Huawei set a new standard in smartphone photography with its P20 Pro launched earlier this year. Now, the company is taking things a step up with its latest Mate 20 series. Huawei today launched the Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Porsche Design Mate 20 RS, and the large-screened Mate 20 X.

Despite being frozen out of the US market due to political opposition, Huawei still managed to surpass Apple this summer to become the world's second largest phone maker behind Samsung.

Design Notch aside; the Mate 20 Pro is thin and sleek; somehow fitting in 4 cameras; depth sensors; and a huge battery into a very small frame; Cameras Like the P20 Pro; the triple camera setup makes for some of the best photos on a smartphone; Performance With a 7nm Kirin 980 chip every bit as...

Software Some users probably don't mind EMUI; but as far as I'm concerned it offers one of the worst software experiences on an Android phone; to the point where I actually found it unenjoyable in daily use; Biometric unlocking Both the in-display fingerprint sensor and face unlock are passable; but...

It's been a little over a year since we were in Berlin to cover the launch of the Huawei Mate 10 series and, today, we find ourselves at the ExCel Exhibition Center in the United Kingdom for the release of the next generation of these devices-the Huawei Mate 20 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

The Mate 20 Pro is a powerful, feature-packed, exciting phone. It looks gorgeous, it feels great in the hand, and it runs solid software. It charges wickedly fast and can chug along for days on a single charge.

Gorgeous design Big; beautiful screen Huge battery Very fast charging Reverse wireless charging Solid software Versatile camera Good biometric features

Inconsistent low-light image quality No 3.5mm headphone jack Proprietary memory card Expensive

When it was revealed recently, the Huawei Mate 20 series offered a refreshed Matrix Camera system with a new 16mm Leica Ultra-Wide Angle Lens, for Triple Rear cameras that not only took detailed wide angle shots but allowed you to go in as close as 2.5cm away from your target.

In 2018, the Mate 20 Pro uses much of what Huawei has learned with the P20 Pro, and takes it further. An already capable camera system has been tweaked and improved, and paired with a class-leading chipset and other quality internals.

I thought I'd run through my experiences so far – please bear in mind that I've got pudgy fingers and can't touch type on a smartphone. I could always attach my Bluetooth keyboard. I'm pondering attaching a display to it too, so I could use it as a portable PC. But then I'd need a mouse as well.

But it's easy to forget that the new phone is more than just its camera, no matter how important that is to potential buyers today looking for a great Instagram shot.

If we judged the new Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro like Olympic figure skaters, they'd no doubt earn 10s across the board for technical merit. That's because even though they don't have a built-in stylus, Huawei's new flagship phone duo offers almost every other feature you could want, and I don't just...

This year, we have seen a chunk of innovations in the smartphone industry, the in-display fingerprint scanner, the notch-less display, the AI-based cameras, and a whole lot of other things.

Gorgeous Design | Premium Build Quality; 2K AMOLED Display | High Display Brightness | Great Viewing Angles; Triple Cameras | Excellent Camera Performance | Packed with features (AI Color; Background Blur; Super Slow-Mo; Monochrome; 3D Live Emojis; etc.

Need Software Improvements In Camera (AI Color & Background Blur; No Dedicated 3.5 mm Headphone Jack