Huawei is preparing to launch the Mate 20 lineup
this Fall, and the Lite version is now much less of a mystery. Yesterday its
photos were published by TENAA and today specs were filled in. The Mate 20 Lite
will have an unusually tall screen, massive battery and the latest Kirin 710
chipset.
The SoC of the Huawei Mate 20 Lite is not listed,
but the octa-core 2.2 GHz CPU clearly points to the Kirin 710 that appeared in
the Huawei nova 3i as well. The display measures 6.3” and has a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels,
which has a ratio of 19.5:9. This along with a careful analysis of the images
suggests there'll be a notch. This comes as no surprise, given that Huawei
shipped the most phones with notches so far. OS on the inside is Android Oreo
8.1, likely with the latest EMUI 8.2 on board.
RAM is 6GB and storage is 64GB, while the dual
camera on the back is 20 MP + 2 MP. The selfie setup also has two cameras - 24
MP and 2 MP, again one of them only being a depth sensor. Battery capacity is listed
to be 3,650 mAh, although for some reason the Chinese regulatory often gets
this wrong.
The Mate 20 Lite measures in 158.3 x 75.3 x 7.6 mm,
and weighs 172 grams. It might be pictured in Black, but we can hope for some
nice colors like the Aurora Blue of the Mate 10 Lite or the Sakura Pink of the
P20 Lite.
