Huawei Mate 30 review: Kirin 990 Leica flagship — the first major post-ban Mate.
Brilliant hardware, no Google.
Mate 30 had everything — a 40 MP Leica camera, Kirin 990, 40W wired and wireless charging — but launched into the US ban without Google services, crippling its Western prospects despite being one of the best-engineered phones of 2019.
01Display
84/10084/100 puts it above the 82-point average for flagship phones of 2019.
02Camera
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
84/10084/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2019.
04Battery
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2019 — 9 points above the cohort average.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2019.
- 40 MP Leica main + 3x OIS tele
- Kirin 990 + 40W + wireless charging
- OLED display upgrade over Mate 20
- No Google services post-ban
- Notch persists
- IP53 only
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 167-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .