Huawei is apparently enjoying great popularity and brand loyalty, particularly in the sales of two of its latest flagship devices. Huawei CBG CTO Bruce Lee announced during the recent Huawei Mobile Innovation Technology Media Communication Conference that the Mate X3 foldable is the top seller in China, whereas the P60 series are the top sellers in the country in the 4000 to 6000 yuan price segment. There might be an additional asterisk somewhere in these essentially internal, self-reported statistics, but regardless, we can’t deny that there is obviously some truth to the claims....

According to Financial Times sources, Volkswagen is in talks with Huawei to bring HarmonyOS to its cars sold in China. And given Chinese consumers' strong favor for homegrown technology and VW's software woes, it makes a lot more sense for VW to seek partnership with Huawei. In the opposite direction, Seres dropped HarmonyOS for Android Auto for its cars sold in Europe. The new VW ID.7 interior Interestingly enough, one of the sources says that Volkswagen hasn't limited its options to just Huawei. Reportedly, the German automaker is looking for a long-term partner in China in...

OnePlus is set to announce a special edition variant of the Ace 2 in China. Made in collaboration with miHoYo and Genshin, this variant will feature a custom color and material for the back. The special edition Ace 2 will be the first OnePlus phone to feature a vegan leather back. The edges have a stitch line as well as a striped pattern. The material is finished in a unique Lava Red color. Design and packaging Also interesting is the packaging. The phone will ship in a custom box that looks like food delivery packaging with a locking mechanism for the front doors and...

Honor unveiled a new type of battery – a silicon-carbon battery – during its global Magic5 series event last week. And this isn’t just a paper launch like so many new battery technologies, we have confirmed that the Honor Magic5 Pro and the Magic5 Ultimate units sold in China use the new type power cells. Long story short, the silicon carbon battery has 5,450mAh capacity whereas the more traditional battery inside the global Magic5 Pro has 5,100mAh. The Ultimate, which was announced today, is unlikely to be available globally, so we’ll focus on the Pro. The global Pro measures 8.77mm...

Honor just unveiled the Magic5 Ultimate. At an event held in China the company introduced the Honor5 series and added this special edition for the local market. Under the posh leather-bound exterior, the Magic5 Ultimate is actually a maxed-out 16/512GB Honor Magic5 Pro. The Honor Magic5 Ultimate ships in Elegant Black or Burning Orange, both in vegan leather trim, with a premium Montblanc Bespoke leather case in the retail package. The Ultimate also features USB-C headphones in the package, unlike the other members of the series. These niceties aside, the Magic5 Ultimate is...

Huawei is expanding its nova 10 lineup with a new Youth Edition. It is currently positioned as the cheapest device in the lineup. Huawei nova 10 Youth Edition While its overall design is familiar and hasn’t changed much compared to its sibling like the nova 10 SE, the nova 10 Youth Edition ditches the OLED panel and substitutes it for a cheaper 6.78-inch, FHD+, 90Hz IPS display. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 680 chipset, alongside 8GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of onboard storage. There is a 4,000 mAh battery on board with 66W fast wired charging. It runs...

Huawei is expanding its nova 10 lineup with a new Youth Edition. It is currently positioned as the cheapest device in the lineup. Huawei nova 10 Youth Edition While its overall design is familiar and hasn’t changed much compared to its sibling like the nova 10 SE, the nova 10 Youth Edition ditches the OLED panel and substitutes it for a cheaper 6.78-inch, FHD+, 90Hz IPS display. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 680 chipset, alongside 8GB of RAM and either 128GB or 256GB of onboard storage. There is a 4,000 mAh battery on board with 66W fast wired charging. It runs...

OnePlus launched the OnePlus Ace in China last April, and today the company unveiled its successor, dubbed OnePlus Ace 2. The OnePlus Ace 2 is powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC and runs Android 13-based ColorOS 13 out of the box. It comes with up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage, but it doesn't have a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The OnePlus Ace 2 is built around a 6.74" 2,772x1,240-pixel AMOLED screen with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate (40Hz-120Hz). The display has a peak brightness of 1,450 nits with support for 1.07 billion colors and HDR10+. The...

Canalys published its latest report on smartphone sales in China regarding the final quarter of 2022 and the full calendar year. The results are bleak, as the market saw a 14% decline in overall shipments, dipping below 300 million units for the first time since 2013. During Q4, Apple was the top maker with a 22% market share, although shipments declined 24%. The significance of the Chinese market is enormous for makers, as it is the biggest in the world - about 25% of all smartphones globally are sold the Asian country. Canalys reveals most vendors have been dealing with inventory...

OnePlus is having a big event on February 7 in New Delhi, India, where we expect to see the global versions of the OnePlus 11, and the OnePlus Buds Pro 2. It will also be the landing stage for the first OnePlus Keyboard, OnePlus Pad tablet, new OnePlus TV Q2 Pro in several sizes, and the OnePlus 11R smartphone. At a separate event in China, OnePlus is launching the OnePlus Ace 2 smartphone, which will be the 11R version for the domestic market with minor software tweaks. OnePlus Ace 2 official renders The OnePlus 11R and OnePlus Ace 2 have the same camera design on the back...