Let's do a quick visual comparison of the Mate 40 Pro to its Mate 30 Pro predecessor before examining its internal friendliness. What's new?

The Halo Ring camera array has migrated, grown an integrated single-LED flash, and been renamed Space Ring.

The Mate 40 Pro loses one front-facing camera, and the remaining two now hang out in an elongated hole-punch at the top left corner of the screen.

Unlike Samsung, Huawei hasn't moved on from curved glass displays. They're pretty but prone to accidental touches, and more importantly they are ridiculously difficult to replace or refurbish.

Despite the heavy curvature of its screen, the Mate 40 Pro has physical volume and power buttons clinging to a sliver of frame on the right edge. Additionally, there's a lefty-friendly "virtual button" on the opposite side.

Finally, a speaker grille at the top suggests the Mate 30 Pro's screen-vibrating speaker driver didn't make the cut this year.