Huawei has fired another salvo in its escalating battle with the US government. On Wednesday it announced it filed a legal challenge against the Federal Communications Commission’s decision last month to bar rural carriers in the US from using federal subsidies to purchase equipment from the embattled Chinese telecom giant. The FCC announced in November …
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Roberto De Jesús Escobar Gaviria, the brother of late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, is going toe-to-toe with the $1,500 Motorola Razr, $1,980 Samsung Galaxy Fold and $2,400 Huawei Mate X by releasing a foldable phone: the Escobar Fold 1. It’s a whole lot cheaper at $350, coming unlocked and compatible with “all networks” worldwide. The phone’s website and promotional …
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Can you imagine a phone with a 200-megapixel camera? The iPhone 11’s cameras boast only 12 megapixels, for context. But those massive-megapixel high-end phone photos could become a reality, Qualcomm said on Tuesday at its third annual Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, Hawaii. The Snapdragon 865 chipset will support a number of high-end phones in 2020, allowing for cameras up …
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We already knew Huawei’s Mate 30 couldn’t use Google’s Android operating system because of the Trump administration’s ban on the controversial Chinese phone maker, but it seems the impact isn’t limited to software. The phone is now being made without any US-sourced components at all, The Wall Street Journal reported. Huawei found non-American suppliers for parts, according to an analysis …
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Huawei is reportedly getting ready to take the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to court over its decision to bar US carriers from using its $8.5 billion yearly Universal Service Fund to buy equipment from the embattled Chinese telecom. It’ll challenge the FCC in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans next week, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. …
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Huawei’s got a new smartwatch, though this time the wearable is coming from its Honor subsidiary rather than directly from the Chinese tech giant itself. While not the flashiest timepiece, the new watch does look to be a cheaper rival to the Apple Watch. Called the Magic Watch 2, the new smartwatch promises up to a week of battery life …
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Honor on Tuesday launched the View 30 and View 30 Pro phones at an event in Beijing. The 5G phones are a follow-up to this year’s View 20 and continue to offer impressive tech at a mid-range price. The Huawei sub-brand said the phones will be available in China first, and more markets next year. Both phones feature a punch …
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Smartphone sales dipped overall in the third quarter, but Huawei and Samsung still managed to make gains thanks in part to consumers looking for better value from their devices, according to a new report from market researcher Gartner. A Gartner report released Tuesday shows a 0.4% decline in phone sales in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2018. Samsung, Huawei …
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The US Commerce Department is moving closer to defining how it’ll assess and respond to national security risks posed by telecommunications equipment from foreign nations like China. The proposed rules, published Tuesday, would see the department decide on a case-by-case basis whether something is “an unacceptable risk to national security or to the security and safety of US persons,” and …
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Huawei has a new answer to Apple’s iPad Pro. Called the MatePad Pro, Huawei’s latest device seems to be going right after Apple’s professional tablet, though whether this device makes it out of China is currently unknown. Featuring a 10.8-inch AMOLED 2K display with a cutout for the front-facing 8-megapixel camera, the new tablet is loaded with specs. Under the …
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