Now that Huawei has launched its Mate 40 series of smartphones, we'll be getting more acquainted with the Kirin 9000 chipset in the coming days. Already we're getting some benchmarks on the chipset and it's looking good.

Based on a statement by gizmochina, it seems that Huawei has recently unveiled the VR Glass 6DOF game set which consists of a VR headset, as well as two 360-degree Joysticks during the 2020 World VR Industry Conference Cloud Summit. While there is no official information in terms of whether the device will be available in Malaysia, there is no official information in regards to the pricing other than it will most likely be priced higher than RMB2999 (~RM1863)

A statement by a user on weibo has revealed that HONOR could be unveiling a 23.8-inch 144Hz gaming monitor, which is expected to complement the HONOR Hunter gaming laptop that was unveiled not too long ago. While there is no news on the release date on the aforementioned monitor, our source did mention that it will sport a similar design as Huawei’s upcoming gaming monitor as well.

On the local front, Huawei does some enterprise-level collaborations now and then. One of the latest is a collaboration with Mahsa University, in line with Huawei's 1+8+N strategy. From 9 October to 8 November 2020, a Mahsa University lab in the Jenjarom campus will be used as the Huawei Ecosystem Campus.

So here's some juicy rumour news, Reuters has reported that Huawei is currently meeting with Digital China Group Co Ltd about selling parts of its HONOR smartphone unit to potential buyers. Should it be true and successful, the deal could go up to 25 billion Yuan (~RM15.4 billion).

HUAWEI has a diverse consumer electronics portfolio but desktop PCs are nowhere to be found in that list. Now, the company might have finally decided to launch their first desktop PC as one with Kunpeng 920 processor is rumoured to be listed on HUAWEI Mall soon.

Shopee will be hosting the 10.10 Only Deals, where you can get gadgets and more from as low as RM0.10 on 10 October 2020 from midnight 12AM to 2AM. But that’s not all, notable brands such as Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple and more will be having massive discounts as well as giving out discount codes, so be sure to visit Shopee during the aforementioned time.

With the announcement of HarmonyOS 2.0 back in last month, many are expecting HUAWEI to bring the in-house operating system (OS) to smartphones. However, it was revealed earlier that the Chinese tech giant will only launch the first smartphone with the HarmonyOS next year. Now, it appears that not only new smartphones can have the OS, but current HUAWEI and HONOR devices will also get to make the switch (well, at least some).

With our focus on mobile devices, it only makes sense that we'd be interested in how brands are performing. For the smartphone market, a recent report has plenty of info for us to chew over. It included a lot of statistics on the smartphone market, including what were the devices with the highest sales and which brands dominated in the second quarter of 2020.

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