Huawei Mate 40 RS Porsche Design review: A 2020 luxury Mate 40 with a special periscope and leather edition.
The luxury Porsche Design Mate 40.
Mate 40 RS Porsche Design was Huawei's last pre-ban luxury flagship — penta Leica camera, ceramic Porsche-finished body, 5G. A status piece.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
02Camera
82/10082/100 puts it above the 78-point average for flagship phones of 2020.
03Performance
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2020.
04Battery
74/10074/100 trails the 77-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2020.
05Build
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2020 — 9 points above the cohort average.
06Value
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2020 — 12 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Penta-camera with 5× periscope + ToF.
- Ceramic Porsche Design luxury body.
- Kirin 9000 5G + 66 W wired.
- IP68 + 50 W wireless.
- $2,700 luxury price.
- No Google services.
- 232 g heavy.
- Limited supply.
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? .