After the ban on Huawei by the United States, the company has been struggling to meet up in the smartphone market. In fact, Huawei accepted its fate stating that it is no longer competing in the smartphone market. According to the Chinese manufacturing giant, it is only trying to survive in the smartphone market. However, Huawei is much more than smartphones thus the company is still thriving in other areas. Since the ban, Huawei has been releasing a few smartphones but they do not support the 5G network. Nevertheless, in a recent twist of events, Huawei listed three of its smartphones with 5G support. Recently, Huawei Mall lists the Mate 40E Pro, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro+ with support for 5G network.
Huawei did not mention how it eventually included 5G support on these smartphones. We also do not know if the company will use the 5G case that already supports Huawei’s recent smartphones. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see that Huawei is gradually coming back into the 5G market. The company is confident that in the next few years, it will completely overcome the 5G barrier. As for how Huawei will make this happen, the company is not revealing much information. Since the series of bans by the U.S., Huawei has been very stingy with information regarding its smartphones.
Price of these 5G smartphones
In terms of price, Huawei Mate 40E Pro (8GB+512GB) comes with a 7499 yuan ($1,116) price tag. The Huawei P40 Pro (8GB+128GB) costs 5988 yuan ($892) while the Huawei P40 Pro+ (8GB+256GB) costs 7988 yuan ($1,189).
Relative to the Huawei Mate 40 Pro, the biggest change of Huawei Mate 40E Pro is in the processor. The Mate 40E Pro comes with a Kirin 9000L 6-core processor, using 5nm process technology. The CPU main frequency is up to 3.13GHz, 22-core Mali -G78 GPU, using large-core + micro-core NPU architecture. In terms of specific parameters, Kirin 9000L adopts 1*Cortex-A77 3.13GHz+2*Cortex-A77 2.54GHz+3*Cortex-A55 2.05GHz. It also uses a 22-core Mali-G78 GPU, which is 2 GPUs and 1 large NPU.
Huawei Mate 40E Pro
The Huawei Mate 40E Pro comes with the 5nm Kirin 9000L SoC coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB of UFS 3.1 internal storage. Furthermore, this device uses a 6.76-inch display that supports 1344 x 2772 pixel resolution as well as a 90Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there is a 4,200 mAh battery that supports a 66W fast charge, 50W wireless charging, and 5W reverse wireless charging. The battery department is one of the selling points of this smartphone. As of now, there are not many smartphones with 40W wireless charging capacity in the industry.
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Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+
Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ come with the Kirin 990 processor. Huawei P40 Pro is equipped with a 6.58-inch punch-hole screen with a resolution of 2640*1200, a maximum refresh rate of 90Hz, a built-in 4200mAh battery, and supports 40W wired charging and 27W wireless charging. It also supports reverse wireless charging. As the imaging flagship at that time, the Huawei P40 Pro comes with a super-sensing Leica quad-camera. It uses a 50-megapixel main camera + 40-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens + 12-megapixel telephoto lens + 3D deep-sensing lens. On the front, these smartphones come with a 32-megapixel lens.
Huawei P40 Pro
The Huawei P40 Pro comes with a 6.58 inch AMOLED display that supports a resolution of 1200 x 2640 pixels (~441 PPI density). Under the hood, we have a Qualcomm Snapdragon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+) coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB of internal storage. On the rear, it uses a quad camera setup. It has a 50MP main camera, a 40MP (ultrawide), 12MP periscope telephoto, and a ToF 3D sensor. To keep its lights on, this device uses a 4200 mAh battery that supports 40W fast charging, 27W wireless fast charging, and 27W reverse fast reverse wireless charging. This device comes with EMUI 10.1 on top of Android 10 with no Google Play Services.
Huawei P40 Pro+
The Huawei P40 Pro+ comes with Kirin 990 SoC coupled with 8GB of RAM and 256GB/512GB of internal storage. Furthermore, this device uses a 6.58-inch display that supports 1200 x 2640 pixel resolution as well as a 90Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there is a 4,200 mAh battery that supports a 40W fast charge, 40W wireless charging, and 27W reverse wireless charging. The battery department is one of the selling points of this smartphone. As of now, there are not many smartphones with 40W wireless charging capacity in the industry.
Still do not support GMS
Before you fall in love with any of these Huawei devices, please note that support for the 5G network does not mean that it now supports Google Mobile Services. This means that you can not have access to Google Play Store. No Gmail, Google Map, YouTube, nothing. Thus, if you are living outside China, you may want to think about this before you consider this device. Although Huawei has HMS, which is supposed to be an alternative for GMS, it is not quite at GMS’s level and is still lacking some relevant apps. However, if GMS is not a problem, this smartphone has some interesting specs
Huawei Mate 40E, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ with 5G support purchase link
If you are in China or you have access to the Huawei Mall, then you can use the links below to check out these smartphones
- Huawei Mate 40E Pro purchase link: Huawei Mall (7499 yuan)
- Huawei P40 Pro purchase link: Huawei Mall (5988 yuan)
- Huawei P40 Pro+ purchase link: Huawei Mall (7988 yuan)
