- Huawei has refuted a rumor that its partnership with Leica has expired.
- The rumor comes about a prominent Weibo leaker.
- Huawei has been working with Leica since 2016.
Huawei and the camera company Leica teamed up for the Huawei P9 back in 2016. The camera company has contributed to image processing, UI design, and camera module design. Since then, we’ve seen numerous Huawei flagships wrap the Leica branding.
Now Huawei has disproved a claim that the partnership between the two companies has indeed expired. More precisely, said the Chinese brand Android Authority that the claim was “absolutely false news”.
The source of the claim is the common Weibo Tipster Digital Chat Station, which also claimed Leica was contacted by other Chinese smartphone manufacturers. Check out a screenshot of the machine-translated post below.
Recognition: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
We also contacted Leica to confirm the claim, but a representative said so Android Authority that they “have no information about the termination of the partnership”.
All of Huawei’s flagships since the Huawei P9 2016 were released as part of the collaboration with Leica, which coincided with Huawei’s rise as a major photography powerhouse.
The company has probably put the P9 on the map for photography because of its well-maintained dual rear camera system (12-megapixel camera plus 12-megapixel monochrome camera). Other notable phones released as part of the Leica partnership are the Huawei P20 series (which will be the first to offer the new generation night-time generation) and the Huawei P30 series which incorporate a Sony RYYB camera sensor for improved performance in poor conditions Contains lighting conditions.
The latest Huawei Mate 40 phones also have the Leica branding, and we thought the Mate 40 Pro produced amazing pictures in our test. So expect future flagships to continue the Leica trend.
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