Huawei's bold new flagship aims for nothing less than being the best at everything.
Deciding which Android phone is the best is not a simple task. — we regularly try to answer this question here at Android Central. For some of us, it's the most beautiful design, the latest software, or the most powerful specs, or the most impressive camera, or the longest battery life.
These are all important pieces of the puzzle, and most of the big flagships we cover have at least one of these things going for them. But Huawei's latest device tries to do all of them at once: This is the Mate 20 Pro, and it could be the most advanced Android phone of the year. It boasts a 7nm CPU with a laundry list of technical firsts, the latest Android 9 Pie software, the most advanced biometrics, a camera even better (on paper) than the current DxOMark champion, and a battery so big it'll actually wirelessly charge other phones.
Oh, and it also looks pretty nice on the outside.
But first, a bit of housekeeping: There is also a regular Mate 20 version, which is bigger, flatter and slightly lower-specced than the Pro model. The Mate 20 has the core experience, but the Pro adds the gravy — the extra technology and features that make it one of the year's most exciting phones.
Deciding which Android phone is the best is not a simple task. — we regularly try to answer this question here at Android Central. For some of us, it's the most beautiful design, the latest software, or the most powerful specs, or the most impressive camera, or the longest battery life.
These are all important pieces of the puzzle, and most of the big flagships we cover have at least one of these things going for them. But Huawei's latest device tries to do all of them at once: This is the Mate 20 Pro, and it could be the most advanced Android phone of the year. It boasts a 7nm CPU with a laundry list of technical firsts, the latest Android 9 Pie software, the most advanced biometrics, a camera even better (on paper) than the current DxOMark champion, and a battery so big it'll actually wirelessly charge other phones.
Oh, and it also looks pretty nice on the outside.
But first, a bit of housekeeping: There is also a regular Mate 20 version, which is bigger, flatter and slightly lower-specced than the Pro model. The Mate 20 has the core experience, but the Pro adds the gravy — the extra technology and features that make it one of the year's most exciting phones.