Huawei's P40 and P40 Pro will be available from today

Huawei has launched its new P40 and P40 Pro high-end smartphones in South Africa.

During a live stream hosted on Friday 29 May 2020, Huawei South Africa announced that its new flagship smartphones would be available locally from Monday the 1st of June.

The smartphone will be available from all mobile operators and the official Huawei Store.

The local prices of the Huawei P40 devices available in South Africa are listed below:

  • Huawei P40 – R16,999
  • Huawei P40 Pro – R20,999

Specifications:

Huawei P40
OS  Android 10.0
Display  6.1-inch 2,340 x 1,080 OLED
Processor  HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
RAM  8GB
Storage  128GB, Nano Memory Card128GB, Nano Memory Card
Front Camera  32MP
Rear Camera  50MP + 16MP + 8MP
Biometrics  In-screen fingerprint sensor, facial recognition
Connectivity  802.11ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, USB Type-C
Network  LTE/5G
Battery  3,800mAh

 

Huawei P40 Pro
OS Android 10.0
Display 6.58-inch 2,640 x 1,200 OLED 90Hz
Processor HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
RAM 8GB
Storage 128GB/256GB, Nano Memory Card
Front Camera 32MP, TOF
Rear Camera 50MP + 40MP + 12MP + TOF
Biometrics In-screen fingerprint sensor, facial recognition
Connectivity 802.11ax Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, USB Type-C
Network LTE/5G
Battery 4,200mAh

  

 

Both devices will not come with any of Google's mobile services, however, it will run on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), which is a whole ecosystem of applications and services for Huawei devices such as Huawei ID, Huawei Cloud, Huawei Assistant, Huawei Video, MeeTime and Huawei AppGallery.

 

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Written by: Gabriella Steyn.

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