TechnikNews Weekly # 007: New Huawei smartphones, a new iPad and more
A SUMMARY of David Haydl 
on April 01, 2018, 16:59 am | Write a comment
There was a lot going on this week: The Huawei event in Paris, Apple presented a new iPad and the Messenger Telegram had an outage. We have that and more in this issue of TechnikNews Weekly summarized.
Huawei event in Paris
On March 27th, Huawei's new P20 series was presented in Paris. This year, it includes three devices again: the P20 lite, the normal P20 and the P20 Pro. The display of the normal P20 is 5,8 inches, has a FHD+ resolution and, like the other smartphones of the new generation, has a notch. The processor used is the Kirin 970 with the in-house AI chip, which is supported by 4GB of RAM.
The P20 and P20 Pro run Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1. Unfortunately, the cheaper P20 lite still has to make do with Android 8.0 and EMUI 8.0. The P20's memory is up to 128GB and the battery has a capacity of 3400mAh. The dual camera has a resolution of 20MP and 12MP, while selfies can be taken with 24MP. Videos can be recorded in 4K. The Huawei P20 will be available from the beginning of April for 649 euros.
The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro come in numerous colors – including here. (Image: TechnikNews/Screenshot)
The Huawei P20 Pro has a 6,1-inch OLED display, also with FHD+ resolution. The processor is also the Kirin 970, the RAM is 20GB compared to the P6, and the storage can be up to 20GB in the P128 Pro. The battery is the same as in the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, 4000mAh. The P20 Pro is the first smartphone with a triple camera, and the resolutions are 40MP, 20MP and 8MP. The front camera has a resolution of 24MP. Huawei is asking for a recommended retail price of 899 euros, and the smartphone will also be available from the beginning of April.
Huawei P20 Lite
The Huawei P20 lite is the cheapest device in the group. Just like the normal P20, the display is 5,8 inches and also has a resolution of FHD+, the notch is also available here. In the smartphone performs the middle classprocessor Kirin 659 with 4GB RAM. The memory is a maximum of 64GB, with the battery we are talking about 3000mAh. The two cameras have a resolution of 16MP and 12MP, the selfie camera has 16MP. Like the other two devices, the P20 lite will be available from early April and will cost 369 euros.
In addition to these smartphones, the Huawei Mate RS, which was developed in collaboration with Porsche Design, was also presented. It is worth mentioning about this device that it has a fingerprint sensor in the display and costs € 1700 in the best configuration.
- The Huawei P20, P20 Pro and P20 Lite are here: All info and specs
- Huawei Mate RS: The luxury P20 with a display fingerprint sensor
Deactivate notch on the new Huawei devices
I just mentioned that the new Huawei devices have a notch. But this is not for everyone, as it turned out with the release of the iPhone X. Therefore you can make the notch "invisible" from Android 8.1 with EMUI 8.1. The associated setting item "Notch" can be found in the settings under the sub-item "Display". Now the area to the right and left of the recess is colored black, only the status indicators remain visible.
Notch for the OnePlus 6 confirmed
An interesting article was published by The Verge this week. As the first technology blog, they received an official picture from OnePlus, which shows the Oneplus 6. With a notch. A rumor of the last few weeks has thus come true. In addition, The Verge wrote in their article that the presence of a jack plug is quite likely, which is underpinned by the leak from Evan Blass.
- OnePlus 6: Notch confirmed, headphone jack likely
- OnePlus 6 leaked: This is what it should really look like
New iPad presented
Parallel to the Huawei event, Apple presented a new iPad in a high school in Chicago. The entry-level model iPad 2018. With this device, Apple wants to appeal particularly to students and teachers, as the device is comparatively cheap at a starting price of 349 euros (only 299 euros for schools). The display is 9,7 inches and is the first non-pro iPad to support the Apple Pencil, which you have to buy for an extra 99 euros. Inside, the in-house A10 Fusion does its job; as is typical for Apple, no information is known about the RAM. The storage ranges from 32GB to 128GB, and the camera has a resolution of 8MP.
Failure of the Telegram server
This time, on March 29th at around 11am, Telegram was struggling with problems. Users were unable to send or receive messages. This time, Europe and part of Russia were affected. The cause, as it turned out later in the day, was a power outage in Telegram's data center. After about three hours, all problems were resolved.
Snapchat Map Explore with the recent activity of his friends
The Snapchat Map has been around for a while now. Now this one has been given an update. You can now see in a feed below the map what friends have done in the last 24 hours. So things like: "Person XY took a train from A to B". In addition to this, events in the vicinity are also displayed with the friends who are currently there. We don't officially have the feature yet, you need the latest Snapchat beta and you have to set the language to English. It is also important that you have activated location sharing.
Attachment: The new update will now be officially distributed to the first users in Austria and Germany.
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