Huawei Mate 40e Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Huawei Mate 40e - flagship, cut in functionality

The relevance of smartphones of the Chinese company Huawei is gradually decreasing. Unfortunately, the corporation was never able to compensate for the loss of Google services. A number of applications work unstable due to this fact, some programs simply cannot be found in the developer's branded store. The flagship segment has been hit particularly hard by the decline in sales. And even the cheaper hero of today's review is unlikely to make the manufacturer's products more popular.

The appearance of the novelty copies that of its predecessors. Only the colors of the glass back panels have changed, the very original circular design of the triple camera, the frameless screen with a 13-megapixel selfie camera in the upper left corner and the metal edging remained in place. The 6.5-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2376 x 1080 pixels has everything you need to please the discerning buyer. The visibility of a bright and contrasting picture is excellent even on a sunny day, the built-in fingerprint sensor and the image refresh rate of 90 hertz have a positive effect on the perception of the AMOLED panel.

Technical characteristics in the face of the Kirin 990E processor, 6GB / 8GB / 12GB of RAM and the Mali G76MP14 video adapter provide almost top-end performance, but they are not devoid of heating the case and unpleasant, albeit insignificant, throttling. The amount of internal storage, depending on the version of the phablet, varies from 128 to 512GB . Expanding the ROM with MicroSD cards will not work due to the lack of such a slot.

The main 50, 16 and 8-megapixel cameras with optical stabilization and sophisticated software cope amazingly with shooting in almost any light. Detail is great, blurry frames will be extremely rare, and most photos will not be spoiled by unnecessary noise. Stereo speakers , NFC and an infrared port for controlling household appliances are other reasons to take a closer look at the gadget, but without Google services, for example, some Android applications for contactless payments will not function. As a result, the device does not upset with the price-quality ratio, however, the above disadvantages will still be critical for many people.