The Huawei Mate series (previously the Huawei Ascend Mate series) is a line of
high-end
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HarmonyOS
HarmonyOS (HMOS) () is a distributed operating system developed by Huawei to collaborate and interconnect with multiple smart devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. In its current multi-kernel design, the operating system selects ...
-powered (formerly Android based)
phablet
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Phablets feature large displays that complement screen-intensive activity such as mo ...
smartphones produced by
Huawei
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, and is one of the flagship smartphones along with the
P series. Under the company's current hardware release cadence, P series phones are typically directed towards mainstream consumers as the company's flagship smartphones, refining and expanding upon technologies introduced in Mate series devices (which are typically positioned towards
early adopter
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History
Typically, early adopters are customers who, in addit ...
s). Since 2016, Huawei has been in a co-engineering partnership with the German manufacturer
Leica, whose lenses have subsequently been used on the Mate series.
Phones
Huawei Ascend Mate
The Huawei Ascend Mate smartphone was announced in 2013 at
CES. It was released in
China in February 2013; its international release was in March 2013.
* Display: 6.1" IPS display with 720x1280 pixel resolution
* RAM: 1 or 2 GB
* Battery: 4050 mAh
Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G
Huawei announced the Huawei Ascend Mate 2 4G smartphone at CES in 2014.
* Display: 6.1" display with 720x1280 pixel resolution
* Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Released September 2014
* Display: 6.0 inches , 1080 x 1920 pixels
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 925
Huawei Mate S
Huawei announced the Huawei Mate S smartphone on September 2, 2015 at
IFA
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Economics
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* Index Fund Advisors
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in
Berlin
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.
* Display: 5.5-inch display with 1080x1920 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 935
* RAM: 3 GB
* Battery: 2700 mAh
Huawei Mate 8
Released on 26 November 2015 in
China and globally Q1 2016.
* Display: 6.0-inch display with 1080x1920 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 950
* Ram: 4 GB
Huawei Mate 9
Released December 2016
* Display: 5.9-inch display IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 960
* Ram: 4 GB
Huawei Mate 10
Released November 2017
* Display: 5.9-inch display with 1440 x 2560 pixels
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 970
* Ram: 4 GB
Huawei Mate SE
Huawei launched the Huawei Mate SE in the
United States
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on March 6, 2018. It is an essentially a rebranded version of the international Honor 7X, as the Honor 7X smartphone that had previously been released in the United States was different from the international version.
* Display: 5.93-inch display with 1080x2160 pixel resolution
* Processor: HiSilicon Kirin 659
* Storage: 64 GB (expandable)
* RAM: 4 GB
* Battery: 3340 mAh
* Colors: Gray or Gold
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei announced three phones in the Huawei Mate 20 series, the Huawei Mate 20, Huawei Mate 20 Pro, and Huawei Mate 20 X at an event in
London
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,
England
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on October 16, 2018, after announcing the cheaper Huawei Mate 20 lite in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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on August 31, 2018.
Huawei Mate X
The Mate X is Huawei's first foldable device. The phone offers an 8-inch OLED display that folds outwards, with a wraparound design. While folded, there is a 6.6-inch screen on the front and a 6.38-inch screen on the back.
Huawei Mate X2
The Huawei Mate X2 successor was unveiled on 22 February 2021, and do not feature
Google services
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.
Huawei Mate Xs 2
The Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone was unveiled on 22 April 2022 which features the new
HarmonyOS
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2.0 operating system.
Huawei Mate 30
The Huawei Mate 30 and Pro versions were unveiled on 19 September 2019 in
Munich
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,
Germany
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and released on 26 September 2019 in
China. They are the first models that could be released without pre-installed
Google apps
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because of
US sanctions
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.
Huawei Mate 40
The Huawei Mate 40 and Pro versions were unveiled on 22 October 2020, and do not feature
Google services
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.
Huawei Mate 50
The Huawei Mate 50, 50E and 50 Pro and 50 RS, the first phones in Mate Series with Huawei's in-house XMAGE imaging were unveiled on 6 September 2022 which features the new
HarmonyOS
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3.0 operating system.
Tablets
Huawei MatePad Pro
The Huawei MatePad Pro was announced on 25 November 2019 and was officially released on 12 December 2019. It is one of Huawei's devices to feature no
Google services
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just like many of the company's other recently released devices but still retains
Android 10 as the source code for
EMUI 10.1. The tablet received mainly positive reviews from critics but was criticised for its camera and lack of a wide variety of apps.
Huawei MatePad
The Huawei MatePad was announced on 23 April 2020 and was officially released on 28 April 2020. It is one of Huawei's devices to feature no
Google services
The following is a list of products, services, and apps provided by Google. Active, soon-to-be discontinued, and discontinued products, services, tools, hardware, and other applications are broken out into designated sections.
Web-based product ...
just like many of the company's other recently released devices but still retains
Android 10 as the source code for
EMUI 10.1.
Huawei MatePad 11
The Huawei MatePad 11 was announced June 2, 2021 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 2 launch and it was officially released on July 13, 2021. It is one of Huawei's first tablet devices to have HarmonyOS 2 pre-installed globally.
Huawei MatePad Pro
The Huawei MatePad Pro 2021 line of 10.8 and 12.6 inch tablets was announced on June 2, 2021 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 2 launch and it was officially released on June 25, 2021 globally which marks the world's first tablets to have HarmonyOS pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad SE
The Huawei MatePad SE was announced on April 28, 2022 and was officially released May 10, 2022 globally with HarmonyOS 2 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad
The Huawei MatePad 10.4 2022 model was announced on May 13, 2022 which was released on the same day globally with
Android 10 as the source code for
EMUI
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...
10.1 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad Pro 11
The Huawei MatePad Pro 11 was announced on July 27, 2022 during Huawei's HarmonyOS 3 launch and was released August 10, 2022 globally with HarmonyOS 3 pre-installed.
Huawei MatePad C5e
The Huawei MatePad C5e was announced on October 19, 2022 with Android 10 and was released November 2022 with Android 10 pre-installed.
See also
*
Huawei MateBook
The Huawei MateBook series is a range of laptops produced by Huawei. They were originally released on the eve of the opening of the Mobile World Congress on February 21, 2016. Further models have been released in subsequent years such as in Sept ...
*
Huawei P series
The Huawei P series (formerly the Ascend P series) is a line of high-end and medium-range Android smartphones produced by Huawei. The P series was formerly marketed as part of Huawei's larger Ascend brand. Some models are called ''P smart''.
Und ...
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