Huawei Mate 20 Pro launched for Rs. 69,990: Details here
What's the story
Huawei has launched its latest Mate 20 Pro smartphone in India today for Rs. 69,990. The key highlights of the flagship are its notch-based QHD+ display, 3D face unlock, in-display fingerprint sensor, triple rear cameras, and high-end internals featuring 7nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset. The phone will go on sale via Amazon starting December 4. Here's everything to know about it.
Detials
Availability and early-bird Sennheiser offer
For Amazon Prime member, the phone will go on sale starting December 3, at 12am. For regular Amazon members, the sale will start on December 4, at 12am It will also be made available offline via Croma stores starting December 10. In terms of launch offers, Amazon is offering Sennheiser PXC 550 wireless headphones bundled with the phone at Rs. 71,990.
Information
Partner offers from Vodafone Idea
Vodafone Idea is offering a 20% discount on the monthly rental bill for 1 year. This offer is valid on Red/Nirvana postpaid plans of Rs. 499 and above. Additionally, customers can also avail 1.1GB daily data for 12 monthly recharges of Rs. 199.
Design & Display
Huawei Mate 20 Pro: At a glance
Up front, the phone features a curved, edge-to-edge display with an iPhone X-like notch and a slim bottom bezel. On the back, the phone sports a glass panel with a triple camera setup and flash packed in a square-shaped module. The Huawei Mate Pro 20 features a 6.39-inch QHD+ (1440x3120 pixels) OLED display panel with 19.5:9 aspect ratio.
Camera
For shutterbugs and selfie lovers
The Mate 20 Pro sports a triple rear-camera setup comprising a 40-MP (f/1.8) primary camera, paired with a 20-MP (f/2.2) ultra wide-angle lens and an 8-MP (f/2.4) telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. Up front, the phone gets a 24-megapixel (f/2.4) RGB selfie camera with support for 3D facial unlocking.
Internals
Under the hood
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is powered by a 7nm HiSilicon Kirin 980 processor, paired with 6GB/8GB RAM, and 128GB/256GB of storage (expandable up to 256GB via proprietary Nano memory card). Further, the phone runs Android Pie-based EMUI 9.0 and packs a 4,200mAh battery with support for 40W SuperCharge technology and 15W fast wireless charging technology.
Nitty-gritty
Connectivity options and sensors onboard Huawei Mate 20 Pro
In terms of connectivity options, the phone supports 4G LTE, Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/c (2.4GHz, 5.0GHz), Bluetooth v5.0 LE with aptX, GPS/A-GPS, GLONASS, and a USB Type-C port. Sensors onboard the Huawei Mate 20 Pro include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, electronic compass, gyroscope, an infrared sensor, and proximity sensor. Notably, the phone also comes with an optical in-display fingerprint sensor.