Richard Yu took the stage to present the Huawei Mate 40, the last of the high-end of the Chinese company and that will not carry Google apps either for all that we know regarding its conflicts with the United States.
There is no doubt that we are before another one of those incredible phones of the Chinese brand, but that is outside the spectrum of everything related to Google Play Services. Now we will see the impact that they continue to have in these parts for mobile phones that are characterized by having the Kirin 9000 5nm chip with 5G inside.
The 4 Huawei Mate 40 models
The Huawei Mate 40 Pro is characterized for having a 6,76 ″ OLED screen with those edge curves and that leads us to a format similar to those known from Samsung. It also has a 13MP angular camera for 120-degree selfies and 3D sensors for face unlock; It is said that we also have sensors on the screen for fingerprints if we prefer this type of unlocking on this mobile.
Regarding the battery, reaches 4.400mAh with a fast charge 66W cable and a wireless one that reaches 50W. We can also talk about the other model presented and it is none other than the Mate 40 to stay on a 6,5 ″ OLD screen with a refresh rate of 90hz.
Yes that hole in screen stays on the upper left side and with an on-screen sensor for fingerprints. If we already want to go to more premium finishes, we can buy the Mate 40 Pro + and the special edition based on the German supercar brand, the Porsche Design Mate 40.
The cameras and that circular frame in the back
Huawei is still a of the most competitive brands when it comes to cameras, and with this new series it is still in the same to be one of the best. All the models presented have the 50MP RYYB main lens and it is characterized by the large amount of light that allows it to pass through its optics.
And of course, the way the Chinese brand understands this does not go unnoticed. rear-facing cameras frame with a circular shape. Yes, they are their own and unique in this case and you have to know how to highlight them.
Yes, it is true that we have some differences in the Mate 40 Pro when accompanied by a 20MP ultra-wide camera and a 12MP periscope lens with 5x optical zoom. If we go to the Mate 40, the quality of the lens is reduced a bit with another 16MP ultra-wide lens and with an 8MP telephoto to which we must add that 3x optical zoom.
App Gallery to replace the Play Store
We have already commented that the new Huawei Mate 40 do not come with Google Play Services and we have to get used to working with App Gallery, which has been the Huawei Play Store.
Ya we know EMUI that comes in its version number 11 And it is based on Android 10. Not having Google Play means that we have to forget about apps that are usually present on other mobiles such as Zoom or Netflix itself. We know well what it means today to switch to some Huawei phones that are capped and it is difficult for us to imagine their experience without those from Google (now we hope that one day we can use them again).
In Europe we have the Huawei Mate 40 for a price of € 899 and the Mate 40 Pro that reaches € 1.199. If we go to the 256GB of internal memory of the 40 Pro and the 12GB of RAM, the price rises to € 1.399, so we would have to assess that of not having Google apps for phones at that cost.
Finally we have the Porsche Design Mate 40 RS at a cost of 2.295 euros. We only have to know the details of what Huawei presented with those FreeBuds Studio wireless headphones and the Porsche Design Watch Gt 2 smart watch; no miss the YTa presented today by Huawei.