News & Reviews:   smartphone

The news of HUAWEI selling HONOR might have been one of the biggest news in the tech industry this year. HONOR was under HUAWEI as a sub-brand for almost seven years starting from 2013 but the relationship has eventually come to an end. Today, the founder of HUAWEI Ren Zhengfei has spoken regarding the departure by hoping HONOR to be big enough to rival HUAWEI one day.

Are you addicted to your smartphone? In this modern era where almost everyone has one for work and play, it's hard to tell if one is really addicted. To answer that, a recent study was carried out by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and here are the results.

Now that the Honor has been sold to another new company, the brand will most likely start going through some changes to its operations. More importantly, we can expect its products to undergo some key changes as well. Here are a few points that are being speculated at the moment.

It seems that a render has recently been spotted by gizchina hinting that there could be a smartphone that comes equipped with 8 camera modules and 4 flash modules in the rear. While not much is known in regards to the release date, the render does give us a better idea on what to expect when the smartphone is officially available in the market.

Based on a statement by AndroidAuthority, it seems that Xiaomi recently uploaded a video onto their weibo account showcasing a smartphone that’s equipped with a telescopic lens that extends out of the body of the phone. While not much is known in regards to which smartphone will come equipped with the aforementioned technology, the video gives us a better idea on what to expect in the near future.

It seems that a bunch of patent regarding an OPPO foldable smartphone may have been spotted, hinting that the company is currently working on a phone that’s capable of folding into different configurations. While there is no official information in regards to the exact release date of the aforementioned smartphone, the leaked patents give us an idea on how the device could potentially look like.

After parting ways with TSMC, HUAWEI has secured a big stock of Dimensity chipsets from MediaTek, as discovered from the chip manufacturer's quarterly results. Now, it is reported that HUAWEI might soon announce a bunch of smartphones that come with MediaTek's chipsets.

Based on a statement by thelec.net, it seems that there could be a high chance that LG could be unveiling a smartphone that’s equipped with a rolling mechanism somewhere around March 2021. While there is no news on the exact release date of the aforementioned smartphone, we do know that it will most likely be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset.

After launching the Mate 40 series globally last week, HUAWEI has held another press conference today for a local launch in China. Other than revealing the price tags of the smartphones, HUAWEI's Executive Yu Chengdong has also mentioned that the company has some impressive technologies in hands and it's not the time for show yet. It is said that the Chinese tech giant currently has active 120W and 200W fast charging technology.

vivo has officially revealed that the brand will make a switch from Funtouch OS to a new custom operating system (OS) named Origin OS. The news came from a post that appeared on vivo's official WeChat account to announce the vivo Developer Conference 2020.