Huawei Mobile Phones

The Pura X Max starts at around $1,613 but is limited to the Chinese market at launch.

The increase was driven by sales by Huawei, Honor, and Motorola.

US sanctions mean devices from China-based Huawei should not contain components sourced from overseas, but the Mate 60 Pro runs SK Hynix’s LPDDR5 and NAND flash memory.

It will be 50x faster than 5G, apparently.

The first post-COVID, in-person tech trade show only highlighted the borders that have gone up around the world.

The P50 Pro is similar to the Huawei P40, with a few tweaks, says leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer.

Huawei will sell its Honor brand due to US sanctions, which have blocked Huawei's access to chip supplies.

The deal covers 4G mobile chips, but not 5G, according to Reuters.

By making the Harmony OS open source, Huawei is also opening the door for other manufacturers to use the software in their own hardware products.

Huawei shipped more smartphones than Samsung in the second quarter due to high demand in China and depressed smartphone demand around the globe due to COVID-19, says research firm Canalys.

The US now bans even foreign-made items meant for Huawei's semiconductor business so long as they are made with export-controlled US software or technology.

The Huawei P40 Pro 5G is an impressive smartphone with a fantastic screen, but you won't find it in the US anytime soon.

A penta-camera array, curved OLED screen, and 5G connectivity are on the P40 Pro's spec sheet, but a lack of access to Google's services (and the US market) is sure to limit the appeal.

The smartphones will be launched outside of China for the first time, but will also be the first Honor devices without built-in Google Play Services. Also on tap: a new pair of headphones, the Honor Magic Earbuds, coming in March.

The folding phone and 5G tablet will launch in Europe featuring the Kirin 990 5G chipset, but no Google apps.

New, uncertified smartphones and tablets released by Huawei will not feature access to Google’s most popular apps. Sideloaded versions, meanwhile, could put devices at risk.

Huawei has allegedly been able to carry out espionage for a decade by using legal backdoors meant for law enforcement in telecom equipment.

Huawei is encouraging customers to use third-party app stores such as Amazon to download apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo will form the Global Developer Service Alliance (GDSA) to build a universal app store for games, music, and movies in order to take on Google's dominance.

The choice to let Huawei access non-core parts of the country's networks could place strain on the UK's relationship with the US. But with Brexit looming, the cost of cutting Huawei out could be too great.