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Kunlun Glass: The Secret Behind Huawei’s Unbreakable Smartphones is On CCTV

Oğuz Çakır — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:01:31 +0000

Huawei’s cutting-edge technologies made their debut on China Central Television (CCTV) on January 31st. At the premiere of “The Road to Building a Strong Brand,” a documentary featuring Huawei. The documentary highlights Huawei’s breakthroughs in various areas, including the Huawei Beidou satellite messaging, Huawei Kunlun glass, XMAGE super light imaging, and Hongmeng OS.

The Huawei Mate 50 series, which features Huawei’s “unbreakable” Kunlun glass, was also highlighted in the documentary. According to Huawei Executive Director, Yu Chengdong, and Vice President of Huawei’s smartphone product line, Li Xiaolong, the development of the Kunlun glass took four years, overcoming numerous challenges along the way.

The Kunlun glass is inspired by the strong and durable structure of reinforced concrete and is made through a rigorous process, including 24 hours of crystal growth, 108 procedures, and a 1600 degree melting process. The glass contains billions of high-strength nanocrystals, making the glass highly impact-resistant and able to withstand drops 10 times better than other smartphone glass.

In addition to the Kunlun glass, the Huawei Mate 50 series is also the first smartphone that supports the Beidou messaging system. The development of this new technology was completed by Huawei’s satellite messaging research and development team, whose average age is under 30.

Yu Chengdong reflects on the journey of Huawei‘s success: “Ten years ago, the difficulties we faced were that no one recognized or knew about Huawei’s brand. But today, we have accumulated many core technologies and capabilities.” He emphasized that although innovation comes at a cost, Huawei will continue to invest in research and development, overcome challenges, and lead the industry forward.

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Huawei executive confirms the Mate 50 flagship will be a reality

Jed John Ikoba — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 02:10:35 +0000

Huawei‘s Consumer Business Group Strategy Marketing Department Vice President, Li Changzhou has stated that the Huawei Mate 50 will indeed be a reality. The Huawei VP alluded to a community forum. The statement seemingly puts to rest the insinuation which was already gathering traction that the Mate 50 family was never to transit into a sellable product lineup.

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Huawei has had a mixed bag of fortunes within the past year as it tries to pick up from the debilitating US sanctions regime. A canceled product offering could well be one of its least worries, but the strong confirmation by Huawei will calm some frayed nerves.

In 2021, Huawei could only unveil a single flagship line – the P50, and industry watchers had expected the Mate lineup should have been a concurrent flagship addition. Huawei continues to shore up its architecture as it fashions out a long-term response to US sanctions.

Li Changzhou was speaking on the eve of MWC 2022 and the company’s upcoming Spring 2022 Smart Office Live event. The specific optics of the statement relating to the Mate 50 indicates that Huawei may be working on the development of the Mate 50 after all. However, we are left in the dark about the possible release date for the Mate 50, if indeed it is under development.

There are reports that a new Huawei Mate device could surface by the middle of 2022. There is no way of verifying the information, as Huawei remains blank at this time. However, we expect a minimum of a 2nd-gen Snapdragon 8 chipset.

Industry insider hints Huawei will launch the Mate 50 in October

Jed John Ikoba — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 01:30:27 +0000

Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei has had a bag of mixed fortunes since the US blacklisted the company from accessing important US supplies a few years back. Back in July, there was a raft of product releases that indicated a silver lining in the dark skies. The July offering included the flagship P50 series. However, there were speculations that due to the US ban, as well as supply chain challenges, Huawei might not be able to release another flagship product within 2021, although the Mate 50 had already been mooted for unveiling within the fourth quarter of the year.

There are indications that Huawei might have overcome all the constraints and indeed the Mate 50 series is set for its October 2021 release as scheduled. This hint is coming from an industry expert and analyst with Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), who insists that Huawei will release the flagship products in October as planned.

Tracking the event schedule of Huawei, there is a global launch event officially slated for October 21 in Vienna, Austria, and the Mate 50 series could be part of the product lineup for the Vienna event. Huawei is however yet to offer any official confirmation that the global event on October 21 will also include the launch of the Mate 50. The global event could also be the global launch of the P50 series outside China.

Many details about the Huawei Mate 50 series are still under wraps except for few details that could be pieced from the teaser. More details about the device and key specs will become available as we inch closer to the rumored October 21 unveiling. Since there has not been any official confirmation from Huawei, the speculation may also be false. The coming weeks will determine the direction.

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Tipster hints the Huawei Mate 50 will also have a next-gen Snapdragon version

Jed John Ikoba — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:14:08 +0000

A Weibo tipster has hinted that Huawei could have sufficient supplies of chips for its smartphone models that are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets after December 2021. Recall that the P50 was launched with a Snapdragon 888 version which had only 4G support. The tipster hinted that the company will use the next-gen Snapdragon 898 chip on the Mate 50 but it will only support 4G until the second quarter of 2022 when the 5G version will be available.

The Weibo rumor could indicate a greater business relationship between Huawei and Qualcomm in pursuit of chip sufficiency. It is also reported that Huawei is gradually shifting to Qualcomm, as models sporting the Snapdragon 888 chipset will become the mainstream offerings of Huawei in the shortest time. This also means that the new generation Qualcomm Snapdragon premium chipsets will be available for purchase and deployment into Huawei’s flagship models.

The move continues to reflect the intensive drive of Huawei to regain lost ground from the challenges of the previous years that led to significant losses of its market edge across several countries including China. The Huawei P50 series was announced to come with a Snapdragon processor, which ultimately did not happen, possibly due to supply hitches. It rather came with the Kirin 9000 processor. But there is also the possibility of a shortage of Kirin chips, helping to drive the demand for Qualcomm Snapdragon chips by the company.

In line with the improved partnership with Qualcomm, the Huawei Mate 50 series and the incoming Huawei foldable smartphones will be powered by the new Snapdragon processor. Additionally, these new Snapdragon chipsets are understood to have already adopted Huawei’s HarmonyOS operating system, thus significantly expanding the reach of Huawei in pursuit of global relevance. The new chipset is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 898, which could be released before the end of 2021, according to rumors. It is not clear, however, whether Qualcomm will immediately debut the premium 5G version of the new chip or go with the lower 4G version.