Huawei has introduced new high-end smartphones in China with the Mate 70 series. A total of four models in two sizes have high-quality camera equipment with variable aperture and, in addition to the obligatory fingerprint sensor, also support 3D facial recognition. In case of emergency, help can be sought via satellite even without cell phone reception. The Mate 70 no longer uses the Android operating system, instead using Huawei’s own HarmonyOS, but so far we can only guess about the chip used.
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The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro+ and “Mate 70 RS Ultimate Design” will still ship with HarmonyOS 4.3 when it goes on sale in China next week, but will be upgradeable to 5.0 when the next version becomes available. This operating system, previously called “HarmonyOS Next”, will in the future be pre-installed not only on the Chinese manufacturer’s smartphones, but also on its own notebooks from 2025, thus replacing Windows and Linux as Huawei’s PC operating systems. Will be defined as.
This year, HarmonyOS is still reserved for smartphones like the Mate 70 series. It will be available only in 6.7 and 6.9 inch sizes huawei mate 70 Kept in small size. The cheapest model in the new series is also the only one with a flat design and at 7.8 millimeters thick, it is also the thinnest. The Pro versions are 8.2 to 8.25 mm thick and have a round frame. All Mate 70s are protected against water and dust with IP69.
Variable Frequency AMOLED Screen
While the Mate 70’s screen resolution is 2688×1216 pixels, on the 6.9-inch Pro model this increases slightly to 2832×1316 pixels. All 70s feature LTPO AMOLED displays with variable frame rates ranging from 1 to 120 Hz. The screens of the Mate 70 series are protected by second-generation Kunlun Glass, the Chinese version of Gorilla Glass, which aims to reduce damage caused by drops.
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At the top center of the screen is a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle front camera with an f/2.4 aperture for selfies. This is the same for all Mate 70 models, but the Mate 70 Pro offers a 3D depth camera for unlocking the smartphone via facial recognition, in addition to a fingerprint sensor in the power button, which is limited to Mate 70 users. The power button also allows you to control various functions like AI assistant or muting by pressing it twice or for a long time.
promising camera equipment
The main camera of the Mate 70 series offers 50 megapixels through a variable aperture from f/1.4 to f/4.0 and optical image stabilization. It also has an ultra wide-angle sensor with 40 megapixels and f/2.2 aperture. While the Mate 70 offers a 12-megapixel periscope lens with f/3.4 aperture along with 5.5x optical zoom, the Pro model relies on 48-megapixel with f/2.1 aperture and 4x zoom.
A special feature of the Mate 70 series is the new and dedicated spectral image sensor in the middle of the camera module on the back of the smartphone. Compared to the previous RGGB or RYYB sensors on previous Huawei cell phones, it should be able to capture more color data to improve the color fidelity of photos, display skin tones more naturally, and improve shadows. According to the manufacturer, this sensor works in conjunction with other lenses and should be able to reproduce colors naturally even in low light.
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The Mate 70 packs a 5300mAh battery that can be charged at 66W via USB-C and 50W wirelessly. The Mate 70 Pro has a 5500 mAh battery, the Mate 70 Pro+ has a 5700 mAh battery. Both these models can be charged using 100-watt cable and 80-watt wirelessly.
The Mate 70’s chip is still unconfirmed
Due to US sanctions, Huawei is no longer allowed to import smartphone chips into China and relies on its own development, for example from Huawei subsidiary HiSilicon. Last year, the predecessor to the Mate 70 series showed that China produces competitive 7-nanometer chips, such as the Kirin 9000S processor in the Mate 60 Pro made by SMIC. Huawei didn’t reveal which chip the Mate 70 model has, but there is speculation.
Accordingly, this is the Kirin 9100, manufactured by SMIC in China using 6-nanometer technology (SMIC N+3). Although this is a better production level than the 7nm chip in the Mate 60 Pro, it is still far behind Qualcomm or Apple chips in terms of development, which are currently produced in 4 or 3nm technology. Kirin 9100 sits down According to GizmoChina Composed of eight ARM cores: one Cortex-X1, three Cortex-A78 and four Cortex-A55. Huawei’s chip would therefore be several generations older, as its chip configuration broadly matches that of the Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm’s first smartphone processor with a Cortex-X1 ARM core, which was introduced in late 2020.
How this will affect the performance of the Mate 70 series remains to be seen. The new smartphones will be available only in China from December 4th. Depending on the model, the cell phones are equipped with 12 or 16 GB of main memory and 256 GB to 1 TB of storage space, prices start from the equivalent of 723 euros for the Mate 70, 855 euros for the Mate 70 Pro and 1118 . Euro for Mate 70 Pro+. Huawei has not yet announced whether these smartphones will also come to Europe or not.
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