Back in May, both EE and Vodafone pulled Huawei’s phones from their 5G network launch. Both companies had planned to offer the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G as part of their 5G launch, but decided to “pause” this because of “uncertainty” regarding Google having the ability to provide future versions of its Android system to Huawei.
A knee-jerk reaction, and the 5G device soon became available on O2 and Sky Mobile networks, who have yet to launch their 5G networks.
EE quietly opened pre-orders for the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Thursday, and Vodafone, with little fanfare, has now followed suit.
The 5G phone is available to order on 5G plans ranging from £68 per month with £29 upfront to £81 per month with £29 upfront cost. Vodafone’s 5G plans have no limits, while you have a a choice of data limits on 5g ready plans.
The Huawei Mate 20 X 5G is essentially a 5G-enabled version of the Mate 20 X that the Chinese company launched in October.
Aside from its whopping 7.2-inch display, it’s packing Huawei’s Kirin 980 processor, a huge 4,200mAh battery and a triple camera array on the back, consisting of standard zoom, telephoto zoom and super wide angle.
Powered by the same 7nm Kirin 980 chip as its current flagships, Mate 20 X 5G uses the Balong 5000 chipset to enable the next-generation mobile connectivity. It also supports previous-gen networks – everything from 2G up to 5G – and Huawei claims switching between these networks is possible with lower latency and reduced power consumption.
It has a lower-capacity 4,200mAh battery than the 5,000mAh pack inside the regular Mate 20 X, but supports 40W SuperCharge for faster charging and has an AI-powered optimisation mode for regulating power consumption in the background.
The 5G Mate 20 X also features an advanced cooling solution with a vapour chamber and graphene heat pipes, known as SuperCool. This will help keep things cool when streaming 4K video and intensive games.
Other specifications are largely similar to that of the standard Mate 20 X, which is a larger version of the Mate 20 with a 7.2in FullView (2244×1080) IPS display and the addition of a headphone jack, but the loss of wireless charging and waterproofing. It has the same core hardware and triple-lens (40Mp + 20Mp + 8Mp) rear camera.
Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Specs
| COLOUR | Emerald Green |
| DISPLAY | Screen Size: 7.2 inches Screen Colour: 16.7 million colours Colour Gamut: Wide Colour Gamut(DCI-P3) Screen Type: OLED Resolution: FHD+ 1080 x 2244 |
| PROCESSOR | CPU Model: Huawei Kirin 980 + Balong 5000 CPU Frequency: 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 2.6 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 Based 1.92 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | EMUI 9.1 (Based on Android 9) |
| MEMORY | 8 GB RAM + 256 GB ROM NM card: support up to 256 GB |
| CAMERA | Rear Camera: Leica Triple Camera: 40 MP (Wide Angle Lens, f/1.8 aperture) + 20 MP (Ultra Wide Angle Lens, f/2.2 aperture) + 8 MP (Telephoto, f/2.4 aperture), supports autofocus (laser focus, phase focus, contrast focus), supports AIS (Huawei AI Image Stabilisation).Front Camera: 24 MP, f/2.0 aperture, supports fixed focal length. *The photo pixels may vary depending on the shooting mode. |
| BATTERY | 4200 mAh (Typical Value) |
| CHARGING | HUAWEI SuperCharge (Max 40 W) |
| NETWORK: | Primary SIM card: 5G NR: N77 / N78 / N79 4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 / B32 3G WCDMA: B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 (Japan) / B8 / B19 (Japan); 2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)Secondary SIM card: 4G LTE TDD: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 4G LTE FDD: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 2G GSM: B2 / B3 / B5 / B8 (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) |
| CONNECTIVITY | WLAN: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Bluetooth: BT 5.0, BLE, SBC, AAC, LDAC and HWA Audio are supported. Type-C, USB 3.1 GEN1 Type-C earjack PC Data Synchronisation |
| LOCATION | Support GPS (L1 + L5 dual band) / AGPS / Glonass / BeiDou / Galileo (E1 + E5a dual band) / QZSS (L1 + L5 dual band) |
| NFC | Read Write mode / Peer to Peer mode / Card Emulation mode (payment by *SIM card, or HCE) is supported. *SIM card only support SIM 1 slot. |
| SENSORS | Gravity Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Proximity Sensor Gyroscope Compass Fingerprint Sensor, Hall sensor, laser sensor, Barometer, Infrared sensor, Colour temprature sensor |
| AUDIO | Audio File Format: *.mp3, *.mp4, *.3gp, *.ogg, *.amr, *.aac, *.flac, *.wav, *.midi Audio Codec: MP3, MIDI, AMR-NB, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-WB, PCM, OGG, FLAC, LDAC, HWA, AC-3, eAC-3, AC-4 |
| VIDEO | Video File Format: *.3gp, *.mp4 Video Codec: Supports 4K, H.264, H.263, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, Xvid, VP8, VP9 |
