CORRECTION: The Oukitel U18's dual camera has 16MP and 5MP lenses, not 16MP and 13MP as I said in this episode.
This week on the Friday News Update:
- Intel announces the new Vaunt smart glasses, which use lasers to project notifications, directions and apps onto your eyes
- Oukitel announces the £140 U18 smartphone that copies both the iPhone X and Huawei Mate 10 Pro, with a 21:9 screen, an iPhone X style notch and facial recognition
- Apple starts sending out HomePods, but have an otherwise bad week with code from an iOS security feature posted online, worrying people that hackers could use it to create dangerous viruses, iPhone 7 and X bugs and AirPods apparently... exploding
- Huawei release the budget Honor 9 Lite and Huawei P Smart with bezel-less screens and dual cameras in the UK, and also announce that the Huawei P20 will be announced on the 27th of March. Plus images of the P20 Lite emerge online
- HTC U12 apparently caught on camera at a 5G event
- Google could be working on a game streaming service
- LG could announce a V30s at MWC with an AI camera feature

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