Huawei Mate 30
Specifications
Secondary Camera: 24 MPix f/2.0
Price comparison
Average of 1 scores (from 10 reviews)
Reviews for the Huawei Mate 30
Source: Pokde
Archive.org versionWould I recommend the HUAWEI Mate 30? To be entirely honest, it does seem like a great alternative to the HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro with most of the key features here at RM1100 less. For RM2799 it has a pretty strong feature set. You still have to rely on the AppGallery for your apps, but personally i feel like that’s more of an issue when you are starting off, which Phone Clone sort of mitigates by allowing you to transfer most of the stuff from your old phone.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/27/2020
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 80% performance: 82% mobility: 83% workmanship: 84%
Source: Hitech Century
Archive.org versionMaxis offers a unique Buy 1 Free 1 offer for the Mate30 Pro where you get a second Mate30 Pro for free when you sign up an additional shared line (RM188 +RM48 for the shared line). Essentially, you’re getting two phones for the price of one with just RM199 a month to get both phones and a monthly total bill inclusive of the monthly RM199 device installment of RM435. Alternatively, you can get the Mate30 for just RM99 a month and an all-in price of (inclusive of RM188+ RM48 shared line + RM99 device price) RM335. For more on the Maxis Buy 1 Free1 offer swing by their official page here.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/22/2019
Source: Yugatech
Archive.org versionIn a nutshell, I can recommend the Mate 30, but only to those who are willing to take the risk. If you’re not that type of person, though, then you’ll want to think hard on whether or not the phone’s good qualities will fill the hole in the smartphone experience left by the lack of Google’s official services.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/20/2019
Source: Tech Advisor
Archive.org versionAs with its launch sibling, the Huawei Mate 30 is a promising high-end device tainted by the US government's ongoing umbrage with Huawei and its products. While not impossible to reinstate Google Play Services, only committed and Android-literate users will make the effort to add what most would consider 'missing features' back onto the phone's otherwise well-rounded and nicely improved software experience. If you can look beyond this shortcoming (or you're based in China where the point is moot) the Mate 30 is an excellent and more affordable alternative to the top-tier Mate 30 Pro that still has hardware capable enough to compete against most, if not all of the current flagship phone market. Until the Mate 30 makes its way to market, why not consider some solid Huawei phones that do still come with Google Play services right now? We found the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 X both excellent flagships that still stand up today, along with the superb photographic capabilities of the Huawei P30 Pro to consider.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2019
Source: Techradar
Archive.org versionThe Huawei Mate 30 takes the core elements of the Mate 30 Pro, but forgoes some of that phone's top-end features to keep the price down. However, as with all the new Huawei phones you can't access Google's services on this handset.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2019
Source: Techradar
Archive.org versionHuawei has promised the US-China trade war will not affect the Mate 30 launch and indeed it didn't stop the maker from going full steam ahead with its plans. Huawei has announced the Mate 30 series on September 19 in Munich, and the new phones are looking very intriguing, with or without Google's services framework.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/20/2019
Foreign Reviews
Source: Futurezone.at
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2019
Source: El Androide Libre
ES→EN Archive.org versionPositive: High performance; long battery life; excellent cameras. Negative: Unsupported Google services.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/19/2019
Source: Panorama
IT→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Great display; excellent cameras; powerful processor; large battery capacity.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/19/2019
Source: FPT shop
VN→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Excellent display; large battery capacity; impressive cameras; beautiful design; solid workmanship.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/20/2019
Comment
Model: The new Huawei Mate 30 series has introduced a new range of invigorating and lustrous colors as the device’s coat of paint. The Huawei Mate 30 comes with three trendsetting color options of classic black, a fluorescent space silver, and also an alluring emerald green. Apart from that, the Huawei Mate 30 has also prolonged its battery life. The Huawei Mate 30 smartphone model can now also charge at a faster pace with a tested 40 W rate whereas wireless charging is capable for 24 W. The Huawei Mate 30 features an expanding display from edge to edge with an ultra-curved waterfall screen around the sides of the device with a measurement of 6.53-inch horizontal display for its display alone. The ultra-curved screen offers a wide area, which ultimately enhances user experience. At the same time, physical volume buttons are replaced through finger-touch on the screen by double-tapping and scrolling on screen edges from both left and right sides.
One of the signature features of the Huawei Mate 30 is the quad camera lens, which has showcased both waterproofing and dust-resistance attributes. The Huawei Mate 30’s lenses have a circular module to sharpen its visualization. The camera setup for the Huawei Mate 30 comprises if an ultra-wide lens, regular lens, telephoto lens and a Time of Flight sensor for depth. The metrics of megapixels for each respective lens are marked at 40-megapixel Cine Camera, 40-megapixel SuperSensing camera, and an 8-megapixel Telephoto Camera. To ensure users can enjoy a wholesome, universal experience in using the Huawei Mate 30, the brand company has adopted touchless gesture control in which users of the Huawei Mate 30 can simply grip their hand in front of screen to capture a quick screenshot. In regards to security options, the Huawei Mate 30’s interface is capable of identifying the user’s face direction in correspondence to the prior configuration of notification settings. The Huawei Mate 30’s intelligent care system will also hide notification details on the screen preview when someone else is taking a peek on their screen.
The Huawei Mate 30 comes with the latest Kirin 990 chip which features the groundbreaking technology of 5G connectivity. The theoretical peak download speeds can reach up to 2.3 Gbps and theoretical upload speeds can reach 1.25 Gbps. It is worth noting, however, that Google has previously released a clear and concise press conference statement that the Huawei series will no longer support Google applications and services due to the implementation of a trade ban. However, it is rather peculiar that Android 10 is somehow still accessible for the Huawei Mate 30 smartphone model to install other mobile applications and services.
Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam
ARM Mali-G76 MP16: Integrated graphics card based on the second generation of the Bifrost architecture. Uses 16 of the 20 possible clusters and according to ARM offers twice the performance per cluster than the old Mali-G72. It is used in the Kirin 990 5G and according to Huawei should be about 6% faster and 20% more efficient than a Adreno 640 in a Snapdragon 855.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Kirin 990: ARM based octa-core SoC with 2x Cortex-A76 up to 2.86 GHz (performance), 2x A76 with up to 2.09 (balance) and 4x Cortex-A53 with up to 1.86 GHz (power saving). Integrates a neural processor (1+1 cores), a ARM Mali-G76 MP16 GPU at up to 600 MHz and a fast LTE modem. Compared to the 5G version, the 4G version is slightly lower clocked (2 of the 3 clusters and the GPU). The SoC is manufactured in 7nm at TSMC.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
6.62":
It is a small display format for smartphones. You shouldn't be severely defective in vision, and you won't see much detail on the screen and only have a small resolution available. For that, the device should be small and handy, easy to transport.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Huawei: Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. is a Chinese telecommunications company and hardware manufacturer founded in 1987 and headquartered in Shenzhen. Huawei is a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. Huawei provides end-to-end solutions for telecommunications networks, devices, and smartphones, as well as storage, servers, networking, and cloud computing enterprise solutions and products.
In 2014, Huawei established the Honor subsidiary brand under which certain smartphone lines are sold. The Huawei name is usually not listed for these products.
83%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
