Huawei has postponed launching Mate X, its first foldable smartphone, after seeing rival Samsung pulling pre-orders for its Galaxy Fold device.
Google has abruptly pulled Huawei’s Android license, effectively forcing the Chinese company to use an open-source version of Android without popular Google services like Play Store, Gmail and YouTube.
When Huawe’s foldable Mate X smartphone is open, the seam at the center of the display is still visible, and early adopters may not like that.
Huawei’s new foldable thingy costs nearly three grand and is a thinner rival to Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. Remember when high-end phones used to start at $1,000? Good times.
Chinese companies are reportedly urging employees to boycott Apple, even paying them to buy Huawei devices after their heir apparent was arrested in Canada.
The Chinese vendor wants to help customers power up their new iPhones, so they gave away power banks to the line waiters in Singapore. “You’ll need it,” reads the packaging.
China’s Huawei has overtaken Apple to become the No. 2 smartphone provider in the world. It’s the first time since 2010 Apple wasn’t No. 1 or No. 2.
Currently, Huawei’s technology takes as long as ten seconds to build a more detailed 3D face model.
And in the process also advertises its upcoming Mate 10 smartphone as “the real AI phone.”
Microsoft is partnering with chip makers, carriers and computer vendors on Intel x86 and Snapdragon 835-based Windows 10 notebooks with always-on LTE connectivity.
As has been widely expected, Google revealed two new smartphones in its Nexus line today at a press event in San Francisco. The two new phones—the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P—are new flagship phones that feature the pure Google experience without any outside bloatware, third-party skins, or apps. Nexus phones are historically rated very high, and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing.
The new Nexus phones sport better cameras with low light performance being a key focus point. They also feature fingerprint sensors on the rear of the device that look similar in design to Touch ID. Both phones will run Google’s latest Android Marshmallow update.
The Nexus 5X is manufactured by LG and is a plastic body 5.2″ phone sporting a 1080p display. The larger Nexus 6P is made by Huawei. It features an aluminum body (frost white, aluminum, and graphite), and a 5.7″ screen with a 1440p display. Both phones are capable of shooting 4K video.
Pre-orders for the new Nexus phones start today. The Nexus 5X starts at $379 unlocked, and the larger Nexus 6P starts at $499.
Last month, Huawei made headlines by introducing a phone with Force Touch before Apple. Everyone knew that Apple was releasing a phone with Force Touch, (now more appropriately named 3D Touch in the iPhone 6s) so Huawei probably thought it was a good idea to strike preemptively and build off of the already established momentum.
The result, as you can see from the following video, is a mixed bag. While Apple’s implementation is focused with a defining purpose, Huawei’s version seems to be all over the place. Judge for yourselves…