Huawei has confirmed that it will reveal the Mate 30 at a September 19 event in Munich and we have so many questions.
The Mate 30 and (presumably) Mate 30 Pro are Huawei's next flagship smartphones, but their launch is currently shrouded in more mystery than usual thanks to the ongoing dispute between the US government and the Chinese phone manufacturer.
Last week a Google spokesperson claimed the Huawei Mate 30 will not ship with Google apps such as the Play Store, Google Maps, YouTube, Gmail and more as a result of the trade ban.
The Mate 30 would still be able to run the open source version of Android - Android Open Source Project, or AOSP - but this would be devoid of the Google apps and services many us have become used to.
As such, there's a lot of doubt as to what will actually happen with the Mate 30 launch.
- Will Huawei be able to pull off a miracle and secure access to an Android license for the Mate 30?
- Will the Mate 30 ship with a Google-less version of Android?
- Will Huawei rush out its own operating system, Harmony, in time for the event?
Operating system aside, we do have a few ideas of what we might be able to expect from the Mate 30. It will almost certainly be powered by Huawei's upcoming Kirin 990 processor, which it will reveal this week as part of IFA.
It will also likely have four rear-facing cameras, arranged within a circular module. The circle detail on Huawei's teaser image for the reveal event seems to match up with an alleged press image leak.
At the least, we'll get some concrete answers on September 19 (potentially September 20 AEST, Huawei has yet to provide an event time).
Alex Choros
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