Huawei may launch dual OS laptop running on Windows and Android

With the successful launch of the Nexus 6P, Mate S and Mate 8, Huawei’s smartphone shipment exceeded 100 million in 2015. Moreover, the company’s sub-brand Honor made its US debut at the CES 2016 earlier this month. Now speculations indicate that the leading Chinese handset vendor has plans to enter the PC market in 2016.

A report by GizmoChina states that Huawei is working on a hybrid laptop PC which can boot two operating systems. This means the device can be used as a standard laptop as well as a tablet with a detachable keyboard. The report also specifies that the hybrid PC will be able to run on both Android OS with EMUI top as well as Windows 10.

According to GSM Arena, the laptop hybrid will also be accompanied by a stylus to offer wider functionality to users . Many details on the hardware specifications are unavailable now. However, Huawei may team up with Intel to power its first laptop.

Although there isn’t any specific time frame, the industry speculates that the dual OS laptop hybrid by Huawei may hit the market sometime in 2016. The device may prove to be tough competitor against Microsoft’s Surface lineup in the 2-in-1 market.

Huawei is rumoured to announce its entry in the PC market at the MWC 2016.

Xiaomi launched its Mi Pad 2 in November 2015. The 64GB variant of the device can run on both Android and Windows 10 OS. The company reportedly sold its entire inventory of the 64GB Mi Pad 2 in less than a minute at 1299 Chinese Yuan (AU$275). The 16GB variant of Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 can only run on Android OS.

The Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 sports a 7.9-inch display screen with a resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels. Powered by a quad-core 2.24 GHz 2.2GHz processor and 2GB of RAM, the slate houses a massive 6,190 mAh battery.