Huawei Mate 20 Pro Battery Life and Charging

Huawei Mate 20 Pro Battery Life and Charging

A 4,200mAh battery powers the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. The battery capacity is slightly bigger than the Samsung Galaxy S10+’s 4,100mAh battery and significantly bigger than the Google Pixel 3 XL’s 3,400mAh battery. The Kirin 980 has proven to be an influence efficient SoC, but on the opposite hand, we've an enormous 6.39-inch Quad HD+ OLED display. How does the Huawei Mate 20 Pro’s battery fare?

To Test This, We Address PCMark’s Work 2.0 Battery Life Test, With Brightness Manually Set To 100%:

The Mate 20 Pro’s run time of 6 hours and 46 minutes is nearly precisely the same because the P20 Pro’s 6 hours and 31 minutes run time, which we tested last year, albeit the Kirin 980 may be a lot more efficient than the Kirin 970. this might need to do with higher base power consumption on the Mate 20 Pro’s BOE Display OLED panel, but this is often impossible on behalf of me to check without having the specified equipment. It’s worth noting that AnandTech‘s testing showed the LG display board of the phone to consume an abnormal amount of power, adversely affecting battery life.

In my real-world use, I found the PCMark figure to be slightly above the screen-on time figures i used to be getting. PCMark may be a mixed usage test, whereas my phone usage consists almost entirely of web browsing and a couple of minutes of YouTube video playback. i used to be ready to get roughly six hours of screen-on time over an unplugged time of 36-48 hours, which is pretty good battery life in my case. The POCO F1’s battery life is slightly better with a 4,000mAh battery and therefore the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. The OnePlus 6T’s battery life is noticeably better despite having a smaller 3,700mAh battery, which probably points to OnePlus’ software optimizations.

In terms of charging, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro has a plus over much of the Android competition. That’s because it supports Huawei’s 40W SuperCharge 2.0 protocol, which is that the successor to the first-generation 22.5W SuperCharge 1.0 standard. The SuperCharge 2.0 charger is bundled within the box, and it works amazingly well.

Time taken to charge the Mate 20 Pro from 20% to 100%: 48 minutes

SuperCharge 2.0 allows the phone to be charged 70% in half-hour , consistent with Huawei. My informal testing corroborates Huawei’s claims. Although SuperCharge 2.0 isn’t quite the fastest quick charging standard (that award currently belongs to OPPO’s 50W Super VOOC standard), it's nonetheless very, very quick. It’s also faster than Warp Charge 30 on the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. SuperCharge 2.0 also keeps thermals in restraint , and Huawei states that it uses 12-step safety procedures.

With reference to the Samsung Galaxy S10 and therefore the Google Pixel 3, the Mate 20 Pro leaves them far behind. Samsung’s 15W Adaptive Fast Charging is multiple years old now, while the Google Pixel 3 only supports 18W charging using USB-C Power Delivery.

That’s not all, of course. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro still has more tricks up its sleeve. It supports 15W fast wireless charging, which is beaten only by the newly launched Xiaomi Mi 9 with its 20W wireless charging. In contrast, the Google Pixel 3 only supports 10W wireless charging, which also with a “Made for Google” certified charger. Huawei sells its own 15W fast wireless charger for the Mate 20 Pro for ₹3,999 ($57) in India (for comparison, the Google Pixel 3’s Pixel Stand wireless charger may be a lot costlier at its current retail price of ₹6,649 which converts to $95).

Huawei’s charger seems like a typical wireless charger, but its real strength is its speed. I personally haven't needed wireless charging on a phone (it’s the peak of a primary world problem on behalf of me , but I acknowledge the proper of others to carry their own opinions here). The Huawei Mate 20 Pro’s 15W wireless charging, however, is that the first occasion where it can actually be used as a substitute to wired charging. (Although wired charging remains tons , lot faster during this case.) the sole problem with the charger? Other phones that support wireless charging will charge at a significantly slower rate, so users should keep that in mind.

The final trick the Huawei Mate 20 Pro has within the charging field is reverse wireless charging. this is often more of a gimmick than anything for the utilization case of charging one phone using another phone’s battery. I say this because that specific case is extremely niche. However, its second use case of wirelessly charging smartwatches may be a lot more compelling for smartwatch owners. it's even been adopted by Samsung within the Galaxy S10.

Overall, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro’s battery life is sweet without being class-leading. It shows that software optimization remains more important than battery capacity. We still await phones which will give us 8-9 hours of screen-on time with heavy use, helping them last quite two days.