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Huawei, Sri Lanka’s number one smartphone brand, recently unveiled its state-of-the art Mate 20 series including the revolutionary Huawei Mate 20 Pro to the Sri Lankan smartphone market.
The Huawei Mate 20 series, powered bythe Kirin 980, world’s first 7nm AI chipset, has been reviewed across the globe as one of the most feature-laden flagship devices presented in 2018. Among Mate 20 series many novelties including the Super Charge feature, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro features ground-breaking improvement on battery life.
The device houses a large, high-density 4200mAh battery, in a body that is less bulky than its competition. To add to its exciting features, both Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro support 40W Huawei SuperChargeTM, which gives the device70% battery in 30 minutes. Resolving the doubts as to what the state of the battery might undergo, after these exceptional speeds, the Huawei SuperCharge adaptor designed with multi-step safety system which is certified by Germany’s TÜV authority.
Commenting on the technology, Huawei Devices Sri Lanka Country Head Peter Liu stated: “Fulfilling Huawei’s constant promise of ‘Born Fast, Stay Fast,’ we are delighted to present Huawei Mate 20 Pro with the record breaking battery power and technology which enables convenience and ease to our users. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is designed to be the best ‘mate’ of consumers, accompanying and empowering them to enjoy a richer, more fulfilled life with higher intelligence.”
Battery life, efficiency and the performance of Mate 20 Pro is equally provided with the embedded technology. The SoC at the core of smartphones has a determining factor in a device’s performance and efficiency. Manufactured with the cutting-edge 7nm AI technology process, the SoC of HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro fits 6.9 billion transistors within a die the size of a fingernail.
Compared to Kirin 970, the latest chipset is equipped with CPU that is 75% more powerful, GPU that is 46% more powerful and NPU that is 226% more powerful. Furthermore, the efficiency of the components has also been elevated: the CPU is 58% more efficient, GPU is 178% more efficient, and the NPU is 182% more efficient.
The Kirin 980 is the world’s first commercial SoC to use the Cortex-A76-based cores. HUAWEI has innovatively designed a three-tier architecture that consists of two ultra-large cores, two large cores and four small cores. This grants the CPU, the flexibility to allocate the optimal amount of resources to heavy, medium and light tasks for unprecedented levels of efficiency, simultaneously improving the performance of the SoC while enhancing the battery life. The Kirin 980 is also the industry’s first SoC to be equipped with Dual-NPU, granting it higher On-Device AI processing capability to support any and all AI applications.
With the entrance of Huawei Mate 20 Series, Huawei is easily crowned top in the fast-charging charts. Not only does the device have a new super-fast 40W fast-charging standard, it also boasts the largest battery among the top flagship smartphones. Merging these two features, the Mate 20 Pro presents itself as the smartphone of dreams, when it comes to battery performance.
The Mate 20 series devices comes with a one year warranty and will be available for consumers at all Huawei Experience Centres with Sri Lanka’s leading smartphone marketer, Singer Sri Lanka PLC ensuring the availability of the Mate 20 series devices island wide. Selected Dialog and Mobitel outlets would also market the new devices with the Huawei Mate 20 priced at Rs. 124,999 and Huawei Mate 20 Pro priced at Rs. 174,999. The designs are available in 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM configuration and Porsche Design Huawei Mate 20 RS with 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM is priced at Rs. 299,999 for customers in Sri Lanka.
In Sri Lanka, Huawei has succeeded in securing the number one position in smartphone sales according to recent GfK reports. In 2018, Huawei was ranked 48 on BrandZ’sTop 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, number 79 in Forbes World’s Most Valuable Brands and number 25 on the Brand Finance Global 500 Most Valuable Brands lists. Huawei has also achieved the No. 68 status on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list in 2018 and ranked No.72 on Fortune 500.
