Huawei

The Huawei P40 and P40 Pro, which both support 5G technology, have been available in China since its launch almost a fortnight ago. The vanilla model of the Huawei P40 costs €800, with the Huawei P40 Pro costing €1000. Shipping for both devices begin today and when you register, you get a free Huawei Watch GT2e and FreeBuds 3 TWS. Huawei’s online stores in Italy and France are yet to list a shipping time on their platform, as they also run a similar promo to the German store, offering a free Huawei Watch GT2 46mm Sport for every Huawei P40 ordered....

This phone brings a 6.5-inch LCD display with Full HD+ resolution into play. It has a small notch at the top which houses two selfie cameras, an 8MP main sensor accompanied by a 2MP depth sensor for background blur. In the back panel, the Huawei Y8s wields a dual-rear camera setup, with a 48MP main shooter assisted by a 2MP secondary camera. Both shooters are lined vertically and also have a LED flash in a black rectangle setup....

It is not clear at this time how the agreement will be implemented, but as far as the official announcement is concerned, Huawei now has an alternative to Google Maps. The Chinese smartphone maker has stepped up efforts to develop and rollout viable alternatives to Google Mobile Services and apps since the US government placed it on a list of banned companies. This ban means that Huawei cannot use Google Maps and other Google products anymore in its new phones....

Nobody outside of Huawei seems to have any information about the operating system, and that is amazing for a platform that has been in development for upwards of 3 years. That level of secrecy is gangster. A GlobalTimes tweet says HongMeng OS is already being trialled and will “gradually replace the Android system”. The tweet says their sources are three Chinese media outfits but does not provide names. So, for the first time, we have a name for Huawei’s smartphone platform....

The Huawei Mate 40 launched with the EMUI 11 based on Android 10 and is built around a 6.5-inch HD+ (1080×2376 pixels) OLED display with a 90Hz screen refresh rate. Under the hood, the octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 9000E chipset, working with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage keeps this device ticking. In the camera department, it boasts a triple-rear camera setup with a 50MP main sensor, a 16MP secondary sensor and an 8MP tertiary sensor....