Samsung today launched the Galaxy Fold in Korea. The foldable smartphone will be followed by select countries including France, Germany, Singapore, U.K., U.S., and more, in Cosmos Black and Space Silver.
Google has released the September 2019 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install. Google device firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site.
Though Google puts out the Android security patches each month, the job of actually getting the fixes to end users falls on the telcos and/or device manufacturers themselves. Those partners vary in their ability to release the patches in a timely fashion.
Huawei has announced a new beta program for the EMUI 10 beta, which is of course based on Android 10. Interested users are able to sign up for the program and if accepted, they can test out the new EMUI 10 software on eligible devices.
Google has started pushing the Android 10 stable update to its Pixel smartphone. In addition, the Essential Phone and Redmi K20 Pro are the other non-Google devices receiving the Android 10 update.
Huawei has officially announced that its new Mate 30 line of phones will launch on Sept. 19 in Munich, which are expected to bring significant upgrades over their predecessors, the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro,
Huawei has started rolling out EMUI version 9.1.0.193 to the P30 Pro in the UK, bringing the Android August 2019 security patch, night mode to the front camera and more.
Apple has released iOS 12.4.1 to the public, fixing a vulnerability that was reported last week that made it possible to jailbreak many recent iPhone models running iOS 12.4. The release comes after it was discovered that Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability that was originally fixed in iOS 12.3.
Google has decided that it’s time to put its sweet naming convention for major Android releases to rest, switching to a numeric naming scheme which is easier to understand and communicate. Android Q will not be given an accompanying dessert name as previous versions of Android have gotten over the years.
Huawei today received an award from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA), a group comprising 55 of the world’s most respected consumer electronics magazines. HUAWEI’s P30 Pro was named “EISA Best Smartphone 2019-2020” by the Association, the second year in a row Huawei has won this category.
During a press event on Wednesday, Huawei said it has pushed back the release of its foldable Mate X smartphone to November. However, this is in line with statements by the company's director of consumer business mobile phones He Gang who, back in July, stated that Huawei is still optimising the foldable Mate X smartphone and will not release it without meeting quality requirements.
EE quietly opened pre-orders for the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G Thursday, and Vodafone, with little fanfare, has now followed suit. The 5G phone is available to order on 5G plans ranging from £68 per month with £29 upfront to £81 per month with £29 upfront cost. Vodafone's 5G plans have no limits, while you have a a choice of data limits on 5g ready plans.
At its developer conference Friday Huawei announced EMUI 10, its new customer operating system based on Android Q. EMUI 10 succeeds Android Pie-based EMUI 9, which has been seen on most Huawei and Honor phones in the past year.
