huawei mate 20 pro teardown

Right in the middle of the grand finale of this year's smartphone season, Huawei throws their last fighter into the ring the Mate Pro.   This notch grew little compared to that of P20 Pro, making space for the new sensors needed for 3D face unlock feature...   The Mate Pro's loudspeaker holes give way to the SIM and NM in the Mate Pro...   Eight screws later, we remove the midframe assembly, NFC antenna and dual-LED dual-tone flash...   Like P20 Pro, the Mate Pro sticks to motherboard, leaving room for wider battery..   With 3D face unlock hardware and the camera taking up more motherboard space than usual, Huawei had to cut some camera holes and change the layout bit...   Just like in P20 Pro, USB-C charging port is mounted to large flex cable.   This means if the charging port fails, you'll have to replace the main cable — instead of more expensive daughterboard, as in Google Pixel XL...   The other port, SIM reader, is mounted to small board, and planted near the vibration motor...   For the numbers fans iPhone XS has 2436 x 1125 pixels, XS Max has 2688 x 1242 pixels, the Pixel XL has 2960 x 1440 pixels, and S9+ has 2960 x 1440 pixels ...   Read more