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The Mate RS doesn’t have a notch because Porsche Design hated the idea
June 16, 2025
Porsche Design’s Director, Christian Schwamkrug has revealed the reason thePorsche Design HUAWEI Mate RSdoesn’t have a notch: the company is against it from a design point of view. The lack of a notch is probably the biggest design difference between the Mate RS and theHUAWEI P20 Prothat it is based on.
While HUAWEI gives users the option to “turn off” the notch, it was not enough for Mr. Schwamkrug. Speaking in an interview withDigital Trends,Christian Schwamkrug, the company’s design director, said:
Not relenting, Schwamkrug added:
Schwamkrug’s views resonate with many users. In asurveywe ran, respondents complained that the notch destroys the symmetry of the screen and that it can get in the way if you are watching videos or playing games.
However, our review of the P20 Pro was a bit more forgiving. Nirave and Kris complimented the design of the device and said that the notch “just doesn’t matter.”
The notch isn’t the only place where the Mate RS differs from the P20 Pro. On the Porsche Design phone, the three cameras and the fingerprint sensors on the back of the phone are aligned in the center. The Porsche Design Mate RS also features an in-display fingerprint sensor, as well as an option for 512 GB of storage.
The Mate RS is a limited edition and with a starting price of 1,695 Euros (~$2,028) it costs significantly more than the P20 Pro. With that in mind, you’d have toreallyhate the notch to choose the Mate RS over the P20 Pro.
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