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modems, and adds plenty of tweaks and features on
top of Android.
Let’s not forget what’s waiting in the wings:
Huawei’s first folding phone, the Mate X. Huawei was
presumably working with Google to iron out the kinks
in the unique UI ahead of its upcoming release, but
now Huawei could use the hotly-anticipated phone
to showcase its hardware and software innovations.
After Samsung’s Galaxy Fold suffered a setback, there’s
no reason to rush.
If smartphone giant Huawei is able to divorce
itself from Google and Android without fading into
irrelevancy, it would change everything about the
smartphone landscape. Android would no longerThe Huawei Mate X
could be the phone that
changes everything