Huawei has officially unveiled its first-ever 5G smartphone, the Mate 20 X 5G, in partnership with telecom service provider, Etisalat, in the UAE. The device comes with the Balong 5000 5G modem, which the Chinese telecom giant says is the world’s first 7nm 5G multi-mode chipset, and will also support additional network protocols, including 4G, 3G and 2G. The device is also the first 5G smartphone to support both non-standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) 5G networks.
Other notable changes include up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage instead of the regular Mate 20 X’s 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Notably, though, the 5G model comes with a smaller, 4,200mAh battery instead of the 5,000mAh unit found on the 4G variant. It also comes with dual-SIM connectivity, but only one of the SIMs will support 5G networks, while the other one will be limited to 4G.
