Chinese smartphone maker Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its first flagship smartphone of the year, the Huawei P20 Pro, which is joined by an additional P20 family member, the P20. The P20 Lite quietly started selling in Europe a couple of weeks ago, so it didn’t need to share the spotlight on Tuesday. On top of that, Huawei also unveiled an exclusive Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS phone that’s pretty similar to the P20 Pro model, but comes in a 512GB version.
Of course, the P20 series wasn’t really a well-kept secret, especially as we approached Huawei’s event in Paris, France. A large number of leaks revealed everything we wanted to know about the P20 phones, from design to specs to prices. In case you missed all the action though, here’s everything you need to know about the three hot new Huawei Android phones in terms of specs, now that they’re official. Beyond that, there’s only one other thing you should know: They’ll never be sold by any major wireless carrier in the US, and even Best Buy has now dropped its partnership with Huawei.
Huawei P20
- 5.8-inch RGBW FullView display with 2244 x 1080 resolution, 770 nits of brightness
- Huawei Kirin 970 processor and neural network processing unit
- 4GB of RAM
- 128GB of storage (no microSD support)
- Leica dual-camera setup: 20-megapixel monochrome sensor (F/1.6), 12-megapixel sensor (F/1.8), 1.55μm pixels, 4D predictive focus, 5x Hybrid Zoom, 4K and 960fps slow-motion video recording, Huawei AIS
- 24-megapixel selfie camera with F/2.0 aperture
- 3,400 mAh battery with Huawei Super Charge technology
- Fingerprint sensor on the front
- USB-C port but no 3.5mm headphone jack
- IP53 water and dust proof certification
- single/dual-sim slot
- Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1 on top
- Colors: Twilight, Midnight Blue, Graphite Black, Pink Gold
- Price: €649
- Release Date: March 27th, in various global markets
Huawei P20 Pro
- 6.1-inch OLED FullView display with 2240 x 1080 resolution, 770 nits of brightness
- Huawei Kirin 970 processor and neural network processing unit
- 6GB of RAM
- 128GB of storage (no microSD support)
- Leica triple-camera setup: 40-megapixel RGB sensor (F/1.8), 20-megapixel monochrome sensor (F/1.6), and 8-megapixel telephoto sensor (F/2.4), 4D predictive focus, 3X optical zoom, 5x Hybrid Zoom, 4K and 960fps slow-motion video recording, Huawei AIS, Leica Color flash
- 24-megapixel selfie camera with F/2.0 aperture
- 4,000 mAh battery with Huawei Super Charge technology
- Fingerprint sensor on the front
- USB-C port but no 3.5mm headphone jack
- IP67 water and dust proof certification
- single/dual-sim slot
- Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1 on top
- Colors: Twilight, Midnight Blue, Graphite Black, Pink Gold
- Price: €899
- Release Date: April 6th, in various global markets
Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS
- 6.10-inch OLED FullView display with 28800 x 1440 resolution, 770 nits of brightness
- Huawei Kirin 970 processor and neural network processing unit
- 6GB of RAM
- 256GB and 512GB of storage (no microSD support)
- Leica triple-camera setup: 40-megapixel RGB sensor (F/1.8), 20-megapixel monochrome sensor (F/1.6), and 8-megapixel telephoto sensor (F/2.4), 4D predictive focus, 3X optical zoom, 5x Hybrid Zoom, 4K and 960fps slow-motion video recording, Huawei AIS, Leica Color flash
- 24-megapixel selfie camera with F/2.0 aperture
- 4,000 mAh battery with Huawei Super Charge technology
- Fingerprint sensor on the front under the screen, and on the back
- USB-C port but no 3.5mm headphone jack
- IP67 water and dust proof certification
- single/dual-sim slot
- Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1 on top
- Colors: Twilight, Midnight Blue, Graphite Black, Pink Gold
- Price: €1,695 (256GB) and €2,095 (512GB)
- Release Date: April 12th, in various global markets
