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January 24, 2023 | NTD Newsroom

Huawei Stakes Profit Plan on Ports, Factories

China’s telecom giant Huawei was once considered a major player in the smartphone market. But U.S. sanctions sent that tumbling. To revive those lost profits, the company is looking at a different future.

October 8, 2022 | NTD Newsroom

Huawei to Relaunch 5G Phone Amid US Sanctions

Chinese telecom giant Huawei could soon return to win back some smartphone market share. The Chinese tech group is aiming to relaunch its 5G phones by 2023, according to the Financial Times, despite U.S. restrictions designed to block the company from acquiring U.S. technology used to make 5G smartphones. The report suggests Huawei will navigate […]

September 26, 2022 | Reuters

Apple Says It Will Manufacture iPhone 14 in India

NEW DELHI—Apple Inc. said on Monday it will manufacture its latest iPhone 14 in India, as the tech giant moves some of its production away from China. The company launched the flagship iPhone 14 at an event earlier this month, where it focused on safety upgrades rather than flashy new technical specifications, with the exception […]

June 29, 2022 | Kos Temenes

HTC Unveils Phone Dedicated to the Metaverse

Taiwan’s leading mobile phone brand HTC launched a new mid-level phone on Tuesday. It provides a portal into Viverse, That’s HTC’s Metaverse. It lets users navigate a virtual reality world to visit art exhibitions.

June 3, 2022 | Sean Marshall

Will Smartphones Make DSLR Cameras Obsolete?

For years people have been saying smartphone cameras will kill off the interchangeable lens camera market. Now Sony is saying smartphone still image quality will surpass that of interchangeable lens cameras sometime in 2024.

August 24, 2021 | Phil Zou

Joker Virus Attacks Smartphones, Steals Money

And there’s a new computer virus that invades your smartphone and steals your money. It’s attacking Android phones by hiding in various apps on the Google Play store.

July 18, 2021 | NTD Newsroom

Xiaomi Becomes #2 Phone Vendor for First Time

China’s Xiaomi has just leapfrogged Apple to becomes the world’s second-largest smartphone vendor, according to one report. That’s after President Biden removed Xiaomi from a Trump-era blacklist back in May.

April 29, 2021 | The Associated Press

China’s Huawei Says Sales Down 16.5 Percent Amid US Sanctions

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday its first-quarter revenue fell 16.5 percent, hurt by a dip in smartphone sales. Sales declined 16.5 percent from a year earlier to 152.2 billion yuan ($23.5 billion) due in part to lower revenue for its consumer unit, the company said. It gave no earnings but said its profit margin […]

March 16, 2021 | Juliet Song

Judge Halts Ban on Smartphone Maker Xiaomi

A U.S. judge has temporarily halted a ban that blocks Americans from investing in a Chinese smartphone maker. In January, the Defense Department added Chinese phone-maker Xiaomi to a blacklist based on alleged links to the Chinese military. The ban bars all American investment in any companies blacklisted by the Defense Department. U.S. investors must divest all […]

March 14, 2021 | Reuters

Court Ruling Suspends US Ban on Investment in Xiaomi

A U.S. federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Department of Defense from forcing American investors to divest from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp on the grounds the company has ties to China’s military. The Defense Department, under the Trump administration in mid-January, added Xiaomi and eight other firms to a list that requires Americans […]

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