On August 9, 2019, Huawei held a developer conference in Dongguan and released the HarmonyOS operating system. Unfortunately, we didn't get to use HarmonyOS 1.0. On September 10, 2020, HarmonyOS 2.0 was officially launched in June 2021.
At that time, Huawei Terminal CEO Yu Chengdong announced that HarmonyOS 2.0 aims to adapt the system to 300 million devices by the end of 2021, including 200 million mobile phones and 100 million other smart devices. Huawei's mobile phones and various smart device models are numerous, and Yu Chengdong dares to set a target of adapting 300 million devices, which shows that he has sufficient confidence in his strength.
Today, the number of devices running HarmonyOS has exceeded 300 million and is moving towards the 400 million mark. For Huawei, the self-developed system has achieved initial success, but like Android, iOS and other systems, HarmonyOS also needs to continuously launch large version updates to ensure that the system can always meet the user's needs for functions.
Not to mention that HarmonyOS is too young, compared with Android, iOS and other systems that have a history of more than ten years, there are inevitably too many deficiencies, so the system update should be more frequent, timely patch deficiencies, add more functions. Xiao Lei has many Huawei mobile phone users around him, and they are looking forward to using the HarmonyOS 3.0 system as soon as possible.
HarmonyOS 3.0！ It's finally here
April 11 news, according to digital blogger @ factory director is Guan students broke the news, HarmonyOS 3.0 will open internal testing in May, July online official version, at the latest september online, the original planned OpenHamonyOS 3.1 will also be available in September. According to the blogger, HarmonyOS 3.0 removes some bloated features and interaction logic, simplifies some interaction methods, and takes "stability" as the keynote to support Huawei's full capabilities.
"Bloated" is a common problem in today's domestic mobile phones, all mobile phone manufacturers are imposing functions on the system, whether it is something that all users need, manufacturers always feel that someone needs it, that is to add. Admittedly, these features added are very convenient to use, and users do not need to download additional Apps, but with so many features added, the system inevitably looks bloated.
In order to embed these functions into the system, manufacturers also have to design some interaction logic, the workload is so heavy, it is normal to have some bugs or interactive problems. More importantly, due to too many built-in functions in the system, once the mobile phone process scheduling is too active, it is likely to have problems such as fever, caton, and decreased battery life.
Especially in the case of the frequent overturning of the 5nm and above process in the past two years, many netizens complained that their mobile phone fever was too serious, and some brands had to urgently launch an update patch, change the process scheduling strategy, and force the processor to reduce the frequency, which made the mobile phone hot situation better. Although HarmonyOS 2.0 has received a lot of praise from users after its launch, there are still some problems in the system. It is hoped that after the launch of HarmonyOS 3.0, it will be able to solve the pain points of users.
In the past two years, many AIot companies have launched smart home appliances compatible with HarmonyOS, such as Midea, Fangtai, Boss, Skyworth, Jiuyang, Suber, etc. Well-known high-end watch company TISSOT Tissot has also launched smart watches that support HarmonyOS, which shows Huawei's influence. With the support of these companies, HarmonyOS will develop at a more rapid pace, and perhaps in the future we will see other brands of mobile phones running HarmonyOS.
Starting! Mate 50 series, belated surprises
In October 2020, Huawei released the Mate 40 series, and a year and a half later, we still haven't waited for the Mate 50 series. But don't worry, a number of digital bloggers with close ties to Huawei have confirmed that the Mate 50 series will be released this year, and the specific time they give is as early as July and late as September.
Once the P and Mate series were representatives of domestic flagships, but now Huawei's mobile phone business is in a bad situation, the reasons are clear, but we are powerless to change this situation. Previously, Xiao Lei was also worried that Huawei would give up the mobile phone business, but Huawei decided to stick to it, and the official promise would have a Mate 50 series.
The question is, two years after the release of the Mate 40 series, the Mate 50 series is finally coming, but will it meet our expectations? Regarding the configuration of the Mate 50 series, the only accurate information that can be found on the Internet at present is the processor, which will launch the world's first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4G.
As for the other configurations of the Mate 50, it can only be said that Huawei will try to meet the needs of users, but I am afraid it is difficult to have a substantial upgrade. Xiao Lei predicted here that the 2K 120Hz screen has achieved domestic production, and this Mate 50 series can definitely be used. Before the digital blogger @8090 Digital Meishi released a tempered film that was said to be the Mate 50 Pro, and actually used the bangs design.
Huawei and Apple are one of the few companies in the industry that have been insisting on 3D face recognition, and most Android manufacturers' 2D face recognition is different, since 3D technology is used, it is certainly impossible to use the digging design, and now the camera technology under the screen is not mature enough, and the under-screen 3D can certainly not be used. Earlier, Huawei, Honor and other companies have chosen the "pill" design, which is located in the upper left corner of the screen. Compared with the pill design, I believe that most people still think that the bangs in the center look better, and the iPhone that also supports 3D face unlocking uses the bangs design.
In addition, Huawei's imaging technology has always been the industry leader, and the camera module hardware is also at the top level, which is certainly not worse than the P50 series released last year. In the past two years, we have rarely mentioned DxOMark, but open this website, the first and second front cameras are P50 Pro, Mate 50 Pro, and the rear camera ranking, P50 Pro is still ranked second, second only to the Honor Magic 4 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+ ranks fourth. Xiao Lei believes that after the release of the Mate 50 series, it will definitely dominate the top of the list for a period of time.
Processor, screen, camera three pieces, Huawei will not let us down, the only regret may be that do not support 5G. Probably only until the 5G RF chip can achieve full domestic production, Huawei's 5G mobile phone can recover, fortunately, with the blessing of HarmonyOS 3.0, coupled with Huawei itself is the world's top communication equipment manufacturer, Huawei 4G can meet the vast majority of users' needs.
HarmonyOS 3.0, no oblivion of old devices
The first Mate 50 series of HarmonyOS 3.0 is indeed attractive, the price is certainly not cheap, it is expected that the starting price of the standard version will be around 4500 yuan, coupled with Huawei's limited production capacity, I am afraid that hundreds of pieces may not be able to grab it. Fortunately, many old Huawei mobile phones can also be updated to HarmonyOS 3.0, allowing us to experience Huawei's new system.
Many consumers once thought that the iPhone must be better than Android, on the grounds that Android phones are more durable, and this conclusion may be true in the early years, but by 2022, the android flagship quality is no worse than the iPhone. However, most Android mobile phone manufacturers have chosen the machine sea tactics, there are too many models, and it is too troublesome to adapt the new system for all of them, so many manufacturers only guarantee that they will provide 3 major version system updates for the flagship machine. In contrast, the iPhone, which offers six or seven years of version updates, is indeed a bit more durable.
Huawei is on par with Apple, and models such as the Mate 9 and Honor 9 equipped with the Kirin 960 can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2.0. It should be noted that the performance of the Kirin 960 is slightly weak, and although it can be upgraded to HarmonyOS 2.0, it does not get the full functionality of the system.
In fact, the HiSilicon Kirin chip can be leveled Qualcomm, which should start from the generation of Kirin 980, Kirin 970 and 960 have performed well, but there are still many gaps compared with Qualcomm. Imagine that in the same period, the Snapdragon 835, Snapdragon 845 flagship, and how many are still updating the system?
Xiao Lei predicts that Huawei and Honor, which are equipped with chips listed before 2018, will not have the opportunity to get the Harmony OS 3.0 update. In addition to the performance began to become insufficient, these old models have fewer and fewer users, Huawei mobile phone models are numerous, all adapted to HarmonyOS 3.0, which consumes too much energy and cost. Although the performance of the Kirin 980 is somewhat backward, it is still very capable of playing, and there are still many users who should be able to get the full HarmonyOS 3.0 function.
Of course, Xiao Lei also hopes that Huawei can stand up and punch me in the face, update HarmonyOS for old models such as Mate 9 and Mate 10, and not give up any old user.