Consumer Tech

Xiaomi's release of the world's first mass-produced transparent TV on August 11 sparked widespread interest. Now, the company's founder Lei Jun has taken to Weibo to say that the TV is much more difficult to mass-produce than expected, and explained why he's insisting on making it.

Apple will hold its iPhone 12 launch event the week of October 12, with pre-orders starting later that week and shipments beginning the following week, famed leaker Jon Prosser said today.

The non-Pro Mate40 will not have a very wide distribution around the world, as Huawei finds itself short on the Kirin chipsets required in their manufacture, said famed leaker Evan Blass on Twitter. 

Huawei Consumer Business CEO Richard Yu said on Weibo yesterday that a "very light" and heavyweight new product will be released on August 19. Now Huawei has announced on Weibo that the product is the MateBook X.

ZTE will launch the world's first under-screen camera smartphone, Ni Fei, president of ZTE's Terminal Division, said on Weibo today.

Chinese digital product maker Teclast on Tuesday said it will soon launch the M40 Android tablet with the Tiger T618 processor which is made by UNISOC, the China-based supplier of mobile communications chipsets and IoT chipsets. 

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi's founder Lei Jun held the company's 10th anniversary speech today and also unveiled a 55-inch TV with a transparent OLED screen that boasts a 120Hz refresh rate.

Huawei Consumer Business CEO Richard Yu said on Weibo today that a heavyweight new product will be released in Shanghai on August 19.

There have been rumors that Apple has lowered its iPhone 12 shipping targets, but according to Chinese media reports, Apple suppliers have not received such notifications.

Recent reports suggested that Huawei is about to release a series of laptops, and now a Weibo blogger is claiming that Huawei will be adding a 3K floating full-screen with a metal-bezel-less design to the new high-end laptops.