Huawei Mate 20 review: Leica triple-cam flagship with Kirin 980 and big battery.
The accessible Mate flagship.
Mate 20 brought the Mate 20 Pro's Leica triple-camera versatility and Kirin 980 power to a more affordable flat-screen body — and crucially still shipped with Google services before the ban. A well-rounded 2018 flagship.
01Display
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
02Camera
84/10084/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
03Performance
84/100At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 9 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
82/10082/100 puts it above the 77-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
05Build
82/10082/100 puts it above the 79-point average for flagship phones of 2018.
- Leica triple cam with ultrawide + tele
- Kirin 980 flagship power
- Big 4000 mAh + 3.5 mm jack (still had Google)
- Notch instead of Pro's curved screen
- Mono speaker
- IPS not OLED
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 13-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .