I actually just like the Mate sequence and I look ahead to the launch of latest fashions yearly. Huawei by no means misses the prospect to announce new and spectacular options and this yr’s Mate 40 sequence isn’t any totally different. Nonetheless, the usual Mate 40 disappoints in two areas – lack of wi-fi charging assist and a low IP ranking.
Wi-fi Charging
The Mate 40 doesn’t have assist for wi-fi charging which may be very stunning since its predecessor, the Mate 30 (and Mate 30 5G), has assist for not simply wi-fi charging however 27W quick wi-fi charging, placing to disgrace the wi-fi charging on iPhones and Samsung flagships. The telephone even has assist for reverse wi-fi charging. So why did Huawei launch the Mate 40 with out assist for wi-fi charging? We do not know why however it will likely be laborious to justify. What’s worse is that Huawei didn’t cease there.
When Huawei introduced the P30 sequence, the usual P30 mannequin didn’t have assist for wi-fi charging however Huawei introduced a case that you can slap on the telephone that lets you wirelessly cost it at 10W. The usual Huawei P40 additionally has a case that lets you cost the telephone wirelessly at 22.5W.
Is there a wi-fi charging case for the Mate 40? No there isn’t. We additionally checked Huawei’s China website which has a distinct set of circumstances from these introduced globally however there isn’t one there too.
Wi-fi charging shouldn’t be a distinguishing function between normal and professional fashions
It’s disappointing that the Mate 40 prices €899, which is much from a flagship killer worth, and doesn’t have wi-fi charging. If anybody is paying this a lot for a telephone, this can be a function that must be normal on such a tool. That is 2020 and distinguishing professional and normal fashions of a flagship sequence with a function equivalent to wi-fi charging ought to cease.
All of Samsung’s Galaxy S20 telephones have wi-fi charging together with the Galaxy S20 FE. Even the Galaxy S10e launched final yr has wi-fi charging. Apple additionally doesn’t use wi-fi charging as a distinguishing issue between professional and normal fashions. The iPhone XR helps wi-fi charging and so do the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 12 Mini.
IP Score
Wi-fi charging will not be the one function Huawei makes use of to tell apart between normal and professional fashions of its telephones. The IP ranking is one other function. Whereas Professional fashions have an IP67/IP68 ranking, normal fashions have an IP53 ranking. That is the case with the Mate 40.
Not like Huawei, Samsung and Apple launch their telephones with the identical or very shut IP scores. All fashions of the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S20 have the identical IP ranking. The identical applies to all of the fashions of the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 sequence.
The present state of affairs can nonetheless be partly saved
Huawei can nonetheless announce a wi-fi charging case for the Mate 40. Although we gained’t deny that paying further for a function an €899 telephone ought to have isn’t annoying. Nonetheless, it’s excessive time it makes wi-fi charging assist and IP ranking uniform amongst fashions.
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