Smartphones with foldable displays are either a waste of time or the next breakthrough in handsets. It just depends on whom you ask. You can count Lixin Cheng, head of ZTE’s mobile business, as someone solidly in the pro-foldable camp. Last year, ZTE released the Axon M, a clamshell-like phone that has two screens and …
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There weren’t any foldable phones at CES 2018, and the Samsung Galaxy S9 won’t launch until next month, but there was still plenty of phone news and accessories to keep us busy all week. While CES is a fantastic springboard for all sorts of weird and wonderful gadgets, it’s been years since a phone of any significance debuted here. 2018’s …
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The Oneplus 6 has been officially revealed. Now, it does have a notch, but also image stabilization on its dual rear cameras. We spoke with OnePlus co-founder, Carl Pei about the new phone and the future of OnePlus. OnePlus could be inching closer to breaking into the mainstream. Pete Lau, chief executive of the niche Chinese phone manufacturer, said the company would …
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Wonder Woman is coming to the US — not to fight for justice, but to sell phones. Samsung competitor Huawei has just named “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot its official brand ambassador in the US, in the hopes that Gadot’s popularity and backing will put the world’s third-largest phonemaker on the national stage for the first time in years. For …
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CES 2018 began with a bang today, or should I say a flood. The first rain to fall on Las Vegas in 116 days swept into the city yesterday, drenching crews who were rushing to open the show. By this morning, the convention center was leaking, Google had to shut its splashy pavilion and rivers were flowing through a hotel …
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Chinese telecom giant Huawei took more than an hour before addressing the elephant in the room. The CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, Richard Yu, spent a bulk of his CES keynote on Tuesday talking up the features and the US availability of its Mate10 Pro smartphone. The company was widely expected to announce that AT&T would partner to sell the …
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Political pressure may have interfered with a second deal by Chinese tech giant Huawei to sell its phones in the United States, this time with Verizon Wireless. On Monday, news emerged that AT&T pulled out of a deal to sell the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and The Information reported the deal had been a victim of congressional pressure. Now, on …
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Chinese phone maker riding a bit of buzz wants to make a splash in the US market. There are the ceaseless rumors that Xiaomi, once the most valuable startup in the world, will eventually come here. Alcatel, Huawei and ZTE have spent years trying to break into the market in a …
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Chinese phone maker Huawei has long sought to break into the US market through a partnership with one of the big US national carriers. CES 2018 appeared to be that time, with the industry widely anticipating Huawei to announce the availability of the Mate 10 Pro in the US with AT&T as its retail partner. AT&T will not be part of …
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FOMO is real. Luckily, you can kick your fear of missing out of Huawei’s affordable, classy-looking Honor phones — because they’re both coming to the US. At the annual CES show in Las Vegas, the company announced that the Honor 7X will sell for $199 (roughly converting to £150 and AU$255), to be followed later in 2018 by the Honor …
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