translated from Spanish: What Huawei’s first phone is like without Google apps

On Thursday, one of the most anticipated quotes of the year in the world of technology took place in Munich, Germany.
There, Chinese giant Huawei unveiled its Huawei Mate 30 that will compete with Apple’s iPhone 11 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10.
This is the first introduction of a new phone since US President Donald Trump included Chinese phone manufacturer on his list of “dangerous” domestic security companies and banned U.S. companies trade with Huawei.
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Washington imposed this ban in May, claiming that Huawei’s products compromise national security, as these could be used by Chinese authorities for espionage.
The indictment has always been denied by the company.
Android open
As said Richard Yu, CEO of the company’s mobile division, Huawei’s new devices are more compact, their cameras are better and their screens are brighter.
But unlike previous models, Huawei’s new models do not have The official operating system of Google, Android.
Therefore, they don’t have pre-installed apps like Maps, Gmail, YouTube or the Play Store.
What they have is a custom open source Android version, completed by Emui, the Chinese manufacturer’s own interface.
The release of Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro was one of the most anticipated events in the world of technology. This open version of Android has all the features and compatibility of the “official” Android, but it is intended so that anyone can create a variant of this operating system developed by a third party that does not have a link to Google.
So, if users want to use apps that don’t come with their phone, they’ll need to download them from app stores other than Google Play, or download them directly from their own website.
The phones feature Huawei mobile service (HMS) that gives the user access to the more than 11,000 apps that are available in the AppGallery, the company’s app store.
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The Chinese company emphasized that they continue to work so that the phones are ready at the time of the sale in the coming months so that “the user can in a very easy way access the applications that he/she has already been using”, as is the case of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
Mobile features
Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro are powered by a Kirin 990 processor, which integrates 5G processing and modem on a single chip.
This processor is 23% more than the previous generation and is compatible with 2G/3G/4G and 5G networks (NSA and SA networks).
The Mate 30 version has a triple camera system. The Mate 30 version has a triple camera system, consisting of a SuperSensing sensor of 40 megapixels, an ultra wide angle of 16 megapixels and a telephoto lens of 8 megapixels.
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The 30 Pro version has a quad camera with two main 40 megapixel sensors, an 8-megapixel telephoto camera) and a 3D depth detection sensor.
And for anyone who cares about the colors of the device, they come in black, silver, emerald green and purple.

Original source in Spanish