We're always happy to see built-in battery removal instructions, and follow them step-by-step. It's as easy as 1-2-3!

Though we didn't need heat this time around, we are still rewarded with a clean battery extraction.

This is the exact same battery used in the Mate 20 Pro, weighing in at 16.04 Wh (4,200 mAh @ 3.82 V).

That's well short of the whopping 19.1 Wh (5,000 mAh) battery in the standard Mate 20 X—but it's still a monster compared to the iPhone XS Max's dual-cell, 12.08 Wh (3,179 mAh) powerplant.