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Huawei inches closer to 100% domestic smartphone production

Nokia 3210 is coming back, 25 years later

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Joel Joseph
April 28, 2024

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A recent report that popped up over the weekend that revealed Huawei is close to achieving 100% domestic smartphone production.

A teardown of its latest Huawei Pura 70 flagship revealed most of the components in the new device were sourced locally. Only the chip and the main camera on the Ultra model relied on foreign technology.

As Huawei and China keep developing chip technology, there is a possibility that in the coming years, Chinese brands could develop advanced chips locally.

More details here in our story.

HMD seems to be bringing back the iconic Nokia 3210 that was a hit in the late 1990s; but this time with modern upgrades.

A leaked poster shows the phone in a cool blue color. While its body shape resembles the Nokia 6310, the phone’s exact dimensions are still unclear.

More details about the poster and phone here. 

WhatsApp threatens to shut down its services in India if it is forced to compromise its end-to-end encryption. The messaging giant and Meta (parent company of WhatsApp) filed a plea at the Delhi High Court challenging India’s 2021 IT rules for social media intermediaries. Their primary concern is the requirement to identify the initial source of information and share it with the government.

Our story on the potential Whatsapp ban here.

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Nothing recently unveiled its plans to launch a new edition of the Nothing Phone (2a) in India on April 29. While the brand has not revealed much about this new edition, it has teased an all-blue image of the device. Ahead of the launch, a tipster has claimed that this new edition is a special blue color option.

Read more here.

The Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center has unveiled the “Tiangong,” a humanoid robot capable of human-like running at a speed of 6 kilometers per hour. This marks a significant development in the field of robotics, with Tiangong being the world’s first fully electrically driven humanoid robot to achieve this feat.

Global drone leader DJI has revealed the upcoming DJI Mini 4K. The new offering will come with a lower price tag than its predecessor, the DJI Mini 4 Pro. The model is the second DJI consumer drone released this year after the Avata 2.

The Infinix GT 20 Pro gaming phone has gone official in Saudi Arabia. The successor to last year’s GT 10 Pro offers a refined version of the Cyber Mecha design, featuring a C-shaped RGB-light design.

Toyota has finally unveiled its bZ3C and bZ3X electric SUVs at the Beijing Automotive Show. The two Toyota EVs are designed for younger drivers and families respectively. It will debut in China and Toyota shared some key specs of the two new EVs.

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