On October 15, 2020, Huawei filed a patent application for a smartphone camera design with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which has now been approved and published publicly.
Huawei has come up with a new camera design for its smartphones
The patent images show a new smartphone with a completely new camera system consisting of a large block that houses two circles with two cameras each. Also visible is the LED backlight.
The front of the phone has a center hole in the screen for the front camera for selfies. In addition, On the right side of the phone are the volume and power buttons.
In December, Huawei officially unveiled its budget flagships Nova 8 and Nova 8 Pro, which received a similar module on the rear panel, but the modules in it were located differently.
Huawei: Here are the main differences between HarmonyOS, iOS and Android
Wang Chenglu, President of Huawei’s Consumer Software Division, decided to finally clarify the main differences between HarmonyOS, iOS and Android.
HarmonyOS (HongmengOS in China) for smartphones is considered by many as an alternative to Android. Earlier, there were information on the web that the first release of HarmonyOS 2.0 for smartphones will be based on Android.
Also, Wang Chenglu said yesterday that HarmonyOS is not a copy of iOS and Android. So, now he has provided a table (for those who know Chinese) showing the main differences between the operating systems.
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HARMONYOS VS IOS VS ANDROID
HARMONYOS:
Hardware platform: In addition to the mobile phone, it can also be mounted on many IoT devices like TV, cars, smart home appliances
Growth Area: IoT devices have great potential
Advantages: Open source, fluency, and distributed capabilities
Disadvantages: Newborn system in growing age
Apps Developments: One-time development, multi-end adaption capability
IOS:
Hardware platform: Mobile phone
Growth area: limited
Advantages: Smooth
Disadvantages: Closed
Apps Developments: Individual adaptation
ANDROID:
Hardware platform: Mobile phone
Growth area: limited
Advantages: Open source
Disadvantages: Fragmentation, stuttering
Huawei: HarmonyOS is not a copy of Android and iOS
Huawei’s operating system HongmengOS for China and HarmonyOS for the rest of the world is not a copy of either Android or iOS. So, one of Huawei’s top managers, Wang Chenglu, president of Huawei’s consumer software division, spoke about this in a speech to reporters.
HarmonyOS for smartphones is being considered as an alternative to Android. Earlier, there were information on the network that the first release of HarmonyOS 2.0 for smartphones will be based on Android.
According to Wang Chenglu, the company has been developing the operating system since May 2016. He also noted that HarmonyOS provides very broad “panoramic” opportunities for the future era of the “Internet of Things”. While, for example, iOS is created exclusively for smartphones.
The company has set a goal of 200 million HarmonyOS-based devices in 2021, and hopes for much greater results – 300-400 million.
The Chinese company is already testing HarmonyOS 2.0 on smartphones by selected developers and partners.