Despite all the challenges of 2020, Huawei managed to deliver its next flagship and the continuation of the Mate series. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro was released towards the end of the year, with a limited global release. At the price of B60,000, the Mate 40 Pro is certainly a better deal than the B876, offering an extremely compelling combination of form and performance that finishes the job perfectly. To achieve that, Huawei took heed from the past and used many technologies that are no longer standard in today's smartphones, such as a 22MP Full Frame sensor with 20-MP OIS and the Huawei Kirin 935 processor underpinning it, an Octa-core processor with Mali-G71MP12 GPU and 3GB of RAM.

With their new larger size and 3500mAh battery, it is safe to say the Mate 40 Pro was aimed at consumers who are slowly beginning to move away from smartphones, but are still willing to pay a premium for high tech and high performance. Huawei has made a smart choice by maintaining a physical home button while providing fast fingerprint recognition if you need more privacy.

Huawei Mate 40 Pro Review – Can the Mate 40 Pro Record Longer Videos?

With a small 4.96-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen, the mostly irrelevant resolution makes no difference to the 0.3 MP selfie camera. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro trades off the audience who likes 4K Video recording for steps taken during the day, activation of a few 'smart' remote features, and with an AMOLED display, you'll actually see 52.8 percent of the visible content. When you do watch with the massive bezels, there is some disparity between the Mate 40 Pro specs against the Mate 40, though by 17PPI, the second-gen model excels. The Huawei Mate 40 lacks a front-facing shooter, but the 2MP selfie camera on the front makes it a very respectable bet, especially since it's 1080p.

While these specs are pretty good, considering a device of this nature is able to vie with the most expensive smartphones available, and it does achieve photos and videos in a great, quality with clear detail. What achieves even more than that are the actual video recording and shooting modes, which are far better than you'd think. The bet on more screens will please spectators, and the ability to shoot stills in 4K with just a single tap, and the ability to use your phone with just a single means of charging it means it's all good stuff, especially if you don't know this is on, and use your Mate 40 Pro 4K every day.

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