Huawei Mate, formally Huawei Ascend Mate, is a series of
high-end
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HarmonyOS
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-powered (
Android-based prior to the
trade war
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sanction
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)
smartphones
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produced by
Huawei
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, and is one of their
flagship product
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s along with the
Pura series.
Under the company's current hardware release cadence, the Pura series phones are typically directed towards mainstream consumers as the company's flagship smartphones, refining and expanding upon technologies introduced in Mate series devices (which are typically positioned towards
early adopter
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History
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s). From 2016 until 2021, Huawei was in a co-engineering partnership with the German manufacturer
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, whose lenses were used on the Mate series
camera
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s. They have since been replaced with Huawei's in-house XMAGE imaging brand.
Phones
Huawei Ascend Mate
The Huawei Ascend Mate smartphone was announced in 2013 at
CES. It was released in
China
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in February 2013; its international release was in March 2013.
* Display: 6.1-inch IPS display with 720×1280 pixel resolution
* RAM: 1 or 2 GB
* Battery: 4050 mAh
Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G
Huawei announced the Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G smartphone at CES in 2014.
* Display: 6.1-inch display with 720×1280 pixel resolution
* Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Released September 2014
* Display: 6.0 inches, 1080 × 1920 pixels
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 925
Huawei Mate S
Huawei announced the Huawei Mate S smartphone on September 2, 2015 at
IFA
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in
Berlin
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.
* Display: 5.5-inch display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 935
* RAM: 3 GB
* Battery: 2700 mAh
Huawei Mate 8
Released on 26 November 2015 in
China
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and globally Q1 2016.
* Display: 6.0-inch display with 1080×1920 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 950
* Ram: 4 GB
Huawei Mate 9
Released December 2016
* Display: 5.9-inch display IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 960
* Ram: 4 GB
Huawei Mate 10
Released November 2024
* Display: 69-inch display with 1440 × 2160 pixels
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 970
* Ram: 6 GB
Huawei Mate SE
Huawei launched the Huawei Mate SE in the
United States
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on March 6, 2018. It is an essentially a rebranded version of the international Honor 7X, as the Honor 7X smartphone that had previously been released in the United States was different from the international version.
* Display: 5.93-inch display with 1080×2160 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 659
* Storage: 64 GB (expandable)
* RAM: 4 GB
* Battery: 3340 mAh
* Colors: Gray or Gold
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei announced three phones in the Huawei Mate 20 series, the Huawei Mate 20, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and Huawei Mate 20 X at an event in
London
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,
England
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on October 16, 2018, after announcing the cheaper Huawei Mate 20 lite in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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on August 31, 2018.
Huawei Mate X
The Mate X is Huawei's first foldable device. The phone offers an 8-inch OLED display that folds outwards, with a wraparound design. While folded, there is a 6.6-inch screen on the front and a 6.38-inch screen on the back.
Huawei Mate X2
The Huawei Mate X2 successor was unveiled on 22 February 2021, and do not feature
Google services
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Web-based products ...
.
Huawei Mate Xs 2
The Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone was unveiled on 22 April 2022 which features the new
HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS (HMOS) ( zh, s=鸿蒙, p=Hóngméng, tr=Vast Mist) is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, smart TVs, smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microk ...
2.0 operating system.
Huawei Mate 30
The Huawei Mate 30 and Pro versions were unveiled on 19 September 2019 in
Munich
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,
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and released on 26 September 2019 in
China
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. They are the first models that could be released without pre-installed
Google apps
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because of
US sanctions.
Huawei Mate 40
The Huawei Mate 40 and Pro versions were unveiled on 22 October 2020, and do not feature
Google services
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Web-based products ...
. The Chinese variant featured the operating system HarmonyOS 2.0, marking the start of HarmonyOS as an operating system in the Mate series.
Huawei Mate 50
The Huawei Mate 50, 50E and 50 Pro and 50 RS, the first phones in Mate Series with Huawei's in-house XMAGE imaging were unveiled on 6 September 2022 which features the new
HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS (HMOS) ( zh, s=鸿蒙, p=Hóngméng, tr=Vast Mist) is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, smart TVs, smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microk ...
3.0 operating system.
Huawei Mate 60
The Huawei Mate 60 series was officially launched on August 29, 2023,
equipped with the HarmonyOS 4.0 operating system.
The promotion emphasizes its ability to carry out satellite telephony through the
Tiantong system,
and the ability to send and receive short messages through the
Beidou system.
According to third-party technical dismantling and analysis, this model is equipped with the Kirin 9000S
SoC chipset developed by
HiSilicon
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, which is a
7nm process chip. According to analysis this chip may have been produced by
SMIC. The launch of the phone garnered significant attention, and was widely touted as a victory against US government sanctions intended to stop Chinese companies from producing or obtaining advanced chips. Huawei's breakthrough raised concerns within the US government that technological restrictions alone were unable to prevent Huawei from obtaining advanced chips: the
U.S. Department of Commerce
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launched an investigation into the situation at the end of 2023.
Huawei Mate XT
The Huawei Mate XT, also known as Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design, is the world's first double-folding, or tri-fold,
foldable smartphone
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. It was announced on September 10, 2024, and made available for pre-order in
China
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the same day. It released in China on September 20, 2024, with a planned Q1 2025 global release.
Huawei Mate 70
The Huawei Mate 70 series was released on 26 November 2024.
Tablets
Huawei MatePad Pro
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Google services
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just like many of the company's other recently released devices but still retains
Android 10
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as the source code for
EMUI 10.1. The tablet received mainly positive reviews from critics but was criticised for its camera and lack of a wide variety of apps.
Huawei MatePad
The Huawei MatePad was announced on 23 April 2020 and was officially released on 28 April 2020. It is one of Huawei's devices to feature no
Google services
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just like many of the company's other recently released devices but still retains
Android 10
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as the source code for
EMUI 10.1.
Huawei MatePad 11
The Huawei MatePad 11 was announced June 2, 2021 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 2 launch and it was officially released on July 13, 2021. It is one of Huawei's first tablet devices to have HarmonyOS 2 pre-installed globally.
Huawei MatePad Pro
The Huawei MatePad Pro 2021 line of 10.8 and 12.6-inch tablets was announced on June 2, 2021 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 2 launch and it was officially released on June 25, 2021 globally which marks the world's first tablets to have HarmonyOS pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad SE
The Huawei MatePad SE was announced on April 28, 2022 and was officially released May 10, 2022 globally with HarmonyOS 2 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad
The Huawei MatePad 10.4 2022 model was announced on May 13, 2022 which was released on the same day globally with
Android 10
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as the source code for
EMUI
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Instead of Google Mobile Services, EMUI devices have ...
10.1 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad Pro 11
The Huawei MatePad Pro 11 was announced on July 27, 2022 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 3 launch and was released August 10, 2022 globally with HarmonyOS 3 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad C5e
The Huawei MatePad C5e was announced on October 19, 2022 with Android 10 based EMUI and was released November 2022 with Android 10 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad 11 (2023)
Huawei MatePad 11 (2023) model came with HarmonyOS 3.1 on March 31, 2023 and PaperMatte Edition in November 2023.
Huawei MatePad Air
Huawei MatePad Air model announced May 18, 2023 and released July 22, 2023, preinstalled with HarmonyOS 3.1. Alongside PaperMatte Edition on December 13, 2023 in European markets.
Huawei MatePad 11.5
Huawei MatePad 11.5 model announced May 18, 2023 and released July 22, 2023 preinstalled with HarmonyOS 3.1.
Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2
The Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 was announced and released on September 25, 2023 during Huawei's Autumn New Product Launch Conference with
HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS (HMOS) ( zh, s=鸿蒙, p=Hóngméng, tr=Vast Mist) is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei for smartphones, tablet computer, tablets, smart TVs, smart watches, personal computers and other smart devices. It has a microk ...
4 pre-installed with Kirin 9000 W Wi-Fi only variant of Kirin 9000s.
On April 8, 2024, Huawei expanded the MatePad Pro 13.2-inch tablet line with a SIM card version on a SKU model called Collector's Edition with Kirin 9000s in black colour via Huawei VMALL in China.
On May 8, 2024, the company revealed poster for new colour variant expansion in China with MatePad Pro 13.2 tablet line that comes with GoPaint application pre-installed ahead of event on May 15, 2024.
Huawei MatePad 11.5 S
The Huawei MatePad 11.5 S was announced on May 7, 2024 for later release in the same month during Huawei's Innovative Product Launch in Dubai that comes with GoPaint pre-installed with HarmonyOS 4.2 software, Papermatte Edition in global markets.
See also
*
Huawei MateBook
*
Huawei Pura series
*
Huawei MateStation
References
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