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Huawei To Develop Its Own OS For Smartphones

It has been rumored for a few months that Huawei is developing its own OS for smartphones. When asked about this, the firm’s officials denied the information. But it now seems that they no longer want to hide their project. The Chinese giant has finally admitted that he is working on a new OS to replace Android. Bruce Lee, Vice President of Huawei’s Mobile Products Division, announced this on his Weibo account. So there is no longer any room for doubt.

Huawei to develop a new OS for mobile devices to replace Android

Bruce Lee announced the development of a new OS made by Huawei. However, he did not mention anything about the reasons for this decision. Is the Chinese manufacturer in bad terms with Google? Apparently not, since the two are working together on the development of the latter’s new operating system.

Otherwise, just like Apple, Huawei might also want to have its own OS for mobile devices to add its personal touches more broadly than EMUI would allow. That is very likely, but there is no indication so far that the company wants to move in this direction.

Huawei might develop its own OS for smartphones to tackle the US sanctions

The explanation that remains plausible at this time is that Huawei wants to protect itself from the US sanctions. As you might recall, the United States has increased its attacks on the Chinese manufacturer in recent months.

On the basis of suspicions of espionage, the US, for example, incited its allies to remove Huawei from their 5G infrastructures. In the current geopolitical context, it is, therefore, not out of the question that the American government should prohibit commercial relations between US-based companies, such as Google, and the Chinese tech giant.

Thus, Huawei might anticipate stricter regulations from the US and develop its own OS for smartphones in case the worst happens, and they could not use Android anymore.

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New Zealand Bans Huawei Equipment Used For Deploying 5G Across The Country

New Zealand banned a telecom company from using Huawei equipment over national security concerns. Wellington’s international spy agency forbid Spark to use tech giant’s hardware for deploying 5G across the country arguing that it might represent a “significant network security risk.”

Huawei has also been blocked by other countries as well, including the US, UK, Canada, and Japan. Also, in August, Australia also banned Huawei from rolling out 5G across the country, also due to national security concerns. On the other hand, New Zealand felt the need to clarify that the ban has nothing to do with the fact that Huawei is a Chinese company.

Previously, Huawei helped New Zealand build mobile networks, and in March the Chinese company and Spark conducted a 5G test on the test where New Zealand’s Parliament building is placed. After New Zealand announced its decision, the Chinese officials showed their disappointment saying that it is “severely concerned” about this issue.

New Zealand Bans Huawei Equipment Used For Deploying 5G Across The Country

“The economic and trade cooperation between China and New Zealand is mutually beneficial in nature. We hope New Zealand will provide a level playing field for Chinese enterprises’ operation there and do something conducive for mutual trust and cooperation,” said foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.

The previous government in New Zealand adopted more conservative politics than the current leadership of the country. According to the Chinese officials, New Zealand had a close relationship with China. However, that changed, eventually.

Spark, which is one of the top three telecom companies in New Zealand, is also concerned about the decision took by New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau to ban Huawei from deploying 5G across the country. However, the company says, that wouldn’t affect them much and that they will still roll out 5G networks in New Zealand in July 2020, either with Huawei or not.

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Huawei’s Foldable Smartphone With 5G Connectivity To Come Out At MWC 2019

According to GSMarena, Huawei has presented in a private event with representatives of telecommunication companies and Korean government officials, a prototype of a folding smartphone with 5G connectivity.

Huawei plans to unveil its folding phone with 5G connectivity at MWC 2019

While Samsung is already working on its own foldable phone, the Galaxy F, while it’s developing a reliable 5G-compatible smartphone, Huwaei is, apparently, already possessing a working folding phone with 5G connectivity. The Chinese brand, reportedly, presented its innovation before significant telecommunication companies and South Korean government officials.

According to a Korean government spokesman, Huawei is working on its folding phone prototype that would not only be a foldable smartphone but will also be able to connect to the future fastest mobile network – 5G. Huawei’s final goal would be to present its new device at the next year’s Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona.

Huawei’s first foldable smartphone with 5G might first come out in the US and Europe

According to the leaks, Huawei’s upcoming 5G foldable smartphone would boast an 8-inch screen which, when folded, would come down to a 5-inch display, so it would be a little bigger than the future Samsung Galaxy F model which would measure about 4.6 inches when in phone mode and 7.3 inches when in unfolded, respectively. In this case, the manufacturer of the display would be BOE, a company based in Beijing and R&D centers around the world.

Although the Chinese brand has decided to present its folding phone with 5G connectivity to the Korean officials, Huawei Korea has not revealed additional details on when this new foldable smartphone would arrive in stores. For now, only the United States and Europe are ready for 5G networks, so it is very likely that this mobile will be sold first in these regions.

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Huawei 5G Folding Phone To Compete With The Samsung Galaxy X in 2019

Since the first rumors emerged in July, many have talked about the Huawei 5G folding phone. Now, Huawei officially announced the coming of the foldable smartphone during the Mate 20 presentation event. The company CEO Richard Yu confirmed that the Chinese manufacturer is indeed developing a bendy device to compete with Samsung Galaxy X in 2019.

“We are working on foldable phones. Foldable 5G phones” stated Richard Yu, Huawei CEO.

However, it is not the first time the Chinese tech company talked about its folding phone plans and the desire to release 5G smartphones. But it is the first time when a Huawei official linked the two devices publicly.

Also, Huawei invested considerable sums of money in the development of 5G networks around the world but faced a blockage from huge markets like the US and Australia, precisely due to those countries’ government which accused Huawei of following the agenda of the Chinese government.

Huawei 5G Folding Phone To Compete With The Samsung Galaxy X in 2019

Previous discussions on the Huawei 5G folding phone suggested that the foldable smartphone might come out in 2019. Also, Samsung plans to launch its Galaxy X, its own bendy phone, in mid-2019. Accordingly, the two companies would directly compete for an emerging market which has already raised the interest of many customers, as well as other producers.

It will be exciting to see how this competition between Huawei and Samsung would end, eventually, and which of the two upcoming foldable smartphones will be better. At first glance, we would say that the future Galaxy X promises more than the Huawei folding phone, but, on the other hand, the Chinese manufacturer has always surprised us.

In the meantime, Huawei launched its new Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, and Mate X devices, the latter being a gaming smartphone that reportedly would compete with Nintendo Switch.

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Huawei Launched its New Ascend 910 Chip Based on Artificial Intelligence

Huawei seeks to give a new impulse in the semiconductor market with the launch of the new Huawei Ascend 910 chip with artificial intelligence. After Bloomberg’s publication on Huawei’s alleged links with the Chinese government, and the saga of incorporating spy chips, the company exhibits its commitment to artificial intelligence with new chips with machine learning capability.

In the midst of the controversy over the possibility that the motherboards of Supermicro’s servers may include spy chips, Huawei comes out and presents its new series of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips, the Huawei Ascend 910.

With this step, Huawei continues his advance in AI, trying to compete with the big names in this industry, despite the attempts of the US government to contain China’s rapid technological evolution through increased tariffs.

But the Chinese government’s intentions are that, by 2025, 40% of smartphone chips to be manufactured locally, so it is allocating significant financial resources to its local suppliers to help them meet this goal.

The new Huawei Ascend 910 chip based on artificial intelligence is empowering cloud processing

In this sense, Huawei has presented at its annual partner conference the new Huawei Ascend 910, a 7-nanometer chip with machine learning designed for data processing in the cloud. Without a doubt, the new Ascend 910 is the Huawei’s statement for independence from other providers thanks to the new CPU’s processing capacity that’s two times larger than that of the Nvidia v100.

For the time being, the Chinese company has decided not to sell this chip this year so that it will be available from the second quarter of 2019. Another of Huawei’s novelties is the new Ascend 310 chip, designed for video surveillance cameras.

These novelties highlight the Chinese market’s interest in creating a technological industry that’s independent of foreign manufacturers. On the other hand, Huawei, which has always denied its link with Chinese government’s espionage scandals, hopes revive its sales after the decline experienced as a result of the US policy of banning and using their products.

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