well-built; accurate and fast location services; LTE Cat.16; MIMO Wi-Fi; 3.5 mm jack; Android 9.0 Pie; decent call quality; dual VoLTE; impressive triple rear-facing cameras; bright IPS display; flagship SoC; long battery life; quicker charger included in the box

only IP53-certified; no wireless charging; no IR facial recognition; PWM flicker; nano-memory card instead of microSD card

It's been quite a year for Huawei with it moving ahead of Apple in global smartphone sales while releasing some fantastic high end devices. The latest release from Huawei comes in the form of three Mate 20 devices, including the Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 Lite that were both reviewed here on ZDNet by...

Gorgeous fit, finish, and design, Outstanding battery life, Perfectly placed fingerprint scanner, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, and IR receiver

Minimal level of dust/water resistance, No support for wireless charging, Proprietary nano memory card format

Huawei's Mate 20 Pro has captured plenty of attention since its launch and for a good reason: it's an all-out phone packed with the latest technology, including Android's most powerful chip, a 3D face recognition system and an exciting triple camera setup.

Incredible; 2-day battery life; Android's most advanced 7nm chip; Plentiful 128GB internal storage

Pricey for what it is; LCD screen is not quite as great as some AMOLEDs; Camera is just decent; not on par with the best; Unclear future software update situation; Gesture navigation is not perfectly polished; Loudspeaker is too quiet

Reviewed in isolation, the Mate 20 is a superb phone. It takes great photos, has oodles of power and a long-lasting battery, a huge HDR-friendly screen, and the latest version of Android. But of course, that's only half the picture. Its bigger brother goes one better in just about every area, and despite being more expensive, is a much better phone as a result - so much so you have to question why you'd buy the vanilla Mate 20 at all. That's kind of a moot point, though, because the Mate 20 is largely going to be sold in countries where the Mate 20 Pro isn't. You won't see the pair side-by-side in Carphone Warehouse, and you'll actively have to go out of your way to track the cheaper phone down here in the UK. I'm not convinced you should, either. Seeing how the OnePlus 6T manages to find room in the budget for an OLED display and still come in cheaper, and the Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro has just arrived at an equally competitive £499, Huawei starts to look a little outclassed at the one-step-below-flagship level.

Flagship-grade performance; Latest version of Android; Capable, flexible cameras; Actually has a headphone jack;

Outshone by the Mate 20 Pro in almost every way; Proprietary expandable memory format frustrating; Limiting choice between models is anti-customer;

Flagship-grade performance; Latest version of Android; Capable, flexible cameras; Actually has a headphone jack;

Outshone by the Mate 20 Pro in almost every way; Proprietary expandable memory format frustrating; Limiting choice between models is anti-customer;

Purchased this when on offer, pleased that I did, much better than the galaxy s9 that I had.

So far so good... This is my first Huawei device since the Google Nexus 6P. This phone is huge. Takes beautiful pictures although not as good as my Google Pixel 3XL

It turned out that this model also suffered from gluegate. The whole screen looked very strange. Downloaded an iPhone Xr instead which I think is a much better phone than this for the money.

Seven whole inches sounds like quite a handful, doesn't it. When we're talking about the screen on a smartphone, it certainly is. Or rather, it certainly was. Cast your mind back to the Nexus 7 tablet from Google , which had a 7-inch screen, and was in no way suitable for one-handed use.

Surprisingly compact; Massive battery; True gaming credentials; Beautiful large screen

Very large body; Inconvenient to carry around all the time; Expensive

Chinese manufacturer Huawei has been making up serious ground in the smartphone world recently. It's now the second biggest seller in the market, pushing Apple down to third, and all without actually being able to sell products in the US due to the difficult political climate surrounding the two...