Well, that's false, the US made are not bugged. Apple devices cannot be decrypted for example. And even those that are not made in US, like Lenovo, Motorola, LG, Samsung.... They are all fine
They're competitive alright, but they are at the same time so closed down that no custom ROMs are available (typically). Kirin 970's performance seems rather good..
Maybe you can ask them about the recent move from FCC to ban tgeir devices from US critical infrastructure and about Verizon and AT&T refusing to allow Huawei phones 8n theor networks. All from FBI and CIA recommendations.
Although it is true that the FBI (and other US intelligence agencies) did suggest that Huawei phones should not be used and that they were removed from government contract bidding, it was not because of any apparent back door. The rational was that the company is state backed and that they didn't want a foreign government to "gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks." Also they were concerned that "it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage." Meaning they would have access to tremendous amounts of data that may be benign on its own but could be used to extract other unintended information.
Huawei has even gone and accused USA and Australia of using national security as a protectionist measure. Given the complete lack of evidence, some would agree too.
Used to be a time when 400 EUR was considered expensive for a phone - hell, I still consider it the case personally. And now we get a 2.1k EUR phone, and from a Chinese company that was mostly unknown to end-users a decade ago.
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GreenMeters - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Inane AI buzzwording and pervasive state-sponsored spying baked in. So exited!!!Mondozai - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Virtually all of US-made components have backdoors for NSA, CIA etc. Get off your high horse.Superduper - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Well, that's false, the US made are not bugged. Apple devices cannot be decrypted for example. And even those that are not made in US, like Lenovo, Motorola, LG, Samsung.... They are all fineA5 - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Their real problems are the EMUI sucks and their SoCs aren't competitive with the high-end stuff.jvl - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
They're competitive alright, but they are at the same time so closed down that no custom ROMs are available (typically).Kirin 970's performance seems rather good..
Superduper - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Maybe you can ask them about the recent move from FCC to ban tgeir devices from US critical infrastructure and about Verizon and AT&T refusing to allow Huawei phones 8n theor networks. All from FBI and CIA recommendations.soliloquist - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Although it is true that the FBI (and other US intelligence agencies) did suggest that Huawei phones should not be used and that they were removed from government contract bidding, it was not because of any apparent back door. The rational was that the company is state backed and that they didn't want a foreign government to "gain positions of power inside our telecommunications networks." Also they were concerned that "it provides the capacity to conduct undetected espionage." Meaning they would have access to tremendous amounts of data that may be benign on its own but could be used to extract other unintended information.Ian Cutress - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Sascha Segan from PCMag has an excellent article on this. I agree with him.http://uk.pcmag.com/opinion/93385/dont-be-afraid-o...
ZeDestructor - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
Huawei has even gone and accused USA and Australia of using national security as a protectionist measure. Given the complete lack of evidence, some would agree too.https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/12/huawei_ag...
joy123 - Saturday, March 31, 2018 - link
Huwaei is going to get nothing with thisnirolf - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
LOL, face unlock is 100% faster than Iphone?!Pmaciel - Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - link
No information about microsd slot?joy123 - Saturday, March 31, 2018 - link
Sascha Segan from PCMag has an excellent article on this. I agree with him.http://uk.pcmag.com/opinion/93385/dont-be-afraid-o...
Visual - Monday, April 2, 2018 - link
Used to be a time when 400 EUR was considered expensive for a phone - hell, I still consider it the case personally. And now we get a 2.1k EUR phone, and from a Chinese company that was mostly unknown to end-users a decade ago.I blame Apple :-p