Tecno has been teasing their upcoming device for a while now with the key focus being on the dual rear camera. This successor to the Phantom 6 and 6 Plus decided to skip the 7th title number to go to 8 as a way of denoting the dual cameras (8 looks like two circles, one on top of the other, you know, like two cameras). Let’s dive in and see what the dual cameras and the rest of the package brings this year.

The Tecno Phantom 8 headlining feature is the dual rear camera, and deservedly so, the sensor has a 12MP+ 13MP and tri-flash combination that is capable of a number of amazing things. First, you get 2X Optical Zoom (real zoom), then there is 10X Super Zoom ( digital zoom) and finally we have the trendy portrait mode which Tecno calls Refocus mode, it puts your main subject in sharp focus and the background is out of focus. In case you are curious, the 12MP sensor used here is the Sony IMX 386, the very same one used in the high end Moto Z2 Force launched earlier this year with stunning photographic abilities, so naturally, we have high hopes for the Phantom 8 photos as well.

The front camera, on the other hand, is a whopping 20MP, it even has an dual-LED flash for bright selfies even in low light. A facing softening feature, Smooth Mode, has been baked in to take over beauty mode in other devices found on OPPO devices such as the A71 that we are currently reviewing.

This 5.7 inch device will have a Full HD (1080*1920) resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio, sorry for those who hopped for a bezelless Galaxy S8 kind of look. The internals we have this year include; a 2.6 GHz Octa Core Helio P25, it comes with a huge 6GB RAM and 64 GB expandable base storage. The Android OS version is Nougat but we hope Oreo will be updated soon. Keeping the lights on is a 3500mAh which will be charged via a USB-C cable, something that is very rare on tecno devices. Fast charging has been retained, it is promised to fill the device from 0-100% in 70 minutes.

The entire package has been enclosed with a new design that Tecno is calling Diamond Fire. It seems like a shiny material on the back that reflects light rays in a beautiful way. My guess, it is a glass back and front with a metallic frame holding the two panels together and a rear mounted fingerprint reader.

4G LTE is supported with Global roaming bands as well and speeds of up to 300mbps. The Phantom 8, just like other Tecno devices is dual SIM too.

The device will be available in three colors Galaxy Blue, Phantom Black and Champagne Gold and will retail for $400 ( KSh 40,000).

The era we currently live in and the level we have reached technologically has warranted the need to make things much less complex. Like Apple did with Siri, the Google Assistant is Google’s way of making smartphone usage and human interaction easier. And further following Siri’s footsteps, Google have made some changes to its virtual assistant.

For as long as I can recall, all digital assistants I have come across are accompanied by a default female voice response to all commands and requests (I really don’t know why though. Probably because the task of “assisting” have been stereotyped to be a female thing).

Not quite long ago, Google introduced a new voice option (Male Voice) to its native virtual voice assistant application, the Google Assistant. With this, it is very apparent that Google is trying to bring a whole new level of experience to the digital assistance world and give rivaling assistants a fierce competition as regards ranking.

To access the new Google Assistant’s male voice feature, follow the steps listed below;

• First off, launch the Google Assistant application on your smartphone, tablets or any other devices
• Click the menu button (that is the three dots icon at the top left corner of the app)
• On the menu options, tap on Settings
• In the settings menu, click on “Select Preferences“
• Next, click on “Select Assistant Voice“
• You will be presented with two options “Voice I” and “Voice II”.
• According to Google, the Voice I is the code name for the Female Voice, which is default voice. Voice II on the other hand is the Male Voice.
• Click on “Voice II” to activate the Male Voice.

And that’s it. As simple as it comes. Doing the above correctly on the App will henceforward have Google Assistant reply your commands with a masculine voice.

You can hear the snippet of the Google Assistant’s Male Voice in the video below

Video Source: AndroidPolice

The same device that helped control the Zika and Ebola viruses, could soon be used to tackle devastating wheat rust epidemics that are threatening global food security, thanks in part to a USD$100k research grant awarded by the CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture.

The “laptop lab” technology will be used by a team of scientists to dramatically expedite wheat rust disease diagnosis and control, as one of the Platform’s Inspire Challenges winners. The team was awarded during the Platform’s recent  inaugural convention.

“A rust epidemic is like a forest fire,” said Dave Hodson, the project lead and senior scientist with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).  “You’ve got to have early detection and early control. Once the disease starts to spread, and if susceptible cultivars are grown, your options are limited and it can affect millions of hectares of wheat.”

Threat to global food security

Wheat rusts are highly mobile, transboundary fungal diseases that stunt and weaken plant growth, reducing photosynthesis and restricting nutrient transport, which results in limited grain formation. The proposal will focus first on Yellow Rust, which is currently considered the most economically damaging disease to wheat production globally.

Yellow Rust can cause potential crop loss of 60-80 percent, and recent estimates put resulting global losses at 5.47 million tonnes annually, approximating losses of 1 billion USD$ per annum at current world prices.

When a new race of the yellow rust pathogen appeared in Ethiopia in 2010, more than 600,000 hectares were affected. The country suffered a loss of at least 15-20% of national wheat production with losses on some small-holder farms estimated between 60-90%, affecting not only their household food security, but their livelihoods as well.

“Over 3.2 million USD was spent on fungicide in Ethiopia in 2010 and much of that was ineffective. It was sprayed too late, the damage had already been done.” Said research lead Hodson.

Currently, wheat rust pathogen diagnostics can take months and sometimes up to a year to get results. Only a limited number of samples can be analysed by specialised labs using controlled greenhouse seedling tests.

The team of scientists, including Diane Saunders from the John Innes Centre (JIC), UK and Endale Gebre from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), propose to use a new mobile MinION sequencer (Oxford Nanopore) coupled with current field pathogenomics to give rapid diagnostics on field samples. This will be one of the first applications of this new technology to a major crop disease.

“With sequencing technologies rapidly advancing, this has opened up so many new possibilities regarding diagnostics. It is inspiring to see the success of the MinION in tracking Ebola and Zika virus strains and we hope to transfer this success to the study of plant pathogens too”, said Diane Saunders from the John Innes Centre.

The MinION, which weighs only 100g and is not much bigger than a credit card, is connected to a laptop via a USB cable, effectively creating a “laptop lab” to enable real-time sequencing direct from field collected samples.

This revolutionary new portable sequencing technology, based on unique signals for specific nucleotides as they pass through a nanopore membrane, allows sequences to be generated in hours. These field sequences can then be compared against reference sequences to permit accurate and fast diagnostics of the pathogen races.    

“For the first time we hope to get diagnostics directly from the field within a just few days of sampling, then feed that into the early warning systems we’ve already got running. This has the potential to revolutionise our diagnostics and early warning” said Hodson.

Part of the funding will go towards sending an Ethiopian scientist to train with Diane Saunders at the John Innes Centre. Together they will evaluate samples collected in Ethiopia, validate the use of the new technology, and learn how to analyse the resulting data. All skills and expertise which they would then transfer for application at EIAR in Ethiopia.

“Working with EIAR and CIMMYT we aim to develop a new, rapid diagnostics platform to give farmers regular, reliable data on the strains which are present in their region to empower them to take early action to choose resistant varieties or protect their crops,” said Diane Saunders.

Role of Big Data

According to Hodson, having access to the huge data sets and analytics developed  by the John Innes Centre is a crucial component: “The whole diagnostics process is data driven”.

Hodson explained that the field pathogenomics,  developed by Diane at the John Innes Centre,  relies on access to huge amounts of genome sequence data, plus sequences of isolates from all around the world representing all the different genetic groups of yellow rust.

“This is a huge data set,” said Hodson. “Having these components, and the bioinformatics platform to analyse and understand this data, is essential to the correct diagnosis of the specific yellow rust strain.”

“Having this kind of big data available and accessible in public open repositories, which is what Diane and co-workers did, really opens the door for this type of diagnostics. This is an example for others, and demonstrates the real value of all of this work. Making these huge datasets publicly available so other people can add value.”

Global application

If successful, Dave and Diane hope to expand application of the new technology to other countries and against other pathogens.

“I was just in Siberia a few weeks ago and there we are seeing wheat stem rust on a large scale,” said Hodson.

“Colleagues in Siberia and Kazakhstan are reporting something like three million hectares of wheat were affected by stem rust in the last couple of years. Something like three million tonnes of wheat were probably lost in those outbreaks.”

With the re-emergence of stem rust as a disease of concern in several regions. Future application of the new MinION technology to help with rapid diagnostics of new stem rust races is something the researchers would like to explore.

They also plan use this against other pathogens such as wheat blast, which recently jumped from South America to Bangladesh and is now threatening the wheat basket of South Asia.

“This disease is a real concern,” said Hodson. “At the moment we have no highly resistant varieties. If you get a conducive environment it’s likely to explode, and chemical control is not really effective. So that’s another target for this technology. If it works, this could be the proof of concept allowing us to scale up and target pathogens of other major food staples.  It could be a real game changer.”

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The CGIAR Big Data in Agriculture Convention 2017: An Alliance for a Data Revolution was held at CIAT headquarters in Cali, Colombia from 19-22 of September.

The CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture is co-led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Ever been curious about an app and hoped that you could test drive it before committing your money, data bundles and phone storage ? Well, Google will now let you do exactly that.

A new update to the Google Play store will let you use an app before downloading it. This technology is made possible by Instant Apps. With this technique, an app is divided into small pieces that can be accessed without having to download the whole package. A button labeled “Try it Now” will denote apps with this feature. Initially, the Instant Apps were meant for people who want to use a certain functionality in a particular app without needing the other services bundled in. For instance, you could book a hotel room by tapping into that feature in the Trip Advisor app, once done, the app disappears.

With the Play Store update , you can test apps by streaming chunks of their interface the same way you browse pages on the internet. This could be useful in deciding which premium apps are worth your money or which large games are worth your data bundles.

At the moment, only a few apps can be “tried”, they include Hollar, Skyscanner, BuzzFeed, Onefootball Live, Red Bull TV, dotlooop, ShareThe Meal, and The New York Time Crossword Puzzle. Google already released the technology to the public and it will be a matter of time before more apps are added.

HMD Global has added a new Nokia device into their lineup, the Nokia 7. The device seems to be a smaller version of the flagship Nokia 8 minus the dual camera and high ends internals. It retains some of the features that made the 8 unique such as OZO audio and Carl Zeiss camera lens.

Nokia 7, just as the name suggests, it is in the middle of the Nokia 6 and the 8 in both specifications and price. The device, however, is smaller in size at 5.2 inches with a Full HD resolution (1080p) and a 2.5D glass covering it.

It’s headlining feature is the Bothie camera mode in which both the rear camera and the selfie one snap photos at the same time. The person taking the photo becomes part of the final image. The screen is split into two viewfinders to show you what both cameras are capturing. Video and sound recording has been enhanced by Nokia OZO audio which uses 3 mics to capture sounds in three dimensions (3D).

The rear camera is 16MP f/1.8 while the selfie one is 5MP f/2.0 with 120 degree wide angle field of view. The bright aperture of the back camera will work together with the dual tone dual-LED flash to produce remarkable pictures even at night.

Under the hood, we have a Snapdragon 630 – known for energy efficiency – which translates to great battery life. There will be two RAM options, 4GB and 6GB, both have 64GB expandable internal storage. Android 7 Nougat runs the show, but HMD promises to update it to Oreo soon.

The battery pack is set at 3000mAh with fast charge enabled through a USB-C. Luckily, the 3.5 mm jack is present and so is a rear mounted fingerprint reader. The whole package is in an aluminum build with IP54 rating, meaning that it is splash proof (rain drops) , not water proof.

The device will initially be available in China ( just like the Nokia 6 did) but will be available in other markets soon. It is priced at CNY 2,499 (Around $370, KSh 37,000)

Did you know that 60% of small businesses fail within 6 months after they have been a victim of cyber-attack? At the same time, 55% of businesses that bring in less than $10 million in annual revenue report that they have been targets of at one data breach. With such shocking statistics, it is a necessity to have a Cyber Risk insurance in place. Data is a business’s most valuable asset but unfortunately it is also the most target one by cyber-attacks, yet standard insurance policies do not cover these risks. AON has a solution for you, but let us first understand why a business requires it. Here are the 5 main reasons why your business needs a Cyber Risk Insurance

1. Cyber-attacks have the ability to cripple a business just like other physical occurrences; however, standard business interruption insurance does not cover it.
2. Cybercrime is the fastest growing crime globally; it has the potential of being launched from any corner of the world specifically targeting your business as well as others with the same attributes. Yet again, standard property or crime insurance policies do not cover it.
3. Customers trust your business with their personal identification information; other third parties do the same as well. If this information is lost or leaked, your business is held liable and big penalties are enforced.
4. Your company’s reputation is your number one asset, it should be a priority to defend it and insure it. Being a victim of a Cyber-attack can do a lot of damage to the company’s image especially if there is no corrective measure put in place.
5. It is a big misconception that cyber criminals only target large corporations. The truth is that businesses of all sizes and across all industries are at risk.

AON, a global professional services firm that provides risk solutions among other products, recently launched Cyber Enterprise Solutions, it enables businesses to remain protected against cyber criminals, data loss and the potential damages that may come from a cyber-incident . The solution is classified under property/casualty and Internet of Things insurance policy. The Cyber Enterprise Solutions provides;

• Cover for property damaged due to a network security breach
• Products liability to address Internet of Things exposures
• Business interruption and extra expense coverage caused by systems failure
• Contingent network business interruption for IT vendors and the supply chain
• Cyber terrorism coverage
• Privacy/security liability and the coverage of expense brought by such an event
• Media liability and technology errors and omissions by endorsement.

If you are planning to remodel or otherwise improve the construction of your home, you might be split between being very excited and very scared because you don’t know how you will come up with all the necessary funds. Such a project requires a pretty large capital, and not everyone can muster that kind of money in a short period. Depending on what kind of work you want to do on your house, postponing them would be not only an inconvenience but also a threat to your safety if you needed to repair or strengthen something. So what can be done in such a situation, where you have large expenses and not enough money?

There are in fact multiple ways in which you can obtain a loan and pay for your home remodeling or construction work, even if you have existing debts or bad credit, thanks to unsecured personal loans for bad credit. Let’s see what another kind of loans you can get.

Looking online

While you might look at banks as traditional lenders, you should know that there are a lot more options available out there. For instance, you can resort to online lenders to finance your project. They usually look at different eligibility criteria when deciding whether or not to finance you, and that can be a great advantage for someone with bad credit. If you have a good profession or a high education, you have far better chances of getting such a loan.

Joining a union

Credit unions offer the distinct advantage of “taking care of their own.” Just like in a big family, you are more likely to be helped out even if you don’t necessarily meet all of the requirements that other lenders ask of you. Finding a credit union to join isn’t that difficult, and you can start looking for such organizations tied to your community or place of work.

Inquire about government projects

Often, governments offer aid for different types of projects or operations. Before you look into any other type of financing, it’s best to inquire if your local authorities aren’t offering some financial aid or funding through a project, that would allow you to tap into free financing or highly beneficial loans.

Family loans

It’s a good idea not to mix family and money, but when you and your family are close, it can be very beneficial for you and your home to ask for a loan from people that trust you, and you trust back. Acquiring such a loan might pout some moral pressure on you, but you have the opportunity of getting a bigger loan than a bank might give you, provided the relative in question can afford it.

There are always solutions for those in need of extra funding. It’s just a matter of looking in the right places, and when it comes to important expenses such as those regarding your house, different programs or projects can also provide aid.

We have been thinking about live casinos for some time and started asking our readers to give us clues on when they think live casinos were invented and where.

However, most of them still confuse live casinos with online casinos and today we want to explain the difference between the two and look at why live casinos are still great today. To use analogies, the major difference is live interaction. Playing a live casino is like holding a conversation with friends or family while online casinos are like monologues, you talking to yourself.

So, anyone playing a live casino is like a football player playing in a game with several others, whether it’s a top league or not but at least not on their own. Online casinos on the other hand are like computer games, you are sitting alone and playing yourself to win against a computer software. Live casinos are therefore more realistic and interactive and fun.

To give a small description, though it is played in a studio, a live casino involves real people and is like being in a conference video call only this time it’s a physical casino streamed live with a real-life live casino dealer, a casino gambling table, cards and a roulette wheel for gambling and other real players who could be sitting in in one room, in one country or region or be spread across the world.

Advantages

Because not everyone can afford going to a physical casino, live casinos have proven to be the best alternatives for both the players and live dealers or owners. Live dealers can set higher bet limits and make more money out of them while for players they are less costly to join in and play than physical ones.

Live Casinos have high-end equipment and hire professional live dealers and technicians giving players the best experience ever than online casinos which are just websites allowing people to play from their computers. On experience, live casinos beat online roulette, online blackjack and online poker because of live interaction.

There is a probability of chat feature allowing live casino players to talk to each other or the live dealer unlike in online casinos where the players play with computer software without other people to talk to or engage. The softwares are only created to win or lose and there is no interaction with other players at all.

Playing live casinos assures a win as the other end has real players with real online accounts and money deposited into their accounts unlike on online casinos most of which are just spam accounts or databases mining people’s contact details for sell.

For live dealers, this is also an assured business model as they are sure the players are real, some of them are long running customers and some are even friends therefore it’s a real business and has a future unlike onine casinos. The players play with real players and the live dealer deals with real players in a live casino.

Live casinos allow players to monitor the game and other players and even the live dealer because they can see everything that’s taking place. Like we said earlier, it’s like an online video conference, so players see each other and see the dealer too and they can literally see everything the dealer is doing in real-time.

These makes live casinos better than online casinos because online casinos are just websites run by computer generated software and might not have people running them all the time.

Live casinos have a level of professionalism because the live dealers are trained and have to pass exams and practical tests to be qualified and certified to run one.  They are also trained to play and deal with several cards, tables, camera, players and equipment among others.

So sign up for an account, load some money into your account and get some real players to beat this weekend instead of being beaten by computer software all the time. You can also be a VIP player and play with some other VIP players in your region or around the world as if you were with them in a physical casino playing the roulette.

Rewiring newsrooms for the digital age isn’t easy because they are complex, fragile machines that struggle daily with the balance between churning out large quantities of content while striving to create journalistic perfection.

You can seldom just flick a switch, or plug in new people and new systems. Real digital transformation is much messier, and involves reskilling people rather than wholesale replacement.

That’s why Code for Africa (CfA) is partnering with Google News Lab and the World Bank’s Global Media Development Programme, to launch an intensive digital skills programme in  Abuja , Cape Town, Casablanca , Dakar , Dar es Salaam , Durban , Freetown , Johannesburg , Kampala , Lagos , Nairobi and Yaoundé

The initiative, run as an Academy out of CfA’s award-winning StoryLab journalism laboratory, will also offer a free online course in for journalists anywhere in Africa.

The course modules beginning with Web Fundamentals to give basic digital skills for newsrooms, alongside more advanced specialist tracks for data journalists, investigative reporters, geo-journalists and multimedia storytelling. There will also be standalone modules on news verification / digital fact-checking to help journalists combat fake news, as well as digital security modules to help keep journalists and their sources safe.

Lessons will include video explainers, concise tip-sheets and exercises to immediately try out new skills. Participants will be able to tailor courses to their most pressing needs, by mixing and matching modules. Journalists who need help fast, while on deadline, will be able to learn the exact tool they need in minutes.

Apply here to participate in the academy.

 Let’s just admit it, it happened to all of us when we sit down on our laptop or computer, turn it on to get some unfinished work done and entered the password. But suddenly it started showing INCORRECT PASSWORD! So, you checked every last piece of details on your drawer and text files but still no password seem to work anymore. Well, the worst news is that you have reached an ugly impact where you can finally accept that you no longer remember your password.

This can be a furious and despondent situation especially if you wanted to use your computer for some emergency task. In addition, without entering the correct password, you won’t be able to access any data contained inside your system. So, you must be wondering what to do now and how to bypass Windows 7/8/10 password.

The good news is that it is possible to reset your Windows computer login password and in this comprehensive guide, we are going to demonstrate 3 amazing ways to accomplish that.

Solution #1: Format and Re-install Windows again

So, this is one of the easiest solutions but does come with a huge drawback. If you choose to format your primary disk and re-install Windows then remember that it will indeed get rid of the password from your system but at the time you will have to say good bye to all of your precious data inside your PC. So, this part is only recommended if you have no regret losing any data.

Step 1. Insert the Windows bootable disc on your computer and restart it.

Step 2. Windows will load its files automatically upon startup and a new installation window will appear.

Step 3. Click on “Install Now” and customize the settings according to your requirement.

Step 4. Finally format the PC and re-install Windows in your C drive and the password will be automatically removed.

Cons –

• All data from your primary disk will be permanently removed.
• Frequent Windows installation will cause data scratch.

Solution #2: Reset Windows 7/8/10 password from Guest account

If you have setup a guest account for your computer then changing password of your main account will be incredibly easy if you could simply follow these below steps –

Step 1. First turn on your computer and enter into your PC via guest account. Usually guest accounts do not require any password to sign in.

Step 2. Right-click on “My Computer” and click on “Manage” to open the computer management application.

Step 3. Select “Local Users and Groups” from the left sidebar option and then click on “Users”.

Step 4. It will show all the accounts registered on your computer. Simply right-click on the account that is currently locked and choose “Set Password”. Enter the password twice and apply the changes.

Now reboot your PC and you should be able to logon using the new password.

Cons –

• Only works if the guest account has administrator privileges.
• Guest accounts must be registered before you forgot the password.

Solution #3: Reset Windows Login Password with Password Recovery Utility

Since, the above mentioned methods has huge limitations, there’s a rare chance of getting your computer unlocked with them. But, stop worrying because we are saving the best solution at the last. In this final part, we will be showing you show to reset any Windows computer password with Windows password recovery utility.

iSeePassword – Windows Password Recovery Pro is a remarkable and innovative solution to reset and bypass Windows sign in password independently. It can reset any length of password without re-installing Windows or formatting the computer. It can totally remove the password protection from your PC making it easier to logon without any password at all. It is totally compatible with every Windows version including Windows 7/8/10 and other Windows versions such as XP, Vista, 95/98/2000.

It can unlock all 4 types of accounts such as administrator, Microsoft, root and domain profiles. It works excellently with over 7000+ desktop and laptop brands like Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, Dell, and Acer and so on.

Let us show how to create a password reset disk in 2 ways with iSeePassword program and use it to unlock your Windows PC.

Step 1. Grab a distinct accessible computer and install Windows password recovery tool in it. Next, open the tool and insert a blank CD/DVD or flash drive to your computer.

Step 2.  Create a password reset disk by clicking on “Burn USB” if you are using a flash drive and “Burn CD/DVD” if you are using a compact disc. It will take few minutes but when it’s done, you will see the following screenshot –

Step 3. Pull out the password reset disk and insert it on your protected PC. Boot from it and wait for the password recovery tool to appear on the screen. Now, choose the Windows version that you are using and pick the username that is currently locked out. Next, hit the “Reset Password” button and restart your PC.

CHA-CHANGG!!! Password is completely gone from your PC. Now enjoy and use your PC normally.

Conclusion –

And there you have it! A conclusive prove that you can reset your Windows logon password even if you forget it. iSeePassword – Windows Password Recovery Pro has been the best password reset tool reviewed and rated by thousands of satisfied customers. In the future, try to write down the password on a piece of paper or text word file so that you can retrieve it again if you forget it. Thanks for reading the article and have a nice day!

Just like last year, Huawei released 3 versions of their top tier phone, a standard, a Pro and a luxurious Porsche Design version. The three of them live up to the Mate Series legacy of big screens, big battery, big performance. Building up from last year, the Mate series upgraded the Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities (something that Apple borrowed from them) and also introduced glass construction.

Huawei Mate 10

This is the smallest and most affordable of the group and probably the one that will see the widest availability in international markets. This year all models have glossy glass construction on the front and back with a metallic frame holding the panels together, there is a horizontal matte strip at the camera that gives the Mate series a unique distinction from the sea of glass devices. This standard version comes with a 5.9 inches just like last year but the bezels are much smaller now. The device isn’t bezel-less like the 18:9 devices we have been seeing lately (That was reserved for the pro), but it has significantly reduced bezels. It retains the 16:9 aspect ratio and comes with QHD resolution and front mounted fingerprint sensor. The screen also supports the highly acclaimed HDR10 tech for superior colours and contrast, it is however, an LCD variant.

What Huawei is most proud of is the Kirin 970 processor. It comes with a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that has machine learning capabilities for enhanced AI features. Most essential actions in the device will have an AI aspect attached to it like camera zooming. The processor is 25% more powerful than its predecessor and the new Mali G72 MP12 is a whopping 4X the raw power of last year’s Mali G71. Both are more energy efficient, up to 8X less battery draw from the GPU. They are assisted by 4GB RAM and 64GB internal.

Battery life is always a priority of the Mate series, this time, they have retained a 4000mAh battery which should be super long lasting considering the devices energy efficient internals and the Android 8 Oreo running under the AI-heavy EMUI 8.0. Fast charge has been implemented under the company’s SuperCharge technology, it promises a full day’s charge in just 20 minutes.

The device comes with Projection mode which turns your phone into a desktop computer experience by simply connecting it to a monitor via the USB-C to Display port. Unlike Samsung Dex, no additional adapters are required. Speaking of ports, the 3.5mm audio jack port is still present and so is the MicroSD slot which is of the hybrid variant (can either accommodate a SIM card or an SD card).

The device will cost 700 Euros ($823 KSh 79,999 in Kenya) and will be on shelves by mid-November.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro

This one is just like the Standard Mate 10 apart from a few changes, it has a full screen display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. It is of the AMOLED type. The resolution is however lower at Full HD which is strange for a pro version but a great move for battery-conscious customers. The screen is HR10 enabled as well.

The camera, internals, battery and software are all similar to the Standard Mate 10. Oddly, the pro neither has a 3.5mm audio jack nor a Micro SD slot, but as a consolation, you get IP67 dust and water resistance plus an extra version with 6GB RAM, 128GB internal storage. The Pro will cost 800 Euros ($940, KSh 89,999 in Kenya)

Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design

This one is the luxury version which comes with a design that is a bit different, the camera section has a vertical strip instead of a horizontal one like in the Standard and Pro variants.

It comes in an 18:9 aspect ratio AMOLED screen. The internal storage is set at 256GB and 6GB RAM. Everything else is similar to the Pro version (yes audio jack and Micro SD slot are missing here as well). As usual , Porsche Design products come with a higher price tag, this version will go for 1400 Euros ($!640).

New Accessories

Huawei also launched three accessories: the EnVizion 360 Camera, SuperCharge Power Bank, and Smart Scale.

• The EnVizion 360 Camera can shoot 5K photos and 360-degree 2K videos with multiple viewing modes. The content is sharable across their social media channels.
• Huawei’s SuperCharge Power Bank supports a 4.5V / 5A low-voltage fast charge.
• The Smart Scale can monitor and analyze health information such as body fat percentage and Body Mass Index through a mobile app.