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Update: A new leak of firmware files reveals some details about the upcoming Mate 20 line up including what display, battery and internals
Read on below for a full update on the specs.The Huawei P20 and Huawei P20 Pro are out, but Huawei isn't done with flagships for the
called), the latter of which could be its most powerful and feature-packed phone yet.Rumors suggest we'll also see a less powerful but more
affordable Huawei P20 Lite launch at the same time as well.News of the three new phones is now coming in quite regularly and we're beginning
to see consistent leaks of the new device that you can read about below
You'll find everything we've heard so far , plus we've taken some educated guesses about the likely specs, features and release date.You'll
also find our wish list for the phone below, because while the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is a great handset there's always room for improvement,
and its successor could learn from some of Huawei's more recent phones.Cut to the chaseWhat is it Huawei's next flagship phablet
starts selling new entries in the Mate range in November, most recently with the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro in November 2017, though those two
were announced in October.It's likely that the company will sell the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro from November 2018, but with an
announcement in October 2018.However there aren't any actual release date rumors yet, and if you're in the US we wouldn't count on being
able to buy it, as Huawei's recent handsets haven't hit the states.The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is sure to be an expensive phoneThere also
be more powerful than that phone.Huawei Mate 20 or Mate 11We are fairly confident of the name, as not only did Huawei name its latest P
phone the P20, but it has also now trademarked the name Mate 20 (as well as Mate 30 through to Mate 90).So in all likelihood we'll get the
Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro this year rather than the Mate 11, and it sounds like next year the name might jump to Mate 30 rather than
Mate 21.Huawei Mate 20 displayOne early rumor pointed to the standard Mate 20 featuring an in-display fingerprint scanner, and if the Mate
20 has one the Mate 20 Pro should do too.Leaked firmware details from FunkyHuawei and published by XDA Developers shows there is likely to
be an in-display fingerprint scanner in the Pro version of the phone too.Industry sources claim the phone will use a Qualcomm ultrasonic
scanner, which can work when greasy or wet
It's a believable claim too, given that the super-premium Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design had an in-screen scanner.We've also heard that the
Huawei Mate 20 Pro might have a 6.9-inch OLED screen, as the company is apparently in the process of sampling screens of that size from
Samsung Display, for use in a smartphone
That could make the Mate 20 Pro the biggest mainstream phone yet.That said, other reports suggested this could actually be for the Honor
Note 10 instead.The big firmware leak published by XDA Developers claims the Huawei Mate 20 will come with a smaller 6.3-inch AMOLED screen,
but we don't currently know if it'll have a notch or what resolution it'll be.A TENAA listing in China shows off the design and display for
hosted by SlashLeaks - seems to show the Mate 20 Lite has a small notch at the top of the screen.Huawei Mate 20 designWe've yet to see any
photos of the Huawei Mate 20 or Mate 20 Pro, while the best look at the design of the Mate 20 Lite is above with some blurry images of the
expecting each to have a glass design - that's for wireless charging, which we talk about more below - but apart from that we don't know
much about the size, materials or colors Huawei will choose.Huawei Mate 20 specs and performanceAs with previous Mate handsets, we expect
this to be the debut of a new Huawei-built chipset
The details from XDA Developers, which we mentioned above, also claims the phone will run on an as yet unannounced HiSilicon Kirin 980
chipset.We don't yet know much about what the chipset will be able to do, but it's rumored to be manufactured on a 7nm process that may
mean big improvements for both battery and power performance.Some claim it will be 20% better than the Mate 10 in terms of performance, and
efficiency will be 40% better than previous phones
We expect to hear more about the HiSilicon Kirin 980 at IFA 2018 as the 2017 event was when it announced the Kirin 970.The Mate 20 is also
expected to feature 6GB of RAM alongside 128GB of storage, but we don't know if there will be other variants of the device or if there will
be microSD support.We'd expect this newer chipset to feature in both the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20, but it's more likely the Mate 20
Lite will feature a different chipset.It's expected all three of these devices will launch with Android P software onboard as Google will
have released it by then, but it'll probably be with Emotion UI 9.0 on top that's designed specifically by Huawei for its devices.Huawei
Mate 20 batteryAccording to the firmware files found by FunkyHuawei, the Mate 20 will come with a 4,200mAh battery inside
We'd expect a slightly bigger one inside the Mate 20 Pro, but we don't have any evidence for that.If this is true, that'd make it bigger
than the batteries inside the Mate 10 and P20 Pro, so hopefully that'll translate as longer battery life.For charging, it's rumored the
Mate 20 will have wireless charging onboard too and by that logic we'd hope to see the feature on the Mate 20 Pro as well
That may be something that's missed off the Mate 20 Lite.What we want to seeAs we wait for more news about the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20
Pro to come in, we've come up with the wish list below for what we want from the firm's next phablets.1
An in-screen fingerprint scannerHaving an in-screen fingerprint scanner would give the Mate 20 Pro a standout featureThe Huawei Mate RS
Porsche Design has a fingerprint scanner built into the screen, but the phone is beyond expensive, so we're hopeful that Huawei will bring
the tech to a more mainstream phone before long.Sticking it in the Mate 20 Pro would help the phablet stand out from other late 2018
flagships like the iPhone XI and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (which is rumored to have an in-screen scanner of its own).2
no hurry to make QHD its flagship standard, but as such many of its phones feel a bit lacking compared to Android rivals, at least when it
comes to resolution, so we really hope the Mate 20 Pro will up the resolution to QHD.It could make a significant difference on the 6-inch+
A headphone jackWe'd like to be able to plug headphones into the Huawei Mate 20 ProHuawei has ditched headphone jacks on its flagship
phones, but we'd like to see them make a return so we can use wired headphones without an adaptor.We're not optimistic that this will happen
since Huawei might see it as a backwards step, but we live in hope.4
Wireless chargingWhile the Mate 10 Pro has a big battery and fast charging, one thing it can't do is charge wirelessly, which many modern
might, as the Mate RS Porsche Design has recently launched with wireless charging, so it's possible that the tech will trickle down to
other Huawei phones soon.5
A new chipsetThe P20 and P20 Pro are powerful phones overall, but they launched with last year's chipset, specifically the Kirin 970 which
first appeared in the Huawei Mate 10 range
If Huawei uses that chip again in the Mate 20 Pro we'll be really unimpressed.But this is one wish that we think will come true, as Huawei
often sticks new chipsets in the Mate series, so we're expecting to see the Kirin 980 (or whatever Huawei ends up calling it) in the Mate 20
A gradient finishHuawei's new gradient finish is too good not to use on more phonesOne of the more eye-catching features of the P20 and
different ones visible depending on the lighting and what angle you look at the phone.It's a good look and one we'd like to see offered on
A bezel-free designThe Mate 10 and P20 ranges are already fairly light on bezel, but we want to see even less from the Mate 20 Pro.One
slight issue with that is the fingerprint scanner, as we're not huge fans of rear-facing ones and putting a scanner on the front tends to
mean a large bottom bezel, but if Huawei does build the scanner into the screen as we've wished for above then there's no need for
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