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

Huawei Mate V - new technologies become more accessible

The numerous financial problems of the Chinese company Huawei did not diminish its desire to remain in the top five leaders in the smartphone market. The manufacturer still pleases its loyal fans with many interesting phones, among which there are really technological and competitive solutions. One of these products is the hero of today's review, capable of offering an innovative form factor at a fairly reasonable price tag.

The appearance of the novelty in a matter of seconds will attract the attention of others. When closed, an incredibly compact gadget with an additional 1.35-inch AMOLED display appears in front of us, which displays information such as time, missed calls, messages, the name of the launched music track and much more. But once you unfold the device, you will see a superb bezel -less 6.8-inch AMOLED screen with high resolution of 2636 x 1080 pixels with a refresh rate of 120 hertz . Excellent brightness and contrast, minimizing the harmful PWM effect on the eyes and an oleophobic protective film layer. Under the latter, instead of glass, there is plastic, unfortunately, there are no other options for clamshell smartphones yet.

The technical characteristics are quite flagship. The Kirin 9000 processor and the Mali G78-MC24 video adapter (there are also versions with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and Adreno 660) are combined with 8GB / 12GB of RAM , they are enough for maximum graphics presets in the most demanding games, but you need to understand that the passive cooling system is not the most efficient , throttling is still present. After an hour or two of gameplay, jerks and noticeable heating are visible. At the same time, even from a 4000mAh battery, the phablet works stable for a day and a half. Fast charging at 65W in just 25 minutes will allow you to reach 100% battery capacity. One cup of coffee and the mobile assistant is already charged.

Not forgotten by the developers and photo opportunities. 50-, 12- and 5-megapixel photo modules are topped by a wonderful Sony IMX700 sensor with hybrid stabilization, which allows you not to worry about the quality of photos and videos even in the evening. Smudged objects are rare, the amount of noise is difficult to consider significant, the color rendition is very natural. The stereo sound is loud and rich, from other advantages we note support for contactless payment NFC , from the disadvantages - the fragility of the AMOLED panel coating and the general design of the device, which is clearly inferior to ordinary monoblocks. But if you are ready to carefully handle the considered device, then it will give extremely positive emotions.