Chinese smartphone makers from Honor to Xiaomi are flexing their muscles in on-device artificial-intelligence (AI) software, trying to get a head start in their home market before Apple launches its own competing system there. Honor, a spin-off from Huawei Technologies, on Wednesday debuted its self-developed AI agent Yoyo on its new flagship Magic 7 series … Read more
Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Honor appear ready to follow rival Huawei Technologies’ lead by launching their own tri-fold models, as public records show that the two firms have each previously applied for a design patent on a double-hinged handset. According to a filing released by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Beijing-based Xiaomi had … Read more
Honor chief executive George Zhao Ming said at a media briefing on Friday after the company’s latest product launch in Shenzhen that thinness is an advantage for the company in the growing global market for foldable smartphones – including clamshell-type handsets that flip open vertically and those designed like a booklet that expands horizontally into … Read more
