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HUAWEI surprisingly reveals the Mate 60 Pro with three punch holes

Alongside the one-eyed Mate 60

Published

August 30, 2023

Vincenz

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HUAWEI has surprisingly (and quietly) revealed the newest Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro in China — just ahead of the Apple event for the upcoming iPhone 15 series.

Base and Pro

Unlike last year’s Huawei Mate 50 series featuring four different models (at least in China), HUAWEI decided to launch just the base and Pro models this August 2023. However, rumors are floating around the web that they will have a follow-up launch. That will feature the more powerful Mate 60 Pro+ and the expected premium-line RS Design (without Porsche anymore).

UPDATE: HUAWEI has released the full-on Mate 60 Pro+ and Mate 60 RS Ultimate Design flagships as well.

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The Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro both feature an LTPO OLED Full HD+ display with an adaptive 1 to 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate. The differentiating factor? The Mate 60 Pro has a tad bigger 6.82-inch screen over Mate 60’s 6.69-inches.

Still, both have DCI-P3 Wide Color Gamut and 1.07 Billion Colors plus 1440Hz high frequency PWM dimming. These provide better colors, smoother brightness levels, and extend the display’s overall lifespan.

Both phones are also covered with Second Generation Kunlun Glass for drops and IP68 for water and dust resistance protection. And just like any HUAWEI phone in China, it’s powered by HarmonyOS 4 (or HongmengOS).

A new breed of punch hole

While it was first rumored that the upcoming Mate 60 series will have a Dynamic Island-like punch hole, HUAWEI decided to implement a rather unique way or should we say “pill-less” cutout, removing the iPhone’s software-optimized pill and just left the holes intact on screen.

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This new cutout implementation is a first of its kind as most Android smartphones are either with single or dual pill-shaped ones. This also ditches the aging notch of the previous Mate model.

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The trio punch hole houses its selfie camera plus its 3D face recognition sensor. This is also the main differentiating factor against its Mate 60 sibling with a single punch hole cutout on its front instead.

If you have trypophobia (or the fear of seeing multiple small holes), don’t fret! There’s a built-in option to hide the three hole cutout and transform it into a pill-shaped punch-hole.

Kirin comeback

HUAWEI has finally ended its reliance towards Qualcomm and their Snapdragon chipset. The Mate 60 Pro is now powered again by Huawei’s in-house chipset — making a comeback ever since the Kirin 9000-equipped Mate 40 Pro from 2021.

While this isn’t officially listed in their website (just like how they don’t mention official RAM information in the P60 series), leaked benchmarks show that it’s powered by a Kirin 9000s chipset based on a 5nm process. The latest Kirin processor also brings back 5G connectivity to Huawei smartphones — a must in a tech-advanced country like China.

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The P60-exclusive feature also made its way on the Mate 60 series with its satellite communication technology. This feature enables a user to send and receive messages when there’s no ground signal — much like Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite.

Quite similar hardware

The Mate 60 series are available in a lone 12GB RAM with three storage choices: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. Storage expansion is still possible thanks to its NM Memory Card slot support of up to 256GB.

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Battery capacities and charging speeds are also not identical. The Pro variant has a bigger battery capacity at 5000mAh with 88W wired SuperCharge support. On the other hand, the Mate 60 instead has a lower 4750mAh battery and slower 66W charging. Both can be charged using the fast 50W wireless SuperCharge charger but only the Mate 60 Pro supports 20W reverse wireless charging.

Lastly, HUAWEI boasts its new “Xuanwu architecture” (or Xuanwu design). The fusion of an ultra-strong basalt body and ultra-durable brocade fiber material alongside their tougher second-generation Kunlun Glass gives the phone an added three-layer of protection and strength, as well as overall reliability.

Familiar camera system

You can barely tell the camera improvements on the HUAWEI Mate 60 Pro over last year’s Mate 50 Pro, at least on paper.

It still has that XMAGE Camera System that debuted during last year’s model. Its 50MP wide camera is similar with a dual-variable aperture between f/1.4 to f/4.0. Selfie camera seems unchanged too with its 13MP f/2.4 ultra-wide shooter.

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So what has changed in the Mate 60 Pro? Well, the ultra-wide angle lens was changed to a 12MP (versus 13MP), but still has the same f/2.2 lens opening and 120-degree Field of View (FoV).

Even the telephoto zoom lens isn’t safe from the megapixel downsizing as its lowered from 64MP to 48MP — though similarly having a 3.5x optical zoom but with a slightly wider f/3.0 aperture (vs f/3.5).

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For the base Mate 60, the setup is quite interesting because it has a 12MP f/3.4 periscope telephoto zoom lens that optically zooms in farther at 5x instead of Mate 60 Pro’s 3.5x. Digital zoom is limited to 50x though (vs 100x on the Pro variant).

8K video fans shouldn’t expect anything grand as video recording is limited to 4K 30/60fps, still with OIS.

Pricing and availability

The HUAWEI Mate 60 Series are available in four different dual-tone shades: Yachuan Green, White Sand Silver, Nannuo Purple, and Yadan Black.

The green and silver options have a Kunlun Glass top while the purple and black variants have a faux leather texture instead.

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Despite having three storage options, only one configuration option (12GB + 512GB) is listed per model:

Mate 60 = CNY 5999 (US$ 822 / EUR 761 / GBP 654 / SG$ 1155 / PhP 46,673 / INR 68,085)
Mate 60 Pro = CNY 6999 (US$ 956 / EUR 888 / GBP 763 / SG$ 1301 / PhP 54,453 / INR 79,435)

Unfortunately, based from Android Authority’s report, HUAWEI has no plans launching the Mate 60 Pro globally. This is mostly due to the fact that it ships with the new Kirin 5G chipset.

Finance

HONOR, Fidesmo partner for contactless payments across Europe, Middle East

Enabling contactless payments on the HONOR Watch 6

Published

September 16, 2026

GadgetMatch

HONOR and Fidesmo have partnered to launch contactless payments across Europe and the Middle East on the HONOR Watch 6.

Powered by Fidesmo Pay, the integration enables users to connect an existing Mastercard or Visa card to their watch and complete contactless transactions directly from the wearable device.

This brings Fidesmo’s network of over 900 banks and financial institutions to HONOR’s customers. Users can connect an existing card to the HONOR Watch 6 instantly through the HONOR Health App, which installs a unique token directly onto the watch.

Acting as a secure reference to the payment method, this token allows customers to pay without storing their actual payment details on the device. Once installed, users can tap the watch at any
contactless terminal to pay, just as they would with a card or phone.

HONOR joins a group of device partners that already includes Swatch, Polar, and Mondaine as Fidesmo continues to build momentum across categories.

Entertainment

Max vs 100 will feature Max Verstappen race against 100 go-karters

The live event will stream at midnight on September 17.

Published

September 15, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

As a child, one of my favorite thought experiments is to imagine who would win in a fight between my favorite characters at the time and a number of other random beings. For example, will Superman prevail against 100 Magnetos? Those are the ways I kept my young mind occupied. Now, as a former child, I still do the same thing but with more realistic people, like imagining if Steph Curry can win against 100 high schoolers. This week, ESPN and Disney+ are making one of those imaginary fights real: Formula 1 legend Max Verstappen versus 100 go-karters.

In an upcoming live event streaming exclusively on Disney+, Max vs 100 will pit the four-time world champion against 100 go-karters from everywhere in pop culture. This gaggle of 100 will include popular content creators such as Twitch streamer ExtraEmily, car photographer Larry Chen, and NBA shooting coach Chris Matthews.

All 101 drivers will race around one of the most iconic tracks in Formula 1 history, Silverstone in England. The track will be reconfigured to match the special race.

Of course, this is more than just a parade of go-karts. Max Verstappen will start at the back of the grid, meaning he has to overtake all 100 racers to win. Now, the Dutch driver is no stranger to winning from the back. In 2024, he won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix despite starting from P17 (out of 20 racers). Max vs 100, though familiar for the driver, presents a different challenge. Can he overtake 100 times to win the race?

Max vs 100 will stream live through Disney+ on September 17, 12:00am PHT.

Apps

Apple’s best feature to cure motion sickness is finally on Android

Google copies a good page from Apple’s playbook.

Published

September 15, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

As an Android user, I’ve been jealous of iPhone users for a while now, but it’s not for the reason you might think. See, I’m ridiculously prone to motion sickness when I’m not driving. So, when I discovered that Apple has a software-based cure called Vehicle Motion Cues, I wanted it immediately. Now, Android does have third-party apps that do the same thing, but they’re not as good as a fully native version. Well, those dark, nauseating days are about to come to an end. Android 17 is finally getting a similar tool called Motion assist.

Before that, let’s rewind for a bit. What do these features do? How can they cure motion sickness?

Whenever you open Vehicle Motion Cues or Motion assist, the interface spawns a series of dots on the screen. These dots respond to movement. For example, if the vehicle turns to the left, the dots also go to the left, mimicking the movement. Without cues like this, the stationary nature of the screen clashes with our brain’s perception of movement. The disparity creates that feeling of nausea. Basically, our eyes are desperately trying to focus on the static screen, but our brains are telling us that we should be seeing motion. Having moving dots reorients our brain and places the phone inside our perception of movement.

Now, you can enable the same feature on your Android 17 device through Settings > All services > Motion assist under Personal & device safety. You can also set it so that the feature turns on automatically when the phone detects that you’re in a moving vehicle. Finally, you can also tweak the shape, color, and opacity of these dots.

Android 17’s Motion assist is rolling out now to compatible devices.