Huawei is yet again caught in the act for claiming that DSLR images were taken by their smartphones.
In an article by South China Morning Post, there was a photography contest hosted by Huawei on Chinese forum Weibo, trying to showcase the capabilities of their cameras.
Huawei featured a video on the forum showcasing the best images “taken with Huawei smartphones”, which caught the eye of Weibo user Jamie-Hua as some of those photos looked familiar to him.
Turns out, those images were taken with a Nikon D850, US$3,000 professional-grade camera. In addition, the photos were actually available on 500px, a photography community taken by Su Tie.
Huawei has apologised for the error, stating oversight by its editors. The video no longer says that it was taken by Huawei smartphones, rather it was drawn from Huawei’s Next-Image community instead.