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Introduction
Huawei has been great at bringing the premium features from its flagships to its mid-rangers. The Huawei Mate 20 Lite is practically dripping with AI functions and assists, most of which are photography-related.
No, you didn't miss anything, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are not official yet. The Lite phones blaze a path before their premium counterparts launch, giving us a taste of the latest design at a more affordable price point.
One of the first things you may notice is that the notch is wider. That's due to the extra camera on there, a 2MP depth sensor, which assists the 24MP selfie camera. It helps with face unlock, 3D portrait lighting and even the 3D Qmoji.
The Mate 20 Lite story really is a marriage of AI and photography. Okay, many think of AI as a gimmick (and it often is), but Huawei has enabled some really useful features like smart search. For example, type in "2017 sea sunrise" and the gallery will find the relevant images. Yes, Google Photos does this, but not everyone wants to use Google services for everything.
Before we go on, here's a quick rundown of the Lite's specifications.
Huawei Mate 20 Lite at a glance
- Body: 7.6mm thick, 175g; glass
- Display: 6.3" IPS LCD, 1,080 x 2,340px, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 409ppi
- Rear camera: Primary 20MP, f/1.8 aperture; Secondary 2MP depth sensor
- Front camera: Primary 24MP, f/2.0 fixed focus lens; Secondary 2MP depth sensor
- OS/Software: EMUI 8.2 on top of Android Oreo
- Chipset: Kirin 710: octa-core CPU (2x2.2GHz Cortex-A73 + 2x1.7GHz Cortex-A53); Mali-G51 MP4 GPU
- Memory: 6GB of RAM; 64GB storage; microSD card slot (hybrid)
- Battery: 3,750mAh (sealed), fast charging
- Connectivity: dual SIM; Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2; USB-C, 3.5mm jack
- Misc: Histen 5.0; dual microphones (noise reduction)
Hardware
The design of the Huawei Mate 20 Lite clearly marks it as a successor to the Mate 10 line. The dual camera and the fingerprint reader on the back are arranged in a vertical line, unlike the P20 phones where the cams were tucked in the corner.
The sides of the phone are noticeably curved, which is a boon for ergonomics. The body is almost entirely covered in glass. It's slim (7.6mm) and quite light (172g) for a phone of this size.
The Mate design has been updated with curved sides on the back
That didn't stop Huawei from fitting a 3,750mAh battery inside, which promises great endurance with the 12nm chipset. Up to 11 hours of browsing on 4G or 17 hours of video playback, according to the official numbers.The USB-C port on the bottom features fast charging for quick top ups.
3.5mm jack, USB-C port and loudspeaker
Huawei introduces Histen 5.0 a few months ago, the latest version of its audio processing. It offers 5 sound effects that can create an immersive 3D sonic experience when you plug headphones into the 3.5mm headphone jack. Yes, there's a headphone jack, we know how much it means to many of you. Also here is the mono loudspeaker.
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite features a 6.3" display with 1,080 x 2,340px resolution. It's an IPS panel and it does have a notch, which can be hidden (personal preference). Huawei's official numbers promise an 81% screen-to-body ratio.
A large 6.3" screen (IPS 1080p+) with a notch
The phone has no water resistance, that seems reserved for Huawei's more premium offerings.
The Lite is a dual SIM phone with a hybrid slot. The base 64GB of storage should be enough for most, so that leaves the possibility of using two SIMs. Otherwise, you can add up to 256GB more storage with a microSD card.
Camera
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite has two dual cameras, a 20MP sensor (f/1.8 aperture) on the back and a 24MP one on the front (f/2.0), both accompanied by a 2MP depth sensor. And both backed by the AI smarts enabled by the Kirin 710 chipset.
When shooting selfies, the depth information can be used to create more dramatic background with the 3D portrait lighting feature. You can simulate soft lighting from the side, split lighting, stage lighting and more.
Testing the selfie lighting effects
In the dark, the camera app shows a white screen to light up your face. The selfie cam can also do pixel binning if that's not enough. In the opposite case - when it's too bright - both front and back cameras have HDR Pro modes to expand their dynamic range.
The AI will try to help get a better portrait shot. It works on the main camera too. AI Assisted Composition will offer advice on how to frame your shot (by recognizing the objects in view). Artistic mode will convert your photos in a drawing, similar to the Prisma app. And AI-powered scene recognition is available as well (22 different scenes can be recognized).
We mentioned the AI gallery earlier. It automatically tags your photos by date, location and subject so you can search through a large image library in seconds and find the shot you need.
Alternatively, it can help you find you an item in online stores. Just hold both your thumbs on an image and the Mate 20 Lite will find the item for you on Amazon. Yes, Google Photos and Lens work in a similar fashion, but Huawei prefers to have its own implementations so you don't have to rely on the search giant if you don't want to.
The camera app has an AI toggle
Huawei boasted about its 3D Qmoji being more advanced than Apple's, but it's still a gimmick. Don't get us wrong, the cartoon-y characters are very expressive, matching your facial movements closely, but us adults are above such things, right? Right?
Cartoonify yourself with the Qmoji feature
The selfie camera and its depth sensor are also responsible for face unlock. It's very sensitive and would unlock even when we were looking away from the phone. We can't say how secure it is yet (especially without a proper 3D scanner), but you could always use the fingerprint reader on the back.
Dual camera and fingerprint reader on the back
EMUI 8.2
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite runs the latest EMUI 8.2, which launched a few month ago. It has learned a new trick - 3 app multitasking, which is a 3-way split of the screen. We'd say that's a bit much, but on a 6.3" screen you can make it work.
EMUI 8.2 running on top of Android Oreo
The power to run so many apps at a time comes from the new Kirin 710 chipset. It features four Cortex-A73 cores (2.2GHz) and four A53 cores (1.7GHz). That's quite similar to the Kirin 970, save for the lower clock speeds.
The graphics power comes from a Mali-G51 MP4 and it supports Huawei's GPU. Only PUBG and Mobile Legends are supported for now, but more game developers will adopt the tech as time goes on.
Still, there's no escaping the fact that the Honor line has multiple offerings with the full fat Kirin 970 chipset that offers a significantly more powerful GPU.
The Kirin 710 has the NPU engine that powers all of Huawei's AI features.
Availability
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite will first be available on September 5, but Europeans will have to wait a couple of more weeks. The pricing for the UK is £380, which should translate to €420 on the mainland.
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