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The news around the Huawei controversy may have wound down a bit after the company was granted a small reprieve and hope of an eventual exception but things are about to kick up again tomorrow when that initial grant of mercy ends. Huawei was initially granted a 90-day exception to purchase some, but not all, American products it needs to maintain its business, including Google's Android software, but that time will end August 19. Sources, however, claim that Huawei will be granted another temporary general license for yet another 90 days.

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Samsung has finally updated its smartphone charging capabilities, which means its competitors have to step up their game. With so much at stake, Huawei definitely has to put its best foot forward with the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro. When it comes to charging, that might indeed be the case with a recent leak hinting that the embattled Chinese maker's next flagship phone will support the fastest wireless charging you can get in the market.

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It's been a turbulent few months for foldable phones. Though Samsung and Huawei are both looking to try their hands are folding phones, both companies have delayed theirs at various points. Samsung, of course, delayed the Galaxy Fold after it became clear that it had some build quality issues, while Huawei delayed the Mate X to put it through additional testing in response to Samsung's own delay.

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There's a new feature in town - for the front-facing cameras of the world, anyway. This is the so-called Super Night Mode, so-called for its abilities that are... pretty much the same as non-Super Night Mode. But what better way to look like you're the best than to put "Super" in front of your name?

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Huawei's future has been in question ever since it has been put on the US' blacklist, depriving it of access to US hardware and software. In response, it has been painting an image of self-efficiency while also trying to demonstrate what the rest of the market would lose out on without Huawei. One of those is in the nascent 5G technology, which the company first debuted on the Mate 20X earlier this year. It turns out, however, that it may have spoken too soon and its 5G mobile chip is anything worth boasting about.

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The smartphone wars rage ever on, and today, we're getting a better idea of who's on top when it comes to European markets. Analytic firm Canalys has reported on the state of the European phone market at the end of Q2 2019, with Samsung emerging as the quarter's clear winner. Xiaomi was another company who enjoyed a surge in sales over the quarter, at the expense of other companies like Apple and Huawei.

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During the Huawei Developer Conference in China on Saturday, Huawei Technologies brand Honor introduced Honor Vision, a smart TV that will be the first device to run Huawei's newly unveiled HarmonyOS. Honor Vision is Honor's first smart display and it'll arrive packing Huawei's Honghu 818 Intelligent Display Chipset and the maker's AI Camera NPU chipset.

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We've known that Huawei has been working on an Android alternative for a while now, but today it was finally named: HarmonyOS. The operating system was officially announced by Huawei CEO Richard Yu at the Huawei Developer Conference in Dongguan today. In China, where the operating system will first launch, it'll be known as HongmengOS.

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Apple and Google are taking a lot of heat for their square camera bumps but they aren't then first ones to use that design. Both credit and blame should be laid on Huawei, whose Mate 20 phones last year bore the square cut. It is almost ironic, then, that Huawei itself is moving slightly away from that new convention in a small but very visible way.

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So wait a second, didn't we just hear from Huawei that their non-Android operating system wasn't for phones? Sort of. The China-based brand Huawei's mysterious operating system goes by the name of HongMeng OS, or ARK OS, and it's been the subject of some speculation for the past several months. Recently it seemed that the company suggested they'd not be replacing Android with this OS for phones - but there's a pretty important (and rather easy-to-forget) bit of that statement that's of vital importance at this moment.

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In just three days, Samsung will be formally announcing the Galaxy Note 10. Like it or not, and some will definitely not, it represents Samsung's next big step forward in design and features. One of the things that seem to be disappointing fans is the less than astounding specs for the main camera. To add insult to injury, a leak is now painting a picture of a Huawei Mate 30 Pro that will outshine the Galaxy Note 10 even before either phone is able to launch.

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Honor is probably known for two things in the smartphone world. First, it is a known Huawei sub-brand. Second, it sells smartphones like crazy thanks to affordable prices that, ironically, rival its parent company. That may no longer be enough for Honor, though, and it is now jumping on the smart TV scene. But it isn't just presenting a simple and straightforward smart TV though. Almost mirroring its smartphones, Huawei's "Smart Screen" will be touting features such as an AI-empowered processor and even a popup camera.

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