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Mate 30 hands-on: Flagship experience for less

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<p>MANILA -- The twin phones in the Mate series has always been about paying extra for a flashier design and a few extras versus saving money for an understated version that has the same core.</p><p>The Mate 30 series is P16,000 cheaper than the P50,990 Mate 30 Pro. Add P2,000 and you can buy a Nova 5T, by itself a phone that punches above its price point.</p><p>It&#x27;s easy to dismiss the Mate 30 as a budget-friendlier version, but in our initial hands-on, it&#x27;s shaping up to be a solid flagship on its own, considering the competition.</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-3-slideshow.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-8.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-5.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-6.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/prod-7.jpg"/></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Huawei&#x27;s Mate 30 smartphone.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Huawei&#x27;s Mate 30 comes with a fast charger, earphones and a clear case out of the box.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Huawei Mate 30 Pro (left) and Mate 30 (right) have identical circular camera modules.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Huawei Mate 30 Pro (left) and Mate 30 (right).<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Huawei Mate 30 Pro (left) and Mate 30 (right).<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The Huawei Mate 30 Pro (left) has a bigger notch than the Mate 30 (right), because of its face unlock technology.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The &quot;horizon&quot; display on the Mate 30 Pro wraps around the sides of the device, compared to the flat panel on the Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>The &quot;horizon&quot; display on the Mate 30 Pro wraps around the sides of the device, compared to the flat panel on the Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div><p>The Mate 30 has a 6.67 inch Full HD 2340 x 1080 display. The screen is flat (which I prefer), unlike the ultra-curved &quot;horizon&quot; panel on the Mate 30 Pro, which is slightly smaller at 6.53 inches. It is bright and sharp, typical of Huawei OLEDs.</p><p>The biggest upgrade to the non-pro Mate this year is wireless charging, fast wireless charging at that. Freedom from cords that break is a convenience you wouldn&#x27;t miss unless you use it everyday.</p><p>The Mate 30 has a 4,200 mAh cell, compared to 4,500 on mAh Pro. Both phones had enough juice for a day of heavy use well into the night. It helps that the screens don&#x27;t max out at quad HD, which will require more power.</p><p>Like the Mate 30 Pro, the Mate 30 runs on Huawei&#x27;s Kirin 990 processor and ships with EMUI 10, the phone-maker&#x27;s zippiest interface yet.</p><p>The Mate 30 has 3 cameras, while the circular &quot;halo ring&quot; design will make it appear like it has 4 Leica shooters. It has a 40MP main camera at f/1.8 aperture, a 16MP ultra wide with f/2.2 and a 8MP telephoto with f/2.4 and OIS. The Mate 30 Pro has a fourth, depth-sensing camera.</p><p>The Mate 30 cameras also like the &quot;cine&quot; branding of its more expensive sibling, while both are &quot;super sensing.&quot; We will tell the difference between the two in future tests. Here are some test shots:</p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/test-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/test-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/test-3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/test-4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/11/13/test-5.jpg"/></div></div><div class="slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>A test shot using the Huawei Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A test shot using the Huawei Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A test shot using the Huawei Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A test shot using the Huawei Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A test shot using the Huawei Mate 30.<cite>ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div><p>Huawei&#x27;s Mate 30 runs Android 10 and like the Mate 30 Pro, doesn&#x27;t come with the Google Play Store out of the box. It retails for P34,990.</p><p>Consider late 2019 flagships that are marketed as budget-friendlier versions: The Galaxy Note 10 sells for P53,990 while the iPhone 11 starts at P47,990. The OnePlus 7T is cheaper at P32,990.</p>

<p>The Mate 30 series is P16,000 cheaper than the P50,990 Mate 30 Pro. Add P2,000 and you can buy a Nova 5T, by itself a phone that punches above its price point.</p>

The Mate 30 series is P16,000 cheaper than the P50,990 Mate 30 Pro. Add P2,000 and you can buy a Nova 5T, by itself a phone that punches above its price point.