Huawei hit hard by coronavirus in China, new criminal charges in U.S.

There's lots of bad news piling up for Huawei, the firm often considered to be Android's best hope of challenging Apple's leadership in smartphone design and business competency.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 90

Coronavirus to hit Android's hopes for 5G, folding screens the hardest

As Apple deals with interruption of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, its Android competitors face all the same issues; except that they make far less money and operate on much thinner margins across fragile shipment volumes.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 22

May 2019 in review: New MacBook Pro, new iPod touch, and controversy from Adobe

Apple released new MacBook Pro models, and a new iPod touch, which you'd forgotten about. And, Adobe managed to revive all the criticisms of its subscription Creative Cloud.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 7

Apple iPhone sales estimates 'aren't any good' says leading analyst

Figures from market research groups trying to estimate how many iPhones Apple is selling "simply aren't any good," according to Neil Cybart, the Above Avalon analyst who most accurately modeled the company's revenues and earnings for the quarter.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 16

Former Apple marketing manager Paul Jowett is Huawei Australia's director of marketing

Huawei Australia has named Paul Jowett, who formerly worked for both Apple and Samsung, to the role of director of marketing.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 0

Huawei Mate X delayed again, shipping before the end of 2019

Huawei has decided to postpone its Mate X folding phone for a second time until after the Galaxy Fold ships — for reasons unknown.

Mike Wuerthele 6 years ago 27

Apple loses ground to Samsung in European smartphone market

Apple shipped 1.3 million fewer iPhones to Europe in the second quarter, analysis of the smartphone market has revealed, a fall of 17% year-on-year, meanwhile Android-based rivals Xiaomi and Samsung are seeing considerable shipment growth over the same period.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 58

Editorial: As Apple plays the telephone game, analysts hear something else entirely

When Apple entered the smartphone market in 2007, it didn't do so to lose money making most of the world's smartphones as a public service. All these years later, a shocking number of analysts and reporters still seem to be confused about this.

Daniel Eran Dilger 6 years ago 27

iPhone's global marketshare dips to 10.1% amid rise of Samsung & Chinese brands

Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell year-over-year in the June quarter from 11.3% to 10.1%, attributable by a research firm mostly because of better performance by Chinese vendors and Korea's Samsung.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 20

Huawei-Google smart speaker project shut down by US restrictions

Huawei was working with Google to take on Apple's HomePod and Amazon's Echo smart speaker range with a jointly-produced device, a report claims, but the close collaboration came to an abrupt end in May, just before restrictions were placed on Huawei by President Donald Trump and the U.S. government.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 30

New House bill aims to make US more prominent in 5G space, combat China

A new House bill proposed by Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul seeks to make the U.S. more prominent in 5G networking — and specifically to deflect Chinese influence.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 12

Huawei CEO cites Apple as privacy role model

Huawei CEO sings Apple's praises once again, claiming that Apple is his role model when it comes to protecting users' data.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 68

President Trump says US companies can do business with Huawei

Apparently detoothing a U.S. Commerce Department ban, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American companies can do business with China's Huawei.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 0

Apple holds on to 47% share in declining 'premium' smartphone market

Apple managed to secure 47% of the global "premium" smartphone market during the March quarter, but falling iPhone shipments helped bring down the segment's overall performance and make Samsung more prominent.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 8

Huawei expects $30B revenue hit, 60M fewer phones sold due to US ban

Founder Ren Zhengfei says Huawei will cut back on production while it works to find alternatives including developing its own smartphone OS, forcing a drop in revenues of $30 billion.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 43

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