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Which Huawei phone have you purchased in 2020?
In 2020, Huawei has released a wide range of smartphones from the basic models to flagships for consumers across the globe. Huawei started this year with the launch of Huawei Mate Xs 5G, an improved version of the Mate X with the latest processor and software capability but since it’s an initial foldable phone, the price of the device is still too high.
Huawei’s 2020 flagship campaign began with the launch of the Huawei P40 series, consisting of three models – P40, P40 Pro, and P40 Pro+. These devices come with a new 7nm Kirin 990 5G processor and a brand new quad curved overflow display, which looks stunning.
All three of these P40 devices come with powerful camera specs but the P40 Pro Plus is the first phone to equip the Penta camera system for better photography.
Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+
Following the launch of P40, Huawei also introduced its new Nova branded devices, Nova 7, 7 Pro, and 7 SE. These smartphones are the most advanced version of the Nova series and come with various new features as well as a new 7nm Kirin 985 chipset with 5G capabilities.
Between May to September 2020, Huawei launched a bunch of new mid-range and budget phones in China as well as the global market. These are Huawei P Smart 2021, Enjoy Z 2020 devices, Huawei Y9a, Maimang 9, and more. Furthermore, there are a bunch of other devices that made their way to the market with dubbed names.
Later in October, Huawei introduced its new Mate flagship, the Huawei Mate 40 series, which includes – Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+, Mate 40 RS. With these flagships, the company introduced the first-ever 5nm processed 5G chipset – Kirin 9000 and 9000E.
In December, Huawei launched the new Huawei Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro devices, packed with a 7nm Kirin processor, brand new camera design, and an ultra-curved edge display for maximum and mesmerizing viewing angles.
This year, Huawei has also unveiled the latest version of its self-developed distributed operating system, HarmonyOS version HarmonyOS 2.0. As recently, the company started testing the HarmonyOS 2.0 mobile developer beta by opening the recruitment of Huawei P40 and Mate 30 series. The company is planning to shift its existing devices to HarmonyOS by 2021.
Moreover, Huawei is also testing its devices for the latest Android-based operating system skin, EMUI 11 based on Android 10.1. The flagship lineups including Huawei P40, Mate 30, MatePad Pro, Nova 6, Nova 7, MatePad 10.8, Mate Xs received the stable EMUI 11 version on home ground. However, EMUI 11 beta process for global users is underway.
Some of these devices mentioned below.
List of smartphones released in 2020:
- Huawei Mate 40 series
- Huawei P40 series
- Huawei Nova 8 series
- Huawei Nova 8 SE
- Huawei Enjoy 20 SE
- Huawei Mate 30E Pro
- Huawei Nova 7 SE 5G, Nova 7 SE Vitality Edition
- Huawei P Smart 2021
- Huawei Nova 7 series
- Huawei Nova 7i
- Huawei Mate Xs (folding phone)
- Huawei Y9a, Y8s, Y8p, Y7a, Y6
- Huawei Enjoy 20, 20 Plus, 20 Pro, Z 5G, and 10e
- Huawei P40 Lite, P40 Lite E
- Huawei Maimang 9
- Huawei P30 Lite New Edition
*Some of these smartphones are China exclusive.
There is a number of Huawei smartphones are available for consumers according to their preferences. But the question is which one have you purchased in 2020? Let us know in the comment section.
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The Huawei P60 series is currently in the making but the next nova lineup, Nova 11 is also working in the background to equip a new pill shape center hole punch display similar to the iPhone 14
According to the information coming from Weibo tipster Classmateguan, Huawei Nova 11 has started testing with a flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ chipset.
That’s not it, the tipster shared a render, which is photoshopped but reflects the intentions of the tipster to highlight key factors of the upcoming Nova devices.
According to the image, Huawei Nova 11 Pro could adopt a new pill shape hole punch design placed on the center head of the smartphone. As for now, Huawei has not used such a display design in smartphones.
This design went popular after it was originated in iPhone 14 series and later introduced in various Chinese devices. The wide punch hole is likely to use a dual camera system, one for selfies and another for the depth of field. Also, it could be utilized in the Pro model rather than the standard.
The phone is using flagship Snapdragon 8+ fully unlocked at high frequency, which could contribute to power consumption. Compared to this, Huawei Nova 10 series went on with Snapdragon 778 for Pro and non-Pro variants.
Furthermore, the camera desing has been rearranged, there is a large ring placed on the top, consisting of a main camera. It was followed by two cameras vertically including a periscope camera. To be mentioned, the camera design is cylindrical similar to the Nova 10 lineup.
As a new phone, Huawei will bring up XMAGE imaging technology with Nova 11 devices.
Huawei Nova 20 series:
Ahead of this, tipsters and past reports predicted the phone to be Huawei Nova 20 series but the company has not made any official announcement on this matter, we’ll keep you posted on this matter.
(source – Weibo)
Last year Huawei introduced the Mate 50 series and now, TD Tech, a Chinese electronics maker has launched a new version of this flagship, especially for the industrial use case along with a lot of customizable security technology.
Interestingly, the TD Tech Mate 50 series retains the design and branding such as the HarmonyOS 3 operating system and XMAGE camera system. The case was different during the TD Tech P50, as it had to remove the Leica logo.
Coming back to the topic, the TD Tech Mate 50 is oriented especially for the IT field and industrial use cases and it’s fully customizable according to the requirement of the customer.
Below you can check all of the customization services on TD Tech Huawei Mate 50 for the industrial use case.
Safety Dual System:
- Data isolation, simultaneous online security control, and multi-dimensional protection.
Trusted computing:
- Secure boot, dynamic measurement of TEE trusted environment, comprehensive protection.
Scenario solution:
- Call management, global watermark Privacy, and three defenses, differentiated customized services.
HarmonyOS:
- Industrial HarmonyOS and Distributed collaboration – Operating System Level Industry Customization, Autonomous and controllable.
Certification authority:
- 1466 Ministry of Standards, mobile terminal operating system localization evaluation, and many other certifications of safety compliance.
Ecosystem:
- Adapt to industry security access, management, and control platform Rich system capability opening.
TD Tech Mate 50 Pro:
Currently, TD Tech has not revealed the pricing of such smartphones in the market bu it could be assigned after direct communication with the customer and the company.
Huawei Mate 50 comes with a unique ring system design, Beidou satellite communication that allows you to send one-way messages even without a mobile signal. The camera provides powerful and colorful imaging via the XMAGE imaging system while utilizing an f/1.4 aperture large sensor for low-light photography.
It carries all of the features from the Huawei Mate 50 series including the low battery power mode.
Today, Huawei has launched a third-party smartphone store on its E-commerce website, opening the area for companies that are using Huawei’s smartphone design.
According to the information, the Huawei Vmall store will now offer third-party smartphones under the “Smartphone” section of the website. Currently the website listed smartphones from WIKO and Hi Nova series. However, more of these could be listed later on.
The website will allow users to pre-order and buy these smartphones directly from a website similar to the Huawei devices. Also, these phones come with a warranty and after-sale services.
Looking into the details, WIKO 5G HarmonyOS phone has an 8GB+128GB version priced at 1999 yuan. The Hi Nova 10 5G smartphone with 8GB+128GB is priced at 2899 yuan. The Hi nova 10 Pro 5G with 8GB+128GB memory is priced at 3699 yuan.
WIKO 5G, Hi nova 10 5G, and Hi nova 10 Pro 5G are available for pre-order at 429, 504, and 384 yuan, respectively.
Looking at the chipset, the WIKO 5G is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G SoC. On the other hand, the Hi nova 10 series equips Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G processor.
These phones uses Huawei smartphone design and look identical to what Huawei has already published in the Huawei nova series. However, there are more devices that use flagship designs.
