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Huawei’s new Galaxy Z Flip 5 challenger is coming this week

Huawei's been making foldable phones for a few years now. It has made devices in both the book-style and clamshell form factors, emulating what Samsung has achieved with its Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip lineups. There were rumors over the past few months that the company might be launching a new clamshell foldable […]

By Adnan Farooqui
4 months ago

Samsung and Huawei to explore new foldable designs as Oppo and Vivo retire

The global foldable phone market might develop in unexpected ways this year, as significant changes will reportedly happen to Huawei's, Oppo's, Vivo's, and Samsung's foldable product lineups and business strategies. According to a new report (via Hankyung), Huawei is planning to counter-attack Samsung's successful foldable phone business with a new dual-hinged / dual-folding phone. Huawei […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

Huawei is making more AI chips by cutting production of its most popular phone

Huawei took the world by surprise when it launched the Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro last year. Despite sanctions that prevent the company from sourcing advanced chips, including 5G modems, the device's China-made Kirin 9000s SoC provided 5G and satellite network connectivity. Naturally, the Mate 60 series ended up being one of Huawei's most […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 months ago

Huawei is readying a new foldable phone for a February release

Although Samsung is the leader in foldable phones globally, the company doesn't have as much pull in China, where customers prefer local brands. Huawei manufactures some of the most popular foldable phones in China, and according to new reports, the company is preparing to announce a new foldable device next month. A Huawei insider on […]

By Mihai Matei
5 months ago

Huawei’s HarmonyOS could beat Apple’s iOS in China to become second largest mobile OS

In China, Android has the largest share of the mobile operating system market, which stands at 77%. iOS is in second place with a 22% pie of the cake. The rest of the platforms make up less than 1% of the market share. So, looking at these numbers, one can confidently say that no mobile […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Global premium smartphone market to see record sales in 2023

In a new analysis, Counterpoint Research expects the global premium smartphone market (devices priced USD 600 and above) to grow by 6% year-over-year (YoY) in 2023 and set record sales. In other words, the research firm expects the sales of premium phones in 2023 to be 6% higher than that in 2022. That means the […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Huawei expects almost $100 billion revenue in 2023

Huawei expects more than CNY 700 billion ($98.5 billion) in revenue in 2023, said the Deputy Chairman and Rotating Chairman of Huawei, Ken Hu, in an internal New Year’s message, reports Reuters. That’s a 9% year-over-year growth in revenue, with Huawei reporting CNY 642 billion ($93.5 billion) in revenue in 2022. That’s a substantial growth […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
6 months ago

Huawei to start building factory in France next year

In 2020, Huawei announced that it would build a factory in France where the company would manufacture cellular network equipment. Since then, there has been no word from Huawei on the matter and no news around the topic, which suggests that the plan was dead. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Citing sources […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

Samsung still biggest foldable phone maker globally, but competition is rising fast

Samsung has been the world's biggest foldable smartphone brand for years, and it held on to its number one position in Q3 2023. According to a new report from DSCC, the foldable smartphone market had a bumper quarter in the July-September period, thanks to the launch of the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the Galaxy […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 months ago

Huawei is beating America’s chip ban with state investment fund’s help

America's chip ban on Huawei has left the company unable to source advance chipsets, but it's working hard to find a way around these sanctions. It has already come up with a custom 7nm 5G-enabled chipset, thereby eliminating concerns that Huawei may no longer be able to make 5G phones after the ban. A state […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 months ago

Huawei’s Starlink-like satellite internet service hits 660 Mbps speeds

Most people commonly know of Huawei as a consumer electronics manufacturer, and one that's been having struggles recently, due to its inability to source advanced chipsets due to US sanctions. However, Huawei is actually a bonafide telecommunications giant, and it's apparently working on something quite interesting. The company recently shared some results which show that […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 months ago

Despite sanctions workaround, Huawei can’t go after Samsung yet

There was a time when it seemed like Huawei would overtake Samsung as the world's leading smartphone vendor. The company enjoyed incredible support in its home country of China, a market where Samsung's share is so low that it could just exit altogether and no one would notice. It was also aggressively competing against Samsung […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 months ago

Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next will not support Android apps

In May 2019, the US banned Huawei from using American technology. It meant that the company could not use Android anymore, which was used by many products from the brand, including smartphones. So, in August 2019, Huawei announced its own operating system, HarmonyOS. It was based on AOSP and supported applications made for Android. However, […]

By Abid Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

Huawei might beat Samsung to triple-folding phones by March 2024

Samsung has been experimenting with various form factors based on foldable display technology. At MWC, we got our hands on prototype models such as the triple-folding Flex S and Flex G, as well as the Flex Note tablet-laptop hybrid. But so far, Samsung has only commercialized the Flip and Fold form factors. According to a […]

By Mihai Matei
8 months ago

Huawei to make its own camera sensors for smartphones

Huawei has been shut out of the North American market, but the company is doing everything it can to develop in-house smartphone components so that it doesn't need to depend on other firms for its smartphones and to avoid the trade ban imposed by the US. After developing its own smartphone processor with 5G connectivity, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 months ago

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