Huawei "Mate 40 RS Porsche Design" collaborated with Porsche Design Cheap even at about 190,000 yen? : Yasuhiro Yamane's Overseas Mobile Exploration

Huawei's fall/winter flagship model, the Mate series, is released every year in collaboration with the fashion brand Porsche Design. 2020 is already on sale in China as "Mate 40 RS Porsche Design".

The inside of the Mate 40 RS Porsche Design, which has a luxurious finish, is the "Mate 40 Pro+", a high-end model in the Mate 40 series. The processor is Kirin 9000, the display is 6.76 type (1344 x 2772 pixels), the memory is 12GB and the storage is 256GB or 512GB. The 256GB model has a list price of 11,999 yuan, which is about 190,000 yen in Japanese yen. Samsung's "Galaxy Z Fold2 Thom Browne Edition" was priced at over 400,000 yen, so is it paralyzing to feel that this price is cheap?

The finish on the back is the image of a sports car. It makes me feel the flowing running of Porsche. Based on the Mate 40 series, which has a camera in the center, the symmetrical design is also beautiful, and it can be said that it is a design that makes you want to show the back side.

The camera has evolved from the circular design of the Mate series to an octagonal shape. 50-megapixel wide-angle, 20-megapixel ultra-wide-angle, 12-megapixel 3x telephoto, 8-megapixel 10x telephoto (periscope type), and ToF.

Furthermore, only the Mate 40 RS Porsche Design is equipped with an infrared thermometer. Although it is not suitable for measuring body temperature accurately, it can be used to easily measure the temperature of the surroundings. By the way, Huawei released "Honor Play4 Pro" equipped with an infrared thermometer in June. After that, this function did not spread to other models, but it may have been installed in the Porsche Design model to give it a special feeling.

The protrusion of the camera part is not so conspicuous. Because it is placed in the center, it is nice that it does not wobble even when placed on the table. The number of recent smartphones is so large that the camera part protrudes even with a cover attached, and I find it a bit difficult to use because it wobbles on the table.

The red line of the power key on the side is also elegant. There is also a model with a white body color, but this black one gives a calmer impression. If you put on a cover, you may not notice the body color so much, but the genuine leather cover is 1999 yuan (about 32,000 yen) for the flip type, and 999 yuan (about 16,000 yen) for the type that covers the back. . The cover is also a luxury item.

The themes, such as exclusive icons and wallpapers, are exclusive to Porsche Design models. Google service (GMS) is not installed, but it seems that some import shops in Hong Kong have independently introduced and sold it. However, if you add apps other than the original, the icon design will become unbalanced. Personally, I think the standard app icon design is easy for everyone to understand, but it doesn't suit this kind of customization model. When I saw this Mate 40 RS Porsche Design, I felt strongly that I wanted to be able to easily replace and customize the icons soon.