Huawei Mate 10 Rumor Suggests Bezel-Less Design With Full Active LCD Display

Huawei’s next flagship smartphone for 2017 is expected to be the Mate 10, and it might arrive with a bezel-less design. The Huawei Mate 10 is said to be released this October, and it might be equipped with Japan Display Inc.’s Full Active LCD display.

The information about the Huawei Mate 10 was shared online by Chinese website Yesky, which cited supply chain sources from Taiwan. The Mate 10 phablet is said to arrive with a bezel-less, all-screen display which follows the likes of the LG G6, Galaxy S8 and the Essential Phone.

Huawei might use the newly announced Full Active LCD display which is already being mass produced by Japan Display Inc. (JDI). JDI, a conglomerate of display division of Toshiba, Hitachi and Sony, says that its new display will be for smartphones with slim bezel design “on all four sides.” This same display is also rumored for Sony’s new bezel-less smartphone, which might be announced in September during IFA 2017 in Berlin.

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If the Huawei Mate 10 does indeed use JDI’s new Full Active LCD display, the device should also come with the 18:9 (or 2:1) aspect ratio, which was popularized by the LG G6. The report claims that the Mate 10 phablet will have a 6-inch display size with a screen resolution of 1,080 x 2,160.

As for specs, the Huawei Mate 10 is said to be powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 970 system-on-chip processor. This chipset is expected to be as powerful as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 and Samsung’s Exynos 8895. The Kirin 970 is also being built on the 10nm process.

The Huawei Mate 10 is also tipped to come with 6GB of RAM, up to 128GB of on-board storage, a pretty generous 4,000mAh battery and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. It’s very likely that the Mate 10 will come with a more premium 8GB RAM variant, but it hasn’t been confirmed yet, according to Android Headlines.

When it comes to camera technology, it will be equipped with dual 20-megapixel shooters on the back, and a single 23-megapixel front-facing camera. The Huawei Mate 10 is also said to come with 3D-sensing technology, facial recognition technology and an iris scanning feature, accoridng to Phone Arena. It was also mentioned that the Mate 10 will have support for augmented reality technology, but no further details were given on that subject.

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Overall, it seems like Huawei is cramming everything it can inside the Mate 10 in order to make it a formidable player in the smartphone market this fall. This does not come as a surprise knowing that the phone will go head-to-head with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Apple’s much-rumored iPhone 8.

No word yet on an exact release date in October, but it’s very likely that Huawei could announce the Mate 10 during IFA 2017 in Berlin, which kicks off on Sept. 1. If that’s the case, the Huawei Mate 10 will be launching a bit earlier than last year’s Mate 9, which was released in November.