OnePlus has launched its OnePlus 7 series of handsets globally, which consist of the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro. However, there’s also a 5G variant of the OnePlus 7 Pro, which the company has announced has currently announced only in the UK.
Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
Qualcomm has launched it's first ever smartphone, “Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders”. A ‘Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders’, the new smartphone has been designed in collaboration with Asus and is specifically for the company's loyalty programme called Snapdragon Insiders that was launched in March.
Huawei Car
At the 2020 China Auto Forum Huawei unveiled three car OS systems: the Harmony cabin operating system HOS, the intelligent driving operating system AOS and the intelligent vehicle control operating system VOS. The company also unveiled a cross-domain integrated software architecture dubbed Vehicle Stack.
Sony-Xperia-Z5-Pink
Sony have announced the upcoming release of the Xperia Z5 in a "sophisticated pink" variant. The new variant uses the same frosted glass finish as the existing z5 and combines this with a light dusky pink colour palette.
iOS 18
Apple has officially released iOS 18, a major release that features more customization options, the biggest redesign ever of the Photos app, new ways for users to manage their inbox in Mail, Messages over satellite, and so much more.
The Huawei Mate Xs 5G is now available to pre-order from today (14th March, 2020) in Australia. Huawei Mate Xs 5G is a luxury foldable smartphone, and a reworked version of Huawei’s smartphone that unfolds into a tablet, which directly competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold rather than the South Korean firm’s newer, smaller Galaxy Z Flip folding phone.
OnePlus Concept One
ONEPLUS has unveiled its prototype smartphone, the OnePlus Concept One, at CES 2020. The OnePlus Concept One is a concept smartphone put together by OnePlus specifically for CES 2020.
ASUS today unveiled ROG Phone II, the successor to the ROG Phone. ROG Phone II builds on the gamer-centric design of the first-generation ROG Phone, and takes performance to an epic new level with the world's first implementation of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Mobile Platform, which is clocked at up to 2.96GHz.
Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy S10e, S10, S10+ and S10 5G that introduces more Galaxy Note10 features to the flagship lineup. Now, in addition to enjoying the diverse range of Note10 features that were added in the S10’s most recent update, users will be able to access all-new smart multimedia and Wi-Fi functions that streamline connections and take content creation to the next level.
Google has revealed the name of Android 8, and it comes as no surprise that Android 8.0 is officially Oreo. Google has partnered with Nabisco, the owner of the Oreo brand, similar to the way they partnered with Nabisco rival Nestlé for Android 4.4 KitKat.
Huawei Seamless AI Life New Products Global Launch event
Huawei today hosted the Huawei Seamless AI Life New Products Global Launch event, where the company announced six new products during today’s keynote: HUAWEI FreeBuds Pro, HUAWEI FreeLace Pro, HUAWEI WATCH GT 2 Pro, HUAWEI WATCH FIT, HUAWEI MateBook X and HUAWEI MateBook 14.
Android Security
Google has released the August 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install. Google device firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site. Though Google puts out the Android security patches each month, the job of actually getting the fixes to end users falls on the telcos and/or device manufacturers themselves. Those partners vary in their ability to release the patches in a timely fashion.
Huawei has unveiled its Huawei Mate 30 series of smartphones during the Huawei Malaysia Ecosystem Conference 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, making Malaysia the first country after China where consumers can get their hands on the latest Mate 30 flagship phone series featuring Kirin 990 processors with rear triple- and quad- camera settings.
The Huawei Mate Xs is now available to pre-order from today (15th March, 2020) in the UAE. Huawei Mate Xs is a reworked version of Huawei’s smartphone that unfolds into a tablet, which directly competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold rather than the South Korean firm’s newer, smaller Galaxy Z Flip folding phone.
TCL today launched the BlackBerry KEY2. Featuring an iconic BlackBerry physical keyboard and loaded with BlackBerry's best security and privacy enhancements, this all-new BlackBerry smartphone packs a number of features that are firsts for any BlackBerry smartphone.