Weekly poll: which of the Huawei Mate 20 phones is the best?

21 October 2018
The Mate 20 Pro stuns with its Leica camera and fast charging, the Mate 20 X with its huge screen, all four models get Android's first 7nm chipset.

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Mr Magma, 22 Oct 2018I'd say Mate 20 X but that's not a phone, that's a tablet. It's only 86 mm wide, so it's still a phone. Tablets are wider.

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    Anonymous, 22 Oct 2018Unless NM card is included in Mate 20 X retail box, people ... moreIn my place, u got free M-Pen if buying the Mate 20X, free 15w wireless charger if buying Mate 20 pro, free Huawei Band if buying vanilla Mate 20.

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      • 22 Oct 2018

      AnonD-632062, 22 Oct 2018Duh! Obviously, the Mate 20 X is the best. It has a 3.5 mm ... moreUnless NM card is included in Mate 20 X retail box, people who have photos and videos collections would not buy it and go for a phone which has a microsd slot. If Mate 20 X has a NM card in the retail box, then people would go for it.

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        Shui8, 22 Oct 2018Because its not their favourite brand lol.I agree...

        can't compare with popular brands like Apple + Samsung

          Nicolas F, 22 Oct 2018Voted "Mate 20 X" - because OLED, FHD+ (QHD+ is overkill fo... moreQHD+ is not overkill for (super) AMOLED, which is pretty much always pentile these days. For pentile AMOLED it is pretty much necessary from around 6.5" - if beeing kind. From about 6.1" if being strict. And from 5.5" if used for VR.

          Not sure what type of OLED the Mate 20 X gets, because this time they only call it OLED and not (super) AMOLED, so I sure do hope it's not pentile at that size and resolution. Given it's fairly high price I would not settle for less than RGB OLED with that resolution.

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            • 22 Oct 2018

            Duh! Obviously, the Mate 20 X is the best. It has a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a huge 5000 mAh battery.

            If they had removed the notch on the excellent Mate 20X and put in a microSD card slot (instead of the useless NM card non-sense), it would have been nearly perfect.

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              • 22 Oct 2018

              Kiyasuriin, 22 Oct 2018Those 266 people who voted none of them. IT'S The highest ... moreBecause its not their favourite brand lol.

                Those 266 people who voted none of them.
                IT'S The highest preforming chipset right now! And excellent phone overall. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU EXPECT from these devices to do!?

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                  • 22 Oct 2018

                  They took away bootloader unlocking. F*** them. Not even worth considering.

                    Tooluka, 21 Oct 201820 Pro - 5 mm smaller, better battery and less hungry disp... moreThe headphone jack design may be old, but it isn't quite a standard, the impedance varies too much on headphones, as well as DAC quality in mobiles.
                    With USB C headphone-makers kan make their own headphones specific DACs built in to the headphones perfectly suited for that specific headphone and the signal could in theory be kept in the digital domain separate for each driver, all the way up to an AMP on each driver, that way one could be sure the headphone will sound exactly like the makers intended for it to sound. That is not true with the 3.5mm port, quite far from it. Makers could still make phones with both options, but the 3.5mm jack, the amp and the dac, does add to the cost, and potentially makes it a bit more difficult to make the phone IP-rated.
                    For those looking for best sound, the USB-C way is better. For the average consumer, included USB-C to audio adapter would in most cases do, or a cheap one if it doesn't come with one. Or they would be fine with included USB-C headset.


                    For me, I would probably have to buy a few DACs, so I would not forget to bring the right one, when I change headphone. But most people don't change headphones, so it could stay attached if it isn't built in.
                    So I would say that not having the 3.5mm jack could be an inconvenience at times, for some users.
                    On the other hand, for some headphones to work like they should, I would still have to remember to bring a better dac, if the headphones don't come with one built in.

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                      • 22 Oct 2018

                      None of the above. The proprietary NM card slot format killed it for me. These models would have been perfect with a micro sd card slot.

                        I'd say Mate 20 X but that's not a phone, that's a tablet.

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                          • 22 Oct 2018

                          At $673 pricing, simply the vanilla Mate 20 are the best choice for me.

                            I am a Sony guy, but I kind of wanted to purchase the mate 20 X for the big screen and big battery.

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                              • 22 Oct 2018

                              Tooluka, 21 Oct 201820 Pro - 5 mm smaller, better battery and less hungry disp... morethe pro is the one with the curved screen :( That is the only negative for me.

                                Voted "Mate 20 X" - because OLED, FHD+ (QHD+ is overkill for just a smartphone), big and not curved display (curved displays are useless); and "None of them" - because proprietary memory card standard is such a gimmick, and because of "waterdrop" notch on Mate 20 X - it's the most ugly type, much worse than Pixel 3 XL.
                                Also Mate 20 X can be unavailable officially in Russia, thus it won't have working Google Pay, like in Honor Note 10 - what the hell, Huawei?

                                  MadMel, 21 Oct 2018also pro is more compact than others...if 158mm is compact ... moreBy today standards, that is. The only good compact phone nowadays is the Pixel 3

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                                    • 22 Oct 2018

                                    It bothers me that companies seem physically unable to provide a single perfect phone (except arguably the note 9 ok i guess) but I feel if the Mate 20 drop face ID for the teardrop notch and if that then dropped the price even but just $30 or something to drop it below the awful 4 digits. I could live without headphone jack but if that was in the pro too then it would be perfect if you dont need the S pen. but instead youre left to pick teardrop and jack VS OLED and the camera and obviously the camera is a must have.

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                                      • 22 Oct 2018

                                      Why divide all best features? If it was meant to tackle the Note9 they should have added all of them to one device. then slowly water down the features for the lesser to for a lower price? Honestly confusing to me since one phone has the looks that I want while the other has the 3.5mm jack while the other has the IP rating.

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                                        • 21 Oct 2018

                                        None. Overpriced Chinese spyware phones. Avoid at all costs.

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