A new Huawei smartphone has appeared in the database of the Chinese regulator TENAA, which is similar to the Huawei P40. Apparently, the company has decided to release a more affordable version of the model, which will most likely be called the Huawei P40 4G - based on the certification documents, the device does not support 5G.
It turns out that Huawei managed to stock up not only the SoC Kirin 990 5G, but also the usual Kirin 990 with an LTE modem - this version is present in the lineup. It differs not only in the modem, but also in the frequency of the processor and NPU - they are slightly lower than in the Kirin 990 5G.
Since the Huawei P40 4G is already certified, the premiere can be expected in the near future. And the cost of such a model will certainly be lower than the regular P40 with 5G support.
Technical characteristics of Huawei P40
- 6,1-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) FHD + OLED display
- HUAWEI Kirin 990 5G processor (2 x Cortex-A76 based on 2,86 GHz + 2 x Cortex-A76 based on 2,36 GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 on 1,95 GHz) with ARM Mali-G76MP16 GPU, dual-core processor Big Core + Tiny Core (neural network) Processing unit)
- 8GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable up to 256GB via NM card
- Android 10 with EMUI 10.0
- Dual SIM (nano SIM + eSIM)
- 50-megapixel RYYB Ultra Vision camera with f/1,9 aperture, 16-megapixel ultra-wide camera with f/2,2 aperture, 8-megapixel telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, dual-tone LED flash
- 32MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture, IR face unlock camera, 4k video recording
- Built-in fingerprint sensor
- Waterproof (IP53)
- USB Type-C audio
- Dimensions: 148,3 × 71,6 × 8,5 mm; Weight: 175 g
- 5G SA / NSA, dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ax (2,4 GHz and 5 GHz) (wave2), Bluetooth 5.1 LE, GPS (L1 + L5 dual-band), NavIC, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C (GEN1 )
- 3800mAh (typical) battery with 22,5W SuperCharge
Huawei's HarmonyOS turns out to be an Android 10 clone
Since the announcement of HarmonyOS for Huawei smartphones, there has been a debate on the Internet about how different the new mobile platform will be from Android.
The problem was compounded by limited access to the HarmonyOS beta version. Now ArsTechnica's Ron Amadeo has been able to test it and draw conclusions.
HarmonyOS is “just Android 10,” he said. It describes HarmonyOS as a fork of Android with the EMUI user interface and a few minor changes.
However, even the user interface remained an exact copy of the version of EMUI that Huawei installs on its Android smartphones.
In Amadeo's opinion, there's nothing wrong with forking Android and running it as a self-branded operating system; but you must do it openly and transparently:
Forking Android and launching your own rebranded operating system is perfectly fine. But be upfront about it. Say "HarmonyOS is a fork of Android", not "HarmonyOS is not a copy of Android". Don't call HarmonyOS "brand new" when it's the opposite.
In early January, Huawei's top manager announced that HarmonyOS is not a copy of iOS and Android and listed the main differences.
