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Huawei Clarifies Android Update Situation, Commits to Android Q for Last 2 Generations
Huawei last night launched an information campaign about the status of software updates on existing devices in the face of the company's troubles with the U.S. Commerce Department.
The important news is that Huawei is confirming to and committing to continues[sic] security and Android platform updates, specifically the upcoming release of Android Q.
In general the news is no surprise as certification and approval happens several months before the actual software update. With Huawei receiving a reprieve on updates, it means in general business continues as usual for the moment being.
Huawei Announces Nova 5 & Nova Pro in China: Introduces New Kirin 810 Chipset
Today Huawei announced the brand new Nova 5 series of smartphones. The company released the new Nova 5, Nova 5 Pro and Nova 5i in China with availability later this month. The new Nova 5 and 5 Pro are particularly interesting because they now represent Huawei's lowest priced devices with OLED displays, also featuring high-end cameras and SoC options.
The new Nova 5 and Nova 5 Pro are interesting phones because they are essentially the same device, with the peculiarity of having different SoC options: The Nova 5 in particular is the first phone to now introduce the new Kirin 810 chipset. The new chip features a combination of 2x Cortex A76 CPUs at up to 2.23GHz and 6x Cortex A55's at 1.88GHz. In terms of GPU, Huawei has opted for a Mali-G52MP6 running at 820MHz. It looks like the Kirin 810 is extremely well positioned to compete against Qualcomm's Snapdragon 730 SoC which was announced just back in April.
Previously: Huawei Working on its Own OS to Prepare for "Worst-Case Scenario" of Being Deprived of Android
Google Pulls Huawei's Android License
The Huawei Disaster Reveals Google's Iron Grip On Android
Huawei Calls on U.S. to Adjust its Approach to Tackle Cybersecurity Effectively
Google Doesn't Want Huawei Ban Because It Would Result in an Android Competitor
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 22 2019, @08:06PM (6 children)
Huawei wants to install "security updates" while knowing the phones that receive it will be the last phones they will ever have sold into the US? Would you trust this software from a vendor banned from the US for spying on its customers?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 22 2019, @08:09PM (1 child)
You may want to work on your grammer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 22 2019, @08:35PM
FTFY...
You may want to work on you grammar.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 22 2019, @08:36PM (1 child)
I trust everyone who was bullied, banned, subjected to sanctions, or directly attacked by US. By principle of past experience.
(Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Saturday June 22 2019, @10:19PM
I hope you’re not in charge of any airports.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Mer on Saturday June 22 2019, @09:07PM
It's a smartphone. If the parent company's not spying on you by default something is very wrong.
Huawei isn't suddenly free of spying because they got banned but the competitors are now less likeable because of the hypocrisy.
Shut up!, he explained.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 23 2019, @07:41PM
Yes