This archive report was first published on 2 September 2019.
On September 19th, Huawei will unveil its next Mate series, the Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro devices, in Munich, Germany. This is just over a week after Apple will release its new iPhones and after Samsung also releases its first foldable device, the Samsung Galaxy Fold.
According to a report by Reuters last week, a Google spokesperson said that the new Mate 30 and 30 Pro smartphones will not include key Android apps and services following a trade ban on the Chinese firm implemented by US President Donald Trump back in May.
Despite the uncertainty surrounding the Mate 30 range, Huawei has been clear on the fact that it would prefer to ship its phones with Android and that it has no plans to sell a HarmonyOS phone this year. The company has already announced that both the Nova 5T and Y9 S will ship by the end of the year with Google services intact.
However, the biggest questions about the devices are still up in the air. What software will they run? As much as they may run Android, will they have access to the Google Play Store and Google Play Services? How will the Entity List affect their components? And how much is the trade war going to affect the pricing?
Away from the software, Huawei's recent flagship phones have all had impressive hardware, and the Mate 30 Pro is likely to follow in that tradition. It should make use of the Kirin 990 processor, which Huawei is set to announce this week at the IFA trade show in Berlin. Unverified leaks indicate that the Mate 30 Pro will feature a large circular quad-camera module and a
