List of Smartphones Receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo Update

One thing that every smartphone users wants is the latest software updates on their devices. Google announced the latest version of Android called as <b>Android Oreo</b> recently and started rolling out the software update to its Pixel and Nexus devices. <br /> <br /> Right after the announcement of the Android Oreo software, many smartphone brands like Essential, Huawei, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony etc. started planning to provide the Android 8.0 Oreo software update to their existing devices to Android 8.0 Oreo. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/android-oreo-update-smartphone-list.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="List of Smartphones to Get the Android 8.0 Oreo Update" border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="609" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1bDeKDMRgc4/Wct1_-EqwnI/AAAAAAAAMls/dwWFYxMXkcgE0-2unUJoIdEyjDldZvPagCLcBGAs/s1600/android-oreo-update-smartphone-list.jpeg" title="List of Smartphones to Get the Android 8.0 Oreo Update" /></a></div><br /> Few smartphone brands even talked about it on social media channels and provide the information officially that<b> which all devices will get the Android 8.0 Oreo update</b>. Based on that we are providing a list of smartphones from various brands that are going to receive the Android 8.0 Oreo update.<br /> <br /> Obviously there will be more devices included in this list once more information is available and based on the hardware specs, we have also added some smartphones that are expected to get the Android 8.0 Oreo update but there is no official information available regarding them yet.<br /> <br /> <b>Android 8.0 Oreo update</b> will bring lots of new features to smartphones like Background limits, Picture-in-Picture (PIP), option to snooze individual notification, Companion device pairing, Font resources in XML, Keyboard navigation, Auto-fill framework, Wide-gamut color saturation for apps, Adaptive icons, API for Pro Audio, WebView enhancements etc.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2914712351119115"; /* Geeky Stuff - Inside Post */ google_ad_slot = "7722022186"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div><h2>List of Smartphones Receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo Update</h2><br /> <h3>Huawei</h3><br /> - P10<br /> - P10 Plus<br /> - Mate 9<br /> - Mate 9 Pro<br /> - Honor 8 Pro<br /> - Honor 8<br /> - Honor 8 Lite<br /> - Honor 6X<br /> <br /> <h3>Nokia</h3><br /> - Nokia 8<br /> - Nokia 6<br /> - Nokia 5<br /> - Nokia 3<br /> <br /> <h3>HTC</h3><br /> - HTC U11<br /> - HTC U Ultra<br /> - HTC 10<br /> <br /> <h3>Asus</h3><br /> - ZenFone 4 (ZE554KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Pro (ZS551KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Max (ZC520KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Max (ZC520KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Max Pro (ZC554KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Selfie (ZD553KL / ZB553KL)<br /> - ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro (ZD552KL)<br /> - Zenfone 3 (ZE520KL / ZE552KL)<br /> - Zenfone 3 Ultra (ZU680KL)<br /> - Zenfone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL)<br /> - Zenfone 3 Laser (ZC551KL)<br /> - Zenfone 3 Zoom (ZX551ML)<br /> - ZenFone 3s Max (ZC521TL)<br /> - ZenFone 3 Max (ZC553KL/ZC520TL)<br /> - Zenfone AR (ZS571KL)<br /> <br /> <h3>Motorola</h3><br /> - Moto Z / Moto Z Droid<br /> - Moto Z Force Droid<br /> - Moto Z Play / Moto Z Play Droid<br /> - Moto Z2 Play<br /> - Moto Z2 Force Edition<br /> - Moto X4<br /> - Moto G5<br /> - Moto G5 Plus<br /> - Moto G5S<br /> - Moto G5S Plus<br /> - Moto G4 Plus<br /> <br /> <h3>Sony</h3><br /> - Xperia X<br /> - Xperia X Performance<br /> - Xperia XZ<br /> - Xperia X Compact<br /> - Xperia XZ Premium<br /> - Xperia XZs<br /> - Xperia XA1<br /> - Xperia XA1 Ultra<br /> - Xperia Touch<br /> - Xperia XA1 Plus<br /> <br /> <h3>LG</h3><br /> - LG G6<br /> - LG V30<br /> - LG V20<br /> - LG Q6 / Q6+<br /> - LG Q8<br /> <br /> <h3>Samsung</h3><br /> - Galaxy S8<br /> - Galaxy S8+<br /> - Galaxy S8 Active<br /> - Galaxy Note 8<br /> - Galaxy S7<br /> - Galaxy S7 edge<br /> - Galaxy S7 Active<br /> - Galaxy A7 (2017)<br /> - Galaxy A5 (2017)<br /> - Galaxy A3 (2017)<br /> - Galaxy J7 (2017)/Pro<br /> - Galaxy J5 (2017)/Pro<br /> - Galaxy J7 Max<br /> - Galaxy C9 Pro<br /> - Galaxy C7 Pro<br /> - Galaxy Tab S3<br /> <br /> <h3>OnePlus</h3><br /> - OnePlus 5<br /> - OnePlus 3/3T<br /> <br /> <h3>Xiaomi</h3><br /> - Mi 6<br /> - Mi Mix 2<br /> - Mi A1<br /> - Redmi Note 4<br /> - Redmi 4<br /> - Redmi 4A<br /> - Mi Max 2<br /> - Mi Note 3<br /> <br /> <h3>Lenovo</h3><br /> - Lenovo K8 Note<br /> - Lenovo K8<br /> - Lenovo K8 Plus

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ZOPO Launches Flash X1 and X2, the Cheapest 18:9 Bezel-less Smartphones

<b>ZOPO</b>, a Chinese smartphone brand, has just launched the cheapest 18:9 bezel-less smartphones <b>ZOPO FLASH X1</b> and <b>ZOPO FLASH X2 </b>tagged as Infinity display. They were announced earlier at the IFA 2017 in Berlin, last month and now they are available in India.<br /> <br /> ZOPO’s Flash X1 and Flash X2, both have 83% screen-to-body ratio and 18:9 aspect ratio as the bezel-less smartphones. Flash X1 comes with a 5.5” HD IPS display whereas the Flash X2 features a 5.99” HD IPS display. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/zopo-flash-x1-x2-specs-features-price.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2, the Cheapest 18:9 Bezel-less Smartphones - Hardware Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="515" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NhVNh5DvfXA/Wctz7snSmRI/AAAAAAAAMlg/o62IJKaLnYA5XYqdQz8N-AKrQynRPUutACLcBGAs/s1600/zopo-flash-x1-x2-specs-features-price.jpg" title="ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2, the Cheapest 18:9 Bezel-less Smartphones - Hardware Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> Both devices are powered by a 64-bit MediaTek Quad-core processor, Android 7.0 Nougat OS, 2GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB ROM that can be expanded up to 128GB using the microSD card. <br /> <br /> Talking about the imaging capability, both ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 have an 8MP primary camera and a 5MP front-facing camera with beauty mode, bokeh mode and soft LED flash for low-light selfies. ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 come with a 2500mAh and 3380mAh battery respectively.<br /> <br /> ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 also come with a 360-degree fingerprint scanner that is claimed to have a response time of 0.2 seconds. On the connectivity side, both devices support dual-SIM, 4G VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n. <br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="365" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a24NDbhkyHw" width="600"></iframe><br /> <br /> Mr Sanjeev Bhatia, CEO of ZOPO Mobile India, said on the occasion of ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 launching;<br /> <br /> <blockquote>“First ones to bring deca-core, first ones to bring the cheapest dual camera, now first ones to bring cheapest 18:9 technology for the masses. We are always keen for bringing innovating to the masses.”</blockquote><br /> ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2 will be available in Coral Blue, Alien Black and Citrine Gold colour options. The<b> price of ZOPO Flash X1 and Flash X2</b> is Rs.6999 and Rs.8999 respectively.

ZOPO Launches Flash X1 and X2, the Cheapest 18:9 Bezel-less Smartphones

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Everything You Need to Know About Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor

As I have covered earlier, <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huaweis-hisilicon-kirin-970-ai-mate-10.html" target="_blank"><b>Huawei</b> unveiled its <b>HiSilicon Kirin 970</b> processor at the IFA 2017 </a>event in Germany few weeks back. At the IFA, Huawei CEO Mr. Richard Yu gave the introduction of the processor and its features.<br /> <br /> And recently at the <b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" target="_blank">Huawei Connect 2017</a>,</b> I had the opportunity to have a one-to-one session with Mr. Li Changzhu, Vice President of Huawei Consumer Business Group’s Handset Business and Mr. Tom Chen, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Huawei Consumer Business Group along with the HiSilicon team. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="617" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJv89C6HIhSwZxsGFHlj13zmxXSSZ90s0VgF_630fwYrxZbAg63CXN9CR-bYT5QelZ9z34www5mvhPaWQf62b9Ndlou9LQ3_ffb4zfxhF5q-uKpjeMoTmyvMHuyUWscRpFrRa_bgCixy7i/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> This session provided very in-depth information about Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor, its features, the new NPU in the SoC, how it is better compared to other high-end processor currently available in the market and how the AI capability of Kirin 970 will bring the smartphone user experience to a new level.<br /> <br /> Based on that, here is a detailed article about Kirin 970 processor and everything you need to know about it and what you can expect from the upcoming <b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/07/huawei-mate-10-project-tango-ar-smartphone.html" target="_blank">Huawei Mate 10</a></b> smartphone running on this processor.<br /> <br /> <h2>Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features</h2><br /> First of all, Huawei started working on the smartphone processors back in 2008 and in 10 years, they have the world’s most advanced processor under their belt. You can have a look on Huawei’s processor timeline below that shows Huawei started producing Kirin branded processors in 2014 and it came a long way from 180nm to 10nm processing technology. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="614" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vv43dY_PDu8/WcnyU_jAHzI/AAAAAAAAMkc/yiHNghxULQEI8CENRvMDFy1DqrMVEZf0gCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-timeline-history.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> <h3>Real-time On-device AI</h3><br /> The very first thing Huawei team shared with us about the idea of intelligence and AI mentioning the fact that our mobile intelligent life is the combination of individual and collective intelligence and that the mobile AI is the combination of <b>Cloud</b> and <b>On-device AI</b>. These are the two important factors considered in the designing of Kirin 970 SoC.<br /> <br /> If you have used the latest AI assistance on your smartphone or dedicated AI devices, you must be knowing that they work on the Cloud AI mostly and that is why, they are slightly slow in responding to the command. <br /> <br /> The On-device AI is real-time and so improves the performance and processing speed significantly. The real-time on-device AI on Kirin 970 will manage most of the regular tasks like memory allocation, load balancing, camera image processing, graphics rendering and processing etc.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="620" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lL6K0tW--Sc/WcnynlZZ0II/AAAAAAAAMkg/JxSKx6qmr3AWDyley50WvpjEdBYOz7BmQCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-ai-processor.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> And that is not just all. Huawei has designed the Kirin 970 processor to be ready for future technology and applications as well. So, Kirin 970’s on-device AI can be used in future for real-time computer vision , virtual reality, better language understanding and low power consumption AR.<br /> <br /> I would really love to see how AR will work on Kirin 970 and hope that Huawei will come out with something related to AR soon.<br /> <br /> <h3>NPU (Neural-network Processing Unit)</h3><br /> So far the processing units we got in our smartphones are CPU and GPU. But the Kirin 970 comes with a brand new and third unit called <b>NPU ( Neural-network Processing Unit) </b>that is specially designed and developed for the AI capability and activities.<br /> <br /> The NPU in Kirin 970 is claimed to increase the performance up to 25 times and efficiency by 50 times while reducing the processor unit size 50% to achieve high performance density. <br /> <br /> One of the test conducted by Huawei Smartphone team found that the Kirin 970 consumes just 0.19% battery for 1000 image recognition on a 4,000 mAh battery size. An another benchmark test results shows that the Kirin 970 performs 5 times better than the combination of CPU and GPU of <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/01/apple-iphone-7-review.html" target="_blank">Apple iPhone 7 Plus</a> with the help of NPU.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="618" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CpO-z-KnMmI/Wcny1M4c8yI/AAAAAAAAMkk/3iDVDAf8s4sPfY4YOSYatTvUU7_HlSFxwCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-comparison.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> Obviously, this claim will go down a bit if compared to recently launched <b>Apple’s A11 Bionic</b> processor used in iPhone 8 series of smartphones. If compared with CPU only, the Kirin 970 CPU performs 20 times better in terms of speed.<br /> <br /> The AI part of the Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor, branded as the <b>HiAI</b>, is the combination of an octa-core CPU, 12-core Mali G72 GPU, 1.92T FP16 OPS NPU and 512 bit SIMD image DSP. <br /> <br /> The other <b>highlighted features and specs of Kirin 970 SoC </b>are world’s first 1.2 Gbps Cat 18 smartphone 4.5G LTE modem, 10nm process technology for better battery performance, 4K video recording with HDR 10, dual camera ISP with motion and face detection, 32bit and 384K Hi-Fi audio output support, inSE and TTE security engine, i7 sensor processor and more.<br /> <br /> <h3>Better Performance and Efficiency</h3><br /> The 10nm chipset process technology provides 20% less battery consumption and reduces the processor size up to 40% compared to 16nm processors. So, the battery performance will be much better compared to the devices runnin on the 16nm technology.<br /> <br /> Talking about the performance and efficiency in general, HiSilicon Kirin 970 is 20% more efficient than the previous generation Kirin 960 processor. Also, Kirin 970 is going to be the first SoC and Huawei Mate 10 will be the first device ever to introduce the 12-core Mali G72 GPU, the most high-end and advanced Mali GPU yet.<br /> <br /> The combination of Kirin 970 and Mali G72 GPU improves the performance 50% and efficiency 20% compared to the combination of Kirin 960 and Mali G71 GPU used in <b><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/05/huawei-mate-9-review.html" target="_blank">Huawei Mate 9</a></b> series and <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/03/reasons-to-buy-huawei-p10-p10-plus.html" target="_blank"><b>P10 </b>series of smartphones</a>.<br /> <br /> <h3>Improved Camera Performance and New Features</h3><br /> If you are a photography enthusiast then you should be thinking how the improved ISP in Kirin 970 is going to help in better imaging and what new things AI can bring to the camera UI and features? Well, here you go.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="619" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j_SGifcj8Cc/WcnzMI2JeoI/AAAAAAAAMko/zLL_NX5VdPgDZP9G9RK0GJwXzpOs4yzWACLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-camera-features-specs.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> <b>Dual ISP (Image Signal Processing)</b> in Kirin 970 reduces the most frequent problems of photography like quick and accurate focusing, blurred object and missed moments while capturing an image. <br /> <br /> As shown in the above image, the dual ISP in Kirin 970 will improve the smartphone imaging capability and performance by improved noise reduction, better low-light scenario detection, improved face and object detection and better quad-hybrid autofocus that wer have seen earlier on Huawei Mate 9 and P10 series of smartphones.<br /> <br /> And talking about the AI part, it will improve the scene and object detection and select the best settings accordingly to provide a great image without making user play much with the manual settings. It will help in taking images quicker and with best settings.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" border="0" data-original-height="311" data-original-width="616" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ln7ZVpQt2Jw/WcnzRzVaFnI/AAAAAAAAMks/QgzddQ5r18cdORVufFnb2IuwUgqvi-66gCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-ai-camera-features-specs.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Full Specs and Features" /></a></div><br /> And I believe that Huawei will find more ways to include AI in the smartphone camera for better imaging in the near future for sure.<br /> <br /> <h3>4.5G LTE, Dual-LTE Support, 1.2 Gbps Modem</h3><br /> As mentioned above, Huawei’s Kirin 970 SoC will come with the advanced 4.5G LTE technology with the <b>world’s first 1.2 Gbps Cat 18 smartphone modem</b> with the help of 4x4 MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) and 256 QAM technology.<br /> <br /> It will also support the LTE network on both SIM slots simultaneously as so far only one SIM card can be used for LTE network at a time in any dual-SIM smartphone. So user will be able to use the 4G+ in one SIM slot and 2G/3G/4G in the other one.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-processor-features-specs.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Huawei Connect 2017" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJvSNB5V4AItq-s.jpg" title="Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 AI Processor - Huawei Connect 2017" width="610" /></a></div><br /> Overall, it was a detailed and interactive session unlike the usual keynotes and I really love how Huawei comes forward to have one-on-one, face-to-face session with media and like to share ideas and receive feedback. <br /> <br /> Huawei is going to unveil their upcoming flagship <b>Huawei Mate 10 smartphone</b> on 16th October and then we will find out more information about the Kirin 970 processor and its features practically implemented on the smartphone.<br /> <br /> Based on all the hardware specs and features, <b>Kirin 970 </b>looks like a clear winner and better compared to other SoC available currently. I would love to try my hands on it as soon as it is available and compare it with the top of the line Apple A11 Bionic, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and the upcoming Snapdragon 845 processors.

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Huawei Connect 2017 - Highlights and Summary

Even though many people know <b>Huawei </b>only for their devices, Huawei is one of the biggest telecom infrastructure provider in the world and works with nearly all major telecom service providers across the globe.<br /> <br /> <b>Huawei Connect</b> is Huawei’s annual Enterprise Business Group event where it covers many keynotes, panel discussions and expo regarding the latest technology in the field of telecommunications, wireless and cloud technology, ICT and more. <br /> <br /> It is one of the biggest ICT industry event and Huawei has just concluded the <b>Huawei Connect 2017 </b>event, 5th-7th September, in Shanghai at the Shanghai New International Expo Center Here is a brief summary of the event covering its highlights.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="606" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2exs6KiIUUA/WblP3WrnqVI/AAAAAAAAMj0/3Zg8a5P9Rd0UGL_WO0Ya8vDkrAibNUi0gCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-connect-2017.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" /></a></div><br /> <h2>Huawei Connect 2017 - Highlights and Summary </h2><br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="365" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DqSSw3fQKII" width="600"></iframe><br /> <br /> Huawei Connect 2017 event started with a gala dinner for media on the night of 4th September. The first day of Huawei Connect 2017 started with the keynote speech on the topic Grow with the Cloud: Enabling an Intelligent World by Mr. Guo Ping, Rotating CEO of Huawei. He covered how governments and companies can take advantage of cloud technology to achieve new levels of success.<br /> <br /> Huawei is working extensively on smart city projects in various countries and smart city was one of the important topic at the event and part of various keynotes and expo. Shanghai government officials gave a keynote speech on the topic Smart City : Innovative Shanghai giving the first-hand insights into Shanghai’s transformation into a Smart City. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJFc1U_UMAAjBKO.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> Mr. Ed Diender, Vice President of Huawei’s Government and Public Utility Sector, had a special session with key opinion leaders in which he talked about how ICT innovations can help in creating a safer, greener and smarter airports over a lunch specially prepared by the only 3-Star Michelin chef in China.<br /> <br /> Stephen Hu, Marketing Leader of Honeywell Smart Building and Home Appliance Group shared the interesting information that how Honeywell and Huawei share the fruit of smart building cooperation<br /> <br /> The keynote on the topic Huawei Cloud: Bridging the Present and Future had many speakers including Mr. Jan van Eldik, Resource Provisioning Services Team Lead at CERN and he provided lots of informative data about Hadron Collider and how Huawei is working with CERN.<br /> <br /> Other speakers in this keynote were Zheng Yelai - President of Huawei’s Cloud BU, Yang Xiaoling – CDO of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd.; Li Qiang - Division Chief of Shenzhen Traffic Police Bureau and Thierry Bonhomme, CEO of Orange Business Service explanining how governments and businesses can be smarter and stay competitive through cloud in the age of digital transformation. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJAZXfoUEAA2qtO.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> There were many other keynote speeches throughout the first day of event as below<br /> <br /> - Diana Yuan, President of Marketing & Product Solution Sales Department of Huawei Enterprise BG, shared the insight that how Huawei and Fortune Global 500 companies win in the new ICT era together.<br /> <br /> - Mr. Renzo Valente, Head of Global Telecommunications of ENEL and Mr. Wang Zhengan, President of Huawei’s Access Network Product Line, talked about ENEL's road of digital transformation.<br /> <br /> - Rob Newman, Head of Programme Management, Technology & Infrastructure at Dubai International Airport and Mr. Yu Xilin, President of Transportation Sector in Huawei Enterprises BG shared interesting information regarding the digital transformation of Dubai International Airport.<br /> <br /> - Alain STARON, SVP Digital Innovation of Veolia and Jiang Wangcheng, Deputy President of Huawei P&S Marketing and Solution Dept, talked about Huawei’s latest enterprise-grade IoT solution and shared the IoT success story in Europe.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI8bhLAVAAAU1Ld.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> There was a detailed and dedicated session about the digital economy at Huawei Connect 2017 that covered the below speeches and panel discussions about how digital economy helps in increasing the National Competitiveness, creates a new model for economic growth and brings new development opportunities<br /> <br /> <b>The Future of Digital Economy Forum </b><br /> <br /> • The benefits and opportunities of digital economy <br /> <br /> • Preparing for the future digital economy<br /> <b><br /> <br /> Intelligent Technology, Digital Transformation, and the Role of ICT Providers </b><br /> <br /> • Industries that are likely to leverage smart technology and seize growth opportunities<br /> <br /> • Developing countries are using smart technology to achieve leapfrog development <br /> <br /> • The role of ICT providers in enabling the intelligent world<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJAc90NUwAEGn6H.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> The first keynote of second day was based on how connectivity and cloud together can lead us to faster digitization and its benefits. The speakers for the Connectivity + Cloud: Faster Digitization were Mr. David Wang - President of Products & Solutions of Huawei; Prof. Dr. Suchatvee Suwansawat – President of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang; Michael Nilles – CDO of Schindler Group, Jerry Li - Vice President, and Head of Business Development of ABB China<br /> <br /> The second keynote Huawei Cloud - Technology & Product Innovation also had lots of speakers as below;<br /> <br /> - Joy Huang, Vice President, IT Product Line, Huawei<br /> <br /> - Wang Xiaoping, Fellow, Software Development Center, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China<br /> <br /> - Jean-Christophe Marchal, Executive Deputy General Manager, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd.<br /> <br /> Huawei organized a special session of international KOLs with Joy Tan and Walter Jennings, President and Vice President of Huawei’s Global Media and Communications Department, respectively. The session was based on Huawei Enterprise unit’s various media campaign, their concept, message and how they reflect Huawei’s belief in a bold spirit of Exploration that can unfold exciting journeys leading to innovation, inspiration and ideas.<br /> <br /> It was a nice experience to know about Huawei’s philosophy in a special session and how they want to come forward to share their ideas with the world and do not hesitate to have an intimate one-to-one Q&A session with influencers and media. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI8RQv6UwAEdpjE.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> Another special session organized for International KOLs was by Huawei’s Consumer Business Group’s Handset Business unit in which Mr. Li Changzhu, Vice President of Huawei Consumer Business Group’s Handset Business interacted about the high-end series handset product strategy, research and development, and integrated operation and delivery.<br /> <br /> The session was oriented on the recently announced <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huaweis-hisilicon-kirin-970-ai-mate-10.html" target="_blank"><b>Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor</b></a>, about its features, the new NPU in the SoC, how it is better than the other high-end processor currently available in the market and how the AI capability of Kirin 970 will bring the smartphone user experience to a new level.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21740485_10103148231475748_2265030741220480971_n.jpg?oh=52e7775771478727bcedd7f48eabdfcf&oe=5A16929C" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> The third day of Huawei Connect 2017 event was full of keynotes and panel discussions. It started with the keynote by Mr. Yan Lida, President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group, about how Huawei is creating a global platform and ecosystem for a better connected world.<br /> <br /> Dr. Markus Voss, CIO & COO of Supply Chain in Deutsche Post DHL Group talked about how DHL is using the drones and virtual reality for better productivity and to serve customer better.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI8OuILUMAIX1id.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> Yu Dong, President of Industry Marketing & Solution, Enterprise Business Group in Huawei shared some great stat like the latest AI can detect a face correctly among a billion input data and face recognition is improved 1000 times in last two years. Mr. Patrick Zhang, President of Marketing & Solutions of Huawei, talked about the DevCloud2.0 launch. <br /> <br /> Then again, there was a special one-to-one session of International KOLs and influencers with Huawei's X-Labs team. If you do not know, X-Labs is Huawei’s R&D team that works on various projects with other brands for innovative and futuristic products on four key areas for future #technology - Cloud VR AR, Drones, Connected Vehicles and Wireless Robotics.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJGJaOxV4AAScxl.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> But my favorite part of the Huawei Connect 2017 was the expo. As an engineer, I always want and prefer to see all the technology implementation in reality or at least in the form of prototype demo. And the Huawei Connect 2017 expo was filled with lots of interesting stuff.<br /> <br /> Under the Safe and Smart City, there were many nice implementation of AI and object detection technology such as real-time detection of the vehicle information like plate number, type and model of vehicle etc. There was a demo of real-time object detection whether an object person is carrying is dangerous or not. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DI7q_-4VAAAKcfA.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> There was a fun facial response detection demo that detects the expression of a person and displays it in the form of emoji along with some nice stat as well. You can watch it in the Huawei Connect 2017 summary video above.<br /> <br /> Then there were many interesting ideas and demos about cloud technology, IoT along with some fun AR and AI demos. You can watch few of them in the video shared above as well.<br /> <br /> And one of the major attraction at the expo was Huawei X-Labs booth where some high-tech futuristic gadgets were available for demo.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huawei-connect-2017.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" border="0" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJFzA5bVwAARgO7.jpg" title="Huawei Connect 2017 Event" width="610" /></a></div><br /> One of them was an AI-powered helmet with 5 cameras designed to detect the environment and objects around to inform the user, a very useful device for people with poor eyesight. Another interesting gadget was a prototype drone that can fly hundreds of miles away and comes with great camera and huge battery life to serve the purpose.<br /> <br /> Overall Huawei Connect 2017 was a top quality industry event and I loved the way Huawei organized a big event like this perfectly in every aspect even the meal arrangement for 20,000 attendees was managed in such a beautiful way. <br /> <br /> Looking forward to attend the Huawei Connect 2018 now.

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Huawei's AI-Powered HiSilicon Kirin 970 Processor Unveiled at IFA 2017

Since last few weeks, there were lots of leaked information regarding Huawei's upcoming <b>HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor </b>were coming out revealing the technical specification of the processor and that <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/07/huawei-mate-10-project-tango-ar-smartphone.html" target="_blank">it will be part of <b>Huawei Mate 10</b> and will support with the AI capability</a>.<br /> <br /> Huawei also officially started showing a teaser on its social media channels that it is going to unveil something related to AI at the IFA 2017 event. And today Huawei officially announced the HiSicon Kirin 970 processor at the IFA 2017 event that will come with AI features.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/09/huaweis-hisilicon-kirin-970-ai-mate-10.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Huawei's AI-Powered HiSilicon Kirin 970 Processor Unveiled at IFA 2017" border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="596" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y1ahRTii5Yg/WatE2Ik6TqI/AAAAAAAAMjY/G2h8CIZpUzIZippS5ZczdVoY_0wcCeXogCLcBGAs/s1600/huawei-hisilicon-kirin-970-specs.jpg" title="Huawei's AI-Powered HiSilicon Kirin 970 Processor Unveiled at IFA 2017" /></a></div><br /> As it was expected from Huawei's IFA teaser, Huawei is focusing on AI in the brand new <b>Kirin 970 </b>processor. It is an octa-core 10nm processorand comes with 5.5 billion transistors. Kirin 970 uses the new NPU (Neutral Processing Unit) that is claimed to deliver 25 times the performance with 50 times the power efficiency of a quad-core Cortex-A73 processor, available in the previous-gen Kirin 960 processor.<br /> <br /> As it was in rumors since long, now it is confirmed that Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 970 will bring the AI features on the upcoming Huawei Mate 10 and Huawei's upcoming flagship smartphones.<br /> <br /> At the Kirin 970 launch event, Huawei CEO gave a demo of photo recognition technology that showed Kirin 970's NPU processing images 20 times faster than a CPU. Huawei CEO Richard Yu also emphasized that combining the cloud-based and on-device artificial intelligence will help to balance power efficiency and latency of the processor and will provide better battery life to the device using the Kirin 970 chipset.<br /> <br /> Also Check :<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/07/huawei-mate-10-bezel-less-screen.html" target="_blank">Huawei CEO confirms Huawei Mate 10 will come with Full-Screen Display, More Power than Apple iPhone 8</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/08/huawei-mate-10-leaked-images-specs.html" target="_blank">Huawei Mate 10 Leaked Images show Huge All-Screen Display, Leica Dual-Rear Cam, Metal Body Design</a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2914712351119115"; /* Geeky Stuff - Inside Post */ google_ad_slot = "7722022186"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script><br /> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div>Other highlighted feaures of Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor are given below.<br /> <br /> - A new dual ISP technology that will provide better noise reduction, 4-way hybrid autofocus technology used earlier on Kirin 960 and improved imaging capability for moving subjects without causing motion blur. <br /> <br /> - A new 4.5G modem with up to 1.2 Gbps Cat 18 Internet speed, 5CC carrier aggregation, 4x4MIMO, 256QAM<br /> <br /> - The Kirin 970 processor will come with the first 12-core ARM Mali-G72 GPU with improved performance and efficiency.<br /> <b><br /> <a href="http://www.shaanhaider.com/2017/08/huawei-mate-10-launch-event.html">Huawei Mate 10</b> is going to unveiled officially on October 16th </a>and then we will find out about all the  new features that Kirin 970 will bring to the smartphones.

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