Huawei Munich Press Event Live Blog (starts 2pm CET / 9am ET)
by Ian Cutress on November 3, 2016 7:32 AM EST- Posted in
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08:40AM EDT - I'm sat, front row
08:41AM EDT - But wifi has basically died, and for whatever reason my EE SIM in my Mate 8 won't even access the webpage to buy data
08:42AM EDT - Hopefully we'll have bandwidth for pictures
08:56AM EDT - 5 minutes to go, and they jsut reset the WiFi in the venue
08:56AM EDT - I was told that Huawei typically invites ~800 media to these events, plus partners
09:04AM EDT - Here we go, intro video
09:04AM EDT - Oh wait, dancers to the stage
09:07AM EDT - All the upbeat techno
09:07AM EDT - All the upbeat techno, and bright white lights. Looks good, but I'm fighting the WiFi here
09:08AM EDT - Richard Yu to the stage, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group
09:08AM EDT - Richard Yu to the stage, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group
09:08AM EDT - Drove to the stage in a Porsche 911
09:08AM EDT - 'What annoys consumers about their phones?'
09:09AM EDT - 'Recharging, battery life, running multiple apps, camera'
09:10AM EDT - 'Pain points: Perf, Battery Life, Camera'
09:11AM EDT - 'Every year, the new OS needs more processing power'
09:11AM EDT - 'Our solution is the Mate'
09:12AM EDT - 'Mate 9 and Mate 9 Porsche'
09:14AM EDT - Partnership video with Porsche
09:14AM EDT - 'precision products through shared passion'
09:15AM EDT - Dr Jan Becker, COO of Porsche Design, arrives in a 911
09:15AM EDT - 'Porsche is heavily invested in smartphone design'
09:16AM EDT - 'Huawei is dynamic and innovative'
09:16AM EDT - 'We need a functional design and smartphone expertise'
09:16AM EDT - 'We have a very demanding target group'
09:16AM EDT - 'Porsche is a premium lifestyle brand'
09:17AM EDT - 'Taking the spirit of Porsche beyond the automobile world'
09:17AM EDT - 'Requires an impressive level of technology innovation'
09:19AM EDT - 'Our Founder was always about design, aesthetics and function'
09:20AM EDT - 'Everything Porsche does is with passion'
09:20AM EDT - 'This is a limited edition device that sets a benchmark in user experience'
09:20AM EDT - 'Born from the desire for our demanding target group'
09:22AM EDT - Richard back to the stage, time for a video
09:22AM EDT - Richard back to the stage
09:22AM EDT - 'beauty in symmetry'
09:23AM EDT - 'maybe visually the thinnest smartphone in the world'
09:23AM EDT - 4000 mAh
09:23AM EDT - curved screen
09:23AM EDT - 5.5-inch 1440p curved display, high contrast ratio
09:23AM EDT - (pictures are uploading, slowly)
09:24AM EDT - smart touch button, finger print unlocking
09:26AM EDT - 3-in-1 finger gesture
09:26AM EDT - 3-in-1 finge gesture
09:27AM EDT - Now Mate 9
09:28AM EDT - 5.9 inch screen, multi-color choice
09:28AM EDT - 96% 'high color gamut' (NTSC), 1500:1
09:28AM EDT - SHorter than iPhone's 5.5-inch even with a bigger display
09:30AM EDT - Space Grey, Moonlight Silver, Mocha Brown, Champagne GOld, Ceramic White, Black
09:31AM EDT - CDMA, 4G, 4.5G, global modem
09:31AM EDT - Strong perf, low power consupmtion
09:31AM EDT - Faster app launch than competitive devices
09:31AM EDT - First Mali G71, +180% perf over 950
09:31AM EDT - Power efficiency +40%
09:32AM EDT - Vulkan support
09:32AM EDT - Global modem, second SIM supports 7 WCDMA + 4 GSM
09:33AM EDT - Support Daydream VR
09:33AM EDT - (Ok, the connection reset and we lost half the pictures it was int he process of uploading)
09:34AM EDT - Mate 9 supports storage defragmentation, F2FS
09:34AM EDT - machine learning algorithms
09:34AM EDT - http://www.anandtech.com/show/10813/huawei-mate-9-launch-and-hands-on-kirin-960-59in-fhd-daydream-vr
09:35AM EDT - http://www.anandtech.com/show/10815/huawei-mate-9-porsche-design-launched-curved-55inch-1440p-kirin-960-6gb256gb-1300-nonus
09:35AM EDT - Here's our news articles
09:35AM EDT - The machine learning is designed to keep the phone fast over time
09:35AM EDT - video time
09:35AM EDT - except the guy in the video just said 'sock' rather than 'ess-oh-see'
09:36AM EDT - 'EMUI learns from users and application behaviour'
09:36AM EDT - 'memory is compressed for low priority apps'
09:36AM EDT - 'apps are configured to three categories'
09:37AM EDT - Huawei saw an 80% improvement when an accelerated usage model is applied to simulate 18 months use
09:38AM EDT - Using s7 edge comparison for a video
09:38AM EDT - 'Born fast, stay fast'
09:39AM EDT - 2-day perf, 4000 mAh, 20 hours 4G
09:39AM EDT - 'Is a large battery enough?'
09:40AM EDT - now talking Huawei SuperCharge
09:40AM EDT - Up to 5V/5A
09:41AM EDT - Phone and charger talks to each other to charge smartly
09:42AM EDT - 50% faster charging than mate 8
09:42AM EDT - 30 min charge, 58%
09:42AM EDT - 'Is cooler than the S7 Edge'
09:43AM EDT - 'No Explosion'
09:43AM EDT - '5-gate protection'
09:43AM EDT - In car charger too
09:45AM EDT - Leica to the stage
09:45AM EDT - P9 and P9 plus sold 8.5+ million units
09:46AM EDT - 'You can achieve more if both partners have the same focus'
09:46AM EDT - 'Leica is providing technology, experience, R&D, sales and marketing'
09:46AM EDT - 'Features have to deliver'
09:46AM EDT - 'Surprise end-users every day'
09:47AM EDT - Both companies are launching a joint R&D center in EU
09:47AM EDT - 'I love the Mate 9 design, I love the display, I love the 2nd Gen Leica camera'
09:48AM EDT - 'A new standard for low light and monochrome photography'
09:48AM EDT - 'Next Gen of Near Pixel'
09:49AM EDT - 'The iconic Leica look'
09:49AM EDT - 'We want to get the Leica look into Huawei smartphones'
09:49AM EDT - 'The most natural and most beautiful image'
09:50AM EDT - 'A very deep collaboration between Leica and Huawei'
09:50AM EDT - 20MP RGB + 12MP B/W
09:50AM EDT - OIS on the RGB sensor
09:51AM EDT - 4-in-1 hybrid focus. Laser, Phase Detection, Depth focus, Contrast focus
09:51AM EDT - 'More accurate depth info'
09:52AM EDT - embedded depth ISP in the SOC
09:52AM EDT - wide aperture effect, bokeh
09:53AM EDT - Refocus with depth info to change bokeh effect
09:53AM EDT - hybrid zoom
09:53AM EDT - '2x optical zoom effect'
09:53AM EDT - it's an optical effect, because it's an effect, and digital
09:55AM EDT - vivid color photography
09:57AM EDT - Night portrait mode
09:58AM EDT - 'Leica look monochrome photography'
09:58AM EDT - 4K video, H.265
09:59AM EDT - 4K video on the screen
10:00AM EDT - EMUI 5.0
10:02AM EDT - new white and blue interface
10:03AM EDT - Personalised themes
10:03AM EDT - '90% actions in 3 steps'
10:03AM EDT - mis-touch prevention
10:04AM EDT - 'prevent misdialling too'
10:04AM EDT - 'dual instant messaging, whatsapp and facebook'
10:05AM EDT - 'Privacy space' - different fingers offer different profiles
10:06AM EDT - 4 microphones for directional audio
10:07AM EDT - other features: knuckle, voice control, business card scan, instant camera shooting
10:09AM EDT - Customized smart covers
10:10AM EDT - one for PD model, one for Mate 9 model, and a Leica color model as well
10:10AM EDT - magnetic car kit
10:11AM EDT - Also launched, Huawei Fit
10:11AM EDT - 6 days, one charge, can take notifications
10:11AM EDT - real-time heartrate monitoring
10:12AM EDT - 50m water resistant
10:12AM EDT - now product video for the event
10:15AM EDT - Now pricing
10:15AM EDT - PD model, 6GB/256GB: 1395 Euro
10:16AM EDT - Mate 9, 4GB/64GB: 699 Euro
10:16AM EDT - Huawei Fit: 199 euro
10:17AM EDT - That's a wrap!
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halcyon - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
You don't like it, don't buy it.jjj - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
Funny, the partnership with Porsche bothered me because Porsche uses ICE.Never happened before but i guess times are changing and more and more people are starting to dislike gas powered vehicles,making this kind of partnership a risky bet.xype - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
You’re pretty, er, optimistic if you think such "partnerships" have any other effect than the CEOs of Chinese companies feeling a tiny little bit more "legit" (when it comes to US/EU markets) after announcing them.V900 - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
'Our Founder was always about design, aesthetics and function'Very true! When Hitler asked Ferdinand Porsche to design the Tiger tank, Porsche insisted on equipping the tank with his brand new electrical drive, not just for the performance, but also because he wanted to DELIGHT the Fuhrer!
That kind of aspirational striving is what makes a Porsche a Porsche!
halcyon - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
I hate to do this, but in this case this is in order: http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/6...Meteor2 - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
Porsche Design wasn't founded by the guy who designed the Beetle. It was in fact his son (who had the same name).zeeBomb - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
The price thoMeteor2 - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
Get a Three SIM! It's cheaper than EE and 'Feel at Home' is brilliant.I bought my mum a Three SIM the other day. The shop was busy. When we went across the street to an EE shop to get a PAC, it was empty.
Valis - Thursday, November 3, 2016 - link
All that innovation and still you can't replace the battery, when it is time to get a fresh one, say 2-3 years down the line. :-/Zingam - Sunday, November 6, 2016 - link
You replace the battery by buying a new phone, dummy!