Update: August 6, 2019 — HUAWEI has finally published an invitation for the announcement of EMUI 10 on August 9th. Based on a promo that surfaced recently, EMUI 10 will bring new features including Classification of UI elements’ design and effects, Gallery content management and sorting, Video Ringtones improvements, Personalization options for Theme, Wallpaper, and Fonts, Improvements to system animations, games and more.
Huawei has launched Y9 Prime 2019 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 6.59-inch Full HD+ display with 91% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by an octa-core Kirin 710 12nm SoC with 4GB RAM and GPU Turbo 3.0, has a 16-megapixel primary camera with AI features, 8-megapixel triple rear camera and a 2-megapixel camera for portrait shots. There is a 16-megapixel pop-up camera on the front. It comes with 3D portrait feature. Both the front and rear camera of the device can retouch your portrait with studio-quality lighting effects.
HUAWEI has announced Nova 5i Pro, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in China, as it had promised. It has a 6.26-inch Full HD+ display with a 32-megapixel in-screen camera, is powered by Kirin 810 7nm SoC with up to 8GB RAM, runs Android Pie with EMUI 9.1.1, has a 48-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, 2-megapixel camera for 2cm macro and another 2-megapixel camera for depth sensing in portrait shots.
Update: July 24, 2019 — HUAWEI has confirmed that the Nova 5i Pro smartphone will be announced on July 26th.
Smartphone manufacturers are gradually expanding their presence in the offline market through partnerships with retailers. Recently, OnePlus announced its partnership with Bajaj Electronics and in similar lines, HUAWEI has today announced that they are entering into a strategic partnership with Micromax Informatics Ltd to expand offline presence in India.
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Update: July 23rd, 2019 — Amazon India has confirmed that Y9 Prime 2019 smartphone will be launched on August 1st.
HUAWEI unveiled EMUI 9.1 alongside the P30 Pro earlier this year and it recently started rolling out the update HUAWEI Mate 20 Series which includes Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, and Porsche Design Mate 20 RS globally. Today the company announced that it has started rolling out the update for P20 Lite users in India. Huawei Y9 2019, Huawei Nova 3i, Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Huawei Nova 3 will receive the update in the second phase, next week, beginning 24th July.
Update: HUAWEI also said that EROFS (Extendable Read-Only File System) will also be available to these devices. This increases the random read speed on an average by 20% and up to 200% while also saving more than 2GB of system storage. It will also ensure higher response rate when it comes to reading file such as documents, music or videos and help while launching a large app including a game; the startup speed will be faster and takes less time.
HUAWEI has launched Watch GT Active with an improved design and a new bezel pattern color compared to the Watch GT Sports and Classic Editions that were launched in India earlier this year. The Watch GT Active comes with similar specifications as the previous generation including the same 14-day battery life, HUAWEI TruSeen 3.0 heartrate monitoring, HUAWEI TruSleep 2.0 and lots more.
HUAWEI launched the MediaPad M5 Lite with 8-inch display and MediaPad M6 with 8.4-inch 2K display recently. Expanding its lineup, today, HUAWEI has launched its MediaPad T5 in India. HUAWEI MediaPad T5 comes in two storage variants, anti-fall design, dual speakers and more.
Earlier 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 and later, there were also reports of HUAWEI working on building its own Oak OS. After almost a month, today, the Trump Government announced that the US companies can now start selling to HUAWEI and this announcement was made at the G20 summit.
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HUAWEI launched its new mid-range smartphone, HUAWEI Y9 2019 earlier this year. It was launched only in a single RAM and storage variant i.e., 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage at Rs. 15,990. Almost after five months of launch, today, HUAWEI Y9 2019 has received a Rs. 3000 price cut and is now available to purchase at the new price.
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HUAWEI unveiled EMUI 9.1 alongside the P30 Pro earlier this year. The update was slated to be released this week and as promised, the company has released EMUI 9.1 for HUAWEI Mate 20 Series which includes Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, and PorscheDesign Mate 20 RS.
HUAWEI introduced its Mate X foldable 5G smartphone earlier this year and the company also confirmed that it will launch the smartphone in India later this year. The launch was being delayed and now, the company has officially announced information regarding the launch of the Mate X foldable smartphone.
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Huawei just announced MediaPad M6 series 10.8″ and 8.4″ along with the Nova 5 series in China. It comes in 10.8-inch and 8.4-inch versions with WQXGA (2560 x 1600 pixels) 2.5D curved glass display, are powered by an Octa-Core Kirin 980 SoC and run on Android 9.0 (Pie) with EMUI 9.1 on top. These pack a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with PDAF and an 8MP front camera. These feature a metal frame, but only the 10.8-inch model has a fingerprint sensor on the home button, below the display. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad M6 with 10.8-inch and 8.4-inch 2K displays, Kirin 980, 4G LTE announced”
