Tech & Tonic S02 Episode 21 - The Quiet Before the Storm Samsung and HUAWEI are Launching New Stuff!

There are a few things coming our way in August 2021. Before the eventful month though, it is a little on the quiet side, understandably. At least Tokyo 2020 Olympics games are finally under way at this time. We focus on things we can look forward to in August though.

HUAWEI is finally launching their HUAWEI P50 series at the end of July 2021. While there are no word on global availability on the new HUAWEI flagship series yet, we are expecting big things from the Chinese electronics giant. We are also excited for what is next for Mobile Photography by HUAWEI, especially since there has been renders and teasers from HUAWEI.

Samsung is also having their big event in August. Unfortunately it is no more a Samsung Galaxy Note event. Instead, we are most definitely getting the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip devices for the year 2021/2022. The new Z Fold device is also touted to come with S Pen compatibility. We are expecting more improvements obviously with the foldable display technology.

Obviously, it will not be Samsung's August Galaxy Unpacked event if they do not announce the next generation Samsung Galaxy Watch series. The new Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is supposed to be one of the first, if not the first smartwatch to come with Google's new Wear OS 3. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is supposed to also come with their own One UI touch up done on top of Google Wear OS 3. This will also be the first time Samsung packs their smartwatch with Google's Wearable platform.

The Google Wear OS 3 a huge departure from both Samsung's Tizen and Google's own Wear OS 2 though. It is such a huge departure that most current generation Wear OS devices and all of Samsung's older Galaxy Watch platform will not be updated to the platform. So is it still the right time to buy a smartwatch as an Android user?