CIA vs Huawei: intelligence agencies gang up on red menace like the Mate 10 Pro
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Daniel Petrov
FBI Director Chris Wray went on record to reiterate the multi-year mantra that they are "deeply
concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is
beholden to foreign governments that don’t share our values to gain
positions of power inside our telecommunications networks... the
capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. And it provides the
capacity to conduct undetected espionage."
Well, that likely explains why US carriers were forced to scrap the deal to include excellent handsets like the Mate 10 Pro in their portfolios at the last minute, depriving subscribers of the chance to look beyond the Apple-Samsung
duopoly there. While we can agree that carrier network equipment could
potentially warrant a second opinion, crusading against consumer
products by the third-largest cell phone maker on that ground sets an interesting precedent, to say the least.
Those celebrity photos circulating not long ago came from iCloud accounts,
after all, not Huawei phones, plus a lot of handsets and components are
made in China anyway, so if the government there needed to install
backdoors in consumer cell phones, it probably could, and we would have
heard about it by now. Huawei chimed in on the matter, saying that its
phones and network equipment products are used throughout the globe
without other staged witch hunts to speak of:
Source : https://www.phonearena.com/news/Be-afraid-be-very-afraid-CIA-on-Huawei-phones_id102476
HTC smartphone head resigns as VR focus takes hold
Chialin Chang had previously been HTC’s chief financial officer and head of global sales before assuming his most recent tile, President of Smartphone and Connected Devices.
“We can confirm Chialin Chang has resigned from his position as President of the Smartphone and Connected Devices Business at HTC,” a HTC spokesperson told TechRadar Pro. “We thank him for his dedication to the Company for the last six years and wish him well in his future endeavours.”
HTC president
HTC added that Chang had left because of his “personal career plan” and hasn’t nominated a replacement.The company was once one of the most successful Android manufacturers, with its models and Sense UI helping to win over millions of loyal users. However in recent years it has fallen behind the likes of Samsung and the Chinese vendors who dominate the sector.
It has instead poured resources into its VIVE virtual reality range which now represents the future of the company.
Last year it sold its smartphone design and engineering team, which worked on the Google Pixel, to Google for $1.1 billion, signalling the end of its involvement in the space.
Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/htc-smartphone-head-resigns-as-vr-focus-takes-hold
New version of the iPhone X with an even bigger screen might cost just $699 this year
According to comments made during yesterday’s shareholder meeting by Apple CEO Tim Cook, the iPhone X has a customer satisfaction rating of 99%. He didn’t elaborate on exactly where that figure came from, but it’s safe to say that Apple’s tenth-anniversary iPhone is a hit with Apple fans. The iPhone X is by far the most impressive iPhone Apple has ever released, both in terms of power and design. The glass and stainless steel housing is stunning, and the “notched” OLED display started a trend that at least a half-dozen Android phone makers have already begun to copy.If the iPhone X is so great, why doesn’t every Apple fan have one? Why buy the iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus instead? The answer to those two linked questions is twofold. One reason is many people don’t want to lose Touch ID, which has been replaced on the iPhone X by Apple’s often-fickle Face ID solution. The second reason is price, plain and simple. While Apple’s 2018 iPhone lineup isn’t expected to bring back Touch ID, a new report from the world’s top Apple insider says that the problem of price will indeed be addressed.
The iPhone X is among the first in a new breed of ultra-premium, ultra high-priced smartphones. It’s built using premium materials, it’s packed full of premium technology, and it’s priced at $1,000 and up. Even with the many financing options out there in big markets like the United States, that’s still a whole lot of money to cough up for a smartphone. Meanwhile, the iPhone 8 starts at just $699 despite offering nearly identical performance and features.
Of course, the reason for the price discrepancy is fairly obvious: the iPhone 8 costs far less because it doesn’t feature the same premium materials and components. It doesn’t have the iPhone X’s pricey OLED display, it’s made of aluminum rather than stainless steel, and it doesn’t have several expensive internal components from the iPhone X like the dual-lens camera, additional RAM, a stacked board, or an L-shaped battery setup.
In 2018, Apple will apparently drag its least expensive flagship iPhone into the future. In a note to clients on Wednesday seen by MacRumors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo offered new details on the third new iPhone X successor Apple supposedly plans to release in 2018.
In addition to a new version of the 5.8-inch iPhone X, Kuo says a larger Plus model will be released with a 6.5-inch OLED display. On top of that, Kuo has reported that Apple will release a third new model to lower the cost of entry to its modernized iPhone lineup. The third model will feature the same almost-all-screen design as two OLED models, but it will feature a “notched” 6.1-inch LCD screen and less expensive components.
On Wednesday, Kuo added one more important detail to the puzzle: price. According to the analyst, the 6.1-inch iPhone X successor Apple releases this coming September could start at just $699, in line with the current iPhone 8. Despite having a larger display than the sequel to the iPhone X, the 6.1-inch version will apparently have an LCD screen instead of OLED, an aluminum mid-frame instead of stainless steel, less RAM, a smaller battery, and a conventional non-stacked SLP. It also won’t support 3D Touch, according to Kuo.
Source: http://bgr.com/2018/02/14/iphone-x-plus-release-date-price-specs-leak-kuo/
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