A Japanese electronics consultancy has denied that it conducted a teardown analysis of Huawei Technologies’ new Pura 70 smartphone, after a widely-circulated Chinese social media post claimed that the research firm found mostly locally-sourced components in the device. “I never commented on the Pura 70 to anyone because we have not received the product,” said … Read more
With that infusion, Shenzhen Habo Technology Investment Partners – established in 2021 by Huawei and Habo Investment – last Thursday raised its registered capital to 7.98 billion yuan (US$1.1 billion) from 7 billion yuan previously, according to data from Chinese business registry platform Tianyancha. Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment on … Read more
The Shenzhen municipal government intends to boost the number of its native apps built on HarmonyOS and push for their adoption across several major sectors, according to a 2024 action plan published on Sunday by the city’s Industry and Information Technology Bureau. Under that initiative, HarmonyOS-based apps would be adopted in sectors that include government … Read more
The Ascend 910B is believed to succeed the Ascend 910, which was released by Huawei in August 2019, three months after it was put on a trade blacklist by the US Commerce Department. The chip can compete with Nvidia’s A100 in terms of powering AI algorithms, according to Dylan Patel, chief analyst at San Francisco-based … Read more
At a nearby booth in the same MWC Barcelona exhibition floor, Xiaomi displayed its new flagship handset model, the 14 Ultra, which features enhanced photography features and AI capabilities. The handset’s AI Album Search function employs natural language processing that enables users to locate specific images within their collections based on a prompt describing them, … Read more
Huawei Technologies climbed back to the No 1 spot of China’s smartphone market in the initial two weeks of this year, according to a report by research firm Counterpoint, putting more pressure on 2023 industry leader Apple and major mainland rivals in the world’s largest handset market. This marks the first time Huawei reclaimed the … Read more
Domestic smartphone shipments totalled 289 million units last year, compared with 272 million in 2022, according to the latest report published on Monday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a scientific research institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. That increase was in stark contrast with the 22.6 per … Read more
Apple’s atypical discount drive on the mainland shows the US tech giant’s focus to gain ground in the world’s second-biggest economy amid sluggish global iPhone sales, which has seen the company hit by two ratings downgrades in the first week of this year. Huawei Technologies’ Mate 60 Pro smartphones are seen on display at its … Read more
