Berlin — Huawei aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition to take on rivals Samsung and Apple when it launches its new flagship phone in October, an executive said on Saturday. Richard Yu, CE of Huawei’s consumer business, revealed a powerful new mobile phone chip Huawei is betting on for its new flagship Mate 10 and other high-end phones to deliver faster processing and lower power consumption. Huawei will launch the Mate 10 and its sister phone, the Mate 10 Pro, in Munich on October 16, Yu confirmed. He declined to give details on new features, but the phones are expected to boast large, full-screen displays, tech blogs predict. Artificial intelligence (AI) built into its new chips can help make phones more personalised, or anticipate the actions and interests of their users, Yu said. As an example, he said, AI could enable real-time language translation, heed voice commands, or take advantage of augmented reality, which overlays text, ...
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