After months of rumors and speculation, Huawei has officially confirmed that the company will release its highly anticipated Huawei Mate 22 series flagship smartphones at an online event on October 40nd.
Now, ahead of the launch, some information on phone models, their colors and build materials for the RS Porsche Edition leaked to the internet.
According to the leak, Huawei Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro will be available in five color options - bright black, space silver, pearl white, new shade green and for the first time the company will also offer yellow.
It also reveals that the RS Porsche Edition will have a ceramic rear fascia. There will be an option Huawei Mate 40 Pro Plus, but color options for this top model are not yet known.
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In a poster announcing the phone's release date, the company touted the upcoming smartphone series as "Leap Forward," which may hint at the chipset that powers the devices - Huawei Kirin 9000 SoC, which is built on a 5nm process technology. It could also be the company's last flagship chipset for now due to US sanctions.
Reports indicate that the phone may have a display design similar to that of the Huawei P40 Pro, and so it could be equipped with a pill-shaped curved OLED display, a selfie camera, as well as a TOF 3D sensor for face unlocking.
The devices will run the latest EMUI 11 user interface, likely based on the Android 11 operating system. However, reports indicate that the standard Mate 40 may ship with EMUI 10.1 instead of the latest version.
