SpecEagle review · Huawei

Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design review: 2018 Porsche flagship.

Item: Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design
Rating: 82
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2018·$2100

Overall

82/100

Class rank

#1 of 3

Tier

Luxury

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Mate RS Porsche.

Mate RS Porsche was the 2018 in-display-fingerprint pioneer — luxury Huawei with triple Leica cam.

01Display

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 82-point average for luxury phones of 2018.

TypeOLED curved

Size6.0"

Resolution2880 x 1440

02Performance

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 76-point average for luxury phones of 2018.

ChipsetKirin 970

RAM6 GB

Storage256 GB / 512 GB

03Camera

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among luxury phones of 2018 — 7 points above the cohort average.

Main40 MP + 20 mono + 8 telephoto Leica

Front24 MP

04Battery

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 73-point average for luxury phones of 2018.

Capacity4,000 mAh

Charging40 W SuperCharge

Wireless15 W

05Software

74/100

74/100 puts it above the 72-point average for luxury phones of 2018.

What works

First in-display fingerprint.
Triple Leica cam.
40 W + 15 W wireless.
512 GB option.

What doesn't

$2,100 luxury price.
Porsche markup vs Mate 10 Pro.
4,000 mAh modest.
EMUI 8.1 dated.

Cross-shop it against

Galaxy W (2019)

$1900 · score 75/100

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 3-phone cohort of luxury devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .