According to IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments reached a total of 375.4 million units during the Q4, down 4.9% YoY. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of decline. This downfall also marks the worst year ever for smartphone shipments with global smartphone volumes declining 4.1% in 2018 with a total of 1.4 billion units shipped. Continue reading “Global smartphone shipments down 4.9% in Q4 2018, Samsung leads with 70.4 million, Huawei posts 43.9% YoY growth”
The United States has announced that it is filing criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, pushing a fight against the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker. However, Huawei denies of any wrongdoings and this comes days before the trade talks with Beijing. Continue reading “US files criminal charges against Huawei over sanctions violations and technology theft”
One of the world’s fastest wireless chargers, is now available for purchase on Amazon.in for INR 3,999. Huawei announced this along with the Mate 20 Pro, which is one of the flagships that supports the company’s self-developed Supercharge technology. It’s a fast charger, but wireless and that’s what makes this one unique. It’s available exclusively on Amazon.
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A group of U.S lawmakers has introduced new bills that would lead to the ban the sale of US chips and other components to Huawei, ZTE Corp and other Chinese telecommunication companies that violate U.S. sanctions or export control laws. Continue reading “US reportedly investigates Huawei over alleged theft of trade secrets”
Huawei has announced that Mate 20 Pro and HUAWEI P20 Pro now support Netflix HD & HDR content. The support for HD & HDR content has been made possible through Widevine L1 support. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 20 Pro and P20 Pro get Netflix HD and HDR content support”
Post the success of Mate 20 series, Huawei said to be working on its next flagship; the P30 series which is likely to debut in the first half of 2019, a little after the MWC 2019 event. According to popular leakster Evan Blass, the Huawei P30 is shaping up to be another imaging powerhouse. Continue reading “Huawei P30 said to feature triple rear cameras with 40MP primary sensor, 5x lossless zoom and 24MP front-camera”
Huawei has finally announced that it is rolling out EMUI 9.0 based on Android Pie to Huawei Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Huawei P20, Huawei P20 Pro, Honor Play, Honor View 10, Honor 10. EMUI 9.0 will bring local language support, local calendar and more. Continue reading “EMUI 9.0 update based on Android 9.0 (Pie) starts rolling out to Huawei P20, P20 Pro, Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, Honor Play, View 10 and Honor 10”
According to IDC, the global shipments of wearable devices reached 32.0 million units in the Q3 2018, up 21.7% from the previous year. New products from the likes of Fitbit, Garmin, and Huawei helped the basic wearables category return to growth during the quarter. Another factor was the growing demand in markets like Asia which accounted for more than half of all shipments and grew 21.4% compared to the previous year. Continue reading “Worldwide Wearable shipments reach 32 million units, up 21.7% YoY in Q3 2018: IDC”
Huawei has posted a new teaser that reveals that it working on a new smartphone that might be competing with the Galaxy A8s which is rumored to have a small hole within the display to accommodate the front camera. The upcoming Huawei smartphone whose name is currently under the wraps said to feature a similar cut out at the top-left corner is also said to launch in December. Continue reading “Huawei teases full-screen smartphone with in-display camera for December”
It is already known that Google is testing Fuchsia operating system for months now, though it never spoke about it publicly. It is also speculated that eventually, Fuchsia will replace the Android operating system completely, and possibly even Chrome OS too. While we know nothing about the OS, we now know that Huawei could be the first OEM to boot Fuchsia OS. Continue reading “Huawei said to be testing Google’s Fuchsia OS on Kirin 970 powered Honor Play”
After passing through the FCC, Huawei’s P Smart has finally surfaced online revealing the design in its full glory. The device comes with a waterdrop notch and much like recent Huawei and Honor phones, it too will come in new gradient colors. Apart from the different color scheme, the looks of the P Smart is largely identical at first sight. Continue reading “Huawei P Smart with 6.2-inch Full HD+ display, Kirin 710, AI dual rear cameras, Android 9.0 Pie surfaces in press images”
Apart from Samsung, LG, Huawei is also working on foldable smartphone whose name is still in the hiding. However, much like LG, Huawei to has trademarked smartphone names; Mate F, Mate Flex, Mate Flexi, and Mate Fold on 21st November 2018 at the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office).
Huawei seems to be on the verge of launching P Smart smartphone which passed through the FCC revealing few specifications. Considering the model name comes with ‘2019’ tag, it will be launching in 2019, meaning, Huawei is likely to launch the device in the United States. Continue reading “Huawei P Smart 2019 with waterdrop notch, dual rear cameras, 3200mAh battery passes through the FCC”
According to IDC, the worldwide tablet market declined 8.6% during the Q3 2018. The global shipments fell to 36.4 million and the slate tablets accounted for the majority of the market with 31.6 million units, down 7.9% from the previous year. Detachable tablets also declined, down 13.1% from the previous year, and accounted for 4.8 million unit shipments. Continue reading “Worldwide tablet shipments declined 8.6% in Q3 2018, Apple and Samsung continue to lead: IDC”
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the Q3 2018; this is a 6% decline year-over-year. This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market. Continue reading “Global smartphone shipments down 6% in Q3 2018, Samsung leads with 72.2 million, Huawei posts 32.9% YoY growth”
