Top 5 highlights of Huawei Mate 30

Huawei Mate 30 series is finally official in the Philippines! So, let's take a look at the top features of the vanilla Mate 30, the more affordable Mate 30.

Huawei Mate 30

Top 5 highlights of Huawei Mate 30

1. Premium design - Huawei has dramatically changed the design of the Mate 30 from the Mate 20 with significantly more premium looking and feeling design.

The metal and glass materials elevate the phone to new heights. The curved glass in front gives a near side bezel-less experience while the round camera module on the back gives the Mate30 a distinct look that reminds us of the Lumia. 

2. Kirin 990 flagship processor - Fabricated using the 7nm process, the Kirin 990 can power through tasks, apps, and games while being significantly more power-efficient than previous generations. 

In AnTuTu, the Kirin 990 is able to get a score of around 470K. This is impressive because not a lot of phones have breached the 500k mark.

It is even paired with 8GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB expandable storage via Huawei's proprietary NM card.

3. All-day battery life with Huawei SuperCharge -  Equipped with a large 4,200mAh battery along with EMUI's aggressive background power management promises to make this one of the longest-running battery life on a flagship phone yet. 

It also features Huawei's 40W SuperCharge that will allow the battery to be filled up from 0 to 100 percent at record speed. 

Triple cameras

4.  Triple-rear Leica cameras - Mate 30 is equipped with Three rear cameras made up of 40MP f/1.8 SuperSensing Camera, 16MP f/2.2 ultra wide-angle camera, 8MP f/2.4 3x Optical Zoom.

There is no Time of Flight camera. Included with the round camera module is the dual-tone LED flash with a color temperature sensor. 

The camera app includes Huawei's robust camera modes that include Pro Mode, Light Painting, and Night Mode. 

Huge 6.62-inch FHD curved OLED display

5. Great price of PHP 34,990 - You get all of the above along with 8GB RAM, 128GB of internal storage, 6.62 inch OLED FHD+ display, In-display fingerprint sensor, IR blaster, IP53 resistance rating, and a 3.5mm headphone jack for only PHP 34,990.

Huawei Mate 30 Specs

Display: 6.62-inch 2.5D curved OLED screen w/ FHD+ 2340 x 1080 resolution at 389 ppi

CPU: 2.86GHz 64-bit Kirin 990 octa-core processor w/ Dual NPU (Big-Core + Tiny-Core)

GPU: Mali-G76 MP16 w/ GPU Turbo (New-Gen)

RAM: 8GB LPDDR4X

ROM: 128GB expandable via NM card slot up to 256GB

Back Camera: 40MP f/1.8 SuperSensing Camera w/ PDAF, CAF + 16MP f/2.2 ultra wide-angle + 8MP f/2.4 3x Optical Zoom w/ OIS and dual-tone LED flash w/ Color Temperature sensor

Selfie Camera: 24MP f/2.0

Battery: 4,200mAh w/ 40W SuperCharge + 27W Wireless SuperCharge + Reverse Wireless Charging

OS: Android 10 w/ EMUI 10.0

Connectivity: WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), 4G LTE Cat 21, Bluetooth 5.1 LE, aptX HD, LDAC, OTG, NFC, GPS (L1 + L5 dual-band), A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo (E1 + E5a dual-band), QZZS (L1 + L5 dual-band), dual SIM (hybrid)

Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic, pressure

Others: In-Display fingerprint sensor, IR Blaster, IP53 water resistance, 384K/32-bit HiFi DAC, USB-C, In-Display earspeaker + loudspeaker, 3.5mm headphone slot, Colors: black, space silver

Dimensions: 160 x 76.1 x 8.4 mm

Weight: 196 g

Price: PHP 34,990 (PHP 29,990 new SRP)

Overall, the Mate 30 may not have the best camera configuration or the highest resolution/high refresh display, but the number of features and power it offers makes it an incredible deal for only PHP 34,990.

For the top-of-the-line Mate 30, you may check the Mate 30 Pro.

What do you guys think?