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EMUI 9.1 beta rolls out to the Honor View 20, Honor Magic 2, Honor 7X/8X/9/10, Huawei P10, P20 Lite, Mate 20 Lite, and Nova 3/3i/2 in China
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI 9.1 beta to a large number of devices including Honor 7X/8X/9/10, Huawei P10, P20 Lite, Mate 20 Lite, others in China.
Huawei announced EMUI 9.1 based on Android 9.0 Pie last month at the Huawei P30 Pro launch. It comes with with a slew of changes over EMUI 9.0 including a simpler and more intuitive UI, GPU Turbo 3.0, nature alarm sounds, optimizations to HiVoice, improved AR functionality with HiVision, etc. While EMUI 9.1 is currently available on select devices including the P30 Pro, Mate 20 Pro, and the Mate 20 X, the company has promised the update for as many as 49 Huawei and Honor devices. Now, a beta update brings the latest EMUI to a dozen of devices in China and paves way for the global update.
Huawei P20, Huawei Nova 3, and Honor Play delisted from 3DMark for benchmark cheating
A report states Huawei has been found cheating in benchmarks. UL delisted the Huawei P20/P20 Pro, Huawei Nova 3, and Honor Play from 3DMark in response.
Benchmarks have always been a popular way to measure the performance of hardware, both in the PC and mobile space. Benchmark cheating occurs when a device maker unfairly tries to game a benchmark by making the results score better than they actually are. Cheating can happen in any benchmark tests including those that measure the CPU, system, or GPU performances. The obvious goal of cheating at benchmarks is so customers will be convinced that product A is better than product B. Unfortunately, this means that underlying weaknesses in hardware are masked by cheating. Put simply, it's a lose-lose situation for all parties involved in the industry: chip vendors, device makers, and most of all, end-consumers.
Huawei launches the Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i in India
Huawei has launched the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i in India. The Huawei Nova 3 costs ₹34,999, while the Kirin 710-powered Nova 3i costs ₹20,990.
At an event in Delhi today, Huawei launched the Huawei Nova 3 and the Huawei Nova 3i in India. The phones are the first in the Nova series to officially make their way to India. The Huawei Nova 3 has high-end specifications including the HiSilicon Kirin 970 system-on-chip (which is a first for the Nova series), while the Huawei Nova 3i is the first Huawei phone to feature the new HiSilicon Kirin 710 SoC.
Last week, we exclusively reported full specifications and press renders of the Huawei Nova 3. The Huawei Nova series is Huawei's mid-range smartphone series, and the Nova 3 series slots up below the Huawei Mate 10 series as well as the Huawei P20 and the Huawei P20 Pro. The Huawei Nova 3 went up for pre-order in China before its official launch, and now the company has revealed its pricing. The Huawei Nova 3i, a "lite" variant of the Nova 3, has also been made official.
Exclusive: Huawei Nova 3 specifications and press renders leaked in full
The Huawei Nova 3 is set to launch soon, and we have exclusively obtained the full specifications sheet and multiple press renders of the device.
The Huawei Nova smartphones are a series of mid-range devices, but that's looking to change with the upcoming Huawei Nova 3 set to be announced on July 18th. Compared to the Huawei Nova/Nova Plus with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, the Huawei Nova 2/Nova 2 Plus with the HiSilicon Kirin 659, the Huawei Nova 3 will feature the high-end HiSilicon Kirin 970 system-on-chip. While we don't have any pricing or availability information, we have obtained exclusive access to the full list of specifications and press renders of the Huawei Nova 3 thanks to leaker MadSimar (@Hackersimar).