HUAWEI Nova 5 and Nova 5i to be announced on June 21

HUAWEI has announced that it will introduce the Nova 5 series at an event in China on June 21st. The company is expected to introduce the Nova 5, Nova 5 Pro and Nova 5i smartphones at the event. The Nova 5i is said to be similar to the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) that surfaced  last month, which has also been certified by TENAA with the model numbers GLK-AL00 and GLK-TL00 confirming the specifications.

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HUAWEI’s own ‘Oak OS’ said to launch by September

Last month, Google announced that it has suspended some of its business operations with HUAWEI which includes a ban on using Google Services and Play Store. This has forced HUAWEI to develop its own operating system, and new reports suggest that the company’s new operating system will be called ‘Oak OS’ and it will likely to go official in August or September this year.

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Google adds HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro back on Android Q Beta site

Last month, Google announced that it has suspended some of its business operations with HUAWEI which includes a ban on using Google Services and Play Store. Subsequently, some HUAWEI smartphones including Mate 20 Pro was removed from Android Q Beta site. But today, Google has reinstated HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro on Android Q Beta site.

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HUAWEI Maimang 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, Android Pie announced

HUAWEI just announced Maimang 8, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, which is also the successor of last year’s Maimang 7 . It was introduced as P smart+ 2019 and Enjoy 9S recently, packs a 6.21-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with 19:5:9 aspect ratio, 89% screen-to-body ratio, Kirin 710 SoC, support for GPU Turbo 2.0, Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top, 24-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection and a 16-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens. Continue reading “HUAWEI Maimang 8 with 6.21-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, Android Pie announced”

Google services banned on upcoming HUAWEI smartphones as Google suspends business with the company [Update: Existing devices will get security updates]

Google today announced that it has suspended some of its business operations with HUAWEI which includes a ban on using Google Services and Play Store. According to reports, the upcoming smartphones from HUAWEI won’t have access to Google services.

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HUAWEI P20 Lite 2019 with 6.4-inch FHD+ punch-hole display, quad rear cameras surface [Update: Detailed specs]

HUAWEI introduced the P20 Lite smartphone last year, and recently we have also seen the P30 Lite. Now the images of the P20 Lite 2019 edition has surfaced. This shows a punch-hole display, quad rear cameras, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and a gradient back with an S-shaped curve. It also shows a plastic frame on the sides.

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HUAWEI Y9 Prime 2019 with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, pop-up front camera, Android 9 Pie announced

Huawei launched the Y9 smartphone in January 2019 and the smartphone features dual front cameras and dual rear cameras. Today, the company has silently announced the Y9 Prime 2019 smartphone and has a lot of resemblance to the recently-launched Huawei P Smart Z smartphone.  Continue reading “HUAWEI Y9 Prime 2019 with 6.59-inch FHD+ display, triple rear cameras, pop-up front camera, Android 9 Pie announced”

HUAWEI P Smart Z with 6.59-inch FHD+ Ultra FullView display, 16MP pop-up front camera announced

After the P smart+ 2019 in March, Huawei has silently introduced the P Smart Z, a mid-range smartphone. This has a 6.59-inch Full HD+ Ultra FullView display  with 19.5:9 aspect ratio, is powered by Kirin 710F SoC with 4GB RAM, support for GPU Turbo 2.0 and Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for AI portraits and AI scene detection. Continue reading “HUAWEI P Smart Z with 6.59-inch FHD+ Ultra FullView display, 16MP pop-up front camera announced”

HUAWEI P30 Pro Review: A Leap Forward

Imagine the speed at which technology has evolved if in the last hundred years, we have gone from silent B/W films shot on celluloid to audio-rich 4K HDR videos shot on smartphones. Even if the camera and the computer had their own distinctly separate evolutionary paths, in the recent years, they have started to merge in very interesting ways. 2019 marks the second year of “computational photography” as the computer and the camera come together once again, on the Huawei P30 Pro, to push the limits beyond what’s possible on smartphones. In our extensive time with the latest camera flagship from Huawei, it is clear that in very key areas of photography, the P30 Pro has taken a visible leap forward in smartphone camera technology. But is that good enough to persuade the professional into buying the Huawei P30 Pro? Is it just for the photographers or is it for everyone? This is our review.

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HUAWEI P30 Pro Unboxing and First Impressions

HUAWEI today launched its flagship P30 Pro smartphone in India starting at Rs. 71,990. We recently brought you the unboxing video of the phone, here we have the first impressions.

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HUAWEI P30 Lite with 6.15-inch FHD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 19990

HUAWEI just launched the P30 Lite in India, as it had promised. It has a 6.15-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display with minimal bezels, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, GPU Turbo 2.0, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0, has a 24-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots as well as 8-megapixel 120° ultra wide-angle lens. It also comes with AI scene recognition that can recognize 22 scenes for rear and 8 for the front, real-time face unlock that promises to unlock the phone in milliseconds. Continue reading “HUAWEI P30 Lite with 6.15-inch FHD+ display, up to 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 19990”

HUAWEI P30 Pro with quad rear cameras, in-display fingerprint sensor, 8GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 71990

HUAWEI just launched the P30 Pro, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was introduced at an event in Paris last month and packs a 6.47-inch Full HD+ OLED curved glass dewdrop notch display with ultra narrow bezels, is powered by an Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 980 7nm SoC with GPU Turbo 3.0 and runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) with Emotion UI 9.1. It has an in-display fingerprint sensor that is 30% faster than the Mate 20 Pro.

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HUAWEI P30 Pro launching in India on Amazon on April 9

Update – April 3, 2019: Amazon listing now confirms that the phone will be launched on April 9th in India. HUAWEI P30 Lite is also expected to launch alongside. Continue reading “HUAWEI P30 Pro launching in India on Amazon on April 9”

HUAWEI P30 Lite with 6.15-inch FHD+ display, 6GB RAM, triple rear cameras, 32MP front camera official

HUAWEI P30 Lite has gone official, after it surfaced last month. It is a version of Nova 4e that was introduced earlier this month. It has a 6.15-inch Full HD+ waterdrop notch display, is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 6GB of RAM, GPU Turbo 2.0, runs Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.0, has a 24-megapixel rear camera along with a secondary 2-megapixel secondary camera for portrait shots as well as 8-megapixel 120° ultra wide-angle lens.

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HUAWEI Watch GT Active and Elegant with AMOLED display, new colors announced

HUAWEI at its Paris event introduced HUAWEI Watch GT Active and Elegant Editions, with an improved design and a new bezel pattern color compared to the Watch GT Sports and Classic Editions that were announced back in October last year and launched in India earlier this month. Even though the Watch GT Active comes with similar specifications as the previous generation including the same 14-day battery life, the Elegant Edition comes with a smaller 42mm case with ceramic bezel cutting. Continue reading “HUAWEI Watch GT Active and Elegant with AMOLED display, new colors announced”