Huawei Delays Foldable Phone Launch Until September To Do Extra Tests After Samsung's Troubles (cnbc.com) 26
Huawei said its foldable phone will launch in September, slightly later than it was reportedly set to, as it does extra tests following the debacle Samsung went through with its rival device. From a report: A spokesperson for the Chinese technology giant told CNBC on Friday that the company is trying to launch the Huawei Mate X globally, focusing on markets that are rolling out next-generation mobile networks known as 5G. The Mate X, which starts at around 2,299 euros or roughly $2,600, is a 5G-capable device. The Mate X was unveiled in February but has yet to go on sale. Huawei had initially targeted a mid-2019 launch date and in April, Chinese media reported that it was looking at June. But the spokesperson confirmed the official launch will take place in September. He said that the company was doing extra testing with mobile carriers around the world and developers to make sure their apps work when the device is fully unfolded. Huawei's spokesperson said the company was more "cautious" after Samsung's foldable device, the Galaxy Fold, began to break when tested by reviewers in April.
supposedly different tech (Score:2)
Huawei doesn't pay attention to details much. (Score:1)
13 counts brought in the Eastern District of New York state:
(1) and (2) Conspiracy to commit bank fraud: Between around November 2007 to May 2015, Huawei, Skycom, and Meng Wanzhou allegedly conspired to defraud “US Subsidiary 1,” a subsidiary of a global financial institution identified only as “Financial Institution 1,” by misrepresenting Huawei’s relationship with Skycom to clear more than $100 million of transactions to it through the United States. According to a New York T
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How does this compare to other companies at the same size?
For most companies it is a sign of pride that they are important enough to be sued.
I remember back in the late 1980's reading an article from Ken Williams (The CEO of a game software company Sierra Online which was rather popular at the time) In the same area talking about the success of its Kings Quest, Space Quest and Police Quest Games, he mentioned on how the company was sued because they had a game that was too close to Pac-Man, which they had
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Why would Huawei need to double-check?
Apparently all of the major tech companies imagine that phones are kept in spotless pockets with not even a particle of dust in there - instead of pockets with Kleenex, keys.maybe some sand that got in there while you were walking outside on a trail...
So with this sudden realization, Huawei was probably like "gee maybe we should try rubbing some dust around this thing for a while and see what happens".
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Different technology, but similar engineering principals.
The problem was how fast Samsung's devices broke. During the unboxing. This being an extremely expensive product to have such quick failures is very embarrassing to Samsung. Now Huawei got extra time, because they don't need to race Samsung to the market. So they might as well use it to increase testing, and fix any problems.
Any part that moves creates some sort of stress. Folding will stretch and compress the material. This why clothing wears out, s
over-engineering (Score:2)
We do not need a folding display - it is style over substance.
Stop trying to do something clever for the sake of it and focus on something worthwhile e.g. security.
Seems like substance to me (Score:3)
We do not need a folding display - it is style over substance.
I'm not sure about that - I've wanted something like a foldable display for a long time, because I would love something I could both put in my pocket, but also have a much larger display at times without having to carry a tablet. I don't really care if it specifically folds to accomplish this - could be an unrollable display or whatever. But the basic idea seems sound and useful.
It's a hard technical problem but I still think there is a lot of
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New phones are almost the size of a Nexus 7.
They are already tablets!
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New phones are almost the size of a Nexus 7.
Yep I've had and used the iPhone Max size phones before... I did like that for the larger screen size. But even there, can you imagine that doubled? That would really be something!
Mainly it would be useful for books for me, but I can see where people would love the doubled screen for any kind of video chat. It would also mean the dimensions could be less straining on pockets while still offering a large screen (although the Samsung model was so thick I'm not su
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I disagree - a clamshell design to shrink the phone and protect the display is something I've been missing since I left flip-phones, and so long as single-screen phones are the norm most apps won't gracefully handle a dual-screen split through the middle.
Granted, I'd much prefer a smartphone that folds down to the size of a flip-phone than a mini-tablet that folds down to the size of a smartphone, but new technology is almost always going to target the premium market first.
And it's not like phone companies
Makes sense to pay more for a phone (Score:2)
refuse to pay >$1000 for any phone
Of all the things in your life, the phone makes the most sense to pay more for because you'll use it more often.
I use my phone way more than:
1) My car
2) Any individual clothing item
3) Maybe even my house? Probably not if you include the time sleeping there.
Seems kind of crazy to me to not buy the best phone you can afford, if you spend any money on anything else. $1k over three or four years is not a lot of money for many people compared to what they spend just on thin
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By your logic my glasses should cost me 10,000 dollars, I mean I use them all of the time.
For now, it's just a "trendy" product (Score:2)
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Do not want (Score:2)
Can I just have one of those regular, unbend-able phones without curved edges and wankery?
Oh wait... I already have a Pixel. Never mind.