Consumer Tech

There have been reports recently that Chinese tech giant Huawei will skip the launch of its Mate 50 phone this year, though the latest news shows a different picture.

According to Huawei's previous practices of new phone releases, the Mate 50 series is supposed to be released in September this year with a new generation of Huawei's own chips to compete with the iPhone 13.

MIX FOLD has won a lot of praise for its low price, and now its official flagship store on a major e-commerce platform in China is offering a discount on the product that lowers the barrier to purchase even further.

Honor 50 series will be launched in Shanghai on June 16, the Chinese mobile phone maker announced on June 1.

Honor's official German Twitter account said on May 21 that the Honor 50 overseas version will come with Google services, which means the biggest factor holding up its sales will be removed.

Honor's market share in China dropped to a low of 3 percent and has now recovered to 8 percent, its CEO George Zhao said.

Sony launched the PlayStation 5 in China on April 29, with the Digital Edition priced at RMB 3,099 ($479) and the Standard Edition priced at RMB 3,899.

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi could be the first company to use Samsung's 200-megapixel sensor, a Weibo blogger said on April 26.

Apple last week announced Apple TV 4K with the A12 chip, support for Dolby Vision, and high frame rates for HDR content, the first update to Apple TV since 2007.

Huawei may adopt friendlier pricing, targeting the entry-level market, to spur demand and sales of foldable smartphones.