMOLED Full HD+ display with a 90 Hz refresh rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate, and a punch-hole cut out in the top left corner for the front camera. The selfie lens is a 13 MP Ultra Vision Wide Angle lens with an f/2.4 aperture. The screen features an in-display fingerprint scanner. The phone runs on EMUI 11.0 based on Android 10, and is powered by an octa-core HUAWEI Kirin 9000 processor with a 22-core Mali-G78 GPU. The handset has 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

The Huawei Mate 40 has triple cameras on the rear comprising a 50MP Ultra vision LEICA Wide Angle lens with an f/1.9 aperture, a 16MP cine camera with Ultra-Wide Angle support, an f/2.2 aperture, an 8MP telephoto lens, with an f/2.4 aperture, Optical image stabilization and an LED Flash. The phone is backed by a 4200 mAh battery that charges over a USB Type C port and supports 40W fast charging with Huawei SuperCharge. The device supports 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS/AGPS/GLONASS/Beidou/GALILEO/QZSS.

The Huawei Mate 40 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Huawei Mate 40 specs

Display: 6.5 inches AMOLED Full HD+ 2772 x 1344 Pixels, 90 Hz refresh rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate
Operating system: EMUI 11.0 based on Android 10
Processor: HUAWEI Kirin 9000 octa-core
GPU: 22-core Mali-G78
Memory: 8GB RAM
Storage: 256GB
Selfie Camera: 13 MP Ultra Vision Wide Angle, f/2.4 aperture
Main Cameras: 50MP Ultra vision LEICA Wide Angle, f/1.9 aperture + 16MP cine camera, Ultra-Wide Angle, f/2.2 aperture + 8MP telephoto lens, f/2.4 aperture, OIS, LED Flash
Battery: 4200 mAh, USB Type C, 40W Huawei SuperCharge
Connectivity: 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS/AGPS/GLONASS/Beidou/GALILEO/QZSS, 3.5mm headphone jack
Sensors: Gesture Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Laser Sensor, Colour Temperature Sensor
Height: 158.6 x 72.5 x x 8.8mm (Vegan Leather: 9.2 mm)
Weight: 188g
Colours: Mystic Silver, White, Black, Green, Yellow

Huawei Mate 40 Pro

The Huawei Mate 40 Pro is quite identical to the regular model, but has an additional front camera which is a 3D Depth sensing lens. The display is slightly larger at 6.76 inches, and the battery capacity is also a tad larger at 4400mAh. The Mate 40 Pro supports 66W wired fast charging with Huawei SuperCharge, and 50W Wireless Huawei SuperCharge.

While the main camera of the triple lens setup is the same as the regular variant’s the Mate 40 Pro has a 20MP cine camera, with an Ultra-Wide Angle lens, an f/1.8 aperture, and a 12MP telephoto lens, with an f/3.4 aperture, OIS, and an LED Flash. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Huawei Mate 40 Pro specs

Display: 6.76 inches AMOLED Full HD+ 2772 x 1344 Pixels, 90 Hz refresh rate, 240 Hz touch sampling rate
Operating system: EMUI 11.0 based on Android 10
Processor: HUAWEI Kirin 9000 octa-core
GPU: 24-core Mali-G78
Memory: 8GB RAM
Storage: 256GB
Selfie Camera: 13 MP Ultra Vision Wide Angle, f/2.4 aperture, 3D Depth Sensing Camera
Main Cameras: 50MP Ultra vision LEICA Wide Angle, f/1.9 aperture + 20MP cine camera, Ultra-Wide Angle, f/1.8 aperture + 12MP telephoto lens, f/3.4 aperture, OIS, LED Flash
Battery: 4400 mAh, USB Type C, 66W Huawei SuperCharge, 50W Wireless Huawei SuperCharge
Connectivity: 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2 x 2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS/AGPS/GLONASS/Beidou/GALILEO/QZSS
Sensors: Gesture Sensor, 3D Face Recognition, Gravity Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Fingerprint Sensor, Barometric Pressure Sensor, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Laser Sensor, Colour Temperature Sensor
Height: 162.9 x 75.5 x 9.1 mm (Vegan Leather: 9.5 mm)
Weight: 212g
Colours: Mystic Silver, White, Black, Green, Yellow

Huawei Mate 40 Pro+

The top end version in the series is called the Huawei Mate 40 Pro+. It is similar to the Mate 40 Pro, but has 12GB RAM, and Quad cameras. The extra sensor is an 8MP SuperZoom Camera which supports OIS, 10x Optical Zoom, and has an f/4.4 aperture.