So without any delays, let’s jump into the Honor X60 series features and key specs.

• Super anti-fall, waterproof, and wear-resistant
• High-density large battery
• 108MP rear main camera
• Two-way satellite SMS capability
• Super smart AI assistant

Honor X60 series brings two models: Standard and Pro. Both variants differ from each other to some extent. Although these handsets claim to be better than their predecessors in every aspect. Let’s learn more about these devices.

Design

Honor X60: The phone resembles the Mate 60 Pro design. It features a giant circular camera ring with a void in the middle. The lens and flash arrangement is similar to that of Mate 60 Pro. Whereas, the back panel has a marble-like pattern.

The front side has a single punch-hole design on a flat display. The sides are slightly round. It arrives in three colors: Cyan, Moon Shadow White, and Elegant Black.

Honor X60 Pro: The device adopts a thick circular camera rim housing four lens openings in the inner circle. The front has a pill-shaped cutout and a quad-curved display. It comes in four shades: Sky Blue, Basalt Gray, Burning Orange, and Elegant Black.

Honor X60 series (Image Credits: Honor)

Display and Dimensions

Honor X60: The phone measures 165.98 x 75.8 x 7.88mm and weighs 189 grams. It equips a 6.8-inch TFT LCD panel with a 2412 x 1080 pixels resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 16.7 million colors, a 20.1:9 screen aspect ratio, and multi-touch 10-point support.

The standard model features 850 nits global peak brightness, DC dimming without any flickers, and natural light eye protection. The screen also supports sleep aid capability to protect your eyes from strain.

X60 Pro: It is slightly thicker than its sibling. The device has a 162.8 x 75.5 x 7.98mm dimensions with 188 grams weight. It has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with 2700 x 1224 pixels resolutions, a 120Hz refresh rate, a 19.85:9 screen aspect ratio, 1.07 billion colors, and multi-touch 10-point support.

Pro variant uses a flexible hyperbolic screen and supports 3000 nits peak brightness. Other capabilities are a 3840Hz zero-risk dimming, AI sleep aid display, and natural light eye protection.

Body Structure:

Honor X60 series supports a second-gen Taichi shock-absorbing structure. It is ten-sided anti-fall, waterproof, and wear-resistant. The devices also use ultra-deep tempered glass on the front and an ultra-strong composite material on the back.

The Pro variant supports a 3-layer waterproof structure that can handle wet or oily hands touch efficiently.

Honor X60 series body architecture (Image Credits: Honor)

Processor

Honor X60 uses a Dimensity 7025-Ultra octa-core chipset with a BXM-8-256 graphics processing unit. On the flip side, the Pro version equips the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chip processor (octa-core) with Adreno 710 GPU.

Internal Configurations

Both models run on Android 14-based MagicOS 8 and have four RAM + storage options: 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB, 12GB + 256GB, 12GB + 512GB.

The standard model packs a 5800mAh battery with 35W fast charging and the Pro variant has a 6600mAh flagship level cell with 66W fast charging capability.

Camera

Honor X60 series brings a single 108MP rear main camera (f/1.75) with 10x digital zoom and 3x lossless zoom. It also sports an 8MP front-facing selfie camera (f/2.0) for impressive portraits. The device also supports AI features like one-click cutout removal, automatic wonderful captures, and more.

Other capabilities

Honor X60 Pro two-way Beidou satellite SMS feature. Users can send and receive text messages even without a cellular network. The feature only supports the Pro model. Other features are Link TurboX and GPU TurboX.

Honor X60 Pro features (Image Credits: Honor)

The former can connect up to four networks. It can easily detect freezing as well as can switch to a high-quality network within seconds. Meanwhile, the latter can unleash extreme smoothness and boost in the gaming performance.

Price and Availability

The Honor X60 series is open for pre-sale. The company will open the official sale for these devices on October 25. You can check the price details below.

Standard Honor X60

• 8GB + 128GB – 1199 yuan
• 8GB + 256GB – 1399 yuan
• 12GB + 256GB – 1599 yuan
• 12GB + 512GB – 1799 yuan

X60 Pro

• 8GB + 128GB – 1499 yuan
• 8GB + 256GB – 1699 yuan
• 12GB + 256GB – 1999 yuan
• 12GB + 512GB – 2299 yuan

Honor X60 series price (Image Credits: Honor/Weibo)

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DXOMARK performed a new comparison test between the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Huawei Pura 70 Ultra for a telephoto lens. The participant list also includes other flagship smartphones like Xiaomi 14 Ultra and Vivo X100 Pro.

The reviewer noted that Apple has improved the telephoto camera and its features with the iPhone 16 Pro Max to a significant extent. However, it still cannot match the level of the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra and other Chinese premium devices.

Inputs further reveal that the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max’s telephoto lens struggled with the focal length operations. The device exhibits more noise while capturing the images. Meanwhile, the skin details in the image demand more clarity.

iPhone 16 Pro Max telephoto camera shots (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

DXOMARK notes that iPhone 16 Pro Max detail processing isn’t as good as the Chinese models. It failed to show improved picture quality and better refinement in the landscapes. The color accuracy also feels pale than other handsets.

Comparatively, the Pura 70 Ultra and the other two models performed quite well with their telephoto camera. These devices portrayed better and sharper details with smoother facial skin. Overall results are far superior to the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

iPhone 16 Pro Max telephoto camera shots (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max:

The company has implemented a tri-lens arrangement to the device with a 48MP primary camera, a 48MP ultrawide-angle lens, and a 12MP telephoto sensor with 5x zoom capability. It also supports dual-pixel PDAF and sensor-shift OIS.

Huawei Pura 70 Ultra

The device features an advanced XD Motion Engine that ensures accurate clicks even at the fastest pace. Huawei has also enhanced the XMAGE imaging system to ensure an excellent photography experience for its users.

The device features a triple-camera setup with a 50MP main shooter, a 40MP ultrawide lens, and a 50MP telephoto snapper with 3.5x optical zoom.

iPhone 16 Pro Max telephoto camera performance (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

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Weibo tipster @UncleKanshan notes that Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ will soon get the 16GB + 256GB storage variant. Inputs reveal that the device already has this version. Mate 60 Pro+ 16GB + 256GB variant is available on the online JD.com stores.

However, it is absent from the official or other online shopping channels. The OEM may soon release an official statement on this matter. The leak also hints that the new smartphone storage option would launch in the offline consumer market in future.

The information notes that the Mate 60 Pro+ 256GB storage variant costs 6799 yuan ($960.65). It is less than the 512GB version (7299 yuan) and is expected to focus on offline sales rather than being only available at online shopping channels.

Apart from the storage space, the rest of the parameters will be the same as other Mate 60 Pro+ siblings. Let’s wait for the official announcement on this subject.

Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ may get new 256GB storage variant (Image Credits: UncleKanshan/Weibo)

Mate 60 Pro+ Specifications

The device has a dimension of 163.65 x 70 x 8.1mm and weighs 225 grams. It has a premium design that exhibits a luxurious feel. The device equips a 6.82-inch OLED screen with FHD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, a P3 wide color gamut, a 1440Hz frequency PWM dimming, and a 300Hz touch sampling rate.

Huawei has imposed three punch holes on the top of the device for a 13MP selfie camera and a 3D depth camera with a facial recognition system for unlocking.

For internal configurations, the phone powers up with a Kirin 9000s chip. It has a 5000mAh non-removable battery with 88W wired charging, 50W wireless, and 20W wireless reverse charging. The camera part is also quite fascinating.

Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ features a triple-lens arrangement on the back with a 48MP main camera, a 40MP ultra wide-angle shooter, and a 48MP super macro periscope telephoto sensor with 3.5x optical zoom and 100x digital zoom.

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Tipster @SmartPikachu says that all Huawei Mate 70 models may feature an upgraded telephoto macro camera. It will carry the signature circular camera module on the back with a few changes in lens arrangement as per the previous leaks.

For reference, telephoto macro and periscope camera sensors differ from each other. The former lens enables users to zoom in easily on distant objects and click impressive close-up shots, irrespective of the subject’s size. The latter lets you see around an obstacle.

The difference is also visible in magnification. For instance, the periscope lens offers 5x to 10x optical zoom. Although the telephoto can zoom to a 2x or 3x limit. To cover this limitation, the company will likely integrate an improved imaging chip and better macro shots capabilities into the upcoming flagship Mate 70 series.

Notably, the tipster mentioned that the whole system will opt for the telephoto macro camera. It hints that all the Mate 70 models could sport the upgraded camera sensor.

Huawei Mate 70 series may use an upgraded telephoto macro camera (Image Credits: Weibo)

Other than that, a new Mate 70 color variant is also in consideration. Huawei might introduce a distinctive shade this time over the previous-gen models with a simplistic design. As mentioned earlier, the devices may not bring major design upgrades.

A major highlight of the Mate 70 series would be the Kirin chip. Inputs reveal that Huawei could introduce a 5nm processor with its next flagship. If true, it will likely deliver a significant performance boost and a faster functioning experience to users.

An early input also claimed that the next-gen Kirin chip will unlock new AI capabilities for the Mate 70 handsets. The details are unclear but we can expect a notable change in the respective chipset. The company aims to adopt a perfect hardware and software combination for its next creation.

Mate 60 series: Camera

Huawei used an ultra-thin periscope camera technology to enhance zoomed photography. The company will likely raise this zooming capability with the upcoming Mate 70 series.

The Mate 60 series comes with a triple-lens arrangement which varies as per models. The Pro variant features a 50MP main camera, a 12MP ultrawide lens, and a 48MP periscope shooter.

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Let’s explore the alleged Huawei Mate 70 cover mold!

The image reveals the cover mold wrapped with a silver coating. It has thick round corners with smoother sides. As per previous reports, the company may use the next-gen basalt body architecture for Mate 70 to provide a solid and tougher experience.

It further reflects a thicker-than-before camera bump with four openings. The lens arrangement is quite similar to the Mate 50 smartphone. Although the overall module appears slightly bigger as well as wider compared to the previous-gen models.

Notably, the Mate 60 rear camera bump is thin. It looks like a phonograph surrounded by a clean rim. The lens and the LED flash are arranged in a rhombus pattern.

However, the alleged cover mold shows camera lenses arranged in a square-like style. There are four openings and a thin pill-shaped design in between, suggesting an LED Flash. One of the four openings stands for a periscope zoom, probably on the upper left side.

Huawei Mate 70 alleged cover mold shows giant camera bump (Image Credits: Weibo)

The accuracy of the image is quite unclear for now. Judging from the overall cover mold appearance, it seems to be the standard Mate 70. Meanwhile, the company will likely keep the official device design a secret till its unveiling.

Front Side:

Speaking of the front side, early inputs revealed that the Huawei Mate 70 series will adopt the 3D face recognition technology. Perhaps the triple front holes design launched with Mate 60 series will continue with the upcoming Mate flagship as well.

A past report suggested that the Huawei Mate 70 series could use a triple-lens setup with an OV50K main camera sensor. It may use an upgraded variable aperture camera with a hybrid lens. Although the standard model could opt for an OV50H sensor.

Huawei Mate 70 models will likely debut in November. By that time, we may find more revelations about the upcoming flagship smartphones.

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Watch GT 5 Pro launched in China on September 24. The device comes in two sizes: 46mm and 42mm. Both these models further have two color options. Although these options differ in materials and designs with a wide range of watch faces.

For instance, the 46mm variant is available in Titanium Silver and Obsidian Black. It is made up of titanium alloy and offers a classy feel on the wrist. The 42mm, on the other hand, comes in Glacier White and Ceramic White. It uses ceramic material for the casing and a thin gold titanium bezel around the big sapphire glass dial.

As of now, these Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro variants are available on the first sale at Huawei Mall. The company is offering a limited-time discount of 50 yuan on this wearable. 1000 lucky customers can also win the skipping ropes in this sale.

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Obsidian Black) – 2438 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm (Titanium Silver) – 3338 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Glacier White) – 2738 yuan
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm (Ceramic White) – 4368 yuan

Visit the Huawei Mall or tap HERE to directly land on the sale page.

Huawei has also opened the giant Smart TV V5 Max 110-inch device for its first sale on the VMall alongside the Watch GT 5 Pro wearable.

Specifications

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro comes with a unique sporty and luxurious design. It has premium crafting materials that not only make it attractive but also durable and tough towards damaging risks. The device contains several eye-catching features.

Dimension and Display:

• Watch GT 5 Pro 46mm: 46.3 x 46.3 x 10.9mm, 53 grams, 140-210mm. Display: 1.43-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 326 PPI.
• Watch GT 5 Pro 42mm: 42.49 x 42.49 x 9.6mm, weighs 44 grams, 120-190mm. Display: 1.32-inch AMOLED with 466 x 466 pixels resolution and 352 PPI.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro features a 14-day battery life for the 46mm model whereas, 7-day battery life for the 42mm variant. The battery life depends on the usage and enabled features like AOD. It supports wireless charging with a 5V-9V DC/2A.

The company has launched 13 new watch faces for the Watch GT 5 Pro that has sporty, geometric, and numerical themes. It also contains 15000+ golf-related courses which show 3D views of green areas, fairways, bunkers, and more.

Some other Pro-level sports mode counts Trail Run mode. This tool helps you with off-course alerts, contour lines, and crown-controlled zoomable maps, and more.

Huawei Watch GT 5 Pro (Source – Huawei)

Let’s not forget about the two main tools of this watch: Sunflower Positioning System and Emotional Wellbeing. The former tracks satellite signals to pinpoint positions for outdoor activities. The latter detects your mood and stress level – thanks to the advanced TruSense health system.

Other capabilities are as follows:

• Real-time routes: Check real-time navigation, routes, as well as running form data in the map to prevent injury.
• RouteDraw feature: A creative way to shape routes.
• Stay Fit app: Estimates calories and offers health-related assessments.
• ECG Analysis: More precise and responsive ECG signal – thanks to improved electrode tech. It generates the real-time ECG report within 30 seconds.
• Pro-level Sleep Monitor: tracks abnormal breathing during sleep via health indicators.
• Arrhythmia Analysis: Timely reports on A-fib and premature beat risks via PPG sensor.
• Screenshot: Just press the buttons of the wearable to snap the watch’s screen and check it in the phone’s gallery.

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The OpenHarmonyOS 5.0 version is released by OpenAtom Foundation. Developers will find major changes in the app development kit, ArkUI, and other segments. These modifications will provide clearer logic and scenario-based views.

Further details in the changelog show refinements for network stability, distributed data management, richer encodings for media, and optimized power supply. Developers can quickly develop apps using enhanced Web capabilities with upgraded tools.

Other sections in the list count communication, security, graphics, camera, event notification, encryption, hardware capabilities, and more. You can check the details below.

OpenHarmony 5.0 Changelog

Highlights:

• The application framework gets more lifecycle management capabilities and provides sub-process-related capabilities.
• ArkUI further opens up the rendering capabilities of custom nodes.
• Application package management improves application packaging efficiency and enriches the operational scenarios for end users to use applications. (For instance, creating application clones, creating desktop shortcuts, and more)
• It enhanced the distributed data management capabilities and security while ensuring reasonable data sharing.
• File management further improves Picker’s capabilities and enables reasonable control of permissions and reasonable data sharing.
• It enhances the media’s audio, video playback, and recording capabilities with the support for multiple audio, video, and image encoding formats. It now has more detailed playback control operations.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application Framework

• Supports creating JS/Native sub-processes. Developers can execute time-consuming operations in sub-processes.
• The lifecycle monitoring ability supports more lifecycles such as onNewWant.
• Supports the ability to return AbilityResult to the caller without actively destroying itself.
• The context supports Sendable object conversion for multi-threaded Context transmission.
• Supports application-level font settings.

ArkUI

• Enhanced the component customization capability with the addition of new components like a modifier, ContentModifier, and DrawModifier, which support adding new properties based on existing components, customizing component content and fully self-drawing.

The Custom nodes and Native rendering nodes are open. Custom nodes are node objects that have some basic capabilities of underlying entity nodes. These nodes can be mixed with native components through custom placeholder nodes.

Custom nodes can have the ability to calculate the layout of a single node, set basic properties, set event monitoring, and customize the drawing and rendering content. It includes three types of objects: FrameNode, RenderNode, and BuilderNode.

• BuilderNode: Provides a custom BuilderNode that can mount native components.
• FrameNode: Provides a custom FrameNode, which represents the entity node of the component tree. NodeController can mount it to NodeContainer through the FrameNode held by BuilderNode, or obtain RenderNode through FrameNode and mount it to other FrameNodes.
• RenderNode: Provides self-drawing rendering node RenderNode to support custom drawing requirements on the Native side.
• NodeController: NodeController implements operations such as creation, display, and update of custom nodes. It is responsible for mounting custom nodes on NodeContainer.

Other enhancements in the ArkUI section include the NDK capability for the third-party framework components. It covers component creation, property setting, event registration, customization capabilities, and component tree construction.

The Navigation component has more enhanced capabilities, including single-column and double-column switching effects, interruption and continuation of transition animations, and the ability to monitor the page life cycle.

The control visuals, animations, and interactions have been refreshed and added support for aging-friendly interfaces, mirrored languages, and screen reading. Menu and pop-up components support developers in defining color, shape, rounded corners, size, position, and shadow.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Application package management

• Supports access and management of application clones. Applications can access application clones through simple configuration.
• Supports home screen shortcuts. Users can dynamically add shortcuts to the home screen.
• Supports independent upgrade capabilities of system-level HSP and ArkWeb. It also supports independent updates of preset applications.
• Supports recovery mechanism after abnormal interruption of OTA upgrade. If a power outage or service crash occurs during the OTA upgrade process, the OTA process will be restored upon restart to continue installing and updating applications.
• Provides automatic cache directory cleaning capability and supports storage management to automatically clean up the cache directory when the device space is insufficient.
• Supports Native software packages and provides the capabilities of packaging, installing, and uninstalling native software packages.
• When the packaging tool packages the app, it compresses the entire app package to reduce its size on the shelf.

Distributed soft bus

• IPS provides CAPI basic interface capabilities, including serialization or deserialization, message sending and receiving processing interfaces, etc.

OpenHarmony5.0: Distributed Data Management

• RelationalStore&Preferences support access to common sandbox data.
• RDB supports opening in read-only mode.
• UDMF supports the compatibility query between UTD and MIME types.
• Migration scenario data asset synchronization optimization.
• Supports distributed data management with Class E encryption.
• The inverted index construction scenario supports an application-specified external tokenizer.
• The NDK-based CAPI supports the cross-device drag-and-drop capability of UDMF data.

A Distributed Hardware

• Provides refined ACL management: It performs refined addition, deletion, modification, and query operations on ACLs based on business devices, users, accounts, and package names.
• Quality reinforcement to improve functional stability and reliability.

Distributed DeviceProfile

• Equipment data is reconstructed hierarchically to improve the efficiency of adding, deleting, modifying, and checking data.
• Quality reinforcement, optimization of background link establishment function, and improved stability and reliability.

File Management

• Supports incremental file backup.
• Provides an interface for the backup application to obtain detailed information about the amount of backup data, allows the application to report the number of data records to be backed up (such as the number of text messages), and supports reporting of abnormal events during the backup and recovery process.
• Added support for SA access backup and recovery framework.
• Enhanced Picker capabilities: Provides the ability to select multiple files at a time in the Audio Picker; adds a Download Picker, allowing applications to save files directly to the “Download/package name level” directory, and subsequent access to the directory does not require permission to apply, complementing the download experience of applications such as browsers.
• Apps are supported to obtain access rights to public directories (Download, Desktop, Document) by applying for permissions (supported by some devices and needs to be determined by syscap). Apps cannot directly access public directories without applying for permission.
• Supports applications to select files or directories through FilePicker and obtain temporary access rights to the directory or file, and supports persistent access capabilities. Non-persistent files or directories cannot be accessed after the application exits.
• Added CreateStream, fdopenStream, and other streaming file access interfaces .
• Added new interfaces for setting and getting extended attributes.

Graphics, Images, and Windows

Graphics

• The NativeImage module based on the NDK’s C API now supports NativeWindowBuffer.
• The NDK-based C API now supports NativeVsync and multiple callbacks for a single frame.
• The NDK-based C API now supports variable frame rates.
• ColorSpaceManager supports sendable capabilities.
• The font engine supports text-shadow capabilities and underline alignment.
• The graphics drawing interface improves drawing-related capabilities.

Window

• Provides the display.getDisplayByIdSync interface for use with the multi-screen feature, allowing applications to synchronously obtain information about the screen where the Ability is located through IDs.
• Supports obtaining screen available area information.
• Support setting status bar text color according to page color in ArkUI.

Media: Audio

• Audio focus enhancement: Supports focus sessions, allowing apps to set concurrent playback policies with other apps, and allowing apps to play silently without interrupting audio playing in the background.
• Added support for more audio devices such as DP and USB headsets, and support for switching the default sound device function (earpiece and speaker).
• Added a new audio stream type for video calls to optimize the audio stream playback experience in this scenario.
• Added a unified volume component to facilitate use and reduce development complexity.
• Supports customization of the style of in-app casting components.
• Supports ringtone list query and customized ringtone settings.

Play

• The player start and seek performance are optimized to reduce latency.
• Added multiple playback protocols or formats: support DASH streaming protocol playback; support AMR, APE, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio playback.
• Added a variety of playback control capabilities: support for multi-track video playback, changing the output Surface during video playback, silent playback, precise seek, setting playback range, and subtitles.
• Supports configuration of streaming media buffer size; supports audio offload mode.
• Enhanced streaming media playback capabilities: Optimized streaming media cache strategy to reduce lag.

Recording

• Enhanced audio recording capability. It now supports MP3, WAV PCM-MULAW format audio recording.

Screen Recording

• Supports exempting the application’s own privacy window from screen recording protection, and provides a privacy confirmation window and screen recording status prompt.
• Supports excluding the specified window when recording.
• Supports configuring screen rotation and dynamically adjusting rotation parameters.
• Supports simultaneous recording of microphone and system sound.

Audio and video codec

• Added AVTranscoder transcoding interface. It supports bit rate reduction, outputs video files in video encoding AVC, audio encoding AAC, and encapsulation format MP4, and reduces the amount of data transmitted/stored.

DRM

• AVPlayer / AVCodec supports DRM information parsing of DASH protocol programs, decryption of TS-encapsulated H265 video format, and audio decryption.
• AVCodec DRM adaptation adds decryption parameter settings.

Camera

• New model capabilities have been added, including time-lapse photography, panorama, streamer shutter, large aperture video recording, and fluorescent photography.
• Added a new camera PerConfig one-click configuration mechanism to ensure consistent camera effects and reduce development complexity.
• Optimize the segmented process to improve the performance and quality of photo/video recording.
• Benchmark ArkTS API capabilities and complete related C APIs.
• Enhanced camera experience, including mirroring, zoom, anti-shake, continuous shooting, camera status notification, etc.

Picture

• EXIF reading and writing capabilities are enhanced, supporting EXIF ​​batch reading and writing, and GIF supports obtaining playback count information.
• Support HDR capabilities: HDR dual-layer encoding and decoding, and conversion between HDR and SDR.
• The codec format is enhanced to support HEIF codec and DNG decoding.
• The editing framework is based on the NDK’s C API, including the effector base class, filter base class, and custom algorithms.

Event Notification

• CEM tools now support publishing custom public events.
• Emitter adds a new generic interface that can be used to directly pass Sendable objects.
• Supports synchronous query notification enablement status.

Basic Communications

• Support third-party applications to connect to hotspots through network management.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Network Management

Network management capabilities

• Supports specifying a Wi-Fi hotspot by creating a NetConnection object to connect to it.
• An NDK-based C API that provides network management status monitoring, application-level proxy monitoring, and other capabilities.

The Network protocol stack capabilities

• Supports upgrading TCP Socket to TLS Socket to improve communication security.
• TLS Socket supports skipping certificate verification to avoid scenarios where the certificate cannot be verified under special circumstances.
• All sockets support obtaining local IP and port.
• HTTP supports configuring certificate pinning information.
• HTTP supports the brotli compression algorithm.

Power Supply

• Supports obtaining the current charging current. Third-party applications can obtain the current device current through nowCurrent.
• Supports temperature control actions in flight mode. Developers can customize temperature control strategies to control the device to enter flight mode.
• Supports power consumption control based on the WorkSource agent running a lock-assisted resource scheduling module.
• It supports automatically entering S4 sleep mode after waking up from S3 sleep mode when the battery is low, achieving ultra-long standby characteristics.
• After the system starts, it supports reading and broadcasting the presence information of the device shell/case, the battery information kernel node, whether to send a broadcast, etc., which supports developer configuration.

USB

• USB DEVICE configuration management security access control enhancement.
• The USB standard data transfer mode (interrupt transfer, bulk transfer) function is enhanced.
• Supports standard USB peripheral security management and control.

Start Recovery

• It supports Native software package packaging, installation, running, and uninstallation, and builds a Native software package development and release system, which helps to quickly build productivity software ecosystem capabilities and also helps system developers improve development efficiency.
• Provides a resettable developer anonymous device identifier ODID to replace UDID and other hardware identifiers.
• Supports running bftpd commands and debugging application sandbox data access in user mode.

Globalization

• Provides C API to support internationalization capabilities of the ICU4C standard.
• International formatting processing capabilities support screen size adaptation.
• Full support for pseudo-localization testing.
• Provides C API to support resource file management capabilities.
• String resources support translatability markers.
• Provides minority language font capabilities.

OpenHarmony 5.0: Safety

Encryption and decryption algorithm library framework

• ArkTS API provides corresponding C APIs for some commonly used encryption and decryption algorithm capabilities.
• Support SM4-GCM algorithm interface.

Certificate Management

• Provides an API for launching the certificate management interface.
• Provides an API for obtaining an application’s private certificate list.

Program access control

• Geolocation permissions support a one-time authorization option.
• Supports opening the permission management application interface of the settings page.

User IAM

• Supports password validity period checking.
• Supports recovery keys.

Account

• Supports logging out of local accounts.
• Supports specifying a short account name (used as the name of the personal folder) when creating a local account.
• Support querying local account names.
• Added new privacy account type.
• Added unlock authentication intent.
• Added new credential types: Graphic and Four-digit PIN.

OpenHarmony 5.0: ArkCompiler

The ArkTS front-end compiler

• Syntax enhancement: the compilation target is switched from es2017 to es2021, and the compilation of source code files with es2018~es2021 syntax features is supported.
• The obfuscation capability is enhanced to support exception stack restoration, file granularity non-obfuscation, HAP and HSP module file name obfuscation, and whitelist wildcard function.

ArkTS Runtime

• Supports lazy loading of modules, and synchronously loads executable files when variables are used, improving application startup performance.
• The concurrency capability is enhanced, providing a Sendable object-sharing mechanism to optimize the object cross-thread communication performance; TaskPool provides functions such as task queues, long-term tasks, and periodic tasks.
• The debugging function is enhanced to support reverse debugging, Smart Step into, and other functions.
• The tuning function is enhanced to support hiperf/profiler mixed back stack and multi-instance HeapDump functions.

ArkTS basic library

• It supports high-precision floating-point operations, provides StringDecoder character stream decoding capabilities, stream data stream processing capabilities, and supports bit vectors.

JSVM

• Provides a system JS engine that supports the high-performance running of JS and WASM.

Integrated sensor processing platform

Drag frame

• Supports rotating and dragging the window as the window rotates.
• Supports dragging between three devices.
• Supports application-defined configuration to not display quantity badges during dragging.
• Supports data receiver to customize cut and copy behaviors.

Keyboard and mouse crossing

• Control both ends to initiate activate interface calls at the same time.
• Optimize the timing issues of keyboard and mouse crossing, reduce system dependence, and eliminate timing issues between multiple processes.
• Improve traversal management performance, increase success rate, and reduce traversal delay.

Multimode input

• Provides C API to support device information query and other related capabilities.

Pan Sensor

Vibrator

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• The system can better use motor devices to trigger vibration according to different device capability levels.

Sensor

• Some asynchronous query interfaces provide synchronous version APIs.
• Provides C API to support linear acceleration and game rotation vector sensors.

Accessibility

• Magnification gesture: supports magnifying the screen content through gestures.
• Active broadcast capability: When the application is adapted for screen reading, it can support active broadcast of changing information through accessibility in some dynamically changing scenarios.
• Active focus capability: When an application is adapted to screen reading, it can request active focus on components in certain scenarios.

Resource Scheduling

Background Tasks

• Apply for long-duration task types and support applying for multiple types of long-duration tasks at the same time.
• The application applies for DATA_TRANSFER download-related long-term tasks, and supports returning download notifications to the application for progress updates.

Performance, power consumption, thermal integration control

• The system load fusion gear is determined based on information such as the current temperature, load, and whether it is in a high-load scenario. After the application registers the system load callback, it can adaptively downgrade its own business load according to the different levels of the system load fusion gear, thereby reducing the load of the entire machine.

Agent reminder

• When an application applies for a recurring calendar reminder, it supports specifying an exclusion day, on which no reminder will be given.
• When the application applies for a reminder, wantAgent supports passing parameters. When jumping to the target UIAbility after clicking the reminder, the parameters are carried.
• When the application queries for published reminders, the corresponding reminderId is returned in the query results.

Testing Framework

• Supports compatibility testing of cross-platform interfaces.

DFX

• Provides an API to determine whether the HDC debugger is connected.
• Support turning on the trace function in developer mode.
• Enable awareness of main thread timeout events.
• errorManager supports TaskPool and Worker to listen for unhandled Reject events.

Kernel

• Provide thread QoS level marking and scheduling based on user interaction relationships.

Upload and download

• request.agent.Fault refines the error types to help developers quickly locate API usage problems.
• request.agent.Config adds a new proxy member to support setting the network proxy address of the task.
• request.agent.Task.start supports restarting failed\stopped tasks, making it easier for developers to quickly recover failed tasks.
• request.agent.Task supports configuring TLS certificate pinning fingerprints using the network.json configuration file.
• request.agent.FileSpec supports specifying all file paths under the base directory of the application sandbox, making it easier for developers to manage sandbox files. It also supports uploading public files on the front end, such as gallery files and album files, to reduce the overhead caused by additional copies.

Input Method Framework

• The NDK-based C API now supports self-drawn UI components using input methods, including launching and exiting input methods, and processing text on-screen requests.
• Optimize the callback timing when pulling up the keyboard, so that the input method application can adjust the keyboard display content in time according to the input box properties.

Time Zone

• Provides system APIs for forcing NTP time to refresh and obtaining the current NTP time.
• The NDK-based C API provides the ability to obtain the time zone.

Clipboard

• The NDK-based C API supports clipboard capabilities.
• Provides a cross-device clipboard switch.
• When the app is upgraded to API 12 or later, add a read permission check to the clipboard reading interface.

Web

• The network takeover feature is enhanced to support obtaining the FrameUrl of the request and the ResourceType of the intercepted request.
• Supports the pre-screening capability of the Web scene input method.
• Supports Web Components keyboard hosting capabilities.
• Supports synchronous drawing capabilities of Web components and ArkUI native components.
• Supports setting whitelist directories that can be accessed across domains using the File protocol.
• Support applications to specify rendering subprocesses.
• Web components support an accelerometer and gyroscope.
• Web components support intelligent filling of H5 pages.
• Web components support BFCache capabilities.
• Improve the soft keyboard avoidance mechanism of Web components and support Resize and Offset modes.

Theme Framework

• Supports enabling themes through folder directories, which improves the performance of enabling themes compared to enabling through compressed packages.
• Supports the management of card resources, and the ability to add, delete, modify and query added subject cards.
• Provides characterization functions for external screen devices and supports enabling external screen themes.
• Theme enablement support does not switch the current “active” directory.

Compile and build

• The CMake version required for compiling and building dependencies has been upgraded from 3.16.5 to 3.28.2.

OpenHarmony 5.0 released with ArkUI and other improvements (Image Credits: OpenHarmony)

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DigitalChatStation notes that the Honor Magic 7 series is set to launch next month. The company accelerated the flagship’s development and could soon announce the launch time. The lineup may also bring major software improvements than before.

Further input reveals the Magic 7 series could clash with Xiaomi 15 in the next month. The exact launch time is still unclear. But we may grab the details on this matter in the coming days.

Apart from launch inputs, the tipster implies the Honor Magic 7 series may use Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. The octa-core chip will uproot on a 3nm process technology. It may sport 2 cores of Oryon clocked at 4.9GHz and 6 cores of Oryon at 2.78GHz.

Based on these inputs, the Honor Magic 7 series may launch in October with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset. Note that the company hasn’t confirmed these details yet. Hence, we have to wait for an official announcement on this matter.

Honor Magic 7 series may launch in October with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (Image Credits: Weibo)

Honor has also confirmed to launch the X60 smartphone in October. The exact date is still a mystery. Although the company may unveil the device after the Chinese Day holidays (October 1 to 7), that is mid-October.

If the above information is correct, consumers may receive two new Honor smartphone offerings next month. Let’s wait for more revelations on this subject.

Honor Magic 7 series will be a powerful upgrade over its predecessors. Why? Well, the flagship lineup will feature an all-new AI Agent with many amazing capabilities.

• Read More: Honor says Magic 7 will bring all AI features unlike iPhone 16

The device will adopt two different looks: one for standard and Pro variants while the other for Ultimate model. The first one said to adopt a circular camera ring on the back whereas, the second design could show a hexagonal or an octagonal shape.

Magic 7 series may also support new camera features such as 100x zoom, a self-developing imaging system, and more.

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DXOMARK reveals that the iPhone 16 Pro Max achieved the fourth spot in the camera ranking. The device sits below Pura 70 Ultra, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Magic 6 Pro in this global listing. It has top scores in the preview and video recording categories.

iPhone 16 Pro Max has a triple-camera system including a 48MP main lens, a 48MP ultrawide-angle shooter, and a 12MP periscope sensor with 5x zoom capability. The rear optical framework supports dual-pixel PDAF and sensor-shift OIS functions.

The ranking shows that the iPhone 16 Pro Max camera scored 157 points in terms of overall performance. Scores regarding the photo quality, bokeh, and more are:

• Photo: 157 points
• Bokeh: 80 points
• Preview: 93 points (Top Score)
• Zoom: 142 points
• Video: 159 points (Top Score)

Speaking of the first ranker, Pura 70 Ultra scored 163 points with the highest in Photo, Bokeh, and Zoom functionalities. The credit goes to the upgraded XD Motion Engine and XMAGE imaging system that raises the photography experience to the next level.

iPhone 16 Pro Max ranks fourth on DXOMARK, Huawei Pura 70 Ultra still on top (Image Credits: DXOMARK)

Pros and Cons

The iPhone 16 Pro Max has class-leading video quality with highly-detailed visuals and noise-free backgrounds even in dark environments. It offers outstanding color performance to images with an extensive range of bright and vivid hues.

While capturing individuals, the device customizes image colors to suit the person’s tastes and preferences. Users further get several image editing tools and an extremely accurate image preview to capture the perfect shot. The camera also provides zero shutter lag to click the decisive shots in almost every scenario.

Speaking of cons, Apple’s device didn’t perform well in tele-zooming and the image quality scenario. Some of the details were missing in the 2x to 5x shot range.

• Inconsistencies when tele-zooming, with images losing some detail within the 2x to 5x range.
• Narrow depth of field results in out-of-focus background subjects in group shots.
• Unwanted artifacts, including flare, ghosting, ringing, and aliasing.

Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max camera ranking (Image Credits: DXOMARK)

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Pura 70 series contains various camera and photo editing features to glorify an image. A recent addition to this segment is the AI Image Expansion tool that smartly identifies a picture’s background and expands it, resulting in an enlarged image.

Now the company is upgrading the XMAGE portrait engine for the Pura 70 series. This upgrade further optimizes the portrait lighting, skin tone effects, and other existing features. Hence, users will get a better shooting experience with the latest firmware.

The new camera enhancement update for Huawei Pura 70 series is rolling out with the HarmonyOS 4.2.0.180 version. Users don’t have to worry about the storage as the software package weighs only 347MB. The size may vary depending on the model.

Apart from camera optimizations, the company has improved the device’s system stability in some conditions. Thus, the new update aims to provide a stable functioning and upgraded photography experience to the Pura 70 smartphone users.

Huawei Pura 70 series gets enhanced camera features via a new update (Image Credits: MyDrivers)

XMAGE imaging system

Huawei launched the XMAGE brand in 2022 with the Mate 50 series. It is an ultimate imaging tech that improves the overall image quality and offers various shooting modes. For instance, low-light, zoom, AI, real-time HDR fusion, and XD Fusion Pro.

It also includes a fusion of new camera sensors as well as image processing algorithms. The tech focuses on four aspects: Optical system, mechanical structure, imaging tech, and image processing. Over time, the company has upgraded its self-developed imaging brand for its flagship devices. Know More

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