Welcome to your weekly recap. Huawei unveiled the Pura 70 series – the new, revamped P series. There are four phones – the Pura 70, Pura 70 Pro, Pura 70 Pro+, and the Pura 70 Ultra. They all share a triangular camera island and a new Kirin 9010 chipset made by Huawei. They also all have variable aperture lenses on their main cameras, which are a 50MP 1/1.3″ on the 70 and 70 Pro/Pro+, and a 50MP 1″ type with a retractable lens on the Ultra. All Pura 70 devices will come to China first, most starting from April 22, the Ultra later this month.
Motorola unveiled the Edge 50 Ultra and made the Edge 50 Pro global. The Ultra has a real wood option along with two vegan leather colorways – Forest Grey and Peach Fuzz (Pantone’s Color of the Year 2024). It also comes specced with the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a 50MP 1/1.3” main sensor, and a 3x 72mm periscope, which is equipped with a 64MP sensor (0.7µm pixels) and a bright f/2.4 aperture.
The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra will go on sale in select European countries in the coming weeks. The base model will have a price of €1,000. The phone will also be available in Asia, Latin America, and Oceania. The Edge 50 Pro is launching in select European markets for €700.
The phones arrive on the P series’ 12th birthday.
The rotating telescopic lens features an intricate motorized structure which Huawei tested for 300,000 cycles of expansion and contraction.
There are also two vegan leather options. The display is a curved 6.7″ 1220p+ OLED. The 50MP main camera has a large 1/1.3″ image sensor.
A report from this week suggests that Google will not name its next foldable Fold 2 but rather go with Pixel 9 Pro Fold. Whichever name Google chooses, this device could make its debut at Google’s annual hardware unveiling event this October, and not at Google I/O in May like its predecessor. It’s likely that we’ll also see the Pixel 9, the Pixel 9 Pro, and the Pixel 9 Pro XL.
There has been a naming scheme revamp internally at Google, a new report claims.
In other news, WhatsApp launched chat filters. These will filter your chat list according to different criteria – All, Unread, Groups.
The device is made in collaboration with Heineken and creative firm Bodega and will be limited to 5,000 units.
These help you easily locate conversations that have unread messages or belong to groups.
It’s expected to be a rebranded Redmi K70.
Ray tracing will be a primary focus.
Huawei is rebranding its flagship P-series.
