Amidst a tussle with the US, leaks about
Huawei are shimmering in the industry at regular intervals and never fail to
disappoint us. The next big thing from the company is the Mate 40 series which
is set to arrive somewhere in late September. Ahead of this, the display size
and an alleged mid-frame of the smartphone has been exposed revealing the
camera design.
The latest leak from a Twitter user
suggests that Huawei could adopt a 6.7-6.8 inch screen on the upcoming Mate 40
series of smartphones. This is a slight upgrade over the 6.53-inch found on its
predecessor, the Mate 30 Pro.
That said, this new display size could be
on the Mate 40 Pro. This is because, despite sporting the same naming, the Mate
30 and Pro comes with slight differences in display with the vanilla Mate 30
having a strangely larger 6.62-inch albeit being a flat display.
Anyway, we can expect the display to be
curved AMOLED with differences in curves on Mate 40 and the Pro. They are also
expected to hop on the higher screen refresh rate train with 90/120Hz. Few
reports say that the waterfall display will be a perforated screen with
punch-hole to accommodate the selfie camera.
In another news, an alleged mid-frame of
the Huawei Mate 40 has also been leaked online. The supposed mid-frame of Mate
40, leaked on Weibo, shows camera cut-outs, in-display fingerprint sensor
placement, speakers and more.
Interestingly enough, reports say that the
vanilla Mate 40 will retain the Yuba-style camera arrangement on the Mate 40.
Here the Yuba is referred to as a dry skin Tofu layer with a square yet a
cut-out design. Mate 30 pro had quad-cameras while the Vanilla Mate 30 had
three cameras apart from a laser autofocus sensor.
Similarly, a recently leaked spec sheet of
the Mate 40 series hints that the Mate 40 and Pro will have three and four
sensors respectively. This is reflected in the frame as the cut-out shows it
could accommodate only three sensors.
That said, the series is expected to be feature-packed with Kirin
1000/1020 5G, 1080p OLED 90Hz display. Mate 40 and pro will have 24 and 32MP
selfie snappers, 50MP RYBY, 16MP ultra-wide, 3x optical zoom lens respectively.
The Pro version could have a 50MP lens, 5X periscope and a ToF sensor.
Both the handsets could have 4500-5000mAh
batteries with support for 66W wired and 40W wireless charging. Rumoured to be
priced at CNY 6499 (US$ 925), the Mate 40 series is expected to launch around Late
September/ Chinese National day which falls on October 1, 2020.
