Huawei's Honor sub-brand showed up at IFA with a surprise this year: an early tease of its new Magic 2 flagship, a follow-up to the company's original AI-enhanced Magic phone from 2016. The big update on the Magic 2 is a new "Magic Slide" feature that hides the camera underneath a slider to enable a full, bezel-free screen without a notch — similar to the sliding Oppo Find X from earlier this year. The Magic 2 will also be powered off of Huawei's new (and still unannounced) Kirin 980 processor, which is presumably the successor to the current-gen Kirin 970 chip found in phones like the P20 Pro. According to Forbes, Honor president George Zhao confirmed in an interview that the Magic 2 is at least two months away from release, but the company wanted to unveil it early since "a competitor" had heard about the design and was planning a similar phone. Just hours after the Magic 2 was revealed, Lin Bin, the president of Xiaomi, posted a render of the company's upcoming Mi Mix 3 flagship (via GSMArena) featuring a similar sliding camera design, so it seems that Zhao was right to be concerned.
Huawei's new flagship smartphone now has a launch date
Huawei has announced the date for the launch of its new flagship, the Huawei Mate 20. Like Samsung, Huawei has two flagship smartphones: The P series and the Mate series. Huawei's P20 had a triple rear camera, and it's possible that the Mate 20 will follow in the same footsteps. On the software side, the Mate 20 is likely to launch with Android Pie. It's also likely that the Mate 20 will come in more than one flavor.
The new smartphone from OnePlus will fix one of the most annoying 'features' of recent smartphones
referring to The upcoming smartphone from OnePlus — the OnePlus 6T — will have a fingerprint sensor built into the display called "Screen Unlock," the company confirmed to CNET. For anyone who likes using their devices while it's resting on a table, the rear-facing fingerprint sensor is a bad idea. The Galaxy S8's rear-facing fingerprint sensor was especially hard to use as it was so close to the camera. Antonio Villas-Boas/Business InsiderFrom my experience, OnePlus' fingerprint sensors are the best in the business, as they're extremely fast and accurate when unlocking a OnePlus smartphone. We have yet to see how well OnePlus' Screen Unlock feature will work.Shop with a 'snap:' Snapchat and Amazon team up for new smartphone feature
(NBC) - Snapchat and Amazon are offering a new feature to shop with a "snap." Social media app Snapchat is teaming up with Amazon to let users shop with their smartphone cameras. Users can point the Snapchat camera at a physical product or barcode and do a visual search by pressing and holding on the camera screen. If Amazon recognizes the product, it will present a link to buy that product or similar ones on Amazon. Users can tap on the prompt to be redirected to Amazon's app or website and purchase the item.
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