Huawei has launched the Mate 70 Air in China with a thickness of just 6.6mm and weighing 206g. Further, the device features four rear cameras and comes with a huge 6,500 mAh battery alongside 66W wired fast charging support.
China has tightened restrictions on European telecom firms Nokia and Ericsson, subjecting them to lengthy national security reviews, reducing their market share to 4% in 2024, and boosting Chinese rivals like Huawei.
Counterpoint credited Huawei’s Nova series smartphones for driving HarmonyOS adoption, while the foldable Pura X also performed strongly. The report underlines how Huawei’s software push has become a cornerstone of its broader strategy to insulate itself from US technology sanctions.
After the launch of the Ascend 910C in the year's first quarter, Vice Chairman Eric Xu said the company plans to launch next year two variants of its successor, the Ascend 950, and follow up with the 960 version in 2027 and the 970 in 2028
Nicolás Maduro has claimed that US intelligence agencies cannot hack Huawei phones, but security experts say the devices may still be vulnerable. Huawei continues to release security patches, while US agencies maintain ongoing cyber operations targeting the company.
While India banned several Chinese apps in 2020, Huawei and ZTE were never formally prohibited. Instead, New Delhi tightened security norms through a directive for the telecom sector, which has been in place since June 2021.
Honor is set to launch its next clamshell foldable smartphone, dubbed the Magic Flip 2, in China later this month. The company has also revealed the phone’s design and colour variants, with a new leak also confirming its key specifications.
China's overall smartphone market shrank after six quarters of growth, according to the IDC data, with shipments totalling 69 million units, down four percent on-year.
Taiwan last week joined a years-long US campaign to curtail China’s technological ascent by adding the country’s AI and chipmaking champions — Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. — to its entity list
The Huawei Pura 80 series is now available for pre-orders ahead of its official unveiling on June 11 in China. Both smartphones in the lineup are confirmed to run on HarmonyOS 5.0 and are likely to be powered by the Kirin 9020 processor.
Huawei has introduced the Nova 14 Ultra, Nova 14 Pro, and Nova 14 smartphones in China. All three models come with Harmony OS 5.0 pre-installed and carry a 5,500mAh battery with 100W charging support.
Huawei has introduced the world’s first foldable laptop, the MateBook Fold Ultimate Design. It has a flexible OLED screen with up to an 18-inch 4:3 real estate, a dual-layer OLED screen with 1600 nits of HDR peak brightness, and runs on Harmony OS 5.
As Trump’s tariffs escalate and Hollywood faces restrictions, Chinese shoppers and moviegoers increasingly embrace homegrown brands and content.
This new foldable from Huawei is also unique in that it doesn’t run on Android. Instead, it runs on HarmonyOS 5, Huawei’s own software.
Huawei’s licence for Microsoft Windows is expiring, and it won’t be renewed. The company plans to launch HarmonyOS-powered laptops this year, just like it did with smartphones after losing access to Google’s Android.
Huawei has introduced the Mate XT Ultimate Design, the world’s first triple folding phone in select global markets, after its initial release in China last year. It has a starting price of 3,499 euros and offers a large 10.2-inch screen when fully unfolded.
The Counterpoint Research report reveals that Apple used to have about 19 per cent market share last year. But this year, the numbers have been abysmally low for Apple.
Due to the restrictions imposed by the US trade sanctions, Huawei cannot use any Google services nor its operating system–Android.
Huawei has introduced festive editions of its Watch GT 5 and Watch GT 5 Pro smartwatches in Europe. These limited-edition models come in six variants with different strap colours.
The new phone and operating system will also help Huawei attempt to reclaim leadership in China’s high-end smartphone segment from Apple Inc, offering an ecosystem without the involvement of major US tech providers.
The company’s new flagship phone, the Mate 70, will debut HarmonyOS Next, the iteration of its operating system that does away with remnants of Android in favor of entirely indigenous tech
Huawei is set to launch its Mate 70 series of smartphones and it is expected to run HarmonyOS, indicating the Chinese tech company's plan to take on Google and Apple.
Huawei could launch its triple-folding phone this September, which would make it the first company in the world to do so.
The DoT's proposal is similar to the 'rip and replace' program implemented in the United States, where the government provided funds to reimburse telecom companies for replacing equipment considered a national security risk.
Chinese internet companies and telecommunications operators have been testing Huawei’s latest processor, called Ascend 910C, in recent weeks, reported Wall Street Journal