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Xiaomi secures $1B loan to expand its international presence and offline retail footprint
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has secured a $1 billion loan in order to develop its international focus and build out its offline sales presence. The company revealed today that it has secured a three-year syndicated loan agreement from 18 banks across Europe, Middle East, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley served as joint global coordinator, with Bank… Read More
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Report: Xiaomi sales climb but Huawei remains China’s top smartphone brand
China’s Xiaomi, once the world’s highest valued tech startup, is getting over a disappointing two years with a notable spike in sales in its homeland during the second quarter of 2017. That’s according a new report from analyst firm Canalys, which estimates that Xiaomi, which was valued at $45 billion at the end of 2014, shipped 15 million phones during the quarter to… Read More
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With the MateBook X, Huawei finally has a MacBook to call its own
When the MateBook launched last year, plenty of sites were quick to position it against Apple’s offerings. There were caveats, of course. Namely, the fact that the device was a touchscreen two-in-one. Now the company’s done messing around. Alongside the updated version of last year’s model, the company has launched a device designed the compete with the MacBook straight on. Read More
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Huawei starts delivering Alexa to its Mate 9 handsets
Two-and-a-half months after Huawei announced that its Mate 9 will be getting Alexa, Amazon’s smart assistant is finally arriving for owners of the handset as an over-the-air update. Read More
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Xiaomi’s new Mi5c is the first phone to be powered by its custom chipset
Xiaomi may be skipping Mobile World Congress, the year’s biggest phone show, but it is still making news this week after it unveiled its first processor and the first phone it is powering. The device is the Mi5c, an updated model of its 5.15-inch Mi5 that it launched at Mobile World Congress last year. The Mi5c is powered by the Surge S1, Xiaomi’s first SoC chipset and its bid… Read More
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Huawei’s shiny P10 flagships come in (almost) all the colors of the rainbow
If you’re bored of the same old monotone/metallic smartphone color choices, Chinese mobile maker Huawei has been thinking a little differently for its just announced P10 and P10 Plus flagship handsets — and is offering a spectrum of shades, including a striking deep blue option and a pale green. Read More
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Huawei gives smartwatches another shot
Smartwatches are hard. Recent numbers certainly reflect that fact. Motorola bowed out and Pebble simply evaporated. This week at Mobile World Congress, Huawei continues the good fight with the simply titled Watch 2. So, at least you know what you’re getting. On a whole, it’s a pretty straight forward proposition. The new wearable looks a lot like its predecessor, which Huawei… Read More
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Huawei said to be building its own voice assistant
Last year, Huawei leapfrogged a couple of fellow Chinese hardware companies to secure its spot as the third-largest smartphone maker worldwide. As the company takes aim at the No. 2 spot, it’s apparently working to differentiate itself even more from the competition by developing more proprietary tech, adding to a list of components that already includes its own in-house chips. According… Read More
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Huawei to pre-load Amazon’s Alexa AI on US version of its Mate 9 flagship
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is having a good CES. Not only landing inside additional speaker hardware but finding entirely new incarnations in other connected household items — such as a lamp, a smart fridge and even a robot vacuum cleaner. Cars are on the cards too. Read More
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5G promises to transform the world again
We may be on the cusp of a new, simpler world. From the current era of “peak complexity”, this new era will produce a step-change in society. It builds a platform for growth while empowering the developing world to leapfrog the competition. At Huawei’s Mobile Broadband event last month, I saw what a 5G future looks like — ultra-fast, always on connectivity, making… Read More
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If only Huawei’s handsome, high-tech Honor Magic phone was coming to the US
Lucky China, always getting the good stuff. First pandas, and now the Huawei Honor Magic. This curvy beauty is packed with interesting tech, from a dual-camera system on the back to an eye-tracking sensor from Tobii on the front — and a whole lot of custom software in between. Read More
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Huawei goes over-the-top with a Porsche Design version of its Mate 9
As touched on in this morning’s hands-on, the Mate 9 is a big phone in just about every way imaginable. But just in case, Huawei’s taking things a step further. The company that brought you a pair of watches called the Jewel and Elegant has teamed with Porsche Design to give the world a really expensive version of its new flagship. The limited edition device harkens back to a… Read More
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Huawei’s Mate 9 has a 5.9-inch display, a giant battery and is coming to the States, eventually
The Mate 9 is big in more respects that one, including a massive display that dwarfs the Pixel, iPhone 7 Plus and even the dearly departed Galaxy Note 7. It’s a massive 5.9 inches, which finds the hands firmly encroaching on tablet territory – though, at 1080 x 1920 pixels, it offers the same resolution as Apple’s 5.5-inch model, working out to 373 pixels per inch. At 7.9… Read More
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Huawei’s Fit is a no-frills activity tracker
The Huawei Fit isn’t fancy. The company’s leaving the luxury/weirdness for its smartwatch line, all bedazzled with over-the-top names Elegant and Jewel. Sure, the new fitness wearable is shaped like a watch, but its functionality is designed for those looking for a no-frills approach to tracking. It’s got a 1.04-inch monochrome touchscreen and a design the company describes… Read More
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Huawei puts $1M into a new AI research partnership with UC Berkeley
Artificial intelligence continues to have its moment in the spotlight, with a surge of interest in startups and efforts from huge tech companies to push the boundaries of how we might best use machine learning, computer vision and other areas of AI in the future. The latest development on that front comes from China’s Huawei, which today announced that it would form a research… Read More
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