The Huawei P20 and also Huawei P20 Pro have actually landed, however Huawei isn’t made with flagships for the year, as we’re still anticipating to see the Mate 11 and also Friend 11 Pro, the latter which can be its most powerful as well as feature-packed phone yet.

News of the phone is quiet thus far, but we’ll add every legitimate leakage and also report to this post as and when we hear them, as well as in the meantime we’ve taken some informed assumptions regarding the most likely specs, functions and launch date.

You’ll additionally locate our shopping list for the phone below, since while the Huawei Companion 10 Pro is a terrific mobile there’s constantly room for renovation, and its follower might pick up from some of Huawei’s more recent phones.

Cut to the chase

• What is it? Huawei’s next flagship phablet
• When is it out? Probably November
• What will it cost? Probably over £799 (about $1,110, AU$1,450)

Huawei generally begins offering new entrances in the Mate array in November, most recently with the Companion 10 and Mate 10 Pro in November 2017, though those 2 were announced in October.

It’s likely that the firm will certainly offer the Huawei Friend 11 Pro from November 2018, however with a news in October 2018.

However there aren’t any type of actual launch day reports yet, and also if you’re in the US we wouldn’t depend on having the ability to purchase it, as Huawei’s recent handsets haven’t hit the states.

There also aren’t any type of price rumors, but the Companion 10 Pro released at £699 / AU$1,099 / $799, so we’d expect the Friend 11 Pro will set you back a minimum of that much. 

In reality it will probably be much more, considered that the Huawei P20 Pro costs £799 (regarding $1,110, AU$ 1,450) as well as the Friend 10 Pro is likely to be more powerful than that phone.

Huawei Friend 11 Pro news and also rumors

We haven’t listened to much regarding the Huawei Companion 11 Pro (or Mate 20 Pro as it could be called) up until now, however one early report points to the conventional Friend 11 showcasing an in-display fingerprint scanner, and also if the Mate 11 has one the Mate 11 Pro probably will too.

Industry sources claim that the phone will utilize a Qualcomm ultrasonic scanner, which could function when greasy or damp. It’s a believable claim too, given that the super-premium Huawei Friend RS Porsche Layout has actually simply landed with an in-screen scanner.

Beyond that we can take some assumptions. The Friend 11 Pro will most likely use a new chipset from Huawei, most likely to be called the Kirin 980, because Huawei typically debuts new chipsets on its Mate variety, and also given that the Companion 10 as well as P20 phones make use of the Kirin 970.

It will likewise possibly have a huge battery, because recent big-screen Huawei flagships have actually had 4,000 mAh ones.

The screen at the same time is tougher to guess at, considering that the Friend 10 Pro and the P20 range all have Full HD screens, but the conventional Friend 10 as well as the Friend RS Porsche Style have QHD displays. 

We anticipate it will certainly have an OLED display regardless though, considered that the Companion 10 Pro and also P20 Pro both do.

What we want to see

As we wait for more leaks and also reports about the Huawei Mate 11 Pro to come in we’ve thought of the wish listing listed below of what we desire from it.

1. An in-screen scanner

The Huawei Friend RS Porsche Design has a finger print scanner built right into the display, yet the phone is beyond costly, so we’re hopeful that Huawei will certainly bring the tech to a more traditional phone prior to long.

Sticking it in the Friend 11 Pro would certainly aid the phablet stand out from other late 2018 flagships like the iPhone XI as well as Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (which is rumored to have an in-screen scanner of its very own).

2. A QHD display

The Huawei Friend 10 Pro has just a 1080p screen, which was especially strange as the typical Mate 10 has a QHD one. 

Huawei appears in no rush to earn QHD its front runner requirement, but as such most of its phones feel a bit lacking contrasted to Android opponents, at the very least when it concerns resolution, so we actually hope the Friend 11 Pro will up the resolution to QHD.

It might make a considerable difference on the 6-inch+ display that we’re likely to get.

3. A headphone jack

Huawei has actually dumped headphone jacks on its front runner phones, however we’d like to see them make a return so we can make use of wired earphones without an adaptor.

We’re not optimistic that this will take place given that Huawei might see it as a backwards step, but we live in hope.

4. Wireless charging

While the Mate 10 Pro has a big battery and also fast charging, one point it can’t do is fee wirelessly, which numerous modern front runners – and even some mid-rangers – can, so we’d like Huawei to include the feature to the Mate 11 Pro.

There’s wish that the firm might, as the Companion RS Porsche Style has just recently launched with wireless charging, so it’s feasible that the tech will drip down to other Huawei phones soon.

5. A new chipset

The P20 and also P20 Pro are powerful phones generally, yet they launched with last year’s chipset, especially the Kirin 970 which initially appeared in the Huawei Companion 10 array. If Huawei makes use of that chip once more in the Friend 11 Pro we’ll be really unimpressed.

But this is one desire that we assume will come to life, as Huawei usually sticks new chipsets in the Mate series, so we’re anticipating to see the Kirin 980 (or whatever Huawei ends up calling it) in the Companion 11 Pro.

6. A gradient finish

One of the more distinctive attributes of the P20 and P20 Pro is the ‘gradient finish’ that you get with particular shades of the phones. 

This essentially blends a number of various colors, with various ones visible depending on the illumination and what angle you look at the phone.

It’s a good look and one we’d want to see provided on the Huawei Friend 11 Pro.

7. A bezel-free design

The Companion 10 as well as P20 varieties are currently relatively light on bezel, however we desire to see also much less from the Friend 11 Pro.

One mild concern with that is the finger print scanner, as we’re not big fans of rear-facing ones and placing a scanner on the front has the tendency to imply a big lower bezel, but if Huawei does develop the scanner right into the screen as we’ve wished for above then there’s no need for that.

• The OnePlus 6 is likewise expected sometime this year