During the Xiaomi Investment Day, Lu Weibing, President of Xiaomi Group said that Huawei has lost over 80 million smartphone users, of which, Xiaomi took over 50 million.

This is quite a big statement made by the head of the Chinese phone maker as Huawei was forced to leave the market due to the restrictions on manufacturing.

After not meeting the market requirements the share of Huawei’s smartphone market declined severely in both the Chinese and global markets. While other smartphone makers are the ones that got most of the benefits.

From the rest, Apple took over 20 million users and Honor grabbed 10 million, which accounts for an overall 80 million Huawei users.

According to the data revealed by Canalys, the global smartphone market ranked Samsung first and Apple second, which has increased by 22 percent and 19 percent respectively. While Xiaomi declined to 13 percent.

Aside from Apple and Samsung, other smartphone maker has declined. On this matter, Xiaomi’s president said that the decline in his firm is related to various reasons such as currency depreciation, chips from shortage to surplus, and intensified competition, the global mobile phone market will decline by 12% in 2022, of which the Chinese market will decline by 13%.

Why not?

It was an opportunity for all of the smartphone companies with an open opportunity to grab Huawei’s market share and it fell directly into their lap without doing anything.

(via – CNMO)

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According to the inputs, Huawei has listed a mysterious new smartwatch lineup on the Huawei Health app with model – AOD-H1. First, we thought of being the upcoming Huawei Watch GT 4 or Watch 4 Series but there’s no confirmation found on the Huawei Health app.

Then a founding revealed that it may not be one of those, instead, Huawei could plan a whole new smartwatch lineup with brand new features.

How?

B19 is the consistent code name of all Huawei smartwatches, for example:

• SGA-B19 for BUDS
• AND-B19 for Cyber
• ​​MIL-B19 for GT 3
• RUN-B19 for GT Runner

And this doesn’t include the mainstream lineup.

Huawei’s former subsidiary Honor has always used B39 and B19 Example: MUS-B19 corresponds to GS3, and HBE-B39 corresponds to MagicWatch.

AOD:

So, AOD-H1 could be an Always on Display (AOD) dedicated smartwatch lineup? Probably, as the industry already has such smart wearables that support this display-oriented technology. However, there’s some room for high battery life and new display tech that could drive consumers’ attention, such as high resolution.

Or it could be a high-end outdoor smartwatch ready for a certain type of user. On the flip side, it may be a new smart band. Yes, possibly but not certain.

A new Huawei smartwatch (AOD-H1) is in the making pic.twitter.com/DybYyyRw3V

— Deng Li (@MrDengLi) February 6, 2023

Past Launches:

Over the past year, Huawei has done a lot of experiments in the world of smartwatches such as Watch GT Cyber, which brings detachable dial functionality. The Huawei Watch Buds lets you store two wireless earbuds inside the watch face and you can flip it open just like an earbuds case to house those earphones.

Watch GT Runner is a prime example of fulfilling a specific type of consumer filled with lots of tracking exercises.

For now, there’s no official announcement available about the AOD-H1 but we’ll keep you posted.

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Honor MagicOS 7 comes with a set of new additions that improve the user experience of Honor devices. You need to open the My Honor app and then tap on early adopters to sign up for the latest beta activity.

Honor 60 and Honor 60 Pro with model LSA-AN00, TNA-AN00, and TNA-TN00 are required with MagicUI 6.1.0.156/160 to participate in the MagicOS 7 activity.

Meanwhile, Honor 50 and 50 Pro with model number RNA-AN00 and RNA-TN00 requires 6.0.0.152/155 to enter MagicOS 7 closed beta.

It’s noted that there are 2000 slots to claim until February 6, 2023. During this period, users could receive the latest beta firmware via OTA. The latest beta firmware is available only for the Chinese models, while the global models running MagicUI, it is possible that the company send it over, once the beta test concludes.

Notes:

1. Make sure that the phone has more than 10GB of internal storage space, (Check the storage space via Settings -> Storage).
2. Assure that your Honor phone is not ROOT.
3. If you find a problem, you can give feedback in the following ways: Submit feedback through BetaClub (log version users), an update BetaClub to the latest version before you upgrade (via BetaClub > My > version update).
4. It’s suggested that you make a backup of important data before installing the latest version.

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According to the information coming from Weibo tipster DigitalChatstation, Honor will launch the Magic 5 series Chinese version in March similar to the Huawei P60 series. It will make the phones come in head-to-head competition on the homeground.

Honor will boast the Magic 5 series with its best camera as the past renders reveal a new triangle camera arrangement featuring 100X periscope zoom on the top. On the other hand, the camera has its largest sensor and aperture to provide better light intake in photographs.

It will adapt new charging and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 chipset, this Honor device will also run new MagicOS 7 software.

On the flip side, the Huawei P60 series will be the best-ever camera smartphone with special features. The phone will use variable aperture camera technology tuned by the XMAGE imaging system.

Looking into the camera system, Huawei P60 Pro will get you the current biggest sensor to provide the best nighttime and daylight photograph experience.

Huawei will also ship a fast 88W charger with this new flagship and prepare a brand-new camera design for a better user experience. For now, both Huawei nor Honor has not confirmed the Chinese launch of these flagship devices but it’ll come very soon.

(source – Weibo)

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You should know that Huawei P40 Pro and other P40 series models are eligible to get EMUI 13 software update but there’s no confirmation made for the time being.

You can download the latest software update by visiting Settings > System & updates > tap on Software updates and click on the following screen option to download the newest firmware.

Below you can check the update changelog.

List of Changes

• This update improves system security with security patches.

[Security]

• Integrates security patches released in January 2023 for improved system security. For more information on the security of Huawei’s EMUI system updates.

Notes on the update:

• Your personal data will not be deleted by the update. However, we recommend that you back up important data before updating.
• If you encounter any problems during the update, call the Huawei customer hotline or visit a Huawei customer service center.
• The update package will be automatically deleted after the update is complete.

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According to the information, China National Intellectual Property Administration AKA CNIPA has published an application filed by Honor. It is now authorized and revealed the company’s approval for “an electric device with integrated Beidou short message feature”.

This confirms that Honor is ready to debut this satellite communication in smartphones. However, an exact date or model has not been disclosed at the moment. Honor Magic 5 series will launch on February 27 at MWC 2023 Barcelona and it’s suitable for such technology in Honor’s campaign.

The satellite communication technology allows you to send short text messages with China’s Beiduo satellite. However, Apple is using Globalstar satellite services in the U.S. If required, the phone will let you send a short message when you don’t have a mobile network at all. This feature comes into play in any emergency use case.

Huawei was the first to launch satellite communication in the industry and the company has already planned to launch the second generation feature to this satellite-connected smartphone feature.

(source – Weibo)

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According to the inputs coming from Weibo tipster, Wangzai, Huawei Nova 20 Pro, Mate X3, and Huawei P60 will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset. That suggests the 8+ Gen 1 will be popular this year.

Snapdragon 8+ is produced with TSMC’s 4nm process. The frequency of the CPU and GPU is 10% higher than that of the previous generation’s flagship Snapdragon platform, and the power consumption is reduced by 30%.

So, we come down to the conclusion that this processor will use frequency change in all of these three devices. Input suggests that Huawei Nova 20 Pro uses a low-frequency version of Snapdragon 8+, while the main core is set for 3.0 GHz and the standard frequency is 3.2GHz.

Compared to the flagship version, the mid-range or low-to-high-end version of Snapdragon 8+ brings advantages such as better battery life. For example, the Honor 80 series has controlled frequency and provide good performance.

No Gen 2 in the P60 series?

So, Huawei is not using Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2 in the P60 series? The answer to this question is currently unconfirmed. As tipsters have confirmed that the is only P60, which may raise hope for a high-end Snapdragon chip.

Past information reveals that Huawei Nova 20 series will launch around May of this year and will have two models – Nova 20 and Nova 20 Pro. Looking past the generations, Huawei Nova 10 lineup featured Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G octa-core chip. It uses 4 × Cortex-A78 at 2.4 GHz + 4 × Cortex-A55 at 1.8 GHz architecture.

It’s possible that the Nova 20 Pro version is chosen for Snapdragon 8+ and the standard Nova 20 chose to remain on Snapdragon mid-range chipset. As for now, there are no additional details available about the Nova 20 series parameters. But there’s a lot to know and we’ll keep you posted.

(source – Weibo)

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According to the information January 2023 Antutu praise list, Huawei Nova 10 Pro achieved the first rank with over 97.04% positive rate.

Unveiled in July last year, the Huawei Nova 10 Pro has a 6.78-inch OLED display with FHD+ (2652 x 1200) resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It has four color variants including Gold, Black, Purple, and Green.

This phone has a 60MP front camera. On the rear side, it boasts a 50MP super-sensing main camera, an f/1.8 aperture + 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, and a depth-of-field camera with an f/2.4 aperture.

On the other hand, the smartphone is packed with a 4500mAh battery that could recharge in 100W super-fast turbocharging. The smartphone is powered by the snapdragon 778g 4G processor and the EMUI 12 operating system.

Other results:

Honor X40 GT ranked in second place with a favorable rate of 96.23%. The device is launched in October 2022. It has Snapdragon 888 processor, supports smart storage expansion, and provides up to 7GB of additional running memory.

It also brings GPU Turbo X technology, which improves rendering performance by 30%, and the power consumption of high-performance games is reduced by 6%.

Xiaomi has four entries in the list including Xiaomi 13 Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra entering the top 5, and Xiaomi 13 and Redmi K60 Pro finishing in 9th and 10th. Additionally, the OnePlus 11, Vivo X90 Pro+, Red Magic 8 Pro+, and iQOO Neo 7 Racing Edition also appeared in the top 10 list.

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According to the data released by China’s CINNO research, Huawei shipped approx 1.44 million units of foldable display devices. The Chinese tech maker completed this task with a sales growth rate of 132% year over year. However, its market share decreased by 2.8 percent, while still covering over 50% of the overall Chinese market.

This sale count is contributed by the strong sales of the P50 Pocket and Mate X2 Collector’s Edition. Since its launch in December 2021, the Huawei P50 Pocket has been the single-season sales champion of China’s foldable phones market for three consecutive quarters in Q1, Q2, and Q3 of 2022. While the Pocket S jumped to the top sales in the fourth quarter.

Samsung comes second with a market share of 22.8%, a year-on-year decrease of 9.7 percentage points, Samsung has the largest decline within a year.

OPPO ranked third with a 7.7% market share, up 4.3 percent year over year. Coming to the last three Xiaomi, Vivo, and Honor with a market share of 6.6%, 5.8%, and 5% respectively.

Overall sales of foldable smartphones in China have increased by 144% year over year (YoY) with 2.83 million units shipment throughout the year. This is a massive growth among customers and it continues to rise over quarters.

(via – mydrivers)

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In the first week, Huawei published EMUI 2023 security update details and fixed 4 issues in critical condition, 24 vulnerabilities in high, and 7 issues in the medium level.

In the meantime, Huawei began this month by rolling out January 2023 security update for Huawei Nova 7 smartphone in the global market. The upgrade is there with major security improvements. This firmware will seed more flaghip smartphones in the coming month.

Meanwhile, Huawei EMUI 12 is expanding for some old models but some are still far away.

EMUI 13

This year brought in a lot of expectations for Huawei smartphone users and the EMUI 13 is one of them. The company has still not shared the EMUI 13 roadmap for the eligible devices.

Also, the EMUI 13 is not in the sight of beta activity, which, we are eagerly waiting for. Still, the January 2023 window is open for us to wait for the next part of this upgrade procedure. EMUI 13 brings a lot of new features and it would be interesting to see this release trigger this month.

Below you can check all of the software updates rolling out this month and stay up to date:

January 31, 2023:

• Huawei began to rollout January 2023 security update for a number of flagship devices including Huawei P40, P40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro in the global market that comes with EMUI security improvements.

January 28, 2023:

• We’re about to close this year, and Huawei is now rolling out a new software update with EMUI version 9.1.0.210 for 3 years old Honor Play 3e smartphone. The update installs new optimizations for WiFi and system stability. This update is also noted on old Honor and Huawei devices.

January 21, 2023:

• Huawei is sending a brand new software upgrade for the P50 Pro smartphone with EMUI 12 and build version 12.0.1.290.

January 18, 2023:

• Huawei P30 Pro getting December 2022 security update in Europe. Read more here.

January 16, 2023:

• Huawei P50 Pro is getting a new patch in the global market that brings it display optimizations for a better user experience.

January 14, 2023:

• In a surprising event, Huawei P30 Pro users are now gaining access to brand new software 12.0.0.146 and a package size of 228 megabytes. This update brings a security patch released in December 2022.

January 13, 2023:

• Huawei P30 Lite grabs a new firmware with EMUI 12 version 12.0.0.255 and it will install the latest security patch for this smart device.

January 12, 2023:

• Huawei Nova Y90 is getting a new software patch with display improvements and it has a small size.

January 9, 2023:

• Huawei is expanding this super large software update for the Mate 50 Pro global version with EMUI 13.0.0.187 build version. It brings new improvements for cameras, networks, apps, audio, and system along with security.

January 7, 2023:

• The first January 2023 EMUI security update began to rollout for Huawei phones and Nova 7 is the first to receive this patch in the line with EMUI 12.0.0.244.

January 5, 2023:

• Huawei Nova 10 and Nova 10 Pro are the latest Huawei Nova series devices to get a new software update with EMUI version 12.0.1.175. However, this update doesn’t bring anything else than the patch itself.

January 2, 2023:

• Huawei Nova Y90 smartphone is getting December 2022 EMUI security update with EMUI version 12.0.1.175 build. The update will improve the phone’s capability against dangerous threats.

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