7'

Huawei tease a stylus phone for MWC 2016

Yash GargFebruary 16, 2016

Xiaomi isn’t the only Chinese phone maker gearing up for MWC 2016. There are going to be a tonne other phone launches from a tonne other companies that are expected to keep tech enthusiasts busy.

Huawei is a company that has a lot on its plate currently. While rumours of the P9 keep coming thick and fast, there’s another device that the company just teased — one with a stylus. Yes, you read it right!

The teaser comes from Huawei CEO’s Weibo, with a line “A new style of business”. The teaser also mentions that the product would be launched on 21st February at MWC.

Gizchina News of the week

Join GizChina on Telegram

While a stylus-supported variant of the Mate 8 can’t be ruled out, it is also possible that this teaser is for the long-rumoured Huawei MateBook.

Styli were brought back into fashion after the success of Samsung’s Galaxy Note series. Speaking of, Samsung too have a couple of big launches scheduled for MWC, in the Galaxy S7 and its edge sibling.

What excites you more? We at GizChina would love to see a laptop from Huawei!

Disclaimer: We may be compensated by some of the companies whose products we talk about, but our articles and reviews are always our honest opinions. For more details, you can check out our editorial guidelines and learn about how we use affiliate links.

About the author

Yash Garg
Yash is a blogger by profession, builder of things by passion and foodie by birth. You'll usually find him talking about technology, music, travel and the game of cricket on the streets of Pune when not busy writing or speeding his way through the country! Read more on retro handheld gaming on RETRO91
You can learn more about Yash, add him to your Google+ circles or follow him on Twitter to stay connected!

balcobomber25
February 16, 2016
Huawei is one of the most exciting brands to watch, especially now that they are taking the Western markets seriously, and getting praise from Western journalists (Honor 5x).
- Bailey
  February 17, 2016
  Nexus 6p is a great phone it has had alot of praise. Yep the Honor 5x is a budget phone done right
MRU
February 16, 2016
I would have guessed it to be the new tablet….

Muhammad Yasir
February 16, 2016
but i want PC based Laptops with gaming specs incorporated with value for money from chinese PHONE makers …
that’d be EPIC for all of us , esp for the child-side in all of us !
- King
  February 16, 2016
  - - King
      February 17, 2016
      - Muhammad Yasir
        February 19, 2016
        lol no … just being realistic. thats how much a gaming machine should cost. as is the case here , u need to shell out around 45-55 k PKR for a mid-high settings gaming desktop with most parts being refurb and only the GPU , PSU being new along with an additional RAM and stuff.
- Steven Fox
  February 17, 2016
  When there is no real competition it can`t be done, Intel are making billions of AMD’s misery and Nvidia is no better.
  X86 is a dying market unless someone can step up with a really good product and challenge INTEL also on a marketing level.
  - Muhammad Yasir
    February 17, 2016
    - Steven Fox
      February 17, 2016
      x64 is an instruction set of the X86. All PC processors that are sold by Intel and AMD are based on the X86 architecture that started with the Intel 8086 CPU in the late 70`s, but really kicked off with the original Pentium processor in the early 90`s.
      - Muhammad Yasir
        February 19, 2016
        so … basically x64 is drived from x86.
        u said x86 is dying , why is that ?!
        
        Steven Fox
        February 20, 2016
        Yes, true on both accounts.
        It is dying because Intel have made that it remaigns a one-horse race, therefore there hasn’t been any real improvements/innovations for 10 years now and the market is stuck.
        RISC CPU’s like ARM’s on the other hand is developing much faster than x86 ever was, it is also a one-horse race(basically just ARM), but the demand for faster/better/smaller product is insanely high.
        Both have some things in common, but are a very different view on how to solve prolems(what CPU’s do, math that is, not world hunger problems)
        Think of it as having two roads to reach one place, but both take you through an entirely different area, but in the end you always get to the same place.
        
        Muhammad Yasir
        February 20, 2016
        so basically desktops and Laptops will be extinct , mostly because CISC CPUs are a one horse race and no one can compete with em ?!
        what will happen to AAA games being made for the big stage and big screens ?!
        this cant be right , oh my …
        
        Steven Fox
        February 20, 2016
        Well, you saw that Candy Crush Saga was bought for 5 Bln USD, the Star Wars franchise was worth 4 bln the year before.
        Kim Kardashian’s new game made 100 Mln in 2 weeks on mobiles, that game was made by 3 people for 50, 000 USD.
        AAA game development costs 50+ Mnl Dollars and marketing is very costly as well.
        Bethesda made more money from Fallout Shelter(the mobile game) than they did with their actual Fallout 4 game so far(game has a budget of maybe more than 100 Mln USD, Fallout Shelter – 100,000 USD)
        You do the math where the focus is going to be within the next few years.
        Muhammad Yasir
        February 20, 2016
        this is bad …. so what you’re saying is that , soon PC MASTER RACE will cease to exist AND soon , even the Consoles will go extinct !
        and to think i have been waiting an eternity to build a gaming PC :'(
        guess i’ll never get to enjoy games after all … this is bad … if AAA games go extinct , i dunno what i’ll do :/ i love gaming and have been doing it since Age 4 !
        guess this is real life for u n me
Avinash jha
June 9, 2017