{"id":279329,"date":"2018-10-23T19:02:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=279329"},"modified":"2018-10-23T15:54:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T13:54:28","slug":"huawei-mate-20-pro-launch-south-african-pricing-and-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/279329\/huawei-mate-20-pro-launch-south-african-pricing-and-details\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Mate 20 Pro launch &#8211; South African pricing and details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei has launched its flagship\u00a0Mate 20 Pro in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Mate 20 Pro is the first device to be powered by Huawei\u2019s 7nm Kirin 980 chipset which it says will offer improved performance and a smooth user experience.<\/p>\n<p>The device also features a unique Leica triple-camera system arranged in a square at the back &#8211; including a 40MP wide angle main camera, a 20MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and an 8MP telephoto camera.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei said that the Mate 20 Pro will also boast its new Huawei SuperCharge and Wireless Quick Charge technology &#8211; alongside a powerful battery.<\/p>\n<p>It claims that SuperCharge gives the phone 70% charge in 30 minutes, noting that Huawei\u2019s Wireless 15W Quick Charge is the industry\u2019s fastest wireless charging solution.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P20-insert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-279337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P20-insert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P20-insert.jpg 592w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/P20-insert-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mate-20-Pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-278019 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mate-20-Pro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mate-20-Pro.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mate-20-Pro-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additional features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wireless Reverse Charge, which enables your phone to work as a power bank for selected electronic devices supporting wireless charging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The HiTouch function recognises objects in photos from your gallery, in your messages, or on a webpage, so that you can purchase them online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>HiVision acts as your own personal tour guide; for example by pointing your smartphone camera at certain landmarks and works of art from around the world, their descriptions and backgrounds will pop up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe Huawei Mate 20 series offers consumers a compelling combination of powerful artificial intelligence (AI), flagship performance, longer battery life, advanced security, a greater videography and photography experience, and more\u2014all wrapped in a sophisticated design,&#8221; said\u00a0Akhram Mohamed, CTO at Huawei Consumer Business Group South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is the ultimate device made for those who will not settle for anything less than perfection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Availability and pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0recommended retail price for the Huawei Mate 20 Pro is <strong>R18,999<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It will be available to\u00a0pre-order at www.huaweipromo.co.za from 24 October to 31 October.<\/p>\n<p>The Huawei Mate 20 Pro will also be available on contract at the following providers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vodacom: R799 PM x 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>MTN: R799 PM x 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Telkom: R699 PM x 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cell C: R1,399 PM x 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/278005\/huawei-mate-20-pro-the-king-of-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huawei Mate 20 Pro \u2013 the king of 2018?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei has launched its flagship\u00a0Mate 20 Pro in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":279335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,1635],"class_list":["post-279329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-huawei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279329"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279359,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279329\/revisions\/279359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}