The Mate 20 sticks with the same battery as per the Mate 10, at 4000mAh. The Lite is a little less, but as we found in our review of the device it's still ultra long-lasting. All three Mate devices have glass finishes. For the Mate 20 and Pro this opens the door to Qi wireless charging.
As for security, there's a fingerprint scanner on the rear of the phone, or you can use the dual selfie cameras for face unlock, which will now work no matter what angle you hold the phone at, meaning you can use face unlock in landscape mode.
Yes, there's a headphone jack, we know how much it means to many of you. Also here is the mono loudspeaker. The Huawei Mate 20 Lite features a 6.3" display with 1,080 x 2,340px resolution. It's an IPS panel and it does have a notch, which can be hidden (personal preference).
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite is made of metal and glass with a premium curved edge design. The main focus of the front is the display notch which houses two cameras, an earpiece, and other sensors. The Mate 20 Lite has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, however, so it's not underpowered by any means.
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro has a 6.53-inch display, while the Mate 30 has a 6.62-inch display. It isn't just the size that differs though. The Mate 30 Pro has a waterfall display - or Horizon Display as Huawei calls it - which sees the screen transcend down the edges of the metal frame.
Huawei Mate 20 Lite is powered by a 2.2GHz octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor. Huawei Mate 20 Lite based on Android 8.1 and packs 64GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB). The Huawei Mate 20 Lite is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone.
Superphones are the new smartphone and Lite smartphones are the new dumb phone. So basically, Lite devices are budget smartphones paired with budget data plans for the light user. A little data goes a long way when it comes to things like email, but YouTube would eat through a Lite user's plan like a swarm of locusts.
Huawei Mate 20 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro are official – Triple-Cameras, In-Display Fingerprint Sensor, Reversible Wireless Charging.
Best Huawei phones
- Huawei P30 Pro. The P30 Pro is the best Huawei phone you can buy right now.
- Huawei Mate 20 Pro. An outstanding all-round handset.
- Huawei P30. Another top Huawei phone.
- Huawei P20 Pro. A real pro for photography.
- Huawei Mate 20 X.
- Huawei Mate 20.
- Huawei Mate 10 Pro.
- Huawei P20.
Huawei Mate 20 Lite – Camera. The Mate 20 Lite does manage to claw back some credibility with its cameras, which are higher-end than those that feature in the Honor Play. The 20-megapixel sensor on the rear is joined by a 2-megapixel secondary camera for shallow aperture style shots, where the background is blurry.
The Huawei Mate 20 distills much of what makes the Mate 20 Pro an excellent phone into something that's different, though not necessarily inferior. It costs less, offers more screen and has a headphone jack. If you crave the cutting-edge bells and whistles the Pro packs, then look elsewhere.
The HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro also supports industry-leading 15W HUAWEI Wireless Quick Charge. The HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro introduces a ground-breaking wireless reverse charging technology, which enables the smartphone itself to work as a power bank for other devices.
In real-world use, the Mate 20 Pro lasted a day and then some. In light use, we would end up with around 55 to 65 percent still left.
