Huawei: Mate 10 "is not a smartphone"

by Florin Troaca / Sep 29, 2017, 8:13 AM

Huawei today revealed a brand new teaser video with the purpose of making fans excited about the upcoming Mate 10 smartphone series. In the video - embedded below - Huawei actually argues that the Mate 10 "is not a smartphone", but "an intelligent machine," as it sees, thinks, and learns "like us, for us."

The video also shows a dual rear camera (we already knew about this), and a metallic frame. According to rumors, the Mate 10 series will include three smartphones - a regular Mate 10, a Mate 10 Lite, and a Mate 10 Pro.

As previously reported, the Mate 10 series will have AI (Artificial Intelligence) built in, thanks to Huawei's brand new octa-core Kirin 970 processor. The company mentioned that this would be the "world's first mobile AI chip with a dedicated NPU (Neural Processing Unit)" - it remains to be seen how useful that is.

We're certainly looking forward to finding out what the Huawei Mate 10 can offer in terms of Artificial Intelligence and overall performance. Huawei will officially unveil the Mate 10 family on October 16 in Munich. Stay tuned!

Delivering the ultimate experience, going beyond smart, using the transformative power of #AI. Welcome to intelligent. #HuaweiMate10 pic.twitter.com/u9yD1mhdYy
— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) September 29, 2017

source: Huawei Mobile (Twitter)

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43 Comments

1. TMHKR

Posts: 202; Member since: Dec 08, 2012

Neural processing unit? One day it will evolve and say "F**k off Joe, go send your messages by yourself" :)

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:20 AM 10

4. Lumbergh

Posts: 463; Member since: Feb 14, 2016

I can see it now: "Joe, voluntarily texted your wife confessing your love for your mistress. No more side pieces, Joe."

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:38 AM 10

26. tedkord

Posts: 17356; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

I'm not worrying until it asks me if I know where Sarah Connor is.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 10:17 AM 14

6. Bankz

Posts: 2543; Member since: Apr 08, 2016

This is looking like the phone of the year tbh.. This and the ipX.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:42 AM 0

10. L0n3n1nja

Posts: 1557; Member since: Jul 12, 2016

Gotta love that FPS under the screen.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:08 AM 14

23. Sammy_DEVIL737

Posts: 1529; Member since: Nov 28, 2016

LMAO. You forgot that 512 gigs of storage.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:58 AM 4

32. trojan_horse

Posts: 5868; Member since: May 06, 2016

And he also forgot that under-display Fingerprint scanner. :))

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 12:38 PM 4

20. HouTexan

Posts: 461; Member since: Jan 08, 2012

Lol @ "ipX". You're quite delusional.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:43 AM 3

8. bucknassty

Posts: 1337; Member since: Mar 24, 2017

lol that is funny... but does qualcomm have some catching up to do, i feel as if their cpu architecture is falling behind... maybe the 810 really messed them up

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:51 AM 1

13. Nine1Sickness

Posts: 896; Member since: Jan 30, 2011

“Stop jerking off on the toilet Joe, your d ck is blue.”

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:23 AM 0

27. ancellim

Posts: 39; Member since: Mar 24, 2014

Reminds me of iFruit 9iX lol

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 10:58 AM 0

43. TheOracle1

Posts: 2260; Member since: May 04, 2015

And here it is:https://www.gizmochina.com/2017/10/01/huawei-mate-10-pro-gorgeous/

posted on Oct 01, 2017, 11:01 AM 0

2. miumiumiu

Posts: 11; Member since: Jun 18, 2017

AI is good and all but it is also scaring. Just think if one day it becomes Skynet or Ultron. The horror!

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:34 AM 1

30. Settings

Posts: 2943; Member since: Jul 02, 2014

I think opposite. If your name is Annie, it would regularly ask if you're OK. What a thoughtful phone ot would be.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 11:47 AM 0

3. roldefol

Posts: 4744; Member since: Jan 28, 2011

Sounds like typical marketing hype-rbole to me. Like when the iPhone changes everything, again, year after year.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:36 AM 1

12. BlackhawkFlys

Posts: 914; Member since: May 07, 2014

That's what companies do.. marketing is all about exaggeration... Every company does that.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:18 AM 2

28. roldefol

Posts: 4744; Member since: Jan 28, 2011

"This is not a smartphone. It is a GENIUSPHONE." *eyeroll*

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 11:02 AM 1

5. Bozzor

Posts: 248; Member since: May 02, 2012

So sloppy how the term AI is bandied about: it confuses people as to exactly what it means. With Siri, Cortana and Alexa, we already have types of AI via our smartphones, though the phone is an access point, with the AI in the cloud. Will be interesting to see how Huawei plays this...

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:38 AM 0

7. NexusX

Posts: 613; Member since: May 16, 2013

huawei is the most shameless me-too company i know. when they heard rumor about apple's force touch iphone, they immediately released a force touch phone weeks before apple just for bragging right, they did the same thing with dual-lens cameras. now apple is charging higher prices for their new iphones. they are most likely gonna charge more for their "premium devices" but they are not even in same league as samsung or apple in device support and/or camera quality this whole AI hype is probably huawei's way of introducing their Cortana/Siri/Alexa/Bixby/Google assistant competitor that does exactly the same thing or less with little to no future support. nothing to see here. move along

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 8:50 AM 0

15. dnomadic

Posts: 415; Member since: Feb 20, 2015

I'll give you force touch, but dual cameras were going on since the likes of the HTC Evo (I think). If a company senses a trend starting why wouldn't they release something that goes with the trend... You don't think Apple saw the trend coming resulting in the release of their dual snapper (LG G5/G6). Huawei is a pretty decent company with some high quality devices, with great processors and UX.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:30 AM 1

17. Bondurant

Posts: 781; Member since: Jun 04, 2014

Huawei introduced dual camera in Dec 2014 with the Honor 6 plus. Iphone 7 plus was released on Sept 2016. FAIL.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:39 AM 3

18. GolfPar

Posts: 2; Member since: Sep 29, 2017

This is false, Huawei has spent billion on Research and Development, take a look at their products before you call them "most shameless me-too company". It is Apple that is a shameless company that is stealing, other people's work and coping other companies technologies. What Apple does is wait for a new device with new technology to come, change little things and copy it and say "this is the future" and the gullible masses believe the crap Apple is putting out. "this whole AI hype is probably huawei's way of introducing their Cortana/Siri/Alexa/Bixby/Google assistant competitor that does exactly the same thing or less with little to no future support. nothing to see here. move along." Did you test their new phone and see what it does? I thought so.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:40 AM 2

22. GolfPar

Posts: 2; Member since: Sep 29, 2017

"they are most likely gonna charge more for their "premium devices" but they are not even in same league as samsung or apple in device support and/or camera quality," Take a look at the Mate 9, it came in 2016 and it still beats Samsung devices and Apple devices that came in 2017 in some things.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:47 AM 2

37. iushnt

Posts: 3103; Member since: Feb 06, 2013

How does Mate 9 beat Apple and Samsung devices. Please elaborate.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 9:48 PM 0

33. TheOracle1

Posts: 2260; Member since: May 04, 2015

Wrong. The Honor Magic came out in very limited release in China last year with this type of technology and this is obviously an evolution. It also follows the new trend in China of smart supermarkets which Xiaomi are opening and involves learning your shopping habits, pre-selecting items, pre-packaging for pick up or delivery, even cooking them for in store consumption or delivery. So Huawei aren't copying Crappl, it's the other way around. A friend who lives in China says that the use of this technology is becoming more common for most everyday tasks.

posted on Sep 29, 2017, 2:03 PM 1

9. therealestmc

Posts: 679; Member since: Jul 23, 2012

I doubt this is going to be any better than any AI available right now. Knowing Chinese companies, it will probably be an exact copy of what's already on the market.