Soon after Chinese media intensively reported Huawei may release its first smartphone running the Harmony OS, the company clarified those are “fake news”.
Earlier reports said Huawei plans to launch a new all-screen smartphone with under display selfie camera in Paris on October 17. According to a Tencent report, the device may be Huawei's first phone running the Harmony OS.
Responding to Chinese media Yicai.com, insiders from Huawei said this is not true and all are based on speculation.
The people added that creating the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) ecosystem is their priority and the Harmony OS will not be used in any smartphone.
As cnTechPost noted earlier, the details of the Huawei’s October 17 event first came from Jeb Su, VP of Advanced Technologies at Atherton Research. But it only became widely known in China after dozens of local media outlets pushed notifications about it through their Apps.
Huawei to launch an all screen smartphone on Oct 17, Harmony OS expected
The image tweeted by Su shows a device with almost no bezels and a front dominated entirely by the screen. Chinese smartphone makers have been working on a truly bezel-less smartphone for some time now.
Huawei is no stranger to bringing new technology to the market ahead of its rivals. But launching a smartphone with true edge-to-edge display and selfie camera under the screen will be a big accomplishment, a recent report from BGR noted.
The technology was not expected to be ready at least until early 2020. The details about the device remain scant at this moment and there haven't been any leaks just yet, the report said.
Apart from those intriguing specs however, Chinese media were focusing on the expectation that the upcoming device would run Huawei's Harmony OS.
The Tencent report said Huawei has been testing smartphones running the self-made OS and "if Huawei did launch the device, don't be surprised."
The Huawei insider said the reports were originated from the above poster which should be an invitation for the launch of the Nova 5T series. “The description around Harmony OS are all speculation.”
Richard Yu, Executive Director, CEO of the Consumer BG, said in September if Huawei loss access to Google's Android, then they will use their own Harmony OS and the first phone running this system would be the P40.
The P series are Huawei's flagship phones and are released in March each year.
