Apple iPhone sales plunge 24% in China as Huawei resurges, report says

Customers learn about the newly launched iPhone15 at an Apple store in Yantai, East China’s Shandong province, Sept 28, 2023.  CostFoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sales of Apple’s iPhone plunged in China in the first six weeks of 2024, according to a Counterpoint Research report. The analyst firm said in a note on Tuesday … Read more

Honor shows off tech in Magic 6 Pro to control a car with your eyes

Honor demonstrated how its smartphone eye-tracking technology could be used to control a car. Honor BARCELONA — Chinese firm Honor on Sunday showed off technology that allows a user to control a car just by using their eyes. The company’s Magic 6 Pro device launched internationally on Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, … Read more

Huawei just retasked a factory to prioritize AI over its bestselling phone

Reuters reports that Huawei will focus on increasing the manufacturing of its AI chip, the Ascend 910B, at the expense of production of its Mate 60 phones in at least one facility.  Huawei makes both its Ascend AI chip and the Kirin chip, which powers the Mate 60, in one facility. However, production in the … Read more

Apple’s biggest issues in China right now after sales plunged

Apple CEO Tim Cook listens during a program at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders’ Week at Apple Park in San Francisco on Nov. 17, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Apple is facing renewed challenges in China, one of its most critical markets. The iPhone giant’s sales in the greater China region in … Read more

Huawei is allegedly building a self-sufficient chip network using state investment fund

We’ve seen Huawei’s surprising strides with its recent smartphones — especially the in-house 7nm 5G processor within, but apparently the company has been working on something far more significant to bypass the US import ban. According to a new Bloomberg investigation, a Shenzhen city government investment fund created in 2019 has been helping Huawei build … Read more

Huawei pushing its tech into EVs with cars, automaker partnerships

SHANGHAI, CHINA – NOVEMBER 12, 2023 – Customers experience Luxeed S7, the first intelligent pure electric vehicle, at Huawei’s flagship store in Shanghai, China, November 12, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications and smartphone giant Huawei is doubling down on selling its tech in … Read more

Huawei to move smart car operations to new joint company with Changan

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Huawei said on Sunday it will move core technologies and resources in its smart car unit, which has chalked up robust sales for a number of new vehicles, to a new joint company owned up to 40% by automaker Changan Auto. The new company will engage in research and development, production, sales … Read more

Huawei smartphone spinoff Honor plans IPO

The Honor Magic Vs is on display at Honor’s stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Honor, a spinoff of Chinese technology giant Huawei, said on Wednesday it is planning to go public. “In order to meet new strategic goals, Honor will continue to optimize its shareholding structure, attract diversified … Read more

Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 Review: Great Sound, Poor Noise Canceling

“Tricky” is to understate Huawei’s position in much of the world outside its native China more than somewhat. Few are the electronics companies that are the subject of sanction by nation-states, and fewer still are the entities that could cause the US Democratic Party to support one of the executive orders Donald Trump issued when … Read more

Huawei, Tencent grow in patent holdings as China fosters own tech: report

A Chinese flag flies outside a residential compound in Beijing on April 30, 2017. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Chinese companies have gained ground in global patent holdings in the cybersecurity technology sector amid growing U.S.-China tensions, according to a report from Nikkei Asia on Sunday. Chinese firms such as Huawei and Tencent accounted … Read more