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Our quick take

Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS - 4.0 / 5

Designer wares

  • Metal and glass design Curved edge display  IP67 waterproofing 152.9 x 72.5 x 8.5mm; 183g Included flip case

Dual scanner conundrum

  • Rear physical fingerprint scanner Front under-the-screen scanner

High-res display

  • 6-inch 18:9 AMOLED display WQHD+ (2880 x 1440 pixels, 538ppi) Curved glass edges  No notch

Specs, power and performance

  • HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor (4x Cortex A73 2.36GHz & 4x Cortex A53 1.8GHz, i7 co-processor, Mali-G72 MP12 GPU, 6GB RAM) Cooling micro capsules, adopted from space suit technology, for the ultimate high-tech cooling 256GB storage (512GB option also available), no microSD card slot 4,000mAh battery with fast-charging, wireless charging too

Class-leading cameras

  • Same triple Leica camera system setup as the Huawei P20 Pro 40MP colour RGB, 1/1.7in size, f/1.8 aperture 20MP monochrome, f/1.6 aperture 8MP ’telephoto’, f/2.4 aperture Phase detection and laser autofocus

To recap

We love the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS for its boldness. If this was a track race, this phone would be the odds-on favourite to win. On the day, however, it’d be the one to crash out in an explosive, expensive and memorable collision. Because this phone is a wonderful glimpse of what will be, wrapped into the body of what isn’t yet quite there.