There's nothing quite like sports to get Malaysians together, better yet when it's badminton. That's why it's great that Huawei is hosting the Huawei Watch Fit Badminton Championship on 26 and 27 September 2020, at the Sports Arena Sentosa in Kuala Lumpur.

At the end of August, Huawei CEO Richard Yu said that there will be no smartphones that will have HarmonyOS in 2020. But that doesn't mean there wouldn't be any HarmonyOS-based device this year. In fact, rumours claim that Huawei could launch tablets this year that feature its in-house operating system.

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The HUAWEI Nova series is loved by many as it offers high-end specs but still comes with affordable price tags. In April, the Nova 7 series arrived with three devices namely Nova 7 SE, Nova 7, and Nova 7 Pro. Right after few months, the Nova 8 series has already come into the picture with a few rumours. It is claimed that the upcoming Nova series will ditch Kirin chipsets and rely on MediaTek's Dimensity chipsets.

The keynote that Huawei presented at IFA 2020 wasn't all that exciting, as it didn't mention anything about upcoming products. But luckily, the company did announce online that there would be new products announced on 10 September, which coincides with the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC).

Based on a statement by Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, it seems that there could be a possibility that Huawei will exit the smartphone market if the conditions between Huawei and the US does not improve. This is due to the fact that the US placed Huawei under a blacklist, which stops them from doing business with US-based companies such as Google, Qualcomm, and potentially more.

As August comes to an end, we approach two major dates for our country, namely 31 August and 16 September. In conjunction with this Merdeka season, various smartphone brands are running some amazing promotions. To make it easier for you to shop and compare the available promotions, we've made a list of available promos below.

While there were some rumours that Huawei could launch smartphones with the HarmonyOS later this year, that no longer seems to be the case. Huawei's in-house operating system for smartphones has been in development for a few years, but it's probably still not ready yet.

Not only the U.S. is banning HUAWEI to have any affiliation with the country's companies, but companies from other corners of the world are being affected as well. Earlier, it has been reported that HUAWEI is not able to manufacture the Kirin chips anymore due to their chip supplier TSMC being pressured by the ban. Now, MediaTek is facing the same problem as well. However, it looks like the chip manufacturer is not going to give up working with HUAWEI, as they applied for an exemption from the ban.