Huawei launches Mate20 line - At least these notches ain't so notchy

[D13H4RD]

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Huawei consumer business group CEO Richard Yu noted on stage that the Mate 20 X has a larger display and double the battery life of a Nintendo Switch. 

Without all the good games... 

[Bananasplit_00]

13 minutes ago, xAcid9 said:

It does have 3.5mm. 

 

5 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Their specs page mention that this one does include the headphone jack. 

 

Only the Pro doesn't. 

Didn't see one on the X nor one listed? The mate 20 has it, the mate 20 x didn't seem to and the pro doesn't have it. 

[D13H4RD]

6 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

 

Didn't see one on the X nor one listed? The mate 20 has it, the mate 20 x didn't seem to and the pro doesn't have it. 

Well, the specs page also mentioned that the box includes 3.5mm earbuds. 

 

If they're wrong, they should correct it. 

[xAcid9]

8 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

Didn't see one on the X nor one listed? The mate 20 has it, the mate 20 x didn't seem to and the pro doesn't have it. 

I saw it from spec page.

https://consumer.huawei.com/en/phones/mate20-x/specs/

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CONNECTIVITY
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Bluetooth supports BLE, SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD, LDAC and HWA Audio
Type-C, USB 3.1 GEN1*
3.5 mm earjack
Type-C earjack
PC Data Synchronisation

 

[Bananasplit_00]

2 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Well, the specs page also mentioned that the box includes 3.5mm earbuds. 

 

If they're wrong, they should correct it. 

Looking at the renders and photos I'm not sure Huawei themselves know tbh because in some of them it seems to have one and in others it doesn't... 

[xAcid9]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

Looking at the renders and photos I'm not sure Huawei themselves know tbh because in some of them it seems to have one and in others it doesn't... 

Well, if that's a typo and it doesn't have 3.5mm then i'm not moist anymore. 

[TVwazhere]

Here's the TL;DR

5 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Huawei Mate20

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Audio: 3.5mm jack

Huawei Mate20 Pro

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Audio: No 3.5mm jack

 

Now you know which one to buy

[Bouzoo]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Here's the TL;DR

Now you know which one to buy

As much as I agree with you, many people don't care, and want better camera and screen. It's a mixed bag, as always with Huawei. 

[Trixanity]

Keep in mind not all models will launch in all markets. I think in many EU countries they'll only launch the Pro forcing you onto the more expensive model.

[xAcid9]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Now you know which one to buy

Yup, props to Huawei for making this simpler for me. I got HE4XX in shipping, can't wait to try it out. Fuck dongle.

[Misanthrope]

Honestly the not-so-notchy looks so much better but most people aren't talking about it as much. Like I don't want an S9 with an added notch thank you very much.

[Drak3]

9 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Without all the good games... 

Good joke.

[D13H4RD]

Welp, as much as I like the phone, I’m probably going to pick a Note9 over this.

[williamcll]

Would rather wait for the P or honor series.

[suicidalfranco]

I don't care about cameras so I initially completely ignored the press release, then saw people starting to talk about 7.2" screen...

 

damn.

that Mate 20X is a had turner!

 

Also seems like huawei is using a new kind of memory card for it's expandable storage solution, it's called nano memory and is as big as a nano sim slot. No words on performance compared to microSD

[RejZoR]

I know they wanted Huawei president to make a presentation but damn I never listened so hard to any English trying to even understand it. At one point I thought I understand Chinese, but it was just hard to understand English.

 

It does pack some really nice features though. The massive battery, ultra fast charging, that reverse wireless charging is freaking neat and I bet Apple will make a big deal out of it in 2-3 years time like they invented it. And I'm a sucker for full glass phones so yeah, I love the design.

 

I'm just surprised there were no more detailed Kirin 980 performance showcases. Sure they showed better performance in games and how fast apps launch, but it felt like I wasn't being told how awesome Kirin 980 really is. I guess we'll have to wait for reviews...

[GoldenLag]

14 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

Without all the good games... 

now with Chinese knockoff games:

 

Super Mao:  Shanghai

Legend of Mei: Breath of the Communist revolution

 

all brought to you by MingTendo

[Dezz]

I'm really disappointed that Pro has the big notch  

[D13H4RD]

2 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

Also seems like huawei is using a new kind of memory card for it's expandable storage solution, it's called nano memory and is as big as a nano sim slot. No words on performance compared to microSD

It's basically a microSD UHS-I card shaped like a nanoSIM. 

 

Does not appear to be universal though, unfortunately, so we may have to pay up the nose for one. 

[Trixanity]

5 hours ago, RejZoR said:

I know they wanted Huawei president to make a presentation but damn I never listened so hard to any English trying to even understand it. At one point I thought I understand Chinese, but it was just hard to understand English.

 

It does pack some really nice features though. The massive battery, ultra fast charging, that reverse wireless charging is freaking neat and I bet Apple will make a big deal out of it in 2-3 years time like they invented it. And I'm a sucker for full glass phones so yeah, I love the design.

 

I'm just surprised there were no more detailed Kirin 980 performance showcases. Sure they showed better performance in games and how fast apps launch, but it felt like I wasn't being told how awesome Kirin 980 really is. I guess we'll have to wait for reviews...

I don't know why he insists on doing the presentations himself. I guess the only upside is we avoid the cringy hired presenters trying to hype a product they don't care about although it's odd they can't find a senior product guy from any of their overseas companies. I guess he wants to do it himself because then he knows he gets what he wants even if he's unwittingly difficult to understand. Yeah, I don't think he knows how bad it is and I don't think anyone tells him that. 

 

The Kirin 980 launch was separate from the Mate 20 launch. Huawei always launches the SoC a month before where the key details are revealed so it's pretty pointless to re-do it in its entirety for a phone launch. You can see it here. I think you expect them to do it like Apple where the SoC and phone launch are one and the same.

3 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

It's basically a microSD UHS-I card shaped like a nanoSIM. 

 

Does not appear to be universal though, unfortunately, so we may have to pay up the nose for one. 

Not universal at all. It's a proprietary format meaning the availability is limited and therefore you can expect the prices to be to be in accordance: high. Unless Huawei subsidizes it which I doubt they will. I think they said they wanted it to become an industry standard so there is a willingness to open it up but for it to see widespread adoption? Highly unlikely. UFS cards launched years ago and they're nowhere to be seen.

 

In other words: a shitty new format to sell new shit. It's a cash grab because they know you now can't use your microSD cards. Same reason they remove the headphone jack: so they can sell you shitty Bluetooth headphones.

[AlTech]

Until Huawei stops blocking custom ROMs and other things, I'm gonna recommend that people pass on them.

[suicidalfranco]

5 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

It's basically a microSD UHS-I card shaped like a nanoSIM. 

 

Does not appear to be universal though, unfortunately, so we may have to pay up the nose for one. 

getting horrible flashbacks of my Vita

 

Thank god Vita2SD cards became a thing!