Huawei has announced its latest MatePad Pro models – the MatePad Pro 12.6 and MatePad Pro 10.8 – along with the switch from EMUI 10.1 to HarmonyOS 2 operating system.
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The MatePad Pro 12.6 features a 12.6-inch OLED display, a Huawei Kirin 9000E processor, 256GB of ROM, and rear-facing cameras with an image resolution of up to 4160 x 3120 and a max video resolution of 3840 x 2160. The smaller MatePad Pro 10.8 has a 10.8-inch LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, between 128GB and 256GB of ROM, and the same rear-facing camera resolutions as the 12.6 (up to 4160 x 3120 for images, 3840 x 2160 for video).
Huawei's adoption of HarmonyOS as an alternative to its Android operating system has many users excited about its possibilities. The Wall Street Journal reports that the aim is to directly challenge Google's popular OS, possibly in response to recent US sanctions that revoked the company's access to Google Mobile Services.
Twitter user @Jasontech_ is interested in the possibilities of HarmonyOS, but is a bit wary. He says: "I'm very interested in what Huawei has in store with their HarmonyOS. To be honest, Huawei needs to knock this HarmonyOS out of the park. This is going to make or break the company."
