Huawei Kirin 970 phones delisted from 3Dmark
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Thursday, 06 September 2018 19:11

Huawei Kirin 970 phones delisted from 3Dmark


Consequences of clear cheating

We’ve seen this happening before in the discrete and mobile GPU world and it looks like Huawei was caught with its pants down cheating on  graphics benchmarking. The result is that UL, owner of 3DMark has delisted Huawei P20 Pro, Huawei Nova 3 and Honor Play.

Huawei shows off 7nm Kirin 980 SoC
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Friday, 31 August 2018 16:35

Huawei shows off 7nm Kirin 980 SoC


Octa-core SoC with dual NPUs

Huawei is obviously going after its competition with its latest Kirin 980 SoC, which is all about being the world's first SoC in many categories, including the first made on TSMC's 7nm, the first with Cortex-A76 cores, dual NPUs, and plenty of other things too.

Honor teases bezel-less Magic 2 smartphone
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With a slide out camera

In addition to the Honor Play, Huawei's sub-brand teased the new Magic 2 smartphone, a smartphone without a notch, chin, and with a slide out camera.

Honor Play goes global with Kirin 970 SoC
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Friday, 31 August 2018 14:33

Honor Play goes global with Kirin 970 SoC


6.3-inch with GPU Turbo for €329

Huawei and its Honor sub-brand came to the IFA 2018 show with a rather interesting mid-ranger focused on smartphone gaming, the Kirin 970-powered Honor Play.

Huawei beating Apple
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Wednesday, 01 August 2018 12:09

Huawei beating Apple


Second biggest smartphone seller

The fruity cargo cult Apple is no longer the second biggest smartphone maker having been beaten by China’s Huawei.

Huawei officially announces 12nm Kirin 710 SoC
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With four Cortex-A73 and four Cortex-A53 cores

Huawei has now officially announced its newest 12nm Kirin 710 SoC, which will bring a decent single- and multi-core performance boost, GPU boost and more.

Huawei to launch 5G  by June 2019
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Tuesday, 03 July 2018 14:36

Huawei to launch 5G by June 2019


Definitely won’t be the first

Everyone is rushing to be the leader in 5G and Huawei made an announcement that the company is planning to introduce 5G chips in March 2019 and ship the phone solution a quarter later. The company officially confirmed these plans.

Huawei's friendliness with Aussie politicans questioned
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Press questions all those foreign trips

There are questions being raised down under over the amount of cash Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies has been giving Australian politicians.

Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19
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Tuesday, 29 May 2018 10:41

Huawei 5G phone to arrive in 2H 19


Lagging behind

Huawei plans to make CPE ((customer premises equipment)  infrastructure devices in the first half of 2019 but it looks like 5G for phones won’t happen before 2H 2019.

Huawei and ZTE banned from US bases
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Thursday, 03 May 2018 10:45

Huawei and ZTE banned from US bases


Pentagon issues its orders

The Pentagon is ordering retail outlets on US military bases to stop selling Huawei and ZTE smartphones, citing security risks.