Huawei Mate 20

amazon Huawei Mate 20 reviews

Design

Compared to the Mate 10 years ago, the Mate 20 has changed, and this ‘makeover’ also includes following the current trends of smartphones with glass backs.

But instead of creating shiny glass, Huawei went in the direction of bettering the user’s grip and changing it slightly to increase the experience.

The Mate 20’s glass is quite special because it is a blend of glass material (integrated feature) and coating (experience) to balance what users need, with normal glass will always be. The feeling is a bit squeaky and easy to stick to, although it is hard to get away with the background of the glass to create many different effects; once it is fingerprinted, its aesthetics are no longer available.

But Huawei’s glass has been treated to minimize fingerprint ‘smear.’ However, it still sticks to the glass and is also dirty; it is difficult to notice, in part because the glass background on the back is covered with texture stripes. It’s hard to describe, but this layer creates a light effect running along the back, which most manufacturers currently aim for. Still, it combines color, and it helps to hide the fingerprints dirty the machine, helping it hide and be unrecognizable.

The back is also a camera cluster with ‘4 holes’ including three cameras and 1 LED Flash; next to it is a one-touch fingerprint sensor. Inspired by the lights of supercars, installed side by side to create four positions into a square, although a bit weird, there will be many devices with many built-in cameras and their arrangement shortly like this square will not only have Huawei. It will do for the brand with the first product to dare to ‘add’ in the same place.

In terms of size, it is really large, up to 6.53 inches, but it is very compact and gives the impression that every phone that removes the selfie camera and uses a sliding mechanism like Mi Mix 3 or Oppo Find X.

Maybe some users will not like smartphones that have notches, but the good thing is that the screen size is large and the usable space is too large, so it helps users forget what is on the phone only usually look and the middle and bottom are more.

Along with that, the screen border is very thin, amazing, giving a great advantage that when the user displays something, for example, playing a video takes up only 2/5 of the screen but is in the middle, accept the fact that the non-OLED panel has good black visibility. Still, it has a display space that overflows the border makes you no longer notice the absolute black but the whole picture. The surrounding will be ‘in the same color’ and highlight the content, with the non-uniform display completely increasing the experience of the overflow screen; it is a great plus on the Mate 20, an overflow screen borders have many meanings.

But besides that, also consider that users will not like it but want to turn it off, then this notch will be hidden by turning it to black and white text for all content displayed on it.

Another plus point of the Mate 20 is that it still retains the 3.5mm jack; However, other brands are gradually leaving, the retention brings more positive points, and the top edge still integrates an infrared sensor to control home appliances.

The edge and backside will be the place to place the SIM and memory card slots (normal memory cards, Huawei’s NM memory cards will be on the Mate 20 Pro version). The right side is where the volume keys and the power key are located, highlighted in red on the blue background of the device.

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User experience

In short, it can be said: fast – smooth – smart – convenient – good camera – very good battery.

It would be a mistake not to be equipped with a swipe gesture feature with an edge-to-edge screen and even’ rabbit ears.’ Huawei has succeeded in bringing a perfect swiping experience on Mate. This gesture is somewhat similar to Xiaomi’s way of doing it. In the current Android world, it can be said that Huawei and Xiaomi are currently doing the best thing about this swipe gesture.

Along with that is the EMUI 9 platform on top of Android 9 that brings smart features that only Huawei has, such as Huawei Share, creating a connection between phone and computer using the same network, Huawei Beam. Recently, Huawei also integrated a ‘Digital Balance’ feature with many similarities with ‘Screen Time’ on iOS 12, helping users manage their usage time in detail and clearly. Furthermore, it provides warnings in case of continuous use.

Strangely, it is familiar that the HiTouch feature is somewhat similar to Samsung’s Bixby but has more support, automatically recognizing or specifying identification and searching for products on e-commerce sites in Vietnam. The half-hearted type is only recognizable, but there’s nothing more that can be done.

HiCare is a ‘center’ to handle phone problems that users can find solutions through the application when encountering problems on the device. Indeed, with EMUI, there are many other things little things’ but very good and great for users that you can see when you experience the product.

As for the camera, with four cameras for both front and back, users will have more feature options in Mate 20, such as 0.6x wide-angle photography or 10x superzoom photography, and an interesting small feature. The other is a macro that allows focusing on objects at super close distances.

The modes integrated on Mate 20 include Aperture, Night shooting, Portrait, Photo, Professional (customizable ISO 50-3200 parameters, 1/4000 – 30s speed, and dozens of other features that users can download on the device’s native camera application.)

Using the actual camera on Huawei Mate 20 for fast focus and good colors, the camera’s mechanism is that it often pushes the ISO up high for low-light conditions and re-balances the area light and dark when there is a lot of difference or the image is overexposed. The algorithm heavily processes night photos to reduce noise and make the image clearer, but switching to night mode makes very little difference with a loss of detail. At a glance, the image may not be able to see any difference. Still, reduce the shutter speed on the camera and hold your hand steady. The image will significantly increase the quality (features right on Night mode without switching to Professional).

The photo above is a good example. Mate 20 is still basically a phone, so the speed is still a priority, so it will still prioritize making the overall picture better. Users can see details in the dark areas, see the sharpness of the houses in the windows. If you need a better shot, consider reducing the shutter speed right on the Shutter mode night to bring detail, but just right, or you will encounter a situation that is too slow and moving objects will be blurred.

That’s the story of shooting in a low-light environment. However, about enough light, the machine handles well and gives high quality. Sometimes it’s still a ‘fake’ phenomenon that looks unreal but rarely happens, with food photography still a good choice on Mate 20, extremely flattering and showing the greasy, fresh luster of vegetables…

In terms of configuration and battery, Mate 20 is balanced simultaneously; that is, the user has excellent performances and a super-buffalo duration. The bonus is the ability to charge super fast; with included in the box, Huawei can do this.

LARGE SCREEN, POWERFUL, HIGH BATTERY LIFE – HUAWEI MATE 20

By using the Kirin 980 chip, which is more powerful than the Snapdragon 845 at the moment (thanks in part to the 7nm process), it has both high performance and the ability to save battery effectively, handle daily tasks deliciously. Experience on Mate 20 is smooth, possibly the smoothest on current Android devices, with very few fast styles, but stalling when doing something heavy is often found on Android devices.

The battery life on Mate 20 is also really good and gives the ability to be onscreen for up to 8-9 hours of continuous use, even with a large screen and high resolution. I use it intermittently when playing 4-5 rounds of Arena of valor. Then Youtube, Facebook, Messenger, after a day, the battery capacity is still usually over 50% if you only use it for playing games, which is one of the tasks that consume a lot of battery. At best, the inclusion of a fast charger will solve the problem; just 30 minutes is enough for you to fight for a decent amount of time, at least two more hours.

To summarize, so with Huawei Mate 20, users will have:

– Beautiful design

– ‘giant’ screen for a great experience

– Good grip feeling, the back is very nice

– Good camera for many use situations such as wide/narrow/macro

– Smart software, many useful features

– Optimized user experience

– Powerful configuration

– Great price for what it brings