…smartphone market fell to 15.7% in the first quarter from 19.7% a year earlier. That put it almost level with Huawei, which saw sales jump 70%, according to research firm Counterpoint Apple lost badly in Q1 24, with a 9.6% loss year-over-year (YoY). That, more than Samsung doing well (its…
…present party propaganda. Consequently, Google Search, Apps, Play Store, and Google services cannot be used in China. From 2025, all phones for the Chinese home market cannot use Googe Android (likely they will use Huawei Harmony OS). This moral decision greatly impacted Google’s revenue, as it lost 1.5 billion users!…
…sovereignty, China/Hong Kong riots (and a complete loss of international tourists), China/Uyghur Muslims, China/South Pacific/Solomons expansion, China/Ownership of Australian assets and infrastructure, China/Australia trade relations. North Korea’s Nukes and unpredictable leadership. So, Chinese companies that have become global brands, such as Temu, Huawei, ZTE, TikTok, Tencent, Alibaba, WeChat, Weibo, Xiaomi,…
…suggesting that Chinese-made phones (which Apple’s iPhone currently is) sold here are full of spyware. Read Are Chinese-made smartphones spying on me? It is part of a bigger picture that the West cannot influence. First, the Huawei question You will recall that Australia and many Western governments banned Huawei from…
…name for it – Alcantara and give full disclosure. For phones, Huawei started this trend, and we all know how that brand ended in tears. OPPO used it in the Find X2 Pro (not since as it deteriorates faster than expected). Motorola is using it in some 2023 models, promoting…
…(value) and g (mid) series. Its 2021/22 Razr underperformed (the new 2023 Razr and the 2023 Edge 40 series are excellent). Huawei (not approved for Australia but still sold here in very small quantities). TCL did poorly and was dropped by most retailers. Its 2021/2022 models were adequate, but the…
…getting advice from TikTok TikTok: how the west has turned on gen Z’s favourite app Huawei and TikTok Could Be Bigger Spy Threats Than Balloons. Is TikTok bad? Here’s why many Western countries are taking a closer look TikTok Caught Planning to Spy on the Locations of Specific American Citizens…
…Play Services (Apps) and YouTube are not accessible in China. Chinese smartphone makers and developers have a comprehensive set of Google App suite substitutes. Huawei supplies its Google-like Mobile Services (like Maps, Finance, Search etc.) and App Stores like Baidu. Google provides security patches to smartphone makers that may or…
…above serves two purposes. If you look at Australia, 43% distrust foreign (non-western) tech companies but 77% trust western tech companies. So, Chinese companies which have become global brands like Huawei, ZTE, TikTok, Tencent, Alibaba, WeChat, Weibo, Xiaomi, Baidu, DiDi Global, and more are far less trusted by westerners. But…
…Cameras Commissioner Why were Chinese-made cameras used in the first place? Other makers could not compete with Chinese-made, low-cost, high-tech security cameras. The exact reasons Telco networks selected the now-banned Huawei and ZTE 5G (and 4G) network equipment. You must ask if the Chinese Government was subsidising the cost. Is…
…S20 FE, Note 9, S9, and S8, and they had battery issues if the phone had been left unused for some time. The only other time this has happened to me is with a 2015 iPhone 6, 2017 Moto Z, 2017 Huawei Mate 10 Pro and 2019 Huawei P30 Pro….
…its Red Magic gaming brand. It is a Chinese state-owned yet ‘privately run’ company listed on the Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock exchanges. In 2019 it was branded a national security threat in the USA along with Huawei for any involvement in its 5G network infrastructure. Huawei Huawei (Wiki) claims…