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The Huawei Mate 40 series is expected to feature a free-form camera lens and new 5nm Kirin 1020

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Victor 09 April 2020

Huawei Android Rumors

International analyst Ming Chi Kuo laid-out a few educated predictions about Huawei's upcoming Mate 40 family of handsets. The latter, of course, expected to come no sooner than September and likely even later, given the ongoing global health crisis. Regardless, all the suggested info sounds pretty believable and deserves at least some attention, even if not backed by any hard proof.

The Huawei Mate 40 series is expected to feature a free-form camera lens and new 5nm Kirin 1020

Starting with the chipset, apparently we can look forward to a Kirin 1020, also known by its “Baltimore” codename. The source claims it will take advantage of TSMCs 5nm manufacturing node. Though, it’s a bit unclear on whether this refers to the N5 process, which promises 15% higher performance than 7nm, combined with 30% extra power efficiency, or the superior N5P process, which further drops power consumption by an estimated 15%.

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Original report

The exact ARM reference cores to be used in the chipset or their configuration are still largely a mystery, as well. The source hints at a Cortex-A77 or Cortex-A78, but those are the only viable options anyway. As far as time-frames go, the analyst claims that the new Kirin 1020 can be delivered on a large scale around August. Huawei hasn’t been particularly thigh-lipped when it comes to its silicon lately, detailing the Kirin 820 5G and letting some major Kirin 985 leaks through the cracks. So, it probably won’t be too long now before we get the scoop on the Kirin 1020.

On to the camera department, where the main new piece of information is an expected free-form lens design. The analyst says this will benefit the ultrawide camera on the Mate 40 series, minimizing distortions and aberrations Apparently, the particular design will be patented by Huawei and thus be exclusive to its products.

The Huawei Mate 40 series is expected to feature a free-form camera lens and new 5nm Kirin 1020

Free-from lens design is kind of a vague term, but we do have a pretty-good idea of what it typically refers to in optics. Some of its alternative designations, like digitally surfaced, cut-to-polish and direct-to-surface are arguably a bit more descriptive. In overly-simplified terms, free-form lens design refers to an advanced process that spans from preliminary work on the lens shape and materials through advanced software and multi-point complex mathematical calculations of refractions and optics all over the surface of the lens. Finally, culminating in machines and manufacturing processes that can work with extreme precision. We are talking measurements as little as 1 micron or 1/25,400 of an inch. Impressive stuff, but we’re sure Huawei will do a much better job eventually hyping the tech up in its presentations.

Source 1(in Chinese) | Source 2(in Chinese) | Via

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  • Udonkno
  • 7tn
  • 14 Jun 2020

I don't know, it's not got the Google eco system to join others in it. Because the Chinese and Americans don't get along. Countries could let Americans do the spying outside their country, and stick to spying inside their own countries. American c...

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  • vrvly
  • g5f
  • 10 Apr 2020

Right, its weird.

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  • Nick Tagataka
  • gRy
  • 10 Apr 2020

"lens is the answer to their inability to bring best quality on full sensor" At first I thought that was the reason but then saw the regular P40's sample photos and it was indeed really sharp across the frame even in 50MP mode, which makes frame cr...

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