Huawei reportedly has a 2K smartphone in the works


Huawei is a company known to push boundaries as they were the first to introduce a 6inch + device in the form of Huawei Ascend Mate. Ever since, they have been lagging behind other Chinese manufacturers, but things are looking good now. Chinese manufacturer Oppo was the first company to come up with a 5inch Full HD smartphone in the form of Oppo Find 5 and they would have wanted to continue the being first in displays race with the Oppo Find 7, but that wasn’t the case. Vivo XPlay 3S is the world’s first smartphone to feature a 2K display sporting a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. According to rumors, Huawei also has plants to compete in the pixel race and is reportedly working on its own version of a 2K display smartphone.

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If the rumors are to be true, Huawei’s 2K display smartphone will be a part of the Huawei D series of flagships. It is expected to be powered by an octa-core processor made by Huawei themselves – HiSilicon K3V3. Unlike the Vivo XPlay 3S or the yet to be announced Oppo Find 7 which come with a 5.5inch 2K display, the Huawei D series smartphone will come with a 5inch display and thus, will have a pixel density of 587ppi which is insane. The device is expected to arrive in China by September and will be on sale for 3,888 yuan.


Author: Monish Kumar

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