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Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Over the past couple of years, we've been watching Chinese smartphone maker Huawei's progress with increasing interest. The firm's meteoric rise has seen it jump from virtually unknown just a couple of years ago to claiming second place in global smartphone sales, despite being effectively locked out of the huge US market. Its ongoing partnership with Leica has also seen the firms co-develop some genuinely exciting new camera technology.

With its latest model – the Mate 20 Pro – Huawei has taken the already excellent camera used by its P20 Pro and developed it further. Most importantly, it has replaced the dedicated monochrome module that was used by previous Huawei flagship devices with a 16mm equivalent lens. In concert with the existing 27mm and 80mm lenses, this makes for a unique photographic device: no other camera of any type allows you to switch from

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