Huawei Shipping Mate 20 Phones With Reverse Wireless Charge, 4.5G LTE Cat. 21

Huawei announced availability Tuesday of its Mate 20 smartphone series, previewed (see 1806140075) at CES Asia in June. Notable features of the Android phone are battery life and charging capability, a Leica ultra-wide-angle lens with macro capability and file-sharing between the phone and a PC. The Mate 20 Pro is the first smartphone to support the 4.5G LTE Cat. 21 standard, said Huawei, enabling download speeds of up to 1.4 Gbps. With Wi-Fi, users can download 2 GB of footage in 10 seconds, it said. The phone houses a 4200mAh battery and supports a 40-watt “supercharge” feature, certified by TÜV Rheinland, that’s said to reach a 70 percent charge in half an hour. The Mate 20 Pro also supports 15-watt Huawei wireless quick charging and has a reverse wireless charge feature that enables the phone to be a power bank for select devices that support wireless charging, said the company. The Mate 20 series phones are available in the U.K., France, Italy and the United Arab Emirates soon, Huawei said.