Huawei HarmonyOS is no longer compatible with Android / iPhone 16 Pro gives up the Dynamic Island / 4 iPads to be updated next year

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Android is no longer compatible with HarmonyOS

HarmonyOS compatibility with Android has always been a controversial topic, and many people think that HarmonyOS is a shell Android. I didn't expect HarmonyOS to be compatible with Android's strategy, but it's only temporary. Now that the three-year period has arrived, Hongmeng has finally revealed its minions.

Huawei has pointed out that HarmonyOS will evolve into HarmonyOS NEXT, which is what netizens jokingly call "pure-blooded Hongmeng", removing the AOSP part of the compatible Android part, only supporting the HarmonyOS kernel, and the HarmonyOS application.

HarmonyOS NEXT can only install the Hap format, not the Apk app.    

Currently, HarmonyOS NEXT has been opened to enterprise developers, and the first to receive the news is a major Internet manufacturer. During this time, NetEase, Meituan and other major Internet companies have intensively released a number of HarmonyOS development positions and plan to launch HarmonyOS APP, because Android and HarmonyOS are not compatible.

In my opinion, the step that HarmonyOS is not compatible with Android is a bit risky.

The core contradiction is that the operating system is a winner-takes-all industry, and its user scale and software ecology are mutually restrictive. Users hope that the ecosystem will be strong and then enter the pit Hongmeng, developers hope that the scale of users will be large and then adapt to Hongmeng, and Hongmeng needs people to be willing to invest in advance.

Everyone is self-interested and doesn't know how Huawei is going to meet the interests of all parties.

The iPhone 16 Pro abandons the Dynamic Island

From iPhone X to iPhone 14, Apple has used notch screens for 6 consecutive generations, but the Dynamic Island is not so lucky.

According to foreign media Majin Bu's revelations, Apple's next-generation iPhone 16 Pro may abandon the Dynamic Island design, hide the dot matrix projector of Face ID under the screen, and turn the pill hole into a single hole hole, so as to further increase the screen-to-body ratio.

According to the interaction of the Dynamic Island, even if the digging hole is shortened into a small hole, it will not affect the interaction of the Dynamic Island.

The difficulty of the technology lies in how Face ID is transferred to the bottom of the screen, but many people may not know that Apple has already announced the face ID technology under the screen, but it has not yet been mass-produced and listed.

According to Ming-Chi Kuo's early statement, the under-display Face technology will be unveiled on the iPhone 16 series at the earliest, and the timing is right. There is a high probability that the iPhone 16 will continue to use pill hole digging + Face ID, while the iPhone 16 Pro will use a single hole digging + hidden Face ID, and the UI interaction of the universal Dynamic Island.

At that time, only the iPhone SE 4 will still use the notch screen - it is really hierarchical.

iPad full range of updates

At this year's autumn conference, Apple did not release new iPad products, only updated the MacBook of the M3 series, and even the iPad Pro was not updated, all of which were left for next year.

According to foreign media, Apple will update the entire iPad product line in 2024, including entry-level, Air, mini, and Pro, and will also release a low-end AirPods.

The current exposed configurations are as follows:

iPad Pro 2024: Equipped with M3 chip, upgraded OLED screen, fully upgraded camera, and new Magic Keyboard. It is reported that Apple will fully embrace OLED screens in the future, and Mini Led is just a transitional product.

iPad Air6: A new 12.9-inch large screen version with an M2 chip and a new color scheme. The performance is upgraded as usual, and the point is that it provides a 12.9-inch large-screen version, which is more friendly to the student party.

iPad 11: Upgraded to A15 chip and added color scheme. You don't have to expect much from the entry-level iPad, which is estimated to only be compatible with Apple Pencil USB, and still doesn't support pressure sensitivity.

iPad mini7: Upgrade the A16 processor, optimize the screen packaging method, solve the jelly screen, and upgrade the camera synchronization. The mini 7 has not changed much, and it has been iterating steadily, and the memory of this generation may be increased to 6GB.    

Of these 4 new iPads, I am most looking forward to the iPad Air 6, which one are you looking forward to the most?

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