This year’s best offering from Huawei is now finally up for pre-order in the Philippines. The Huawei Mate 30 series packs impressive number of features including Kirin 990 chipset, Supersensing Cine Quad Camera, all-new display and design.
A month ago, we covered the official launch of the new flagship series in Germany. Since its launch, it is considered by many as one of the best smartphones announced by Huawei. The new chipset that the Mate30 series uses is significantly faster than its predecessor by a wide margin.
It also takes amazing photographs, thanks to its quad camera, which are heralded by DxO as the best smartphone for photography with an overall score of 120. While it is touted to have great features for photography, it excels in mobile videography. It took Huawei superb amount of time and effort to put the best things to the Mate30 series.
Here’s a quick rundown of the specifications of the new smartphones:
| Huawei Mate 30 | Huawei Mate 30 Pro | |
| SRP (Euro) | 799 Euro | 1099 Euro |
| Material | Glass | Glass |
| Display | 6.62 in. Rigid OLED Horizon Display 2340 x 1080 | 6.53 in. FLEX Horizon Display 2400 x 1176 |
| 32.8mm Notch | 26.6 Notch | |
| Chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm+) | HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7 nm+) |
| GPU | Mali-G76 MP16 | Mali-G76 MP16 |
| RAM | 6GB | 8GB |
| ROM | 128GB | 256GB |
| Front camera | 24M f/2.0 | 32MP, 2x Depth Sensor |
| Rear camera | 40MP, f/1.8 | 40MP, f/1.6 |
| 8MP, f/2.4 | 8MP, f/2.4 | |
| 16MP, f/2.2 | 40MP, f/1.8 | |
| 3D TOF Camera | ||
| Fingerprint | Under Display | Under Display |
| Battery | 4200mAh | 4500mAh |
| Charge | Fast battery charging 40W | Fast battery charging 40W |
| Fast wireless charging 27W | Fast wireless charging 27W | |
| OS | Android 10; EMUI 10 | Android 10; EMUI 10 |
Huawei Mate 30 series is now up for pre-order until November 8. Pre-order bonus includes Huawei Wireless Charger and Huawei Car Wireless Charger. Huawei Mate 30 costs PhP34,990, while Huawei Mate30 Pro costs PhP50,990.
Giancarlo Viterbo is a Filipino Technology Journalist, blogger and Editor of gadgetpilipinas.net, He is also a Geek, Dad and a Husband. He knows a lot about washing the dishes, doing some errands and following instructions from his boss on his day job. Follow him on twitter: @gianviterbo and @gadgetpilipinas.
