First look at Huawei’s mystery wide-screen phone from its newest sub-brand

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
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• 6h ago

Last month, I reported on Huawei's new sub-brand, Xingmang, which translates to "Starlight." Huawei's executive director Richard Yu confirmed on Weibo that the new brand will be unveiled on November 20 under the English name OSTA. Now, thanks to the latest leak, we can take a look at the first device from this Huawei spin-off brand. OSTA O1 Pro phone images leak The latest leak comes from our good old friend Digital Chat Station and provides a visual look at the upcoming OSTA O1 Pro device. The...

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
Arena Legend
• 5h ago

Wide screen phones are making a comeback. PSA, Huawei isn't the first one to come up with this concept. BlackBerry actually did this before with the Passport, and it wasn't DOA in major markets. Plus the Passport could run Android APKs without a string of workarounds. If these devices don't have access to Google services or the Play Store, then it's pretty much DOA outside of China.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
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• 4h ago

Interested to see what Huawei's new OSTA brand will bring to the market. Huawei reintroducing the wide style format in smartphones has caught on with other OEM's. Whatever these devices bring, I'm anticipating great sales from Huawei, especially as they are the #1 OEM in their own market, which just so happens to be the the worlds largest market for smartphones. Huawei sells so many devices there that they are on the global charts, unlike a certain brand that's pretty much DOA outside of their own market (the U.S. market), and pretty much beaten down there as well by certain other brands.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
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• 1h ago

It's nice that Huawei is reintroducing something that's already been done by a defunct OEM, but an OEM that had far better offerings than what Huawei can currently produce. When you compare that OEM to Huawei, it's easy to see why I said Huawei is practically crippled outside of China because they lack essential features and apps that other platforms have access to. This is something multiple users have indicated here despite what is being said currently.

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meanestgenius
meanestgenius
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• 1h ago

It's great that Huawei has reintroduced something that's already that has caught on with other OEM's and that is in such high demand. I remember when BlackBerry introduced a wide style device, easily better than what a certain OEM releases with its bug ridden products. And when you compare the bug ridden OEM's products to Huawei's, it's easy to see why I said the bug ridden OEM's prodicts are practically crippled and unwanted outside of the U.S., because said OEM lacks essential features and lacks stable and bug free hardware and software that other OEM's have access to. This is something multiple users have indicated here despite what is being said currently.

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Bruce_Wayne
Bruce_Wayne
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• 8m ago

Sounds like someone needs to focus less on "bug ridden devices" and more on a keyboard that actually functions. Sounds like someone needs to really needs to advocate for a pkb like device instead of focusing on heresay when it comes to other "PRODUCTS" lol. That being said, when you have multiple users plus PA saying that Huawei not having access to Google services or Android renders them DOA outside of China, then clearly what I am saying has merit vs. assumed bias for something that can't even properly watch a YouTube video.

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