Introduction
Right in the middle of the grand finale of this year’s flagship smartphone season, Huawei throws their last big fighter into the ring: the Mate 20 Pro! On paper, it looks more powerful than ever—but only a teardown will tell if it’s a true champion or just a poser.
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Here's what the Mate 20 Pro brings to the ring:
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6.39" AMOLED display with a resolution of 3120 × 1440 (~538 ppi)
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Huawei Kirin 980 chipset: Mali-G76 MP10 GPU and an octa-core CPU (2x 2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 cores, 2x 1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 cores, and 4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A55 cores)
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Triple rear cameras: 40 MP ƒ/1.8, 20 MP ƒ/2.2, and 8 MP ƒ/2.4 lens with 5x optical zoom
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24 MP ƒ/2.0 selfie cam
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IP68 dust/water ingress rating
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Android 9.0 (PIE)
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Facial recognition hardware, and an under-display fingerprint sensor
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Face to face with Huawei's champion from last season, the Mate 20 Pro sports a newly notched, curved display.
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The Mate 20 Pro swaps out the rear fingerprint sensor for a third camera. But is three enough to keep up with the competition?
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Our Mate 20 Pro is dressed up in the industry-standard glass sandwich, but the rear glass isn't quite as standard as it looks. Huawei applied a non-slip, fingerprint-resistant coating to help prevent slippery accidents.
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The Mate 10 Pro's loudspeaker holes give way to the the SIM and NM card tray in the Mate 20 Pro.
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Undaunted by a fragile rear glass panel thanks to recent teardowns of glue-filled competitors, we grab our heat gun and get to work.
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Some heat helps the Mate 20 Pro to relax before our standard tools finish the job!
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Thanks to the relocated fingerprint reader, there's no danger of tearing delicate flex cables while removing the rear cover.
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At first glance, the motherboard looks free to jump right out, but a closer look reveals nine flex cables holding it in place, plus an antenna cable.
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Like the P20 Pro, the Mate 20 Pro sticks to a relatively small motherboard, leaving room for a wider battery.
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With the 3D face unlock hardware and the triple rear camera taking up more motherboard space than usual, Huawei had to cut some camera holes and change the layout a bit.
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After prying away some
loving armsflex cables, we manage to remove the motherboard along with the rear cameras.
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...which are easily removed after disconnecting two additional flex cables. Praise our good old friend the spudger!
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The Mate 20 Pro has three rear cameras:
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Top right: 40 MP, ƒ/1.8, 27 mm-equivalent wide angle lens
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Bottom right: 20 MP, ƒ/2.2, 16 mm-equivalent ultra wide angle lens
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Bottom left: 8 MP, ƒ/2.4, 80 mm-equivalent telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom
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The P20 Pro's monochromatic camera is ditched for an ultra wide angle lens, ideal for landscape and macro shots (at a minimum focal distance of 2.5 cm).
The “tele photo” sensor does not have a 5 time optical zoom.
40 MP vs. 8 MP itself makes clear that this is definitely not even close to an truly “optical” zoom.
And it’s not 5 times. 80 / 27 = 2.96. It’s a 3 times “zoom”.
The ultra wide angle lens has a focal distance of a 16 mm-equivalent. The telephoto lens with an equivalent of 80mm therefore provides a “5x optical zoom” (80/16=5). The resolutions of both cameras (20 MP and 8 MP) are not taken into account for the zoom calculation.
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With the cameras out of the way, the motherboard takes center stage. Here's what it has to offer:
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Toshiba THGAF8T0T43BAIR 128 GB Universal Flash Storage
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HiSilicon Hi6421 power management IC
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Skyworks SKY78130-21 front-end module for WCDMA/LTE bands 8/12/13/20/26/27
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Skyworks SKY78132-52 front-end module for WCDMA/LTE bands 7/30/40/41
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Skyworks SKY78131-21 front-end module for WCDMA/LTE bands 1/2/3/4/25/34/39
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Skyworks 7360-2A 04115.1 1821 MX RF module
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HiSilicon Hi6422 envelope tracker
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On the backside we found:
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SKhynix H9HKNNNEBMBUDR-NEH LPDDR4 (likely with Huawei Kirin 980 layered underneath)
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NXP Semiconductor PN80T NFC controller w/ secure element
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HiSilicon Hi1103 Wi-Fi chipset
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HiSilicon Hi6363 RF transceiver
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Texas Instruments TPS1879C1 display power management (likely)
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ON Semiconductor FSA4476 USB type-C analog switch
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ON Semiconductor NLAS2750 dual DPDT analog switch
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We snoop around the notch area and pull out the familiar-looking front camera / 3D face unlock assembly. It doesn't seem to completely mate up with what Huawei showed during their launch event, but our best guesses include:
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Dot projector
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24 MP, ƒ/2.0, 26 mm-equivalent lens, borrowed from the P20 series
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Rangefinder / proximity sensor
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Flood illuminator
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Ambient light sensor
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IR camera
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Rectangle of mystery
There is a notification led on the front on the right side of the speaker grill, maybe that’s what you’re missing.
I think that the pink rectangle is the flood illuminator and the green rectangle is actually the notification led.
Salut , j'ai abîmé la reconnaissance facial (carré bleu ciel la), je la trouve où cette pièce à l'achat ? :(
Hello oceathys, not sure if this part is available ready-made as it is. But a DIY solution might be to get some diffuser foil (try a photography store) and cut it to size. If you really want to go tinker style you could try a white backing paper ;)
salve ho un problema nel senso che non mi va piu’ ne sensore di prossimita ne sensore di luminosita’, ho preso un ricambio ma solamente il sendore di luminosita sembra andare mentre quello di prossimita’ non funziona e lo vedo da app android info…puo’ essere che bisogna ripristinare il telefonoa lle impostazioni di fabbrica per far si che il sensore di prossimita’ sia riconosciuto oppure il ricambio risulta rotto?
Caméra avec huawei mate 20 pro
Caméra avec huawei mate 20 pro prix
Moi numéro de téléphone 22507 07 78 02 34
Caméra avec huawei mate 20 pro prix
Moi numéro de téléphone 22507 07 78 02 34
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We use a pair of tweezers to dig out the last bits behind the motherboard.
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The missing piece: a small interconnect board for the power and volume buttons. We find the following chips:
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IDT P9221 wireless power receiver
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Lattice Semiconductor iCE40LM1K-CM36 iCE40 FPGA
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Cirrus Logic CS35L35A audio amplifier
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Texas Instruments LM3644 1.5 A camera flash LED driver
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With the Mate's brains dissected, it's time to head towards the other end of the phone and check out its fancy footwork.
LMIK36 B8283V26 PHIL
35L35A B1AG1527 SG
871 3644TI C37H
what are the three chip model/name and his function?
Hi, mein WLAN fällt immer wieder aus seit 1 Woche, alle meine anderen Smartphones funktioniert WLAN super. Außer bei meinem Mate 20pro. Die anderen beide sind auch mate 20pro.
Welches teil ist für Wlan verantwortlich ??
Welches teil muss ich auswechseln um wlan ordentlich zu haben. Mfg
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What does Charging IC looks like and where it is located?
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SIM trays aren't ordinarily exciting, but this tray happens to support a new memory card format called nano memory (NM).
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The new NM cards are nano-SIM sized expandable memory (45% smaller than a normal SD card) and can offer a maximum read speed of 95 MB/s.
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The smaller format also allows this SIM/NM tray to be smaller than a traditional dual-card tray.
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Just like in the P20 Pro, the USB-C charging port is mounted to a large flex cable. This means if the charging port fails, you'll only have to replace the main cable—instead of a more expensive daughterboard, as in the Google Pixel 3 XL.
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Another similarity to the P-Series: no 3.5 mm headphone jack. USB-C headphones are included along with a 3.5 mm adapter.
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The other port, a SIM reader, is mounted to a small board, and planted near the coin-style vibration motor.
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Moving swiftly along, we take a closer look at the Mate's power plant.
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To our surprise, we find some orange pull tabs on the left side of the battery, containing a short guide how to remove it—we love guides!
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We're happy whenever we can extract a battery without having to break out our iFixit Adhesive Remover—in this case, we just needed a little help from an iOpener to unseat it.
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The battery weighs in at an unprecedented 16.04 Wh (4,200 mAh at 3.82 V).
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We unleash a multi-headed heat-gun serpent—we named it Pat—which blasts through the curved display's IP68-rated adhesive.
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There is one last big secret we need to explore to give Huawei's newest fighter a ranking—the 3120 x 1440 pixel, 19.5:9 ratio (~538 ppi density) display!
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An opening pick or eleven dramatically improves this smartphone's aerodynamics, and helps us pry up the display.
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Thought we were done already? Not yet! Last, but certainly not least, let's take a closer look at Huawei's new finger-reading tech.
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The fingerprint sensor is made by Goodix and sits under the AMOLED panel, though Goodix markets the tech as an "in-display fingerprint sensor™".
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The fingerprint flex cable contains a Goodix GM181 fingerprint controller.
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The sensor isn't capacitive (like most familiar sensors such as Touch ID), but optical. This is reportedly similar to the sensor found in the new OnePlus 6T.
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And underneath the display: a Synaptics S3718 touchscreen controller.
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That's it! The fight is finished, and we retreat to our corner. There will always be new challengers in the smartphone market, but this round is now at an end.
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If you would like a nifty wallpaper as a souvenir, you can find one here!
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- Many components are modular and can be replaced independently.
- Battery replacement requires removing only the back panel and midframe.
- Only standard Phillips screws are used along with an average amount of adhesive.
- Because of the sandwich build around the motherboard, there are more flex connectors than average and repairs will consume more time.
- Glued-down front and back glass means greater risk of breakage while making repairs difficult to start.
- Screen repairs require a lot of disassembly while battling tough adhesive.
- A broken screen probably means you need to replace the fingerprint reader as well, or vice versa.
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Hi. May I know if there are any waterproofing seals or gaskets around the power /volume buttons? Something similar to the note 7?
It isn’t possible to see if there’s an extra plate with gaskets like in the Note 7 or the P20 Pro because of the mid frame plastic, that covers the volume and power buttons. We assume that the pins of the buttons run through a tight fit hole in the frame and there’s possibly a small rubber ring or gasket to guarantee the IP68 rating.
The loudspeaker sits on top of the USB-C charging port and the SIM/NM card try. You can see it in the last picture bottom left.
Only the telephoto lens has it.
excelente trabajo
What is the cause of the green tint among LG screens in Mate 20 Pro? Thank you in advance.
Reading some forums on the internet one can believe it's most probably related to a previous issue with LG where they prematurely delivered AMOLEDs without having them properly cured under a UV light, in other words half-baked organic panels.
May I know the border size of Screen?
Hi. What if I accidentally pushed the sim card pin on the secondary microphone located above the phone, will it possible to damage the microphone or the integrity of its water resistant?
Hi jerone1925,
a similar question was asked a little while ago regarding the I inserted the pin in the left bottom microphone. I can let you know that the build of the microphone at the top of the phone, is the same as the one in the pictures you see in the link. I can’t give a guarantee but because of that it’s unlikely that you damaged the microphone or affected the water resistance.
May I know how many pieces of the FPC they are using? 10? Thank you!
Is the rear camera glass cover seperate from the back cover. Or is it one piece.?
Hello Peter Farber,
the camera cover of the rear camera is a single part, that can be separated from the back cover of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. However it’s usually shipped out combined with the back cover.
È possibile sostituire il bordo di metallo se abbozzato? Intendo la bordatura metallica della scocca frapposta tra pannello posteriore e anteriore
Hi! Between the dual flash and the bottom left camera there seems to be two tiny sensors side by side. Do you know what they are and their purpose? Thanks
Hey João, this module with its two sensors is most likely a ToF (Time of Flight) sensor for the rear cameras.
Hi, you know who is the coil manufacturer?
Thanks
Can you please make the teardown available as wallpaper?
Hi Marcel,
Here you are! I have also added it into step 16 of the teardown.
Hi! Ich habe nicht richtig aufgepasst und den Piekser zum rausholen der Sim-Schublade ins Loch nebenan gesteckt. Und als wenn das nicht genug wäre, hatte ich zuvor einige Videos geschaut, wo gesagt wurde, dass man recht kräfig dort gegen drücken muss, damit die Schublade rauskommt. Nun hab ich ehrlich tierisch Bedenken, ob die Dichtung nicht defekt sein könnte? Kann mir da einer weiterhelfen oder hat den gleichen Fehler gemacht?
Hi Oliver, die beiden anderen Löcher an der Unterseite machen einen 90° Knick. Erst dahinter sind die Mikrofone verbaut. Solange du also den SIM-Piekser nicht “um die Ecke” gedrückt hast, kann da nichts passieren. Diese Frage kommt mittlerweile häufiger vor bei der aktuellen Modellen mit Anordnung von SIM-Slot und Mikrofonlöchern nahe beieinander. In diesem Bild kannst du den Verlauf vom Loch außen zur gummiumfassten Öffnung innen erkennen, auf dem dann das Mikrofon liegt (besser sichtbar an der rechten unteren Seite; unten links ist es genau so).
Thank you for the wallpaper! Do you sell original battery for mate 20 pro? I bought mine at Bangkok on January and i love it (dropped my s9+ instantly) but it started to show shorter battery charge time as expected to happen eventually, despite all care…
Hey, we’re already on it—Mate 20 Pro batteries coming soon.
tengo una duda, después de abrir el teléfono y sellarlo, pierde la resistencia al agua?
Es muy poco probable que logre la misma resistencia al agua después de abrir el teléfono y volver a sellarlo.
It’s very unlikely to achieve the same water-resistance after opening the phone and sealing it again.
