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Kirin 990: Mate 30 Pro & Co catch up with the competition for 4K videos

Jan Johannsen
20.8.2019
Translation: machine translated

Huawei set new standards among smartphones with the cameras of the P20 Pro and P30 Pro. However, this only applies to photos. For 4K videos, both lacked support for 60 frames per second (fps). This will change with the new Kirin 990 chipset.

In autumn 2017, the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X were the first smartphones capable of recording 4K videos at 60 fps. Samsung followed suit in spring with the Galaxy S9. A year later, Huawei was still at 30 fps with the P30 Pro. This now seems to be changing with the new Kirin 990 chipset.

Huawei catches up with Apple and Samsung

Huawei has not yet officially unveiled the Kirin 990 and touted all of its benefits. However, the company has revealed that the chipset allows the recording of videos with 4K resolution at 60 fps. The reports Rich Woods from Neowin, among others, who visited Huawei in Shenzen and received confirmation of this.

The company's Kirin 990 chipset will finally support 4K video capture at 60fps.

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    Huawei Mate 30 Pro will reportedly be unveiled in September

    by Jan Johannsen

The Huawei Mate 30 Pro, which is expected to be officially presented in mid-September, is likely to be the first smartphone with the Kirin 990. The new chipset will also be installed in the Mate X folding smartphone. Huawei had initially announced it with the Kirin 980, but switched to the newer and probably more powerful Kirin 990 after the sales launch was postponed to November. There was also a change in the camera module: from the Mate 20 Pro to that of the P30 Pro.

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When I was but a young student, I'd sit in my friend's living room with all my classmates and play on his SuperNES. Since then I've had the opportunity to test out all the newest technology for you. I've done reviews at Curved, Computer Bild and Netzwelt, and have now arrived at Galaxus.de. 

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