Huawei's next smartphone is ready. The next launch from Huawei will be the Mate 10
smartphone that will directly take on Apple's iPhone X. , Huawei just came out with a teaser
that unabashedly mocks Apple and its neural engine, saying it will unveil the "real AI phone"
on October 16.
Apple's iPhone X is Apple's first iPhone to feature a facial recognition technology that it calls
Face ID. Huawei in its recent teaser claims that its facial recognition technology is going to be
better without explicitly mentioning Apple. The teaser seemingly takes a dig at the Face ID
demo faux pas during the iPhone X presentation. The Chinese company is betting big on
artificial intelligence moving forward following the unveiling of the new Kirin 970 SoC. The
new AI chipset will offer faster processing, longer battery life, and will also include features
such as instant image recognition to take on Samsung and Apple. Notably, the company
describes the new chip as the first Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for smartphones.
Huawei confirmed earlier this month that the upcoming Mate 10 flagship will be powered
by the new Kirin 970 SoC. The NPU in the chipset sees dedicated cores for running AI tasks.
With AI built right into the new chips, Huawei says that smartphones can become more
personalised, heed voice commands, and take advantage of augmented reality, among other
things. While the new chip will add a boost to AI on a hardware level, Huawei will also look to
improve machine learning capabilities on the software level as well.
The Huawei Mate 10 is touted to sport a bezel-less display that the company calls 'EntireView'
display with an 18:9 aspect ratio, pitting it against the LG G6, Samsung Galaxy S8, and the
iPhone X. Huawei's CEO has also confirmed that the smartphone will sport facial recognition,
support AR and 3D sensing.
Recent teasers confirm that the Mate 10 will sport dual Leica-branded rear cameras with a
20-megapixel monochrome sensor and a 12-megapixel RGB sensor setup. Additionally, the
smartphone is tipped to sport a 6-inch 1080x2160 pixels display. Huawei is also rumored to
launch two additional variants of the Mate 10, called the Mate 10 Pro and Mate 10 Lite,
according to a report last week.
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Huawei Mate 10 better than iPhone X?
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