Huawei and Porsche Design amps up the best features of the P20 Pro with the Mate RS, including the price

 

An exorbitant amount of money will need to be shelled out if you’re even thinking about getting the Porsche Design version of the P20 phones. Called the Porsche Huawei Mate RS, this extremely high-end version of the P20 Pro. This one packs in two fingerprint readers, a 512GB storage option, 6-inch OLED screen, Kirin 970 processor, Android 8.1, 6GB of RAM, IP67 rating, 4,000mAh battery with wireless charging support, and no top notch in sight. Of course, you get the Leica co-branded triple camera system you’ve seen in the P20 Pro. But you will pay a pretty penny for this. The 256GB version is priced €1,695 (around $2,700 CAD) and the 512GB version is priced at €2,095 (around $3,300 CAD).

No word yet if this phone will make its way here but it is launching in China, Hong Kong, and Macau on April 12^th, and will then be launched in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. It’s also expected to launch in Southeast Asia in the middle of May.

Source: CNET

Huawei outs AirPods-inspired FreeBuds

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It seems the P20 and P20 Pro aren’t the only Apple iPhone X-inspired products Huawei launched. Huawei also unveiled at its Paris event the FreeBuds, which you can easily mistake for AirPods, but it comes in either black or white, unlike Apple’s version. The FreeBuds promise 10 hours of playback when it’s fully charged, which is double the capacity of the AirPods. It also comes with a charging case that with its horizontal orientation makes it look like “you’re putting the FreeBuds to rest in a tiny twin coffin,” according to The Verge. Huawei claims the FreeBuds will offer better noise isolation with its in-ear designs but that has to be tested first, of course. The FreeBuds retail for €159 (around $250 CAD).

Huawei sets the bar high with new P20 and P20 Pro with a 68 megapixel Triple-Lens camera

Huawei has announced the P20 and  P20 Pro smartphones. The HUAWEI P20 Pro features the world’s first Leica triple camera with 68 megapixels and both devices include unprecedented AI advances, combining technology and art to bring to life a groundbreaking smartphone experience.

Huawei set new expectations for smartphone photography with the launch of the HUAWEI P9, the first Leica dual camera. With the debut of the Huawei P20 Series, Huawei makes capturing professional quality images a truly effortless experience for everyone.

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Apple launches education-focused iPad with Pencil support

Apple's unveiled a new iPad focused on the education market that can now work with the Apple Pencil. This new iPad features the Apple-designed A10 Fusion chip with 64‑bit desktop-class architecture, delivering 40 percent faster CPU and 50 percent faster graphics. Pricing in Canada will be $429 and the Apple Pencil will cost $129 and is an optional accessory.

Apple is trying to sweeten the deal for schools by giving them an educational price of $399 for the entry-level 32GB iPad and the Apple Pencil has been discounted to $115. The tablet is available for preorder today and availability begins next week.

Apple is also giving 200GB free iCloud storage for every Managed ID Account. The company also revealed a new ClassKit educational framework  that allows integration with educational apps.