When the Mate 40 was introduced final month by Huawei, I used to be stunned that the cellphone didn’t have help for wi-fi charging seeing as its predecessor, the Mate 30, helps 27W quick wi-fi charging. The frustration prompted me to put in writing a particular submit centered on the lacking characteristic and why Huawei must cease distinguishing fashions of the identical collection with options corresponding to wi-fi charging and IP score.
Huawei lately reached out to us to inform us that the Mate 40 does help wi-fi charging, and never simply any however 40W quick wi-fi charging and reverse wi-fi charging. Whereas not as quick because the 50W quick wi-fi charging of its siblings, it’s a vital improve over final yr’s personal.
Positive, it’s excellent news to know the cellphone helps wi-fi charging however that wasn’t the case at launch. Huawei didn’t state that the Mate 40 has help for wi-fi charging when the cellphone was introduced and we weren’t the one ones that talked about the characteristic was lacking. Different websites corresponding to The Verge and GSMArena additionally said in their launch posts that the cellphone doesn’t have the characteristic.
We found that Huawei appears to have up to date its websites lately to replicate that the Mate 40 helps wi-fi charging. The web archive website, The Wayback Machine, exhibits that as of October, the Mate 40 web page on the official Huawei China web site doesn’t point out help for wi-fi charging however while you verify the location now, it’s said that it helps “40 W Huawei wi-fi super-fast charging and reverse wi-fi charging”.
Bizarre as it might sound, it appears Huawei simply “added” help for wi-fi charging to the system. That’s attainable contemplating the Mate 40 doesn’t go on sale till December 21 which suggests manufacturing might need begun after the announcement, permitting for the characteristic to be added. That’s the solely believable rationalization. Nonetheless, we’re glad the Mate 40 has wi-fi charging now and that makes its €899 price ticket extra acceptable.
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