Huawei Mate 40 Pro review: Kirin 9000 powerhouse — Huawei's last great flagship SoC.
Huawei's last great flagship.
Mate 40 Pro paired the powerful Kirin 9000 with a 5× periscope, IP68 and fast wired/wireless charging. The missing Google services are the dealbreaker for many.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
02Camera
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 6 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 77-point average for flagship phones of 2020.
05Build
84/10084/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2020.
06Value
66/10066/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
- Kirin 9000 — last great Huawei SoC.
- 5× periscope + 50 MP main.
- 66 W wired + 50 W wireless + IP68.
- Superb build.
- No Google services (AppGallery only).
- Heavy 212 g.
- Pricey at €1,199.
- Limited app ecosystem in the West.
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 182-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .