A new handset from Huawei with model number KIW-AL20 has received TENAA certification. The listing shows some of the specifications of the phone.
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Huawei Honor 7 gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow beta update in India
Huawei has finally released the beta version of Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the Honor 7 users in India. This update is available for only those who register for the OTA (over the air) using the Google Drive forum here with their current software version and IMEI. The company says that it will verify the information and will start pushing the OTA update for the users after 24 to 48 hours of submission. Android Marshmallow update for the Honor 7 smartphone brings EMUI 4.0 and several new features. Check out the change log below. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 gets Android 6.0 Marshmallow beta update in India”
Google Nexus 6P Battery Life Test
Google launched the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in India back in October. We have already seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the battery life test results. The Nexus 6P has a 3450mAh built-in battery, comes with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 support and also comes bundled with a fast charger. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the test results below. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6P Battery Life Test”
Huawei Honor smartphones now available offline in India
Huawei recently partnered with Snapdeal to expand it’s online presence, today the company has announced its partnership with Zopper, India’s first hyper local marketplace to launch its smartphones offline. Huawei smartphones will now be available across 267 outlets in Delhi NCR (Gurgaon, Faridabad), Chennai, Vellore, Pondicherry and Bangalore. Honor smartphones would sell at same prices that were available online, said the company. Continue reading “Huawei Honor smartphones now available offline in India”
Google Nexus 6P Special Gold Edition coming to India on Dec 21 for Rs. 43999
[Update: Nexus 6P Special Edition is now available for pre-order on Flipkart for Rs. 43,999 and comes with a free back cover. It will go on sale from December 29th and ships starting from December 31st.]
Google introduced the Huawei-made Nexus 6P smartphone in Aluminium, Graphite and Frost White colors back in September, and even introduced a Special Edition in Gold in Japan soon after, but India got only the Aluminium and Graphite colors when it was launched in October. Today Huawei has announced that the Special Gold Edition smartphone with 64GB of storage will be available in the country next week on Flipkart. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6P Special Gold Edition coming to India on Dec 21 for Rs. 43999”
Huawei ships over 100 million smartphones in 2015
Huawei has revealed that it has hit a new milestone via its official Weibo account. The company has announced that it has shipped more than 100 million smartphones in 2015.
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Huawei all set to enter the US with Honor phones
Huawei is planning to expand its Honor brand of phones to international market soon. The Chinese smartphone maker revealed its plans about launching Honor phones in the US in 2016.
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Huawei Honor 7 enhanced version with Android 6.0, 32GB storage announced
Huawei introduced the Honor 7 smartphone in China back in July and launched it in India in October. Today at the honor event the company introduced an enhanced version of the smartphone that has a smart key to give quick shortcuts. You can give voice commands to facilitate navigation, go running and more. It can only remind you if you have friends within your vicinity. Huawei has partnered with Baidu and will bring Siri-like features. Smart key will bring that up in the future. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 enhanced version with Android 6.0, 32GB storage announced”
Huawei HiLink SDK, Lite OS for Smart home platforms coming in Q2 2016
At the honor event in Shenzhen, China, Huawei announced that it is will release its HiLink SDK in Q2 2016. The HiLink protocol will unify your smart home IOT devices using a unified language. It works via Zigbee, WiFi and Bluetooth. Huawei Honor president George Zhao said that the company will also release Huawei Lite OS with very light kernel and ultra fast startup time of 700ms in Q2 2016. This will have minimal battery consumption and it is making the operating system open source. Continue reading “Huawei HiLink SDK, Lite OS for Smart home platforms coming in Q2 2016”
Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced
Huawei has introduced Enjoy 5S, an enhanced version of the Enjoy 5 that was introduced back in October, in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Enjoy 5, but this is powered by a faster 1.5 octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753T processor, has 7.6mm slim full metal unibody design and also comes with a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”
Huawei might make the 2016 Google Nexus 7 tablet
2015 has been the year of the smartphones for Google as they unveiled two Nexus smartphones instead of one. However, tablet fans were disappointed since there was no new tablet released this year especially for those who wanted a new Nexus 7. New rumors indicate that we will see a new Nexus 7 in 2016 and that it will be made by Huawei.
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Huawei Enjoy 5S to be announced on December 3
Huawei has teased the Enjoy 5S, it’s upcoming smartphone which is the successor of the recently announced Enjoy 5. The company will unveil the Enjoy 5S on December 3.
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Huawei Honor Band Z1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 5499
Huawei launched the Honor Band Z1, sleep and fitness tracking band in India last month. It has a 1.06 inch (128 x 128 pixels) OLED display, looks like a smartwatch and shows time. It has brushed metal bezel around the dial and doesn’t have any physical buttons. It works with both Android and iOS devices, shows message notifications and incoming call alerts. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Band Z1 goes on sale in India for Rs. 5499”
Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced
Huawei has announced Mate 8, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mate series at an event in China, as it promised. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display with 2.7mm ultra narrow frame, 83% screen-to-body ratio and 2.5D glass, is powered by a Octa-Core HiSilicon Kirin 950 SoC with IntelliSense i5 sensor hub and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Emotion UI 4.0 on top. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX298 sensor, dual-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), optical image stabilization (OIS) and uses Huawei’s own ISP. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Mate 8 with 6-inch 1080p display, Android 6.0 and fingerprint sensor announced”
New Huawei device appears on benchmark listing – Could be the Honor 5X Plus
While the Huawei Mate 8 is just a few hours away from its November 26th announcement, we now have a new benchmark listing of a mysterious Huawei device. The listing could very well be that of the Huawei Honor 5X Plus.
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