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Of course Huawei will have its own credit card
Chinese phone manufacturers have a long history of taking Apple's best ideas and making them their own.So it shouldn't come as any surprise to see a company like Huawei announce a credit card.
Watch Huawei's P40 unveiling in just 12 minutes
Earlier today Huawei showed off its new P40 family of phones, which come packed with enough new tech that they're still interesting without a path to market in the US or Google's apps. The P40 Pro+ packs in a ridiculous 10x optical zoom capability with its super periscope telephoto lens. There's also a new smart speaker with some impressive audio capabilities to take advantage of the Celia voice assistant that will launch in an update later this year, as well as fresh updates for its smartwatches. The GT 2 Watch is available in more colors, while its sporty Watch GT 2e promises two weeks of battery life, and up to 24 hours of music playback. There's even smart eyewear with built-in speakers to listen to music or take phonecalls. All of the information including release windows and pricing is in the video, which you can watch right here.
Huawei made its own Siri rival called Celia
Given there's no Google Assistant on Huawei's latest devices, including the P40 series, the company has revealed its very own voice assistant called Celia. She/it/they will understand commands in English, French and Spanish and will behave an awful lot like Siri did at launch, namely some pretty basic voice interactions with core phone features. Think: weather updates, texts and phone call requests. It'll also set reminders, interact with your calendar and even translate. Huawei is hoping its attempts go better than Samsung's own Bixby voice assistant.
Huawei's P40 phones have giant imaging sensors and a camera for everything
Huawei's big reveal for its new flagship is entirely online. In the face of the coronavirus, the company had to launch its P40 smartphone series a little differently. Following the imaging prowess of last year's P30 Pro and the Mate 30, the company is still playing to those strengths as it still battles with its app store weaknesses. This year's flagship smartphone series includes the P40 and the P40 Pro, but also an even-more-premium P40 Pro+ -- with the headliner features I'm most excited about.
Watch Huawei's P40 launch event right here at 9AM ET
Huawei's P40 series launch event starts today at 9AM ET. You can watch the livestream below or follow along as we write about the proceedings. Be sure to check the website afterward as well, as we'll have all the biggest highlights.
Huawei P40 Pro may feature 50X zoom, custom photography chip
Ahead of their official debut on March 26th, frequent leaker Ishan Agarwal has shared a bunch of information about Huawei's newest phones, detailing both the P40 Pro and P40. As expected, the P40 Pro is all about photography. The phone will reportedly feature a 50-megapixel wide camera, 40-megapixel telephoto camera, a time-of-flight depth sensor and one more (likely ultra-wide) 12-megapixel camera. According to Agarwal, the telephoto camera will be able to zoom in on subjects by a factor of up to 50x.
Huawei will livestream its P40 phone unveiling on March 26th
Huawei is joining the ranks of companies moving to online events to minimize the risk of coronavirus infections. The Chinese tech giant is now set to introduce its P40 series phones through an online launch on March 26th instead of the in-person Paris gathering it had originally planned. The company wants to protect the "safety and comfort of everyone," PR representative Rafal Kwiatkowski explained. At least you'll have an idea of what to expect -- as you can see from the conspicuous camera hump in the teaser image above, photography should be even more of a highlight than it was last year.
