“My team wasn’t able to start operations,” Yu said. “As the global leader in 5G technology, we didn’t even have 5G [smartphones] ourselves. Our days were incredibly difficult.” Huawei Technologies’ Richard Yu Chengdong shows off the company’s Mate 50-series smartphones at the product launch on September 6, 2022. Photo: Weibo His candid, live-streamed recollection on … Read more
That iteration, called HarmonyOS Next, will be a “China-originated, independent and controllable” operating system, Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s consumer business group, said at the company’s developer conference on Friday. The Shenzhen-based company launched at the conference a beta version of HarmonyOS Next for developers, with a beta upgrade for consumers expected in August. … Read more
Apple’s dominance in China’s high-end smartphone market is being challenged by local rivals, including US-sanctioned Huawei Technologies, according to new data from industry consultancy IDC. While smartphone shipments in China rose 6.5 per cent to 69.3 million devices in the first quarter, Apple shipped 10.8 million iPhones, down from 14.7 million in the fourth quarter … Read more
