Shoot the messenger. That should take care of the problem. /s
I'm puzzled as to how Samsung thought that this phone was ready for prime time. Was it being pushed top-down and no underling dared to speak up?
I'm puzzled as to how Samsung thought that this phone was ready for prime time. Was it being pushed top-down and no underling dared to speak up?
a) Samsung spent a ton of money and research in building foldable OLED screens.
b) This technology is allegedly stolen by a supplier and sold to BOE Display: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Samsung-supplier-...
c) Huawei uses the foldable BOE Display technology in its Mate X smartphone and is on track to be the first to release it.
d) Samsung panics as it learns that the technology it built might be released by a competitor earlier than them and consumers might think of them as less of an innovator. May sound silly but the Chinese companies have been getting a lot of traction recently e.g. P30 Pro.
e) In addition Samsung goes into lock down as it fears there might be more leaks to other companies.
f) Combination of d) and e) means that there is less real world testing of the device than for other phones. And hence how we got to this point.
>>d) Samsung panics as it learns that the technology it built might be released by a competitor earlier than them and consumers might think of them as less of an innovator. May sound silly but the Chinese companies have been getting a lot of traction recently e.g. P30 Pro.
Doesn't sound silly at all. I have a Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S and it's an amazingly good phone for the price (replaced my Google Pixel 2, which I liked enough). I'll absolutely buy a Chinese phone to replace this phone when it's time in a few years, or at least look into it. Other people constantly ask about the phone (has a striking reflective ceramic back) and haven't heard of Chinese phones, but are considering alternatives in droves due to the insane prices of flagships by Apple and Samsung.
Expensive? We are talking about $1T company here. I can't imagine they are unable to afford litigation in their core business space.
Basically, until somebody shows they violated some patent(s), these claimes about stolen tech are just a smere campaign. I don't understand why Huawei won't sue for it.
Additionally, the amount of cash Apple has on hand doesn't strike me as people plunging a major amount of their cash reserves into R&D. Much the opposite, actually.
No, wiping and installing stock Android is not that difficult, which is what I've done. Also, you drastically overestimate how interested Chinese manufacturers are in additional data [0] of random Americans.
[0]: Considering that all smartphone companies steal your data in some form, I doubt Xiaomi is stealing significantly more, really.
I own a Pocophone F1, made by Xiaomi. It supposedly has one of the better UIs by default, but I found it pretty insufferable.
Then again: The terrible software (with some ads) probably again subsidizes the device's price. No joke, the device with absolutely high-end specs cost me about 300€.
The bootloader unlocking process is an insult (you have to have a Xiaomi account, verify your e-mail address, link it to your device, install their windows-only software, then wait 3 days [most of those steps took me multiple reboots to get figured out correctly]), but after that it is absolutely smooth to install the Android distribution of your choice - and there's a lot of it.
I made sure not to do any banking on it before replacing the software, but afterwards it's probably more trustworthy than stock software of any non-chinese vendor.
Of course if we're talking about stock chinese software ..... yeah, I wouldn't trust that, even on their 'global' versions, that aren't government guaranteed to spy on their users.
I have to agree. Here in the UK, Huawei regularly advertise on TV now (often just after a Samsung ad!), and the name "Xiaomi" is becoming more recognised.
Aside from brand recognition, they make some great devices that are cheaper than those from Samsung and Apple.
When it comes time to replace my S7, I'll certainly be looking seriously at Huawei and Xiaomi.
Huawei makes a lot of the equipment for installations like this.
How do you reconcile that?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/424584/new-evidence-that-...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/surveillance-and-censorship-ins...
How does this address Huawei ...?
Furthermore, many western companies (e.g. Cisco) have been called out for being involved with "dodgy" things like mass surveillance in countries in the Middle East and Asia - but also in western countries too.
IMO it makes to sense to boycott Huawei any more than it makes sense to boycott Cisco.
And if you meant in a "red danger" sense, as opposed to just Huawei, then I think it's safe to say the west is well on its way down the slippery slope to mass surveillance and over-reaching powers - the press likes to make a big deal of how evil China is, but completely ignores what goes on at home.
Re b), It's commonly accepted by a lot of people in China, Taiwan that it's Samsung's tactics to maintain market domination.
If you believe the anecdotes, like this one
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/4fnp86/why_does_ht...
Samsung cut the oled supply to Huawei when it threatened Samsung's mobile phone market share, the same reason why Samsung screwed HTC before.