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Huawei Mate 30

Specifications

Huawei Mate 30
Huawei Mate 30 (Mate 30 Series)
Processor
HiSilicon Kirin 990 8 x - 2.9 GHz, Cortex-A76/-A55
Graphics adapter
Memory
6 GB 
, or 8GB
Display
6.62 inch 19.5:9, 2340 x 1080 pixel 389 PPI, Capacitive, OLED, glossy: yes, HDR
Storage
128 GB UFS 3.0 Flash, 128 GB 
Connections
1 Infrared, Audio Connections: 3.5mm, Card Reader: Nano Memory (256), NFC, Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, fingerprint, USB-C
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 5.1, GSM, UMTS, LTE, Dual SIM, GPS
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 8.4 x 160.8 x 76.1 ( = 0.33 x 6.33 x 3 in)
Battery
4200 mAh Lithium-Polymer
Operating System
Android 10
Camera
Primary Camera: 40 MPix Triple: 40MP (f/1.8, 27mm, 1/1.54) + 8MP (3x optical zoom, f/2.4, 80mm, 1/4") + 16MP (f/2.2, 17mm)
Secondary Camera: 24 MPix f/2.0
Additional features
Keyboard: Virtual
Weight
196 g ( = 6.91 oz / 0.43 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
650 Euro

 

Pricecompare

Average Score: 83% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 10 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: 82%, features: - %, display: - % mobility: 83%, workmanship: 84%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %

Reviews for the Huawei Mate 30

83% Huawei Mate 30 Review — The Better Of The Duo?
Source: Pokde English Archive.org version
Would 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%
The Huawei Mate30 series are selling like hotcakes in China but what about Malaysia?
Source: Hitech Century English Archive.org version
Maxis 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
Huawei Mate 30 Review
Source: Yugatech English Archive.org version
In 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
Huawei Mate 30 Review: Hands-on
Source: Tech Advisor English Archive.org version
As 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
Hands on: Huawei Mate 30 review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
The 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
Huawei Mate 30, 30 Pro, 30 RS hands-on review
Source: Techradar English Archive.org version
Huawei 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

Mate 30 Unbrauchbar ohne Google-Apps
Source: Futurezone.at German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2019
Probamos los Huawei Mate 30, primeros sin el Android de Google
Source: El Androide Libre Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: High performance; long battery life; excellent cameras. Negative: Unsupported Google services.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/19/2019
Huawei, la serie Mate 30 arriverà in Italia con Android open source
Source: Panorama Italian IT→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Great display; excellent cameras; powerful processor; large battery capacity.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/19/2019
Mọi thứ về Huawei Mate 30: Màn hình phẳng, pin khổng lồ, máy ảnh tuyệt vời
Source: FPT shop VN→EN Archive.org version
Positive: 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.


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Devices from a different Manufacturer and/or with a different CPU

Honor Play4 Pro
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990
Honor 30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Honor 30 Pro+
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei P40 Pro
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei Nova 6 5G
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Honor V30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei Mate 30 5G
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei Mate 30 RS Porsche Design
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G
Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990

Devices with the same GPU

Huawei P40
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G, 6.10", 0.175 kg
Huawei Mate Xs
Mali-G76 MP16, Kirin 990 5G, 8.00", 0.3 kg

Devices with Same Screen Size and/or Weight

Huawei Mate 60 RS Ultimate
unknown, unknown, 6.82", 0.242 kg
Huawei Nova 11 SE
Adreno 610, Snapdragon SD 680, 6.67", 0.186 kg
Huawei Mate X5
unknown, unknown, 7.85", 0.243 kg
Huawei Mate 60 Pro+
unknown, unknown, 6.82", 0.225 kg
Huawei Enjoy 60X
Adreno 610, Snapdragon SD 680, 6.95", 0.216 kg
Huawei Mate 60 Pro
unknown, unknown, 6.82", 0.225 kg
Huawei Mate 60
Mali-G78 MP24, unknown, 6.69", 0.209 kg
Huawei Nova 11
Adreno 642L, Snapdragon SD 778G 4G, 6.70", 0.168 kg
Huawei Nova Y91
Adreno 610, Snapdragon SD 680, 6.95", 0.214 kg
Huawei Nova 11i
Adreno 610, Snapdragon SD 680, 6.80", 0.193 kg
Huawei Nova 11 Pro
Adreno 642L, Snapdragon SD 778G 4G, 6.78", 0.188 kg
Huawei Nova 11 Ultra
Adreno 642L, Snapdragon SD 778G 4G, 6.78", 0.188 kg
Huawei Enjoy 60
Mali-G51 MP4, Kirin 710A, 6.75", 0.199 kg
Huawei P60 Art
Adreno 730, Snapdragon SD 8+ Gen 1, 6.67", 0.206 kg
Huawei Mate X3
Adreno 730, Snapdragon SD 8+ Gen 1, 7.85", 0.239 kg
Huawei P60
Adreno 730, Snapdragon SD 8+ Gen 1, 6.67", 0.197 kg
Huawei P60 Pro
Adreno 730, Snapdragon SD 8+ Gen 1, 6.67", 0.2 kg
Current Prices
Stefan Hinum (Update: 2019-10-10)