Phones
[Updated: Official Statement] Huawei will not use Google apps on its phones even if US lifts ban, says Huawei Austria Manager
Update:
As we mentioned the company will need further cooperation with Google and recently in response to this report, Huawei gave the following answer (via 9to5Google).
“An open Android ecosystem is still our first choice, but if we are not able to continue to use it, we have the ability to develop our own.”
This is not the first time Huawei declared Android as its first choice, as Huawei Chairman and Software Chief already mentioned Android’s importance for its smartphones but there’s still no reply to its GMS statement given below.
January 31, 2020:
Fred Wangfei, Country Manager of Austria, admitted on Thursday during a press conference in Vienna that Huawei won’t return to Google even if the U.S. lifts trade ban.
Fred Wangfei in an interview with DerStandard said that the aim of this decision is to create a third smartphone ecosystem in addition to Android and iOS and the one that will be open source as well as complies with Google in order to be compatible with Android for long term (via 9to5Google).
The US could hit the Huawei with another band soon after it lifts the current one, which is the main reason why the company cannot rely on US firms anymore, Fred concerns.
But this doesn’t mean a complete stop between the business of two big firms, as further cooperation required to continue using the Android open-source code for its new and for maintaining existing devices with Google Mobile Services.
In May 2019, Huawei was added to the US Entity-List blocking the Chinese tech giant’s access to US technologies and software services such as Google Mobile Services (GMS) for its new devices.
Following this ban, Huawei launched the flagship Huawei Mate 30 series offering amazing camera tech, new processing power, and a beautiful display. This flagship runs the open-source version of Android 10 and the first smartphone to equip with new HMS services and only with AppGallery instead of Play Store.
Huawei to introduce its own mobile services ecosystem called Huawei Mobile Services with a set of applications, cloud services, app gallery and whole new support for Developers.
HMS is a set of applications and services from Huawei for its device ecosystem and to provide a smarter, faster and better seamless experience. Together with Huawei Mobile Services Core (HMS Core), this composition provides basic services, such as Map, Location, and Security features for apps on your device.
The Huawei P60 series is currently in the making but the next nova lineup, Nova 11 is also working in the background to equip a new pill shape center hole punch display similar to the iPhone 14
According to the information coming from Weibo tipster Classmateguan, Huawei Nova 11 has started testing with a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ chipset.
That’s not it, the tipster shared a render, which is photoshopped but reflects the intentions of the tipster to highlight key factors of the upcoming Nova devices.
According to the image, Huawei Nova 11 Pro could adopt a new pill shape hole punch design placed on the center head of the smartphone. As for now, Huawei has not used such a display design in smartphones.
This design went popular after it was originated in iPhone 14 series and later introduced in various Chinese devices. The wide punch hole is likely to use a dual camera system, one for selfies and another for the depth of field. Also, it could be utilized in the Pro model rather than the standard.
The phone is using flagship Snapdragon 8+ fully unlocked at high frequency, which could contribute to power consumption. Compared to this, Huawei Nova 10 series went on with Snapdragon 778 for Pro and non-Pro variants.
Furthermore, the camera desing has been rearranged, there is a large ring placed on the top, consisting of a main camera. It was followed by two cameras vertically including a periscope camera. To be mentioned, the camera design is cylindrical similar to the Nova 10 lineup.
As a new phone, Huawei will bring up XMAGE imaging technology with Nova 11 devices.
Huawei Nova 20 series:
Ahead of this, tipsters and past reports predicted the phone to be Huawei Nova 20 series but the company has not made any official announcement on this matter, we’ll keep you posted on this matter.
(source – Weibo)
Last year Huawei introduced the Mate 50 series and now, TD Tech, a Chinese electronics maker has launched a new version of this flagship, especially for the industrial use case along with a lot of customizable security technology.
Interestingly, the TD Tech Mate 50 series retains the design and branding such as the HarmonyOS 3 operating system and XMAGE camera system. The case was different during the TD Tech P50, as it had to remove the Leica logo.
Coming back to the topic, the TD Tech Mate 50 is oriented especially for the IT field and industrial use cases and it’s fully customizable according to the requirement of the customer.
Below you can check all of the customization services on TD Tech Huawei Mate 50 for the industrial use case.
Safety Dual System:
- Data isolation, simultaneous online security control, and multi-dimensional protection.
Trusted computing:
- Secure boot, dynamic measurement of TEE trusted environment, comprehensive protection.
Scenario solution:
- Call management, global watermark Privacy, and three defenses, differentiated customized services.
HarmonyOS:
- Industrial HarmonyOS and Distributed collaboration – Operating System Level Industry Customization, Autonomous and controllable.
Certification authority:
- 1466 Ministry of Standards, mobile terminal operating system localization evaluation, and many other certifications of safety compliance.
Ecosystem:
- Adapt to industry security access, management, and control platform Rich system capability opening.
TD Tech Mate 50 Pro:
Currently, TD Tech has not revealed the pricing of such smartphones in the market bu it could be assigned after direct communication with the customer and the company.
Huawei Mate 50 comes with a unique ring system design, Beidou satellite communication that allows you to send one-way messages even without a mobile signal. The camera provides powerful and colorful imaging via the XMAGE imaging system while utilizing an f/1.4 aperture large sensor for low-light photography.
It carries all of the features from the Huawei Mate 50 series including the low battery power mode.
Today, Huawei has launched a third-party smartphone store on its E-commerce website, opening the area for companies that are using Huawei’s smartphone design.
According to the information, the Huawei Vmall store will now offer third-party smartphones under the “Smartphone” section of the website. Currently the website listed smartphones from WIKO and Hi Nova series. However, more of these could be listed later on.
The website will allow users to pre-order and buy these smartphones directly from a website similar to the Huawei devices. Also, these phones come with a warranty and after-sale services.
Looking into the details, WIKO 5G HarmonyOS phone has an 8GB+128GB version priced at 1999 yuan. The Hi Nova 10 5G smartphone with 8GB+128GB is priced at 2899 yuan. The Hi nova 10 Pro 5G with 8GB+128GB memory is priced at 3699 yuan.
WIKO 5G, Hi nova 10 5G, and Hi nova 10 Pro 5G are available for pre-order at 429, 504, and 384 yuan, respectively.
Looking at the chipset, the WIKO 5G is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G SoC. On the other hand, the Hi nova 10 series equips Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G processor.
These phones uses Huawei smartphone design and look identical to what Huawei has already published in the Huawei nova series. However, there are more devices that use flagship designs.
