In Camera
The Mate Xs maintain’s Huawei’s legacy of pushing the boundaries of mobile phone photography. A SuperSensing Leica Quad Camera system is fitted into a vertical array along the sidebar of the handset bar. It features a 40MP main camera (wide-angle, f/1.8), 16MP ultra-wide angle lens (f/2.2), 8MP telephoto lens (f/2.4, OIS) and a 3D Depth Sensing Camera. It incorporates OIS and AI Image Stabilisation and up to 30X hybrid zoom, supporting up to ISO 204800 for low light photography.
The Xs reinvents the selfie, allowing the user to draw on the quad-camera system by simply reversing the handset, and using the secondary screen for selfie shots. The subject and photographer can both see what is in focus, and thus collaborate on carefully set up shots.
Mate Xs processor specs
The Mate Xs will be the first true opportunity for Huawei to demonstrate its independence from American technology, as it will showcase the Kirin 990 5G chipset – its most advanced yet. The System on Chip (SoC) includes an octa-core processor comprising two “super-sized” custom Cortex-A76 cores, two large custom Cortex-A76 cores and four small Cortex-A55 cores, running at a base clock speed of 2.86GHz, according to Huawei.
The SoC includes an integrated 5G modem, which also supports 2G, 3G, 4G, and several flavours of 5G. Huawei says it supports the full 5G spectrum, as well as 5G+4G Dual SIM Dual Standby.
Graphics are handled by a separate 16-core Mali-G76 graphics processing unit (GPU), the most powerful yet on a Huawei handsets. A Neural Processing Unit, built on Huawei’s Da Vinci architecture – a new artificial intelligence (AI) design – will handle AI demands.
It’s hard to comment, at first touch, on the experience that such power delivers. But there is no questioning the beauty of the device. It places Huawei at the forefront of foldable technology, as well as in a leadership position for integrating next generation handset technology into the current generation of devices.
* The Huawei Mate Xs will be available in Europe at a recommended retail price of €2,499. This will translate in South Africa into around R45,000, but it will be available primarily on contract, from MTN and Vodacom. Pricing is still under discussion.
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