{"id":8100,"date":"2019-08-05T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2019-08-06T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:38:12","slug":"huawei-tests-a-smartphone-with-its-hongmeng-os-may-sale-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/gadgets\/huawei-tests-a-smartphone-with-its-hongmeng-os-may-sale-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei Tests a Smartphone with its Hongmeng OS, May Sale this Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei is Analyzing a smartphone equipped with Hongmeng, the Organization&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/development\/huawei-may-be-development-own-android-alternative-ark-os-if-the-eu-trademark-filing-gives-any-hints\/\"> self-developed operating system<\/a>, which May Possibly go on sale at the end of the year, <strong>Chinese state-media Socket Global Times reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The launch of a Hongmeng-powered smartphone will indicate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/development\/huawei-wants-to-be-worlds-1st-position-in-phone-maker-for-some-time\/\">a significant step for China&#8217;s Huawei<\/a>, the planet&#8217;s second-biggest manufacturer of smartphones, as U.S. government activities undermine its own access to Google&#8217;s Android functioning system.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/mobile-apps\/by-august-american-companies-may-be-allowed-to-sell-huawei-accessories\/\">By August, American Companies may be Allowed to Sell Huawei Accessories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The device will be priced at approximately 2,000 yuan ($288), the Global Times stated on Sunday, citing unnamed sources. That will set the apparatus toward the low-end sector of the smartphone marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;span style=&#8221;display: inline;border-radius: 4px; padding: 4px 10px 4px 0px;background-color: #d5e9ff;&#8221;&gt;Huawei didn&#8217;t immediately comment on the report when contacted by Reuters on Monday.&lt;\/span&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Huawei executives have described Hongmeng as an operating system made for internet-of-things merchandise. Last month the firm said the first significant apparatus powered by Hongmeng is its forthcoming lineup of Honor-brand smart TVs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fitvids-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dhc6sbkyJAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Business leaders have publicly downplayed the chance that the program could power a smartphone.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, in an event announcing that the organization&#8217;s earnings for the first half 2019, Huawei chairman Liang Hua said the company chose to utilize Google&#8217;s Android operating system for its mobile devices and known to Hongmeng within Huawei&#8217;s&#8221;long-term plan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei has been in the middle of geopolitical tension between the USA and China as of May, when President Donald Trump put the business on an&#8221;entity list&#8221; that effectively barred American suppliers from selling into the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has indicated that the sanctions will probably be relaxed, but additional details remain rare. When the policies stay enforced, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/security\/bad-news-for-huaweis-google-banned-huaweis-use-of-android\/\">Huawei could lose access to routine upgrades to Android<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei&#8217;s earnings in the first half of 2019 climbed 23%, in part because of strong domestic demand for cellular phones.<\/p>\n<p>While smartphone earnings totaled abroad, its prices in China increased 31% year-on-year from the June quarter, based on market research company Canalys.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts attribute the strong performance at home in part because of the caliber of its apparatus, which have led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/security\/said-ren-zhengfei-google-android-underestimates-huawei\/\">China&#8217;s high-end Android mobile marketplace<\/a>, also in part because of patriotism among customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei is Analyzing a smartphone equipped with Hongmeng, the Organization&#8217;s self-developed operating system, which May Possibly go on sale at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":8109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8100"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8172,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8100\/revisions\/8172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/8109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}