Huawei Mate 40 smartphone was launched on 22nd October 2020. The phone comes with a 6.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080x2376 pixels. Huawei Mate 40 is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 9000E processor. It comes with 8GB of RAM. The Huawei Mate 40 runs Android 10 and is powered by a 4200mAh battery. The Huawei Mate 40 supports proprietary fast charging.

As far as the cameras are concerned, the Huawei Mate 40 on the rear packs a 50-megapixel primary camera with an f/1.9 aperture; a second 16-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a third 8-megapixel camera with an f/2.4 aperture. The rear camera setup has autofocus. It sports a 13-megapixel camera on the front for selfies, with an f/2.4 aperture.

The Huawei Mate 40 runs EMUI 11 based on Android 10 and packs 128GB of inbuilt storage. The Huawei Mate 40 is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. The Huawei Mate 40 measures 158.60 x 72.50 x 8.80mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 188.00 grams. It was launched in Mystic Silver, White, Black, Yellow, and Green colours.

Connectivity options on the Huawei Mate 40 include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, Bluetooth v5.20, NFC, Infrared, USB Type-C, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India) with active 4G on both SIM cards. Sensors on the phone include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and in-display fingerprint sensor.