Huawei Nova 7i to launch on February 14

Huawei Nova 7i is scheduled to be launched on Valentine's Day in Malaysia. It could be a rebranded Nova 6 SE that was announced in China a while back.

Huawei Nova 7i to arrive on Valentine's Day

Huawei Nova 7i soon to arrive in Malaysia

Huawei Nova 7i has a quad-camera setup

The Huawei Nova 7i has a 6.4-inch FHD+ LCD screen with a punch hole in the upper-left corner. Inside, it has the Kirin 810 SoC, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 4,200mAh battery with 40W fast charging support.

For cameras, it has a quad-camera setup with a 48MP main sensor + 8MP ultra-wide sensor + 2MP macro sensor + 2MP depth sensor. Residing at the punch hole is a 16MP selfie camera. It also has a side-mounted fingerprint reader as well.

It will be running Android 10 with EMUI 10 on top of it. However, due to the US ban, it will not ship with Google Services installed.

Huawei Malaysia has not announced the price for the Nova 7i just yet. However, if this is a rebranded Nova 6 SE then we can expect it to be around CNY 2,199 or around PHP 16K out of straight conversion.

What do you guys think?

Source: GSMArena

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Huawei Y7p budget punch-hole phone will launch in February

Huawei is set to launch a new budget smartphone in Myanmar, the Huawei Y7p.

Huawei Y7p poster during the Myanmar sales rally

Huawei Y7p is coming!

What makes the Huawei Y7p unique is it will be a budget smartphone with a Punch Display. The phone is equipped with a 6.39-inch HD+ 1560 x 720 resolution display with a punch-hole on the upper left portion of the screen to house the selfie cam. It resulted in a screen with an impressive 90.15 screen-to-body ratio.

It is powered by the 12nm Kirin 710F octa-core processor with Mali-G51 MP4 GPU with GPU Turbo 3.0 technology, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, and 4,000mAh big battery.

For the cameras, it will feature an AI triple-camera setup. It will use a 48MP main cam, 8MP 120-degree ultra-wide cam, and a 2MP depth camera. It will also be one of the most affordable Huawei phones with a Super Night Mode and 480fps slow-mo. Inside the punch-hole, you will find an 8MP snapper with a fast face unlock.

The other highlight of the device is it will come with a triple Bluetooth connection. It also has a triple-slot to house the dual SIM and microSD cards. It will run with Android 9.1 EMUI 9.1.1 and the poster shows that it has the Huawei AppGallery.

The handset measures at 159.8 x 76.1 x 8.1 mm. It will be available in Midnight Black and Aurora Blue colorways.

The rest of the missing details are still unknown for now. Let's expect it to be more affordable than Y9 phones.

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LG Electronics 2019 revenues stood at USD 53 billion

South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. (LG) saw its revenues in 2019 at USD 53 billion driven by the strong demand for its home appliances. 

LG Electronics' 2019 financial performance buoyed by its home appliance

LG Electronics 2019 financial results

While it realized robust sales growth, its profit last year was 10 percent down to USD 2.07 billion as it coughed up more investments in marketing and technologies. 

For the fourth quarter alone, revenues slightly up by 1.8 percent to USD 13.65 billion, while operating income jumped to USD 86.5 million, or 34.5 percent higher a year earlier. 

Its business units, meanwhile, showed mixed financial results for 2019. 

LG Home Appliance and Air Solution Company booked good figures for full-year 2019, where its revenues increased to USD 18.29 billion, or 11 percent higher than 2018. Operating income in the period stood at USD 1.7 billion, a historic profit for the segment. 

LG Home Entertainment Company's revenue in 2019 was flat at USD 13.73 billion. Its operating income, however, dropped to USD 833 million. 

Suffering from high marketing expenses last year for its flagship devices, LG Mobile Communications Company posted operating losses reaching USD 858.34 million. Its topline was at USD 5.07 billion. 

Solid growth was recorded by its LG Vehicle Component Solutions Company in 2019, where it recorded a 27 percent increase in revenues to USD 4.65 billion. 

Revenues of LG Business Solutions Company stood at USD 2.27 billion, while operating profit reached USD 209.8 million. 

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Facial recognition adds “jet fuel” for criminal investigations: Chicago police

If you accessed the internet in last week or so, chances are you came across the name ClearView AI — a terrifying facial recognition software that has over three billion images in the database; far more than what FBI has. The New York Times wrote a lengthy report on how the software scraped images from all over the internet to increase its algorithm’s accuracy. However, if you think Clearview AI, or other facial recognition systems are just a passing fad that will fall out of favor soon, you’re mistaken. A report by the Chigao Sun Times suggests police are more than…

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Nokia announces MWC 2020 press event, but what will it launch?

HMD Global has scheduled a press event for MWC 2020 where it’s expected to launch a number of Nokia phones. The event will take place on February 23 at 4PM local time (10AM ET). Meanwhile, MWC officially starts on February 24.

As you can see in the image above, the press invite for the Nokia event does not reveal much except for the date and time [the venue is redacted – ed]. However, we have some idea of what to expect from the house of HMD.

Nokia 9.2 PureView

It’s unlikely that we’ll witness the launch of a flagship Nokia phone at MWC 2020.

HMD has apparently delayed the so-called Nokia 9.2 PureView due to a last minute call on replacing an older chipset with the latest Snapdragon 865 flagship SoC.

Nokia 8.2

HMD Global previously confirmed a new 5G-ready smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 765G. The phone is reportedly called the Nokia 8.2 5G. Leaked details of the device suggest a glass-unibody design with a metallic frame.

The phone is expected to get a 6.2 inch IPS LCD display with HDR 10+ support.

Related: How low will 5G phone prices go in 2020?

It could house a 64MP quad rear camera setup with Zeiss optics and a 32MP selfie shooter.

The Nokia 8.2 5G is tipped to cost €459 (~$505). At this price, it will be one of the cheapest 5G phones out there.

Nokia 5.2

Aside from the Nokia 8.2 5G, we could also see the launch of the affordable Nokia 5.2 at MWC. Leaked specs of the phone include: a dated Snapdragon 632 chipset, a 6.2-inch LCD display, 16MP + 8MP dual primary cameras, an 8MP selfie shooter, and a 3,500mAh battery.

The Nokia 5.2 is expected to come with a price tag of €169 (~$186).

Nokia 1.3

The Nokia 1.3 is apparently an entry-level phone with 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage. It could be Nokia’s 2020 Android Go phone running the Android 10 (Go Edition) update. Rumor has it that the device will run on a MediaTek chipset.

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Besides the three smartphones, Nokia could also launch a feature phone and a fitness wearable at the event.

What do you think of Nokia’s rumored MWC 2020 lineup? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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