Huawei just announced the end of its long-term partnership with Leica, a German company that manufactures high-end cameras and lenses. “We can confirm that the cooperation between our two companies ended on 31 March,” a Huawei representative told Android Authority in response to an emailed query. As such, the Huawei P50 series are the last […]
Review verdict: The Huawei P50 Pro is the best flagship that the company has ever brought to the Philippines, sporting class-leading optics and performance. It’s still saddled by the same issues as their other flagships, though it’s the phone to buy if you want a phone that produces the best photos possible. Pros Its camera […]
As Huawei continues to struggle in its smartphone business due to the effects of the US trade ban, the Chinese tech giant is exploring the idea of licensing its smartphone designs to third parties according to a report by Bloomberg. With this plan, Huawei intends to license its designs to China Postal Telecommunications Appliances Co.’s […]
MediaTek continues to stay on top with the largest chip market in Q2 2021, according to a report by Counterpoint. In its report, MediaTek accounted for 43% of the chip market share for Q2 2021, which is a solid 17% increase from the same period last year. This further solidifies MediaTek’s lead over Qualcomm, which […]
If you are not yet convinced at Canalys’ Q2 2021 report that Xiaomi is now in second place for global smartphone market share, the Q2 2021 report of IDC further confirms this. In its report, Xiaomi has 53.1 million shipments for Q2 2021, which is almost 9 million more than Apple. With Xiaomi overtaking Apple […]
Maimang is among the many models Huawei has launched in the past few years. However, things have changed since the US Trade Ban. Aside from HONOR functioning as an independent brand, Maimang is also an independent brand too. It still remains to be exclusive to China, but Maimang is now a brand that is under […]
If you have been following Huawei lately, you would notice that they reserve their in-house Kirin chips for higher-end products. Mid-range and low-end products normally use MediaTek chips, and even the Chinese tech brand’s top-end products lack 5G support–all because of the effects of the US Trade Ban. Since being placed on the trade ban, […]
It will be almost a year since the Mate Xs foldable was unveiled, and we have been hearing a lot about the Huawei Mate X2. While we know some of its key specs–chief among this include a Kirin 9000 processor and a 50-megapixel main rear camera–it is only recently that Huawei confirmed that the Mate X2 will […]
There’s no denying that Xiaomi products are so popular in the Philippines. In fact, some resort to purchasing through grey market (read: not official) Xiaomi sellers since not all products are sold in the Philippines. In a bid to block the grey market, Xiaomi recently confirmed that the Chinese version of MIUI 12.5 will block […]
Counterpoint has officially released their Q4 2020 report for smartphone shipment share. While the majority of brands experienced negative growth due to the effects of the pandemic, Apple, Xiaomi, realme, and Tecno are one of the few that managed to exhibit year-on-year growth despite all of the things that happened in 2020. For the fourth […]
UPDATE: Xiaomi issued a statement on the said ban. (Original article) Heads up if you live in the US and plan to invest on Chinese companies like Xiaomi: Reuters recently reported that the Trump administration added nine Chinese companies–which include Xiaomi and plane manufacturer Comac–to its list of blacklisted firms. Unlike with the trade ban on […]
MediaTek is finally taking the top spot from Qualcomm, as Counterpoint reports that the Taiwanese chipset vendor has the biggest share for Q3 2020. According to Counterpoint’s findings, MediaTek managed to get 31% of the market share–which is 2% higher than Qualcomm’s share–thanks to its strong performance in the budget segment ($100-250) and its increased […]