Huawei Porsche Design Mate RS with in-screen fingerprint sensor launched

Huawei brings the budding technology to life.

| Published: Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 15:29 [IST]

Huawei has launched its Porsche Design Mate RS alongside the P20 and P20 Pro. The smartphone is built with Porsche Design's signature aesthetics. The device packs a Leica triple lens camera that comprises of a 40MP RGP camera, a 20MP monochrome lens, and an 8MP sensor with a telephoto lens. For selfies, the device packs a 24MP front-facing snapper.

Huawei Porsche Design Mate RS has an in-screen fingerprint sensor

The biggest highlight of the device is the in-screen fingerprint sensor. Users just need to hover their finger over the screen to unlock the device. For added functionality, there's a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel as well.

The Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS sports a 6-inch OLED display with a curved screen. It comes with 6GB of RAM and 256GB/512GB internal storage. The device draws power from a 4000mAh battery. The 256GB variant is priced at €1,695 (approx $2,100), while the 512Gb variant will cost €2,095 (approx $2,600).

Huawei also launched the P20 and P20 Pro at the same event. Talking of the specifications, both the new flagships run EMUI 8.1 wrapped under Android 8.1 Oreo. They are powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC alongside a neural processing unit that provides an AI integration and offers 60 percent better response time.

The Huawei P20 Pro sports a 6.1-inch full-HD+ OLED FullView display with 1080x2240 pixel resolution. It is said to feature a 'natural tone display' that is said to offer comfortable viewing experience to the users.

The P20 has 4GB of RAM, while the Pro variant brings 6GB of RAM. Both devices have 128GB of inbuilt storage. Besides, the smartphones feature a 360-degree Face Unlock feature that claims to unlock the device within 0.6 seconds. The P20 is backed by a 3400mAh battery, while the Pro variant is juiced by a 4000mAh battery. Both batteries support company's SuperCharge fast charging that claims to provide 58 percent in 30 minutes.

Huawei P9 TIps & Tricks

Image quality reference site DxOMark has given the latest flagship the top spot among the current smartphones. The P20 Pro scored a tremendous 109 rating for its camera. Huawei P20 Pro's smaller sibling - the P20 secured the second place on DxOMark with a 102 rating. These two smartphones are followed by the Samsung Galaxy S9, Google Pixel 2, and the iPhone X.