Huawei to launch gaming phone this year, next year foldable device

The Companys Consumer Business President Jim Xu has confirmed a gaming phone is in the works, and is set for a H2 release this year, in an interview he said.

Though much is not known about the device at the moment, but that it will feature Huawei's GPU Turbo technology out of the box. That makes perfect sense given that the tech in question is claimed to increase device performance by 60% while reducing power use by 30%.

Presently, the Razer Phone and Asus' upcoming ROG phone are the most talked about gaming smartphones phones in the market. It'd be interesting to see how Huawei plans to one up the competition.

The executive also confirmed another big news: the company will launch a foldable smartphone next year. unfortunately, nothing more was revealed on this front.

 

Samsung is the other major smartphone player officially working on a foldable device, which is expected to be launched sometime next year. However, recently, Motorola was also granted patent for a foldable smartphone. And with Huawei's confirmation now, it appears the foldable device space is also heating up.

Alongside the other information shared by the Huawei executive is a straight forward NO to a smartphone with moving mechanical parts a la Oppo Find X or vivo NEX series.

A gaming-centric smartphone is reportedly slated for a commercial launch by the end of 2018, with some sort of a foldable mobile device also coming next year.

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