Huawei Mate 20 X Smartphone Review - NotebookCheck.net

Notebookcheck.com reviews the Huawei Mate 20 X, a flagship smartphone equipped with a HiSilicon Kirin 980 SoC that integrates an ARM ... Notebookcheck   ReviewsNewsBenchmarks/TechBuyersGuideLibrarySearchJobsContact... X Deutsch English Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Русский Türkçe Svenska Chinese Magyar 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker          HuaweiMate20XSmartphoneReviewAnditgetsbigger.Aftermuchconfusion,HuaweiannouncedthatitwouldbereleasingtheMate20XinAustriaandGermany.Thegiant7.2-inchphonehasnowarrivedatourofficesandisreadytoputthroughitspaces.Readontofindoutwhetherthis€900(~$1037)beastisworththemoney.MikeWobker,👁DanielSchmidt,✓AndreaGrüblinger(translatedbyAlexAlderson),01/10/2019🇩🇪🇪🇸... 🇫🇷🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇮🇹🇷🇺🇨🇳AndroidARMPhabletSmartphoneTouchscreen HuaweisetsnewstandardsforsmartphoneswiththereleaseofitsMate20series.TheMate20ProimpresseduswithitspowerfulSoC,greatcamerasandexcellentdisplay.TheMate20alsoscoredtopmarksdespitehavinglessmemory,acheaperdisplayandinferiorcameras,whiletheMate20Liteisahighlycompetitivebudgetalternativetoitsmoreexpensivesiblings.TheMate20XsitsatthetopoftheMate20seriesline-upinsize,butistechnicallyinferiortotheMate20Pro.TheMate20Xhasa7.2-inchAMOLEDdisplayandtheLeicatriplerear-facingcameraarraythatwefirstsawwiththeMate20Pro.TheHiSiliconKirin980SoCthatintegratesanARMMali-G76MP10GPUmakesanotherappearancetooandiscomplementedby6GBofRAM.Thereisalso128GBofUFS2.1flashstorage.TherearefewphabletsthatarethesizeoftheMate20X,whichsomewhatlimitsourchoiceofcomparisondevices.WehavechosentocompareourtestdeviceagainsttheAppleiPhoneXSMax,theGooglePixel3XL,theSamsungGalaxyNote9andtheXiaomiMiMax3.WewillalsobepittingtheMate20Xagainstitssibling,the Mate20ProandevensomesmalltabletssuchastheAmazonFire7(2017).WeappreciatethatsomeofourcomparisondevicesareconsiderablysmallerthantheMate20X,buttheyrepresentthelargestflagshipdevicesthatarecurrentlyonthemarket. 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker  Device SoC GPU RAM Storage Screensize Rear-facingcameras HuaweiMate20X HiSiliconKirin980 ARMMali-G76MP10 6GB 128GBUFS2.1 7.2-inches 40+20+8MP HuaweiMate20Pro HiSiliconKirin980 ARMMali-G76MP10 6GB 128GBUFS2.1 6.3-inch 40+20+8MP HuaweiMate20 HiSiliconKirin980 ARMMali-G76MP10 4GB 128GBUFS2.1 6.53-inches 12+16+8MP HuaweiMate20Lite HiSiliconKirin710 ARMMali-G51MP4 4GB 64GBeMMC 6.3-inches 20+2MP good(84%) HuaweiMate20X HiSiliconKirin980ARMMali-G76MP10 Smartphone-09/27/2019-v7 TestdevicecourtesyofHuaweiDeutschland DownloadyourlicensedratingimageasPNG/SVG WorkingForNotebookcheck Areyouatechiewhoknowshowtowrite?ThenjoinourTeam! Wanted:German-English-Translator(Englishnativespeakerspreferred) Detailshere Huawei Mate20X(Mate20Series)ProcessorHiSiliconKirin9808x-2.6 GHz,Cortex-A76/-A55GraphicsadapterARMMali-G76MP10Memory6144 MB Display7.20inch18.7:9,2244x1080pixel346PPI,Capacitive,OLED,glossy: yesStorage128GBUFS2.1Flash,128 GB ,110 GBfreeConnections1USB3.0/3.1Gen1,1Infrared,AudioConnections:3.5mmheadphonejack,CardReader:upto256GBnanomemorycards,1FingerprintReader,NFC,BrightnessSensor,Sensors:Accelerometer,Barometer,Compass,Colourtemperaturesensor,Gravitysensor,Gyroscope,Magnetometer,ProximitysensorNetworking802.11a/b/g/n/ac(a/b/g/n=Wi-Fi 4/ac=Wi-Fi 5),Bluetooth5.0,GSM:B2,B3,B5,B8;850,900,1,800,1,900MHz.3G/UMTS/TD-SCDMA:B34,B39.WCDMA:B1,B2,B4,B5,B6,B8,B19.LTE/FDD/TDD:B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8,B9,B12,B17,B18,B19,B20,B26,B34,B38,B39,B40.,DualSIM,LTE,GPSSizeheightxwidthxdepth(inmm):8.2x174.6x85.4(=0.32x6.87x3.36in)Battery5000 mAhLithium-PolymerOperatingSystemAndroid9.0PieCameraPrimaryCamera:40MPixLeicaTriplerear-facingcamera:40MPwideanglelens,f1.8aperture;20MPultra-wide-anglelens,f/2.2aperture;8MPtelephotolens,f/2.4aperture,Laserfocus,Phasefocus,Contrastfocus,HuaweiAIImagestabilisationSecondaryCamera:24MPixf/2.0AdditionalfeaturesSpeakers:Stereospeakers,Keyboard:Virtualkeyboard,KeyboardLight:yes,USBcharger,USBType-Ccable,protectivecover,headphones,SIMtool,EMUI9.0,24MonthsWarranty,SARvalues:Head-0.42W/kg,Body-0.95W/kg,fanlessWeight232 g(= 8.18 oz/0.51 pounds),PowerSupply:97 g(= 3.42 oz/0.21 pounds) Price900 EuroLinksHuaweihomepageNote:Themanufacturermayusecomponentsfromdifferentsuppliersincludingdisplaypanels,drivesormemorystickswithsimilarspecifications.seeallspecifications [+]Addtocomparison»Comparedevices Survey JoinourSupportSatisfactionSurvey2022:Wewanttohearaboutyourexperiences!Participatehere Case TheMate20XlooksliketheMate20.Hence,thecaseisroundedandhasnocurveddisplayedgesthatthe Mate20Prodoes.ThenotchisalsosmallerandlooksmorelikethewaterdropnotchintheOnePlus6T.HuaweihasconstructedtheMate20Xfromtwopiecesofglassthatsandwichametalframe.Thecompanycurrentlysellsthedeviceinblueandsilver,whichHuaweimarketsasMidnightBlueandPhantomSilverrespectively.Theonlyphysicalbuttonsarefoundontheright-handsideofthedevice.Thepowerbuttonandvolumerockersitfirmlyintheirmountsandareflankedbyacardslotontheoppositeside,whichsitsflushwiththeframe.TheMate20Xsitscomfortablyinourhandsdespiteitslargefootprint,althoughtherearglasshasasmoothfinishthatledtoitoccasionallyslippingoffslightlyangledsurfaces.TheMate20Xismuchlargerthanmostofoursmartphonecomparisondevices.However,thedevicehasamuchlargerdisplaythantheNote9orPixel3XLandhasavisiblyhigherscreen-to-bodyratiothantheXiaomiMiMax3.TheMate20XisalsoconsiderablymorecompactthantheAmazonFire7(2017)ortheGoogleNexus7. Top10LaptopsMultimedia,BudgetMultimedia,Gaming,BudgetGaming,LightweightGaming,Business,BudgetOffice,Workstation,Subnotebooks,Ultrabooks,Chromebooks under300USD/Euros,under500USD/Euros,1,000USD/Euros,forUniversityStudents, BestDisplays Top10SmartphonesSmartphones,Phablets,≤6-inch, CameraSmartphones HuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20XHuaweiMate20X SizeComparison       GoogleNexus72013      AmazonFire72017      XiaomiMiMax3      HuaweiMate20X      SamsungGalaxyNote9      GooglePixel3XL      HuaweiMate20Pro      AppleiPhoneXsMax❌200mm/7.87inch 114mm/4.49inch 8.65mm/0.3406inch 290g0.639lbs192mm/7.56inch 115mm/4.53inch 9.6mm/0.378inch 295g0.65lbs176mm/6.93inch 87.4mm/3.44inch 8mm/0.315inch 221g0.4872lbs174.6mm/6.87inch 85.4mm/3.36inch 8.2mm/0.3228inch 232g0.511lbs162mm/6.38inch 76.4mm/3.01inch 8.8mm/0.3465inch 201g0.4431lbs158mm/6.22inch 76.7mm/3.02inch 7.9mm/0.311inch 184g0.4057lbs156.9mm/6.18inch 72.4mm/2.85inch 8.6mm/0.3386inch 189g0.4167lbs157.5mm/6.2inch 77.4mm/3.05inch 7.7mm/0.3031inch 208g0.4586lbs ConnectivityHuaweihasequippedtheMate20Xwithitshigh-endKirin980SoCandanARMMali-G76MP10GPU.Thesearecomplementedby6GBofRAMand128GBofUFS2.1flashstorage,thelatterofwhichcanbeexpandedwithupto256GBnanomemory(NM)cards.TheMate20Xisadual-SIMdevicetoo,althoughitonlyhasahybridSIMslot,whichmeansthatyoucanusetwonanoSIMcardsorasingleSIMcardandanNMcard.ThedevicealsosupportsVoLTEandWi-FicallingoneitherSIMcard.InadditiontoNFC,theMate20XcanalsowirelesslyconnecttootherdevicesviaBluetooth5.0.HuaweihasincludedAAC,aptX,aptXHD,BLE,HWA,LDACandSBScodecsforsupportwithalmostanyBluetoothperipheral.ThereisalsoaUSB3.1Gen1Type-Cportonthebottomofthedeviceforwiredconnections.TheportsupportsUSBOnTheGo(OTG),butfrustratinglyHuaweionlyincludesaUSB2.0cableinthebox.TheMate20XcanconnecttoanexternalwithanHDMItoUSBType-Cadapter,whichprovidesadesktopexperiencelikeSamsungDeX.TheMate20Xhasaheadphonejacktoo,whichisnowararityforflagshipsmartphones.Underside:Microphone,USBType-C,Microphone,Speaker Left-handside:Cardslot Topside:Speaker,IRport,Microphone,3.5mmheadphonejack Right-handside:Volumerocker,Powerbutton 4Reviews,News,CPU,GPU,Articles,Columns,Other"or"searchrelation.3DPrinting,5G,Accessory,AI,AlderLake,AMD,Android,Apple,ARM,Audio,Biotech,Business,Camera,CannonLake,Cezanne(Zen3),Charts,ChineseTech,Chromebook,CoffeeLake,CometLake,Console,Convertible/2-in-1,Cryptocurrency,Cyberlaw,Deal,Desktop,E-Mobility,Education,Exclusive,Fail,Foldable,Gadget,GalaxyNote,GalaxyS,Gamecheck,Gaming,Geforce,GooglePixel,GPU,HowTo,IceLake,IntelEvo,InternetofThings(IoT),iOS,iPad,iPadPro,iPhone,JasperLake,Lakefield,Laptop,Launch,Leaks/Rumors,Linux/Unix,List,Lucienne(Zen2),MacBook,MiniPC,Monitor,MSI,OnePlus,Opinion,Phablet,Radeon,RaptorLake,Renoir,ReviewSnippet,RocketLake,Ryzen(Zen),Science,Security,Single-BoardComputer(SBC),SmartHome,Smartphone,Smartwatch,Software,Storage,Tablet,ThinkPad,Thunderbolt,TigerLake,Touchscreen,Ultrabook,VirtualReality(VR)/AugmentedReality(AR),Wearable,Windows,Workstation,XPS,Zen3(Vermeer),Zen4Ticker  SoftwareTheMate20XshipswithAndroid9.0Pie,ontopofwhichHuaweiaddsitsEMUI9.0interface.OurtestdevicearrivedwithAndroidsecuritypatchesfromNovember1,2018,whichisrelativelyuptodate.Huaweialsoreleasedanupdatecontainingnewersecuritypatchesduringourtests,soweexpectthecompanytocontinuekeepingtheMate20Xupdatedwiththelatestsecurityandsystemupdates.EMUI9.0functionslikestockAndroidandshouldbeeasytogetusedtoforAndroidnewcomers.Essentially,Huaweihasrestructuredthesettingsmenuandhaspre-installedsomeofitsappsinsteadofGoogleones,soitshouldtakelittleacclimatisationforAndroidveteranstoo.Oneofthepre-installedappsistheHuaweiAppGallery,whichsupplementstheGooglePlayStore.Theinclusionoftheformerisdesignedtoimprovetheuserexperienceandincludesnotonlygames,butalsovarioustoolssuchasaradioappandaQRcodescanner.Third-partyappssuchasBooking.comandFacebookarealsopre-installed,butthesecanbeuninstalled.WhiletheMate20XsupportsNMcards,ourtestdevicecanonlyformatthemasexternalstorage,whichlimitsappsanddatatoonlybeingstoredontheinternalmemory.Defaulthomescreen Defaulthomescreen Pre-installedHuaweitools Pre-installedHuaweitools HuaweiAppGallery QuickSettings Storageinformation Deviceinformation Communication&GPSTheHuaweiMate20XcanbeusedworldwideonGSM,3GandLTEnetworks.ThelatterutilisestheCat.21standard,whichmeansthatthedevicecanachieveupto1,400Mbpsdownloadand300Mbpsuploadspeeds.TheMate20XalsosupportsallmodernWi-FistandardsuptoIEEE802.11acandcanconnecttoeither2.4or5GHzWi-Finetworks.OurtestdeviceperformedwellinourWi-Fitestsandfinishedinthemidfieldofourcomparisontable.TheMate20Xfinishedbelowthe Mate20Proinbothiperf3ClientWi-Fitests. Networkingiperf3Client(transmit)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 696(647min-714max)MBit/s∼100%+10%HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 663(289min-805max)MBit/s∼95%+5%HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 650(6min-792max)MBit/s∼93%+3%HuaweiMate20XMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 633(564min-663max)MBit/s∼91%AppleiPhoneXsMaxA12BionicGPU,A12Bionic,64GBeMMCFlash 602MBit/s∼86%-5%SamsungGalaxyNote9Mali-G72MP18,Exynos9810,128GBUFS2.1Flash 485MBit/s∼70%-23%AverageofclassSmartphone (5.59-1599,n=266,last2years) 483MBit/s∼69%-24%GooglePixel3XLAdreno630,SD845,64GBUFS2.1Flash 456(429min-468max)MBit/s∼66%-28%XiaomiMiMax3Adreno509,SD636,64GBeMMCFlash 265(253min-270max)MBit/s∼38%-58%iperf3Client(receive)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 1001(209min-1106max)MBit/s∼100%+77%HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 615(532min-642max)MBit/s∼61%+9%HuaweiMate20ProMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 491(100min-534max)MBit/s∼49%-13%GooglePixel3XLAdreno630,SD845,64GBUFS2.1Flash 635(315min-645max)MBit/s∼63%+12%AppleiPhoneXsMaxA12BionicGPU,A12Bionic,64GBeMMCFlash 624MBit/s∼62%+10%HuaweiMate20XMali-G76MP10,Kirin980,128GBUFS2.1Flash 566(514min-586max)MBit/s∼57%SamsungGalaxyNote9Mali-G72MP18,Exynos9810,128GBUFS2.1Flash 485MBit/s∼48%-14%AverageofclassSmartphone (15.5-1414,n=266,last2years) 469MBit/s∼47%-17%XiaomiMiMax3Adreno509,SD636,64GBeMMCFlash 344(326min-350max)MBit/s∼34%-39% 03570105140175210245280315350385420455490525560595630Tooltip;iperf3Client(receive)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø565(514-586);iperf3Client(transmit)1m4Mx10NetgearAX12;iperf3.1.3:Ø633(564-663) GPStest:Inside GPStest:OutsideTheMate20XusesBeiDou,Galileo,GLONASS,GPSandQZSSforlocationservices.Ourtestdeviceachievesasatellitefixwithuptofourmetres(~13ft)accuracy,accordingtotheGPSTestapp.Thelocationaccuracydroppedto22metres(~72ft)whenwetesteditindoors.WealsotooktheMate20Xonabikeridetodetermineitslocationaccuracyagainstaprofessionalnavigationdevice,theGarminEdge500.Ourtestdevicerecordeda60metre(~197ft)shorterroutethantheGarmin,butthisrepresentsa99%locationaccuracy.TheGarmindidabetterjobatplottingusthroughcornerstoo,butingeneral,theMate20Xisaccurateenoughformosteverydaynavigationtasks.GPStest:HuaweiMate20X-Overview GPStest:HuaweiMate20X-Lake GPStest:HuaweiMate20X-Loop GPStest:GarminEdge500-Overview GPStest:GarminEdge500-Lake GPStest:GarminEdge500-LoopTelephoneFunctions&CallQualityDiallerHuaweipre-installsitsowntelephonyappsuiteforhandlingcallsandmessages.Thephoneappoffersdirectaccesstoanumberpadandhasshortcutsforcallhistory,contactsandfavourites.Ourtestdevicehasadecentcallqualityandcancelsbackgroundnoisewell.Theearpiecegetssufficientlyloudtoo,andbothsidesofthecallareintelligible.Alternatively,theincludedheadphonesalsoworkwell.Theyevenisolateambientnoisebetterthanthemicrophonesdo,whichisimpressive.CamerasPhototakenwiththefront-facingcameraHuaweihasequippedtheMate20XwiththesamecamerasastheMate20Pro.Hence,thereisaLeicatriplerear-facingcameraarraythatcombinesa40MPwide-anglelenswitha20MPultra-wide-anglelensandan8MPtelephotolens.Thesensorshavef/1.8,f/2.2andf/2.4aperturesrespectively.Thereisalsoa24MPfront-facingcamerathathasanf/2.0aperture,whichtakesgoodqualityphotos.Detailsandfinestructuresremainvisibleevenwhenlookingclosely,andcoloursarealsowellreproduced.Thedefaultcameraapphasseveralcustomisationoptions,whichrangefromlightingeffectstoHDRandAIbeautification.Themain40MPcameratakesbrightanddetailedphotos,althoughtheylooksomewhatblurryuponcloserinspection.Additionally,thecoloursarelacking,whichisbetterrepresentedinourreferencepicture.TheMate20Xalsotakesdecentmacrophotosthataredetailedwithvibrantcolours.Finetexturesalsoremainvisibleevenathigherzoom.Thetriplerear-facingcamerasshowtheirstrengthsinlow-lightconditions.However,coloursarereproducedtoodarklyforourliking,asdemonstratedbelowinscene3.Theedgesofobjectsdonotlookdemarcatedeither,butfinedetailsremainvisibleatthecentreoftheimage.Thedefaultcameraapphasnumeroussettings,includingcolouroptionsandaprofessionalmode.ThelatterhasoptionsformanuallysettingtheISO,shutterspeeds,brightnesslevelsandwhitebalance. Videoslookjustasgoodasphotosandhaveplentyofcustomisationoptionsincludingbeautificationandcolourfiltersthatcanbeappliedwhilerecording.Colourscanalsobealteredbetweenstandard,strongorsoft.Moreover,thereareslow-motionandtime-lapsemodes.Videoscanberecordedinupto4K.Additionally,thevideoformatcanbechangedfromH.264toH.265tosavespace.Videoscanalsoberecordedat60FPSin1080p. ImageComparisonChooseasceneandnavigatewithinthefirstimage.Oneclickchangesthepositionontouchscreens.Oneclickonthezoomed-inimageopenstheoriginalinanewwindow.Thefirstimageshowsthescaledphotographofthetestdevice.Scene1Scene2Scene3clicktoloadimagesHuaweiMate20XCanonEOS70DSonyXperiaXZ2PremiumAppleiPhoneXS0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1xclicktoloadimagesHuaweiMate20XCanonEOS70DSonyXperiaXZ2PremiumAppleiPhoneXS0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1xclicktoloadimagesHuaweiMate20XCanonEOS70DSonyXperiaXZ2PremiumAppleiPhoneXS0.2x2MPixel4Mpixel1x ColorCheckerPassport:ThelowerhalfofeachareaofcolourdisplaysthereferencecolourWealsosubjectedtheMate20Xtofurthercameratestsundercontrolledlightingconditions,theresultsofwhicharemixed.Mostcoloursarereproducedtoobrightlycomparedtothereferencecolour,althoughyellowanddarkshadesofgreyaretoodark.Ourtestdevicedidagoodjobatcapturingourtestchart.Detailsandfinetexturesarecapturedclearlyevenathigherzoomlevels,whilecoloursarereproducedwell.Thecontrastdropsvisiblyinthelowercornersofthetestchart,whichhappenswithmanysmartphones.AphotoofourtestchartAphotoofourtestchartfullresolutionOurtestchartindetailAccessories&WarrantyTheMate20XcomeswithaUSBcharger,amatchingUSBType-Ccable,asetofheadphones,asiliconecaseandacardslottool.HuaweialsosellsMate20Xspecificcoversandothergeneralsmartphoneaccessoriesonitswebsite.Theseincludewirelesschargers,headphones,powerbanksamongothers.TheMate20Xcomeswith24monthsmanufacturer’swarranty. Pleaseseeour Guarantees,ReturnpoliciesandWarranties articleforcountry-specificinformation.InputDevices&OperationHuaweipre-installedourtestdevicewithSwiftKeyasthedefaultkeyboardapp.Theappworksjustaswellasitdoesonotherdevices.Moreover,thetouchscreenrespondedquicklyandaccuratelythroughouttesting,whilethedisplay’ssmoothfinishmakesiteasytoperformmulti-fingergestures.Huaweihasplacedthefingerprintsensoronthebackofthedevice.ThesensoriseasytoreachdespitetheMate20X’slargefootprintandworkedwellthroughoutourtests.Usingthedefaultkeyboardinlandscapemode Usingthedefaultkeyboardinportraitmode DisplaySub-pixelarrayTheMate20Xhasa7.2-inchOLEDdisplaythatoperatesnativelyat2,240x1,080.Ourtestdeviceachievedanaveragemaximumbrightnessof418cd/m²,accordingtoX-Ritei1Pro2.ThisputstheMate20Xbelowallourcomparisondevices,exceptforthePixel3XL,andisconsiderablydarkerthanthemaximumbrightnessthatthe Mate20Proachieves.However,theAPL50testreportsthatthe20Xachievesanaveragemaximumbrightnessof425cd/m²withtheambientlightsensorswitchedon.Turningonthesensorincreasesthemaximumaveragebrightnesstoamorerespectable550cd/m².Additionally,thedisplayis96%evenlylit,whichisonparwithourbestcomparisondevices.Unfortunately,theMate20Xusespulse-widthmodulation(PWM)toregulatedisplaybrightness,whichcancauseeyestrainandheadachesforsomepeople.Thescreenflickersat243Hzat99%andbelowbrightness.Thisvalueisrelativelylowtoo,whichcouldmakesomepeoplewhoarePWMsensitivefeelexhausted. 416cd/m²424cd/m²422cd/m²409cd/m²421cd/m²415cd/m²414cd/m²422cd/m²416cd/m² DistributionofbrightnessX-Ritei1Pro2Maximum:424 cd/m²(Nits)Average:417.7 cd/m²Minimum:1.78 cd/m²BrightnessDistribution: 96%CenteronBattery:421 cd/m²Contrast:∞:1(Black:0 cd/m²)ΔEColor1.1|0.59-29.43Ø5.4ΔEGreyscale1.4|0.64-98Ø5.697.4%sRGB(Calman2D)Gamma:2.23 HuaweiMate20XOLED,2244x1080,7.20XiaomiMiMax3IPS,2160x1080,6.90HuaweiMate20ProOLED,3120x1440,6.30GooglePixel3XLAMOLED,2960x1440,6.30AppleiPhoneXsMaxOLED,2688x1242,6.50SamsungGalaxyNote9SuperAMOLED,2960x1440,6.40Screen-54%-4%-60%1%-122%Brightnessmiddle42150821%57637%410-3%65656%49919%Brightness41850521%58239%413-1%65958%50621%BrightnessDistribution9691-5%90-6%971%88-8%960%BlackLevel*0.28ColorcheckerdE2000*1.12.85-159%1.3-18%3.16-187%1.7-55%4.62-320%ColorcheckerdE2000max.*2.26.21-182%3.5-59%5.5-150%2.8-27%10.91-396%GreyscaledE2000*1.41.7-21%1.6-14%1.7-21%1.7-21%2.2-57%Gamma2.2399%2.22699%2.18101%2.21999%1.998110%2.103105%CCT672397%686095%656199%665398%6487100%6115106%Contrast1814*...smallerisbetter ScreenFlickering/PWM(Pulse-WidthModulation)ℹTodimthescreen,somenotebookswillsimplycyclethebacklightonandoffinrapidsuccession-amethodcalledPulseWidthModulation(PWM).Thiscyclingfrequencyshouldideallybeundetectabletothehumaneye.Ifsaidfrequencyistoolow,userswithsensitiveeyesmayexperiencestrainorheadachesorevennoticetheflickeringaltogether.Screenflickering/PWMdetected242.7Hz≤ 99 %brightnesssettingThedisplaybacklightflickersat242.7 Hz(LikelyutilizingPWM)Flickeringdetectedatabrightnesssettingof99 %andbelow.ThereshouldbenoflickeringorPWMabovethisbrightnesssetting.Thefrequencyof242.7 Hzisrelativelylow,sosensitiveuserswilllikelynoticeflickeringandexperienceeyestrainatthestatedbrightnesssettingandbelow.Incomparison:52 %ofalltesteddevicesdonotusePWMtodimthedisplay.IfPWMwasdetected,anaverageof22211(minimum:5-maximum:3846000)Hzwasmeasured. TheMate20Xtheoreticallyhasaninfinitelyhighcontrastratioanda0blackvaluethankstoitsOLEDdisplaytechnology.Huaweihasincludedmultiplecolourprofilesinthesettingsmenu.ThereareNormalandVivid colourmodes,whicharefurtherdelineatedbetweenStandard,WarmandColdprofiles.CalMANanalysisdemonstratesthattheNormal/Standardprofileprovidesbalancedcolourreproduction.Conversely,theStandard/Vividmodesignificantlyincreasesbluetones,whichresultsinapunchierandclearerimage.ThetargetcolourspacealsochangesfromsRGBtoP3whenthecolourmodeisswitchedtoVivid.Moreover,theWarmmodeintheVividprofilecompensatesfortheincreasedamountofbluetonesbutretainsthechangedtargetcolourspace.HuaweihasincludedamanualcolourmodetooshouldyouwishtotinkerwiththecolourreproductionofyourMate20X.Thereisalsoaneye-safemodethatreducesthevolumeofbluelightthatthedisplayemits.Thiscanhelpreduceeyestrainatnight.CalMAN:Colouraccuracy-NormalStandardcolourprofile,sRGBtargetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSpace-NormalStandardcolourprofile,sRGBtargetcolourspace CalMAN:Greyscale-NormalStandardcolourprofile,sRGBtargetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSaturation-NormalStandardcolourprofile,sRGBtargetcolourspace CalMAN:Colouraccuracy-VividStandardcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSpace-VividStandardcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:Greyscale-VividStandardcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSaturation-VividStandardcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:Colouraccuracy–VividWarmcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSpace–VividWarmcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:Greyscale–VividWarmcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace CalMAN:ColourSaturation–VividWarmcolourprofile,P3targetcolourspace DisplayResponseTimesℹDisplayresponsetimesshowhowfastthescreenisabletochangefromonecolortothenext.Slowresponsetimescanleadtoafterimagesandcancausemovingobjectstoappearblurry(ghosting).Gamersoffast-paced3Dtitlesshouldpayspecialattentiontofastresponsetimes.   ↔   ResponseTimeBlacktoWhite3.2ms...rise↗andfall↘combined↗1.2msrise↘2msfallThescreenshowsveryfastresponseratesinourtestsandshouldbeverywellsuitedforfast-pacedgaming.Incomparison,alltesteddevicesrangefrom0.8(minimum)to240(maximum)ms.»4 %ofalldevicesarebetter.Thismeansthatthemeasuredresponsetimeisbetterthantheaverageofalltesteddevices(23.6ms).   ↔   ResponseTime50%Greyto80%Grey3.6ms...rise↗andfall↘combined↗2msrise↘1.6msfallThescreenshowsveryfastresponseratesinourtestsandshouldbeverywellsuitedforfast-pacedgaming.Incomparison,alltesteddevicesrangefrom0.711(minimum)to636(maximum)ms.»3 %ofalldevicesarebetter.Thismeansthatthemeasuredresponsetimeisbetterthantheaverageofalltesteddevices(37.3ms). TheMate20Xiseasytouseoutdoors.However,wewouldrecommendavoidingdirectsunlightwherepossibleasthedisplaydoesnotgetbrightenoughtoovercomereflections.Youshouldhavenoproblemsreadingthescreenintheshadeoronacloudyday.UsingtheHuaweiMate20Xoutside UsingtheHuaweiMate20XoutsideTheMate20XhasstableviewinganglesthankstoitsOLEDdisplay.Thescreencanbereadfromalmostanyanglewithoutanybrightness,colourorimagedistortions.Wenoticedaslightgreentintatacuteviewingangles,butwedoubtthatthiswouldbeanissueformostpeopleindailyuse.ViewingAnglesPerformanceHuaweihasequippedtheMate20Xwithitshigh-endKirin980SoC.TheKirin980integratesanARMMali-G76MP10GPU,whichcombinetocreateapowerfulpackagethatcanhandleallcomplexapplicationsandgames.HuaweicomplementstheSoCwith6GBofRAMand128GBofUFS2.1offlashstorage,whichshouldensuresmoothsystemperformanceandplentyofstoragespaceforyearstocome.Ourtestdevicegenerallyfinishedinthemidfieldofbenchmarkcomparisontables,buttheMate20Xstillscoreswellaboveaverage.Additionally,the Mate20Proachievesbetterscores​​withthesamehardware,despitehavingahigherresolutionscreen.Wedisabledtheperformancemodeforthepurposesofourtests,butwewillbrieflyoutlinethedifferenceinbenchmarkscoresbelow.Strikingly,theGeekbench4.1/4.2RenderScriptscorerisessignificantlyto10,006pointswithperformancemodeactivatedcomparedtothe5,759pointsthatourtestdevicescoredinitially,whiletheAnTuTuv7scorerosebyover30,000pointsto307,202.Itisworthkeepinginmindthattheperformancemodeconsiderablyworsensthebatterylifethough,sowewouldadviseagainstkeepingthispermanentlyswitchedon. Geekbench4.1-4.4|PCMarkforAndroid|3DMark|GFXBench(DX/GLBenchmark)2.7|GFXBench3.0|GFXBench3.1|GFXBench|AnTuTuv7|AnTuTuv6|BaseMarkOSIIGeekbench4.1-4.464BitSingle-CoreScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3234Points∼68%XiaomiMiMax3 1335Points∼28%-59%HuaweiMate20Pro 3378Points∼71%+4%GooglePixel3XL 2325Points∼49%-28%AppleiPhoneXsMax 4774Points∼100%+48%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3698Points∼77%+14%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(3207-3378,n=9) 3303Points∼69%+2%AverageofclassSmartphone(606-6287,n=62,last2years) 3011Points∼63%-7%64BitMulti-CoreScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 9852Points∼88%XiaomiMiMax3 4939Points∼44%-50%HuaweiMate20Pro 10024Points∼89%+2%GooglePixel3XL 8292Points∼74%-16%AppleiPhoneXsMax 11244Points∼100%+14%SamsungGalaxyNote9 8874Points∼79%-10%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(9547-10024,n=9) 9838Points∼87%0%AverageofclassSmartphone(1556-15231,n=62,last2years) 8883Points∼79%-10%ComputeRenderScriptScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 5759Points∼53%XiaomiMiMax3 4508Points∼41%-22%HuaweiMate20Pro 8938Points∼82%+55%GooglePixel3XL 10876Points∼100%+89%SamsungGalaxyNote9 9059Points∼83%+57%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(5677-9870,n=9) 7355Points∼68%+28%AverageofclassSmartphone(2810-11557,n=51,last2years) 7327Points∼67%+27%PCMarkforAndroidWorkperformancescore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 9867Points∼79%XiaomiMiMax3 6040Points∼48%-39%HuaweiMate20Pro 12535Points∼100%+27%GooglePixel3XL 11180Points∼89%+13%SamsungGalaxyNote9 5960Points∼48%-40%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(9728-13531,n=10) 11164Points∼89%+13%AverageofclassSmartphone(3341-19989,n=150,last2years) 10354Points∼83%+5%Work2.0performancescore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 7772Points∼84%XiaomiMiMax3 Points∼0%-100%HuaweiMate20Pro 9225Points∼100%+19%GooglePixel3XL 9029Points∼98%+16%SamsungGalaxyNote9 5184Points∼56%-33%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(7567-9326,n=10) 8433Points∼91%+9%AverageofclassSmartphone(82-15299,n=196,last2years) 8300Points∼90%+7%3DMark1280x720offscreenIceStormUnlimitedScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 34035Points∼44%XiaomiMiMax3 19863Points∼26%-42%HuaweiMate20Pro 57047Points∼74%+68%GooglePixel3XL 34855Points∼45%+2%AppleiPhoneXsMax 77599Points∼100%+128%SamsungGalaxyNote9 29994Points∼39%-12%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(34035-57073,n=10) 43799Points∼56%+29%AverageofclassSmartphone(2920-117606,n=137,last2years) 43178Points∼56%+27%1280x720offscreenIceStormUnlimitedGraphicsScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 42579Points∼27%XiaomiMiMax3 20836Points∼13%-51%HuaweiMate20Pro 67730Points∼42%+59%GooglePixel3XL 53794Points∼34%+26%AppleiPhoneXsMax 159735Points∼100%+275%SamsungGalaxyNote9 36190Points∼23%-15%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(42128-67956,n=10) 53280Points∼33%+25%AverageofclassSmartphone(2463-224130,n=137,last2years) 63158Points∼40%+48%1280x720offscreenIceStormUnlimitedPhysics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 19993Points∼54%XiaomiMiMax3 17073Points∼46%-15%HuaweiMate20Pro 36755Points∼100%+84%GooglePixel3XL 15614Points∼42%-22%AppleiPhoneXsMax 27717Points∼75%+39%SamsungGalaxyNote9 18756Points∼51%-6%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(19993-37164,n=10) 27047Points∼74%+35%AverageofclassSmartphone(8324-59268,n=137,last2years) 24065Points∼65%+20%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2567Points∼42%XiaomiMiMax3 1477Points∼24%-42%HuaweiMate20Pro 4996Points∼81%+95%GooglePixel3XL 6180Points∼100%+141%AppleiPhoneXsMax 5205Points∼84%+103%SamsungGalaxyNote9 4008Points∼65%+56%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2567-5638,n=10) 4152Points∼67%+62%AverageofclassSmartphone(68-11256,n=217,last2years) 3506Points∼57%+37%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0Graphics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2347Points∼30%XiaomiMiMax3 1335Points∼17%-43%HuaweiMate20Pro 5305Points∼68%+126%GooglePixel3XL 7780Points∼100%+231%AppleiPhoneXsMax 7055Points∼91%+201%SamsungGalaxyNote9 4826Points∼62%+106%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2347-6111,n=10) 4277Points∼55%+82%AverageofclassSmartphone(54-16670,n=217,last2years) 4056Points∼52%+73%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0Physics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3816Points∼92%XiaomiMiMax3 1349Points∼33%-65%HuaweiMate20Pro 4150Points∼100%+9%GooglePixel3XL 3594Points∼87%-6%AppleiPhoneXsMax 2713Points∼65%-29%SamsungGalaxyNote9 2515Points∼61%-34%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(3548-4436,n=10) 3942Points∼95%+3%AverageofclassSmartphone(677-5301,n=217,last2years) 2878Points∼69%-25%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0Unlimited(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2525Points∼38%XiaomiMiMax3 1542Points∼23%-39%HuaweiMate20Pro 5456Points∼82%+116%GooglePixel3XL 6228Points∼93%+147%AppleiPhoneXsMax 6667Points∼100%+164%SamsungGalaxyNote9 4124Points∼62%+63%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2525-5990,n=10) 4247Points∼64%+68%AverageofclassSmartphone(149-13121,n=256,last2years) 4679Points∼70%+85%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0UnlimitedGraphics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2536Points∼24%XiaomiMiMax3 1402Points∼14%-45%HuaweiMate20Pro 5854Points∼56%+131%GooglePixel3XL 8380Points∼81%+230%AppleiPhoneXsMax 10374Points∼100%+309%SamsungGalaxyNote9 4904Points∼47%+93%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2536-6350,n=10) 4495Points∼43%+77%AverageofclassSmartphone(122-31940,n=256,last2years) 6258Points∼60%+147%2560x1440SlingShotOpenGLES3.0UnlimitedPhysics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2488Points∼56%XiaomiMiMax3 2372Points∼54%-5%HuaweiMate20Pro 4407Points∼100%+77%GooglePixel3XL 3280Points∼74%+32%AppleiPhoneXsMax 2961Points∼67%+19%SamsungGalaxyNote9 2649Points∼60%+6%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2421-4997,n=10) 3580Points∼81%+44%AverageofclassSmartphone(651-6394,n=254,last2years) 3194Points∼72%+28%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3575Points∼77%XiaomiMiMax3 954Points∼20%-73%HuaweiMate20Pro 4201Points∼90%+18%GooglePixel3XL 4662Points∼100%+30%AppleiPhoneXsMax 3544Points∼76%-1%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3353Points∼72%-6%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2276-4835,n=10) 3929Points∼84%+10%AverageofclassSmartphone(78-9138,n=213,last2years) 2672Points∼57%-25%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)Graphics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3528Points∼69%XiaomiMiMax3 815Points∼16%-77%HuaweiMate20Pro 4206Points∼83%+19%GooglePixel3XL 5089Points∼100%+44%AppleiPhoneXsMax 3726Points∼73%+6%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3673Points∼72%+4%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2082-4937,n=10) 3960Points∼78%+12%AverageofclassSmartphone(62-11573,n=213,last2years) 2798Points∼55%-21%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)Physics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3751Points∼90%XiaomiMiMax3 2355Points∼56%-37%HuaweiMate20Pro 4183Points∼100%+12%GooglePixel3XL 3605Points∼86%-4%AppleiPhoneXsMax 3027Points∼72%-19%SamsungGalaxyNote9 2569Points∼61%-32%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(3380-4509,n=10) 3889Points∼93%+4%AverageofclassSmartphone(688-5318,n=213,last2years) 2900Points∼69%-23%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)Unlimited(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 3599Points∼70%XiaomiMiMax3 1008Points∼20%-72%HuaweiMate20Pro 4275Points∼83%+19%GooglePixel3XL 5133Points∼100%+43%AppleiPhoneXsMax 4121Points∼80%+15%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3450Points∼67%-4%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2611-5102,n=10) 3823Points∼74%+6%AverageofclassSmartphone(91-11528,n=258,last2years) 3862Points∼75%+7%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)UnlimitedGraphics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 4103Points∼71%XiaomiMiMax3 867Points∼15%-79%HuaweiMate20Pro 4250Points∼73%+4%GooglePixel3XL 5789Points∼100%+41%AppleiPhoneXsMax 4828Points∼83%+18%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3797Points∼66%-7%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2747-5157,n=10) 3997Points∼69%-3%AverageofclassSmartphone(73-19364,n=258,last2years) 4646Points∼80%+13%2560x1440SlingShotExtreme(ES3.1)UnlimitedPhysics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 2517Points∼58%XiaomiMiMax3 2333Points∼53%-7%HuaweiMate20Pro 4364Points∼100%+73%GooglePixel3XL 3676Points∼84%+46%AppleiPhoneXsMax 2723Points∼62%+8%SamsungGalaxyNote9 2613Points∼60%+4%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(2227-4917,n=10) 3461Points∼79%+38%AverageofclassSmartphone(635-5793,n=258,last2years) 3225Points∼74%+28%GFXBench(DX/GLBenchmark)2.7T-RexOnscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 58fps∼87%XiaomiMiMax3 34fps∼51%-41%HuaweiMate20Pro 61fps∼92%+5%GooglePixel3XL 60fps∼90%+3%AppleiPhoneXsMax 60fps∼90%+3%SamsungGalaxyNote9 60fps∼90%+3%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(55-62,n=10) 58.7fps∼88%+1%AverageofclassSmartphone(9.5-143,n=213,last2years) 66.5fps∼100%+15%1920x1080T-RexOffscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 119fps∼53%XiaomiMiMax3 36fps∼16%-70%HuaweiMate20Pro 120fps∼53%+1%GooglePixel3XL 140fps∼62%+18%AppleiPhoneXsMax 226fps∼100%+90%SamsungGalaxyNote9 146fps∼65%+23%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(68-138,n=10) 110fps∼49%-8%AverageofclassSmartphone(6-428,n=213,last2years) 130fps∼58%+9%GFXBench3.0onscreenManhattanOnscreenOGL(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 58fps∼98%XiaomiMiMax3 15(16min)fps∼25%-74%HuaweiMate20Pro 42fps∼71%-28%GooglePixel3XL 37fps∼63%-36%AppleiPhoneXsMax 59fps∼100%+2%SamsungGalaxyNote9 47fps∼80%-19%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(37-60,n=10) 54.8fps∼93%-6%AverageofclassSmartphone(4.5-121,n=212,last2years) 53.9fps∼91%-7%1920x10801080pManhattanOffscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 78fps∼73%XiaomiMiMax3 16fps∼15%-79%HuaweiMate20Pro 73fps∼68%-6%GooglePixel3XL 56fps∼52%-28%AppleiPhoneXsMax 107fps∼100%+37%SamsungGalaxyNote9 76fps∼71%-3%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(40-91,n=10) 70fps∼65%-10%AverageofclassSmartphone(1-251,n=214,last2years) 74.4fps∼70%-5%GFXBench3.1onscreenManhattanES3.1Onscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 50fps∼85%XiaomiMiMax3 9.8fps∼17%-80%HuaweiMate20Pro 26fps∼44%-48%GooglePixel3XL 25fps∼42%-50%AppleiPhoneXsMax 58.9fps∼100%+18%SamsungGalaxyNote9 25fps∼42%-50%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(24-54,n=10) 43.4fps∼74%-13%AverageofclassSmartphone(3.1-121,n=211,last2years) 41.8fps∼71%-16%1920x1080ManhattanES3.1Offscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 53fps∼76%XiaomiMiMax3 10fps∼14%-81%HuaweiMate20Pro 29fps∼42%-45%GooglePixel3XL 45fps∼65%-15%AppleiPhoneXsMax 69.3fps∼100%+31%SamsungGalaxyNote9 45fps∼65%-15%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(25-56,n=10) 45.2fps∼65%-15%AverageofclassSmartphone(1.4-169,n=212,last2years) 51.2fps∼74%-3%GFXBenchonscreenCarChaseOnscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 28fps∼90%XiaomiMiMax3 6fps∼19%-79%HuaweiMate20Pro 16fps∼52%-43%GooglePixel3XL 18fps∼58%-36%AppleiPhoneXsMax 31fps∼100%+11%SamsungGalaxyNote9 15fps∼48%-46%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(15-30,n=10) 24fps∼77%-14%AverageofclassSmartphone(3.3-81,n=211,last2years) 26.1fps∼84%-7%1920x1080CarChaseOffscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 28fps∼70%XiaomiMiMax3 6.3fps∼16%-77%HuaweiMate20Pro 31fps∼78%+11%GooglePixel3XL 33fps∼83%+18%AppleiPhoneXsMax 40fps∼100%+43%SamsungGalaxyNote9 28fps∼70%0%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(17-33,n=10) 28.8fps∼72%+3%AverageofclassSmartphone(1.8-96.6,n=211,last2years) 30.8fps∼77%+10%onscreenAztecRuinsNormalTierOnscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 29fps∼62%XiaomiMiMax3 5.6fps∼12%-81%HuaweiMate20Pro 18fps∼38%-38%AppleiPhoneXsMax 47fps∼100%+62%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(18-33,n=9) 29.8fps∼63%+3%AverageofclassSmartphone(1.5-98,n=271,last2years) 27.1fps∼58%-7%1920x1080AztecRuinsNormalTierOffscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 30fps∼82%XiaomiMiMax3 5.9fps∼16%-80%HuaweiMate20Pro 33fps∼90%+10%AppleiPhoneXsMax 36.8fps∼100%+23%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(30-37,n=9) 33.2fps∼90%+11%AverageofclassSmartphone(2-257,n=271,last2years) 32fps∼87%+7%onscreenAztecRuinsHighTierOnscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 20fps∼62%XiaomiMiMax3 3.6fps∼11%-82%HuaweiMate20Pro 19fps∼59%-5%AppleiPhoneXsMax 32.1fps∼100%+61%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(19-21,n=9) 20.3fps∼63%+2%AverageofclassSmartphone(2.1-69,n=272,last2years) 18.3fps∼57%-8%2560x1440AztecRuinsHighTierOffscreen(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 13fps∼80%XiaomiMiMax3 2.2fps∼13%-83%HuaweiMate20Pro 13fps∼80%0%AppleiPhoneXsMax 16.3fps∼100%+25%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(13-14,n=9) 13.7fps∼84%+5%AverageofclassSmartphone(0.7-101,n=272,last2years) 12.3fps∼75%-5%AnTuTuv7-TotalScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 273409Points∼90%XiaomiMiMax3 118959Points∼39%-56%HuaweiMate20Pro 300617Points∼99%+10%GooglePixel3XL 285269Points∼94%+4%AppleiPhoneXsMax 302955Points∼100%+11%SamsungGalaxyNote9 236552Points∼78%-13%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(268359-322616,n=10) 295586Points∼98%+8%AnTuTuv6-TotalScore(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 253082Points∼100%XiaomiMiMax3 98170Points∼39%-61%HuaweiMate20Pro 250848Points∼99%-1%GooglePixel3XL 215632Points∼85%-15%SamsungGalaxyNote9 214090Points∼85%-15%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(245662-254229,n=9) 250407Points∼99%-1%BaseMarkOSIIOverall(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 4104Points∼84%XiaomiMiMax3 2058Points∼42%-50%HuaweiMate20Pro 4687Points∼96%+14%GooglePixel3XL 3291Points∼67%-20%AppleiPhoneXsMax 4895Points∼100%+19%SamsungGalaxyNote9 3110Points∼64%-24%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(4014-4746,n=10) 4446Points∼91%+8%AverageofclassSmartphone(615-8124,n=194,last2years) 4055Points∼83%-1%System(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 7923Points∼68%XiaomiMiMax3 4320Points∼37%-45%HuaweiMate20Pro 8604Points∼74%+9%GooglePixel3XL 4417Points∼38%-44%AppleiPhoneXsMax 11675Points∼100%+47%SamsungGalaxyNote9 6137Points∼53%-23%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(7597-8604,n=10) 8146Points∼70%+3%AverageofclassSmartphone(1160-19657,n=194,last2years) 7259Points∼62%-8%Memory(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 5700Points∼91%XiaomiMiMax3 2492Points∼40%-56%HuaweiMate20Pro 6283Points∼100%+10%GooglePixel3XL 2825Points∼45%-50%AppleiPhoneXsMax 1815Points∼29%-68%SamsungGalaxyNote9 2068Points∼33%-64%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(5116-6283,n=10) 5580Points∼89%-2%AverageofclassSmartphone(522-9044,n=194,last2years) 4749Points∼76%-17%Graphics(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 5070Points∼32%XiaomiMiMax3 1608Points∼10%-68%HuaweiMate20Pro 6273Points∼40%+24%GooglePixel3XL 7989Points∼51%+58%AppleiPhoneXsMax 15659Points∼100%+209%SamsungGalaxyNote9 6506Points∼42%+28%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(4963-7758,n=10) 6484Points∼41%+28%AverageofclassSmartphone(349-25642,n=194,last2years) 6650Points∼42%+31%Web(sortbyvalue)HuaweiMate20X 1239Points∼72%XiaomiMiMax3 1037Points∼60%-16%HuaweiMate20Pro 1424Points∼82%+15%GooglePixel3XL 1176Points∼68%-5%AppleiPhoneXsMax 1731Points∼100%+40%SamsungGalaxyNote9 1132Points∼65%-9%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(1239-1462,n=10) 1343Points∼78%+8%AverageofclassSmartphone(10-2392,n=194,last2years) 1356Points∼78%+9%Legend HuaweiMate20XHiSiliconKirin980,ARMMali-G76MP10,128GBUFS2.1Flash XiaomiMiMax3QualcommSnapdragon636,QualcommAdreno509,64GBeMMCFlash HuaweiMate20ProHiSiliconKirin980,ARMMali-G76MP10,128GBUFS2.1Flash GooglePixel3XLQualcommSnapdragon845,QualcommAdreno630,64GBUFS2.1Flash AppleiPhoneXsMaxAppleA12Bionic,AppleA12BionicGPU,64GBeMMCFlash SamsungGalaxyNote9SamsungExynos9810,ARMMali-G72MP18,128GBUFS2.1Flash AverageHiSiliconKirin980 AverageofclassSmartphone BrowserbenchmarkresultsprovideasimilarpicturetoCPUandGPUbenchmarks.Again,theMate20Xtypicallyfinishedinthemiddleofourcomparisontable,butwebbrowsingfeelssmoothindailyuse.Evenmediacontentloadsquickly,whichisnotalwaysthecaseonotherdevices. JetStream1.1|OctaneV2|MozillaKraken1.1|WebXPRT3|WebXPRT2015JetStream1.1-TotalScoreAppleiPhoneXsMax(Safari12) 273.01Points∼100%+193%HuaweiMate20Pro(Chrome69) 109.18Points∼40%+17%AverageofclassSmartphone(10.8-414,n=196,last2years) 105Points∼38%+13%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(93.2-110,n=9) 102Points∼37%+9%HuaweiMate20X(hrome71) 93.241Points∼34%GooglePixel3XL(Chrome70) 75.8Points∼28%-19%SamsungGalaxyNote9(Chrome68) 63.012Points∼23%-32%XiaomiMiMax3(Chrome69) 44.568Points∼16%-52%OctaneV2-TotalScoreAppleiPhoneXsMax(Safari12) 43114Points∼100%+103%HuaweiMate20Pro(Chrome69) 23285Points∼54%+10%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(20618-23285,n=10) 21733Points∼50%+2%HuaweiMate20X(hrome71) 21208Points∼49%AverageofclassSmartphone(1986-64222,n=206,last2years) 20832Points∼48%-2%GooglePixel3XL(Chrome70) 16228Points∼38%-23%SamsungGalaxyNote9(Chrome68) 14663Points∼34%-31%XiaomiMiMax3(Chrome69) 8273Points∼19%-61%MozillaKraken1.1-TotalScoreXiaomiMiMax3(Chrome69) 4578.1ms*∼100%-113%AverageofclassSmartphone(414-29635,n=208,last2years) 3447ms*∼75%-61%GooglePixel3XL(Chrome70) 2785ms*∼61%-30%SamsungGalaxyNote9(Chrome68) 2710ms*∼59%-26%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(1948-3098,n=10) 2176ms*∼48%-1%HuaweiMate20X(hrome71) 2145.4ms*∼47%HuaweiMate20Pro(Chrome69) 1951.9ms*∼43%+9%AppleiPhoneXsMax(Safari12) 603.1ms*∼13%+72%WebXPRT3----AppleiPhoneXsMax(Safari12) 155Points∼100%+80%HuaweiMate20Pro(Chrome69) 124Points∼80%+44%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(86-124,n=10) 105Points∼68%+22%GooglePixel3XL(Chrome70) 100Points∼65%+16%AverageofclassSmartphone(20-252,n=199,last2years) 86.4Points∼56%0%HuaweiMate20X(hrome71) 86Points∼55%SamsungGalaxyNote9(Chrome68) 72Points∼46%-16%WebXPRT2015-OverallScoreAppleiPhoneXsMax(Safari12) 347Points∼100%+50%HuaweiMate20Pro(Chrome69) 334Points∼96%+44%GooglePixel3XL(Chrome70) 287Points∼83%+24%AverageHiSiliconKirin980(228-334,n=5) 277Points∼80%+19%HuaweiMate20X(hrome71) 232Points∼67%SamsungGalaxyNote9(Chrome68) 202Points∼58%-13%AverageofclassSmartphone(165-285,n=12,last2years) 170Points∼49%-27%XiaomiMiMax3(Chrome69) 148Points∼43%-36%*...smallerisbetter TheMate20XperformedwellinAndroBench3-5andoutscoredmanyofourcomparisondevices.TheUFS2.1memoryisfasterthanaverageandevenbeattheUFS2.1storageinthe Mate20Proinsometests.Pleasenotethatourtestdevicehadaround110GBofitsadvertised128GBstorageavailableupondelivery.HuaweihasalsoequippedtheMate20Xwithafastmemorycardreader,whichwetestedwithourreference128GBHuaweiNMcard.ThecardreaderachievedbettertransferratesthanmanyofourmicroSDequippedcomparisondevices,butthespeeddifferenceisnegligibleatbest.Inshort,NMcardsarenotcurrentlyworththeadditionaloutlaycomparedtobuyingamicroSDcard. HuaweiMate20XXiaomiMiMax3HuaweiMate20ProGooglePixel3XLSamsungGalaxyNote9Average128GBUFS2.1FlashAverageofclassSmartphoneAndroBench3-5-33%-4%-17%-20%-6%11%SequentialRead256KB911.88274.63-70%853.28-6%632.6-31%805-12%774?(427-1011,n=95)-15%877?(45.6-2037,n=272,last2years)-4%SequentialWrite256KB182.7185.41%196.397%228.625%1967%273?(13.6-707,n=95)49%414?(11.9-1465,n=272,last2years)127%RandomRead4KB144.4472.87-50%157.429%120.8-16%134-7%148?(92.6-239,n=95)2%155?(13.5-325,n=272,last2years)7%RandomWrite4KB237.6387.08-63%157.84-34%132.7-44%21-91%126?(18.2-290,n=95)-47%149?(5.5-449,n=272,last2years)-37%SequentialRead256KBSDCard83.14?(HuaweiNanoSD128GB)83.79?(ToshibaExceriaProM501)1%83.18?(HuaweiNanoSD128GB)0%77?(ToshibaExceriaProM501)-7%76?(13.4-88.3,n=43)-9%77.4?(25.5-154,n=105,last2years)-7%SequentialWrite256KBSDCard72?(HuaweiNanoSD128GB)60.28?(ToshibaExceriaProM501)-16%72.38?(HuaweiNanoSD128GB)1%66.7?(ToshibaExceriaProM501)-7%59.6?(8.4-72.4,n=43)-17%59.3?(12.9-83.3,n=105,last2years)-18% GamesTheMate20XiswellsuitedforplayinggameswithitslargedisplayanditspowerfulSoC.Moreover,thetouchscreenandaccelerometerreactquicklyanddonotcauseanyissueswhenplayingfast-pacedgames."ArenaofValor"and"Asphalt9:Legends"bothransmoothlyonourtestdeviceathighgraphics.Thelatteraveraged29.9FPSatbothmedium/lowandHigh/HDpresets,whichindicatesthatthesystemhaslimitedframeratesforsomereason.Wedidnotnoticeanydropinframeratesevenoverextendedgamingsessions.ArenaofValor Asphalt9:LegendsArenaofValor 051015202530354045505560Tooltip;min:Ø60.2(60-61);highHD:Ø60.2(58-61) Asphalt9:Legends 051015202530Tooltip;Standard/low:Ø29.9(29-31);HighQuality:Ø29.9(28-31) EmissionsTemperatureGFXBenchBatterytest-Manhattan3.1 GFXBenchBatterytest-ES2.0TheMate20Xmanagesitssurfacetemperatureswell.Ourtestdevicereachedamaximumof28°C(~82°F) atidle,whichthenrosetoamaximumof35°C(~95°F) whenwepushedthedevicehard.Hence,theMate20Xrunscoolenoughtoholdinyourhandcomfortably duringlonggamingsessions.WealsosubjectedtheMate20XtoaloopedGFXBenchbatterytesttodeterminehowwellitmanagesitsperformanceundersustainedload.Ourtestdeviceperformedwelloverall,althoughthereweresomedipsinframeratesatcertainpointsofthebenchmarkloop.Theframeratesreturnedtoinitiallevelsbytheendofthebenchmarkloopthough,sotheMate20Xshouldnotthermalthrottleindailyuse. Max.LoadIdle  33.4°C92F33.6°C92F30.3°C87F  32.4°C90F32.4°C90F30°C86F  30.8°C87F31.2°C88F29.9°C86F  Maximum:33.6°C=92FAverage:31.6°C=89F 27.7°C82F28.5°C83F34.7°C94F27.5°C82F28.9°C84F32.4°C90F27.9°C82F28.9°C84F30.3°C87F Maximum:34.7°C=94FAverage:29.6°C=85FPowerSupply(max.) 32°C=90F|RoomTemperature 22°C=72F|VoltcraftIR-260Max.LoadIdle  27.1°C81F27.5°C82F27.3°C81F  27.5°C82F27.3°C81F27.6°C82F  26.9°C80F27.5°C82F27.9°C82F  Maximum:27.9°C=82FAverage:27.4°C=81F 26.4°C80F26.5°C80F26.8°C80F25.7°C78F26.3°C79F27°C81F26.4°C80F26.4°C80F26.6°C80F Maximum:27°C=81FAverage:26.5°C=80FPowerSupply(max.) 28.2°C=83F|RoomTemperature 22°C=72F|VoltcraftIR-260(+)Theaveragetemperaturefortheuppersideundermaximalloadis31.6°C/89F,comparedtotheaverageof32.9°C/91FforthedevicesintheclassSmartphone.(+)Themaximumtemperatureontheuppersideis33.6°C/92F,comparedtotheaverageof35.1°C/95F,rangingfrom22to52.9°CfortheclassSmartphone.(+)Thebottomheatsuptoamaximumof34.7°C/94F,comparedtotheaverageof33.8°C/93F(+)Inidleusage,theaveragetemperaturefortheuppersideis27.4°C/81F,comparedtothedeviceaverageof32.9°C/91F. Heatmapofthetopofthedeviceunderload HeatmapofthebottomofthedeviceunderloadSpeakersSpeakercharacteristicsTheMate20Xhasstereospeakersthatareonthetopandundersideofthedevice.Thespeakersgetrelativelyloudandreproducemidtoneswell.Musicandmediacontentgenerallysoundsdecent,soyouwillnotneedtorushforsomeheadphonesifyouwanttowatchorlistentosomething.TheMate20Xalsohasaheadphonejack,whichisincreasinglybecomingararityamongflagshipsmartphones.ThedevicealsosupportsBluetooth5.0andcanoutputusingBLE,SBC,AAC,aptX,aptXHD,LDACorHWAaudiocodecs. dB(A) 0102030405060708090DeepBassMiddleBassHighBassLowerRangeMidsHigherMidsLowerHighsMidHighsUpperHighsSuperHighs2031.137.32529.230.4312622.34023.221.55031.931.36327.421.7802921.610024.224.812518.4341601851.820017.450.725014.456.131515.859.740016.360.850015.461.163014.763.580016.265.5100014.773125013.871.616001474.3200014.473.9250014.176.4315014.674.1400014.672.7500014.470.5630014.469.2800014.863.71000015.259.21250014.758.61600014.849.7SPL26.984.1N0.955.6median14.7median63.5Delta1.49.632.341.525.63125.733.227.429.23738.323.323.621.424.121.725.119.933.217.439.9174716.450.114.551.314.256.714.156.912.655.512.558.51259.911.860.911.662.411.463.911.358.811.456.111.159.711.25811.356.711.259.411.358.411.355.711.350.954.565.56767.167.365.824.171.69.618.919.520.221.617.80.629median11.8median56.71.74.5hearingrangehidemedianshowmedianPinkNoiseHuaweiMate20XSamsungGalaxyNote9Frequencydiagram(checkboxescanbecheckedanduncheckedtocomparedevices)HuaweiMate20Xaudioanalysis(+)|speakerscanplayrelativelyloud(84.1dB)Bass100-315Hz(-)|nearlynobass-onaverage17.3%lowerthanmedian(±)|linearityofbassisaverage(13.8%deltatoprev.frequency)Mids400-2000Hz(±)|highermids-onaverage5.7%higherthanmedian(+)|midsarelinear(4.6%deltatoprev.frequency)Highs2-16kHz(±)|higherhighs-onaverage7.1%higherthanmedian(+)|highsarelinear(5.8%deltatoprev.frequency)Overall100-16.000Hz(±)|linearityofoverallsoundisaverage(19.5%differencetomedian)Comparedtosameclass»19%ofalltesteddevicesinthisclasswerebetter,9%similar,73%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof12%,averagewas23%,worstwas65%Comparedtoalldevicestested»45%ofalltesteddeviceswerebetter,8%similar,47%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof3%,averagewas20%,worstwas65%SamsungGalaxyNote9audioanalysis(-)|notveryloudspeakers(71.6dB)Bass100-315Hz(-)|nearlynobass-onaverage15.6%lowerthanmedian(±)|linearityofbassisaverage(10.1%deltatoprev.frequency)Mids400-2000Hz(+)|balancedmids-only2.9%awayfrommedian(+)|midsarelinear(4.3%deltatoprev.frequency)Highs2-16kHz(+)|balancedhighs-only1.6%awayfrommedian(+)|highsarelinear(5.7%deltatoprev.frequency)Overall100-16.000Hz(+)|overallsoundislinear(13.1%differencetomedian)Comparedtosameclass»0%ofalltesteddevicesinthisclasswerebetter,0%similar,100%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof12%,averagewas23%,worstwas65%Comparedtoalldevicestested»11%ofalltesteddeviceswerebetter,2%similar,87%worse»Thebesthadadeltaof3%,averagewas20%,worstwas65% BatteryLifePowerConsumptionTheHuaweiMate20XchargerTheMate20Xisanenergyefficientdevicethatconsumedaminimumof0.79Watidleduringourtests.Powerconsumptionrosetoamaximumof9.85W,whichisconsiderablyhigherthanwhattheMate20Proconsumedduringthesametest.Overall,theMate20Xconsumedslightlymorethanourcomparisondevicesonaverage,butisnotapower-hungrydevice.Theincludedquickchargerisratedatupto22.5W,soitshouldalwaysbeabletochargetheMate20Xevenwhenitisoperatingundersustainedload.Wehadnochargingissueswithourtestdeviceregardlessofhowhardwepushedit. PowerConsumption Off/Standby0.01/0.25 WattIdle0.79/1.72/1.83 Watt Load 5.53/9.85Watt   Key: min:, med:, max:        MetrahitEnergyCurrentlyweusetheMetrahitEnergy,aprofessionalsinglephasepowerqualityandenergymeasurementdigitalmultimeter,forourmeasurements.Findoutmoreaboutithere.Allofourtestmethodscanbefoundhere. HuaweiMate20X5000 mAhXiaomiMiMax35500 mAhHuaweiMate20Pro4200 mAhGooglePixel3XL3430 mAhAppleiPhoneXsMax3174 mAhSamsungGalaxyNote94000 mAhAverageHiSiliconKirin980 AverageofclassSmartphone PowerConsumption14%-2%8%10%-20%-3%3%IdleMinimum*0.790.711%0.95-20%0.711%1-27%0.9-14%0.802?(0.6-0.97,n=10)-2%0.94?(0.12-2.5,n=218,last2years)-19%IdleAverage*1.721.513%2.17-26%1.419%1.419%1.9-10%2.07?(0.9-2.6,n=10)-20%1.754?(0.65-3.6,n=218,last2years)-2%IdleMaximum*1.832.2-20%2.25-23%2-9%1.77%3.7-102%2.38?(1.83-2.77,n=10)-30%1.991?(0.69-4,n=218,last2years)-9%LoadAverage*5.533.831%4.4719%4.813%4.617%5.34%4.87?(3.74-6.3,n=10)12%4.47?(2.1-7.4,n=218,last2years)19%LoadMaximum*9.856.534%6.1538%9.54%6.732%7.623%7.46?(6.15-9.85,n=10)24%7.37?(3.56-12.3,n=218,last2years)25%*...smallerisbetter BatteryLifeTheMate20Xhasa5,000mAhbattery,whichismuchlargerthanallbutthe5,500mAhbatteryintheMiMax3ofourcomparisondevices.Ourtestdevicelastedover13hoursinourpracticalWi-Fitest,whichisrespectable,butratherunderwhelming.TheMate20XlastedlongerthantheMate20Pro,thePixel3XLandtheiPhoneXSMaxinthesametest,buttheGalaxyNote9hadaslightlybetterruntimewithits1,000mAhsmallerbattery.Moreover,theMiMax3lastedover8hourslongerinthesametestdespitehavingjusta500mAhlargerbatterycapacity.Theincludedchargerrechargesourtestdevicefullyinundertwohours. BatteryRuntime Idle(withoutWLAN,minbrightness) 33h 04min WiFiWebsurfing 13h 06min BigBuckBunnyH.2641080p 16h 26min Load(maximumbrightness) 5h 00min HuaweiMate20X5000 mAhXiaomiMiMax35500 mAhHuaweiMate20Pro4200 mAhGooglePixel3XL3430 mAhAppleiPhoneXsMax3174 mAhSamsungGalaxyNote94000 mAhBatteryRuntime66%-8%-13%-21%-1%Reader/Idle19841747-12%1725-13%1305-34%1687-15%H.264986854-13%724-27%801-19%896-9%WiFiv1.3786130566%767-2%691-12%742-6%7941%Load300282-6%2990%223-26%35418% Pros+hugescreen +fastWi-Fi +Bluetooth5.0 +goodcameras +Dual-SIMLTECons-nanomemorycard -PWMdisplayflickering VerdictTheHuaweiMate20X.TestdevicecourtesyofHuaweiGermany.TheHuaweiMate20XhasthesamequalitiesastheotherMate20modelsthatwehavealreadycometolove.Thegiantsmartphonehasexcellentsystemandstorageperformance,whileitscamerasarefirst-class.Moreover,theOLEDscreenisimpressive,asaretheLTEandWi-Fispeeds.TheMate20XlacksthestandoutfeaturesoftheMate20Prosuchasits3Dfacerecognition,wirelesschargingandits40Wfastcharger,whichisdisappointing.Thescreenbrightnessislowertoo,whichisanotherdrawback.TheHuaweiMate20Xisanexcellentflagshipphabletwhoseperformanceisuniqueforadeviceofitssize.Itisalsoworthkeepinginmindthatotherdevicesachievedsimilarresultsinourtestsandtookalmostasgoodpicturesasthetriplerear-facingcameraarraycan.However,youwillnotfindabetteralternativetotheMate20Xifyouareinthemarketforaflagshipphablet. HuaweiMate20X -2019-09-27 09/27/2019v7 MikeWobker Chassis88% Keyboard69 / 75 → 92% PointingDevice96% Connectivity52 / 70 → 75% Weight88% Battery90% Display89% GamesPerformance40 / 64 → 62% ApplicationPerformance73 / 86 → 85% Temperature94% Noise100% Audio72 / 90 → 80% Camera69% Average79% 84% Smartphone-WeightedAverage LinkedArticlesHuaweiMate20X(Mate20Series)Review•HuaweiMate20ProSmartphone...|Review•HuaweiMate20SmartphoneReview|Review•HuaweiMate20LiteSmartphone...RelatedArticles HuaweiMateBook14(i7-8565U,GeForceMX250)LaptopReview 05/07/2019 HuaweiMateBook13(i7-8565U,GeForceMX150)LaptopReview 01/29/2019 Pricecompare Readall1comments/answerstaticversionloaddynamicLoadingComments Commentonthisarticle Editoroftheoriginalarticle:MikeWobker-SeniorTechWriter-444articlespublishedonNotebookchecksince2017IcarriedoutmyfirstITexperimentswitha386-basedsystemandawhole4MBRAM.ThiswasfollowedbyworkonvariousPCsandlaptopsthatImaintainedandrepairedforfriendsandacquaintances.AftertrainingtobecomeaTelecommunicationsSystemsTechnicianandgainingafewyearsofexperience,IgraduatedwithaBachelor’sdegreeinIndustrialEngineering.Currently,IpursuemyfascinationforIT,technology,andmobiledevicesbywritingreviewsandarticlesforNotebookcheck.IhavealsoworkedforGamestar,Netzwelt,andGolem,amongothers.contactmevia: @mornoc_mw,XingTranslator:AlexAlderson-SeniorTechWriter-5321articlespublishedonNotebookchecksince2018PriortowritingandtranslatingforNotebookcheck,IworkedforvariouscompaniesincludingAppleandNeowin.IhaveaBAinInternationalHistoryandPoliticsfromtheUniversityofLeeds,whichIhavesinceconvertedtoaLawDegree.HappytochatonTwitterorNotebookchat.contactmevia: @aldersonaj Pleaseshareourarticle,everylinkcounts! >Notebook/LaptopReviewsandNews>Reviews>HuaweiMate20XSmartphoneReviewMikeWobker, 2019-01-10 (Update: 2019-02-23)   Deutsch| English| Español| Français| Italiano| Nederlands| Polski| Português| Русский| Türkçe| Svenska|Donotsharemypersonalinformation| 04:3722.03