HUAWEI’S TRIPLETS
Huawei has unveiled a euro 649 ( roughly ` 52,000) P20, a Euro 899 (` 72,000) P20 Pro and a Euro 2,095 ( roughly ` 1,68,990) 512GB Mate RS Porsche Design. The P20 is their breadandbutter flagship offering that imitates the iPhone X’s display notch and a glass rear panel design. It houses a 5.8inch FullView LCD RGBW full HD+ display and a capacitive fingerprint sensor on the face. The notch on top of the display houses a 24MP selfie camera, all the sensors and an earpiece. The rear sports a dual camera system — 12MP+ 20MP setup, with the latter one being a monochrome sensor. The P20 utilises the Kirin 970 SoC accompanied by 4GB of RAM and runs on EMUI 8.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo. It is fuelled by a 3400mAh battery and is available in 128GB variant only.
The P20 Pro receives a larger 6.1- inch OLED FullView full HD+ display and a bumped up 4000mAh battery along with 6GB of RAM. The rear sports a Leica Triple Camera setup — 40MP RGB + 8MP Telephoto + 20MP Monochrome. This setup enables 5x hybrid zoom and 960fps slow motion video shooting. The camera is also assisted by AI stabilisation ( AIS). The setup has been claimed to achieve a score of 109 on DxOMark, which makes it a benchmark till date.
Lastly, the Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design features a no- notch display with curved edges. There’s an AMOLED panel with a QHD+ resolution with 18: 9 aspect ratio. While the chipset and other internal specifications, including the triple camera, have been carried over from the P20 Pro, the Mate RS gets an in- display fingerprint sensor up front and a capacitive fingerprint sensor on the rear. Also featured are stereo speakers and IP67 water and dust protection. The Mate RS is available in 256GB and 512GB storage options. Lastly, Huawei also introdu ced FreeBuds — their answer to Apple’s AirPods. They look pretty similar to the latter but claims to provide a battery life of 10 hours on a single charge. They feature silicon ear tips that act like passive noise c a n c e l l a t i - on, unlike the AirPods. They cost Euro 159 ( approximately ` 13,000) and will be available in two colours— black and white.