Quick hits: April 2022

In the continuation of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​a conference dedicated to technological innovations on stage until March 3, Honor has announced the new smartphone Magic 4 Pro.

At the end of 2020, the company had been sold by Huawei to a consortium of over 30 agents, resellers and distributors. Out of the control of the Chinese giant, the brand has reintroduced Google services in its phones, excluded from Huawei’s products due to the ongoing US ban.

Honor magic 4 pro is equipped with a recent

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, a 6.81-inch display and improved technology for the fingerprint recognition sensor. The photographic sector rests Among the manufacturers at the MWC is HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia-branded devices. 2021 was the first full year of operational profitability for the company, due to both the hardware department and the services department, the so-called Services Suite.

As for mobile phones, there are three new models that aim at the low-end of the market, with prices starting at 109 €. These are the C21, C21 Plus and C2 2nd edition, evolutions of the family of economic devices that recorded a growth in turnover of 41% from 2020 to 2021. The flagship of the C series, the Nokia C21 Plus is offered with two different battery sizes, 4000mAh and 5050mAh, it has a 6.5-inch HD + display, dual Apple has a 23% share in the European smartphone market throughout 2021, according to new data from Strategy Analytics. The iPhone had an 11% growth year on year, allowing the company to have a stable market share compared to 2020 and to position itself in second place.