ZTE’s has been playing the US market on hard mode in recent months, but now it’s looking more like mission impossible. After ZTE was caught shipping goods to Iran, the US Commerce Department on Monday banned US companies from selling hardware and software to the Chinese electronics company for seven years. Now, a source tells …
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Huawei P20, P20 Pro makes $15 million in 10 seconds of sales
The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro phones are off to a strong start, according to a press release Huawei recently shared with media, making roughly 100 million RMB (or yuan) in the first 10 seconds of a flash sale. That’s over $15 million, £11 million or AU$20 million. Huawei released the phones in its home base, China, last Thursday, where …
Read More »The LG G7 ThinQ appears again with iPhone X
There’s even more evidence piling up that the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ phone will have a notch. Frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass late on Monday tweeted an image of the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ that looks like an ad or promotional render. The picture gives a clear view of the front of the phone, showing off details like the large screen, …
Read More »Huawei cuts staff as it faces mounting US government pressure
Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant perennially in the crosshairs of the US government, is shaking up the team responsible for its relationships here. The company let go of several American staffers in DC, according to a person familiar with the situation. Among them is William Plummer, a nearly eight-year Huawei veteran who was the man most responsible for establishing the …
Read More »Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium wants to wow you with its camera
First there was the Samsung Galaxy S9 and then there was the Huawei P20 Pro. Now it’s Sony’s turn to boldly claim that its phone camera is the most advanced there is. The Xperia XZ2 Premium has the highest-reaching hardware specs of all three phones in its line. It follows the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact announced this past February. …
Read More »Samsung patent application shows a phone with iPhone X notch
Even Samsung may not be safe from the controversial notch. Samsung filed a patent application (PDF) with Chinese patent organization SIPO that shows off a few different phone designs each with a notch above the phone’s screen. The patent application was filed on March 30 and spotted on Monday by Dutch phone blog Mobielkopen. The phone in the patent application looks …
Read More »Honor 7C, 7A say they’re faster than iPhone X’s face unlock
It’s a brave move to challenge Apple’s iPhone X, particularly when the phones you’re putting up against it cost less than a fifth of the price. But that’s the challenge Huawei’s Honor 7A and 7C throw at the iPhone X’s feet. These two budget handsets are equipped with face unlock technology the company claims will recognise your face faster than …
Read More »Rare iPhone, Galaxy S9 color should reward fans, not laggers
The dazzling, candy-apple Product Red iPhone 8 phones are now on sale. You could say that the timing is brilliant, revving up iPhone sales six months after the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X first came on the market. Apple wants a second hit on an “older” phone. But I think Apple and other phone makers are going about its …
Read More »Huawei could beat Samsung to ‘world’s first’ foldable phone
Chinese phone maker Huawei may be gunning for the “world’s first” foldable smartphone. The company reportedly plans to announce its foldable phone in November this year, according to Korean news outlet ETNews (via PhoneArena). Enlarge Image The foldable Huawei phone will reportedly use flexible displays from LG Display. LG Display If the concept of a folding smartphone that could double …
Read More »LG G7 specs leak: A notch that turns off, better camera, AI
LG will officially unveil its LG G7 ThinQ phone on May 2, but hardware specs are already pouring in. According to internal documents Android Headlines said it was able to obtain and verify, the LG G7 will have a notch screen design that you can toggle off if you don’t like it, two 16-megapixel cameras on the back and AI software said …
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