We’ve seen a bunch of mainstream smartphones with cooling fans so far, most recently the Oppo K13 Turbo and K13 Turbo Pro, and it seems like Huawei wants to outfit the upcoming Mate 80 with such a contraption as well.
But the Chinese company has gone a different route compared to its competitors, by integrating the fan into the phone’s large circular camera island – in the lower half of it, specifically.
The air intake outlet thus sits on the side of the camera island, not on the side of the phone itself. It definitely sounds like a very interesting design, and it’s one that Huawei is currently working on perfecting.
The Mate 80 Pro will have water resistance too, despite the fan, as the fan itself has a waterproof structure. The fan will be small and very high-speed, with tiny miniaturized fins.
We’re very curious to see this in action, so we hope Huawei does manage to overcome all of the engineering challenges it entails and actually bring it to market in the Mate 80 later this year.
Source (in Chinese)