In April, the Chinese benchmarking platform – Master Lu shared a report on the market share of smartphone brands in the first quarter of 2020 in China. Huawei ranked first followed by Honor, OPPO, Xiaomi and Vivo. Today, the company released the list of best performing smartphones for the month of April. The list is […]
Honor 30 vs Huawei Nova 7 vs OnePlus 8: Specs Comparison
The price of the top-tier flagships increased a lot during the last year. But at the same time, the number of flagship killers increased as well. The mainstream smartphone manufacturers are now releasing their main flagship lineups in more than one variant, and most of the time the base variant is a flagship killer with […]
Top UK official hints the UK is unlikely to reverse Huawei 5G decision
Before the COVID-19 pandemic shifted the world’s attention from the US-China trade dispute, one hot topic was Huawei‘s provision of 5G infrastructure. Huawei had made several bid to supply 5G infrastructures to several countries who are looking to deploy the next-generation connectivity. However, the US government made tremendous effort to block such deals, enjoining its […]
Huawei’s Cheapest 5G Smartphone could be the upcoming Honor 10X
OEMs started launching 5G smartphones from early 2019. Huawei (including Honor) itself will have released 17 5G-enabled handsets by the end of this month. The current cheapest 5G phone from the company is Honor 30S retailing at 2399 Yuan ($339). However, the firm has plans to launch an even cheaper 5G device in the 1000 […]
Kirin 1020 & Apple A14 expected to lead TSMC’s 5nm mass production in H2 2020
Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) earlier today announced its quarterly earnings for the first quarter of 2020. The company posted revenue of about 3106 billion Taiwan dollars which is an improvement of 2.1% from last quarter. Compared to the same period last year (Q1 2019), the revenue increased by 42%. Huawei;s Kirin chipsets are manufactured […]
Kirin 985 announced: 7nm process, 5G performance upgrade & more!
Huawei has announced a new flagship Hisilicon Kirin chipset. The Kirin 985 processor is yet another 5G processor, bringing the total number of 5G SoCs under Huawei’s belt to three. The other two SoCs are the flagship Kirin 990 5G and the mid-range Kirin 820 5G announced recently. The new Kirin 985 is a flagship […]
Huawei / Honor could be working on a phone with 55x Zoom
A new leak suggests Huawei or maybe Honor could be working on a smartphone with 55x digital zoom capability. The leak in question is a screenshot of the EMUI camera app with 55x zoom slider shared by a tipster. As of now, there is not a single Huawei or Honor smartphone with this option in […]
Chip Battle: Huawei’s Kirin 820 5G vs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G
The Kirin 820 5G is the latest 5G mid-range processor. Announced last week and appearing first in the spanking new Honor 30S, this chipset is one of Huawei’s most powerful processor. For this edition of Chip Battle, we want to see how it measures up to another mid-range 5G chipset – the Snapdragon 765G. CPU […]
Kirin 820 5G SoC ranks third in AI-Benchmark, Huawei / Honor Phones hold the Top 7 Positions
At the Honor 30S launch event, the brand also officially announced the HiSilicon Krin 820 5G SoC, which also happens to power the new mid-range smartphone from the company. Now, the AI benchmark score of the new chipset is out, revealing it to be only less powerful than the manufacturer’s own HiSilicon Krin 990 5G […]
Honor unveils 7nm Kirin 820 5G chipset; brings big improvements over the Kirin 810
At the Honor 30S launch event held in China today, the manufacturer announced the Kirin 820 5G which is the first mid-range 5G processor from Huawei’s HiSilicon semiconductor arm. The Kirin 820 5G is a 7nm processor that is touted as an upgraded version of the Kirin 810. Starting with the CPU, the Kirin 820 […]
Huawei P40 series flagship smartphones to launch in China on April 8
Chinese giant Huawei is all set to globally debut its upcoming next-generation P-series flagship devices — Huawei P40 lineup on 26th March. The launch event, which was scheduled to take place in Paris, has now been cancelled and instead the company will launch the devices through online event live-streaming. Now, according to the new reports, […]
iPad Pro 2020 vs Huawei MatePad Pro: Specs Comparison
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, there was not a physical event, but Apple still announced the new iPad Pro 2020 series. It includes two models: the 11-inch variant and the 12.9-inch variant, just like the previous generations. Apple currently leads the tablet market, but is the iPad Pro 2020 really the best option for every […]