Huawei launched its flagship Mate 70 series back in November last year, and as you can expect, the Mate 80 series is in the works. The Mate 70 series is powered by Huawei’s allegedly 7nm-based Kirin 9020 chip, and the upcoming Mate flagships are expected to use the next-generation Kirin — not the latest flagship Snapdragon or Dimensity chips based on the most efficient process nodes to date.

And this is where the latest leak comes in. According to Weibo tipster Digital Chat Station, Huawei is working on an active cooling system for the Mate 80 series which, paired with a large silicon-carbon battery, could deliver a significant boost in performance, especially during sustained heavy workloads.

To be more specific, the Chinese tech giant has engineered a miniaturized version of a cooling fan and air duct to keep the main processor and camera modules cool during operation. The cooling solution is reportedly positioned in the lower half of the circular camera module, while the air duct is placed along the side of the phone. For those concerned about water resistance, it’s designed to keep the device water resistant — likely by isolating the airflow path from the internals to prevent dust or water from entering.

However, it’s worth noting that this active cooling approach isn’t entirely new — not even the water-resistant version. Oppo has already implemented something similar in its IP68/IP69 certified K13 Turbo series. The Oppo phones will launch much sooner than Huawei’s upcoming flagships, and it will be interesting to see how Huawei’s implementation compares to a solution that will already be available on the market at a much lower price.

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(Source: DCS on Weibo)