Huawei deviated from the norm when it released the P20 Pro
with three rear camera sensor early last year. The P20 Pros camera setup stood
tall on DXOMark benchmark as the best phone camera setup, with the Galaxy Note
9, iPhone Xs and others failing to topple it.
The feat was repeated on the Mate
20 Pro which also packs three camera sensors at the back. Now, it seems the
company is about taking things to a higher level. The hint about this comes in
form of a Huawei patent application for a smartphone case filed to the China
National Intellectual Property Administration.
The smartphone case suggests that the Huawei Mate 30 Pro
will have a penta-camera setup. The case bears a larger cutout at the upper
half of the case which is markedly larger than that of the Mate 20 Pro. Recall
that the Mate 20 Pro packs three rear cameras and an LED flash.
The larger
cutout of the smartphone case only suggests that the Mate 30 Pro will have 5
sensors at the rear with an LED flash. However, we are not certain if the
patented case is for the Mate 30 Pro but it is definitely for one of Huawei’s
2019 flagship. Perhaps, we could see it as early as on the P30 Pro.
Other details of the upcoming device that can be scooped
from the Smartphone case patent include the absence of a rear fingerprint
sensor. This suggests the device will likely feature an under-display
fingerprint sensor.
The device also has the power button and volume rockers
located on the right side. At the bottom of the handset is the USB Type-C port,
as well as the grills for the bottom-firing loudspeaker. If this turns out to
be true, the Mate 30 Pro will join the Nokia 9 which also expected to feature a
penta-camera setup.
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