Huawei aims to become tier one smartphone supplier

[SledgeHammer]

Chinese phones are doing well in the lower end of the market, these cheap phones are a good option for those who want to have a smartphone but can't afford a costly but good quality phone.

 

[TaiShang]

Huawei's high-end Honor 6 phone packs octa-core CPU

The Chinese handset maker's latest Android smartphone features a large dose of processor power and an ultra-thin bezel.

The device features a home-grown Kirin 920 octa-core processor; Huawei boasts (translate) that its CPU can hang with the likes of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805. Other details include 3GB RAM, 16GB and 32GB internal storage options, a 13-megapixel Sony rear camera, and a 5-megapixel front-facing shooter. Android 4.4 KitKat powers the phone.

It's the latest in the line of flagship smartphones from Huawei, which has virtually zero presence in the US despite ranking as the world's third-largest smartphone vendor by shipments. The Honor 6, like many high-end smartphones before it, will not be sold through US carriers.

Honor 6 has the ability to connect to an advanced version of LTE called called Category 6 LTE, which is theoretically capable of up to 300 megabits per second of download speeds. That's great if you're looking to keep the smartphone for a while; carriers are only now looking at deploying Category 6 LTE in their networks.

The Honor 6 provides a 5-inch 1080p IPS display surrounded by an ultra-thin bezel. Clocking in at a mere 2.86mm, the bezel allows for the screen to account for 75.7 percent of the front side of the phone. The entire unit is clad in aluminum, which keeps the handset physically cooler than a typical smartphone.

The 16GB Honor 6 will reportedly sell for 1,999 Chinese yuan renminbi, (about $320), with the 32GB model fetching 2,499 Chinese yuan renminbi (about $400).

 

[cirr]

Chinese smartphone brands rule the low-end and mid-range devices and are beginning to win market shares from Samsung and Apple at the high-end of the spectrum。

High-end phones priced for the masses。

 

[cirr]

China gives the world the best smartphone there is for an extremely competitive price。

Chinese Startup One Plus Offers Low Priced Smartphone 'One,' Ready for Pre-Orders this Month

Andy Vitalicio |Oct 09, 2014 02:09 AM EDT


(Photo : One Plus) It's called the 2014 Flagship Killer. Chinese startup One Plus will start taking pre-orders for the One (in photo) this month.


Here's great news for people looking for a high-end smartphone but priced for the masses.

Chinese startup One Plus, based in Shenzhen, is now getting ready to take pre-orders for no other than the One. It's called One, and it's the smartphone tech enthusiasts across the globe have been waiting for and lusting after for months.

One Plus founder Pete Lau believes this will be the answer to what most people have been desiring in a smartphone - reliable, fun to use, and priced low.

In fact, compared to those big-name smartphones like the new iPhone 6 or the Samsung Galaxy S5, the prices of which are usually hidden inside a carrier plan, the One sells for a very low US$299. That's it. After you pay the price, the One is yours. And if you take it to a carrier like T-Mobile, which offers a discount on your plan if you bring your own phone, you'll end up saving some substantial cash.

Today's high-end smartphones could cost you US$650 - or maybe $200 up front when you sign up for the plan and the phone, and a monthly fee of $25 to $27 for the next two years before the phone becomes yours.

With the One, you're in for a great bargain.

And the quality?

New York Times tech reporter Farhad Manjoo says he has been using the One for a couple of weeks, and he says it's one of the best smartphones he has ever used.

The One has a spare design, loaded with the latest tech specifications, and runs Cyanogen Mod, a version of Google's Android OS that is said to be a lot more flexible and user-friendly than the different flavors of Andoid.

Pre-orders for the One will start this month, but until that system goes live, the only way to get to buy one - or One - is by snagging a coveted invitation.

Pete Lau believes their device, like many other good-quality smartphones made by other Chinese start-ups, is shaking up the mobile industry in China and other parts of the developing world. Remember Xiaomi? This summer, this other start-up surpassed Samsung as China's top smartphone vendor.

But One Plus has great plans for extending its market beyond China. Carl Pei, head of the global division, said his staff is now composed of a one-third Asian, one-third European, and one-third U.S.

"We don't really think of ourselves as a Chinese startup," Pei says.

He is expecting that very soon, sales of the One outside of China will surpass sales in its home country.

Incidentally, HTC's flagship phone is also called the One. So you might as well call this new unicorn in the smartphone market the One Plus One.

 

[cirr]

China's Huawei makes it to world's top 100 brands list

Shanghai News.Net Thursday 9th October, 2014

China's private company Huawei has made it to a list of the world's top 100 brands, according to the ranking released Thursday.

The Best Global Brands ranking released by global consultancy Interbrand sees Huawei ranked 94th with its brand value put at $4.3 billion. The Chinese telecommunications equipment maker and corporate solutions provider is comparable to companies like Heineken, Pizza Hut and Hugo Boss.

Huawei is the first Chinese brand to make it to the top 100 brands list, Xinhua reported.

Jez Frampton, chief executive officer of Interbrand, said that the success of Huawei was attributable to its rapid growth and long-term investments in its brand.

"Despite its low brand awareness in the US, Huawei has gradually expanded its reach around the world. It continues to demonstrate its technological prowess in both its consumer products as well as in its enterprise solutions -- and it remains well positioned to meet the needs of customers in both emerging and developed markets," Frampton said.

Huawei is now one of the world's leading telecommunications equipment makers and the third largest manufacturer of smart phones after Apple and Samsung. The report said that the company was poised to dominate key areas of the information technology market from mobile phones to networks as companies and entire industries continued to shift from legacy storage and equipment to more agile products.

Huawei has largely been blocked from entry into the US amid security suspicions.

The top six positions on the list are taken up by the same companies such as Apple, Google, Coca Cola, IBM and Microsoft. Apple's brand value was put at $118.9 billion, up 21 percent year on year, while that of Google increased by 15 percent to $107.4 billion.

It was the first time that the value of any brand crossed the $100-billion mark.

GE came in the sixth place, Samsung advanced from the eighth last year to the seventh place this year. Toyota, McDonald's and Mercedes-Benz were ranked eighth to tenth, respectively.

- See more at: Shanghai News - China's Huawei makes it to world's top 100 brands list

 

[cirr]

[October 09, 2014]

Huawei Presents Its Latest Research Papers at Intelec 2014

(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 09 October 2014 Release date- 04102014 - Vancouver, Canada - Huawei launched a series of research papers on telecom energy during the INTELEC 2014 communications energy conference in Vancouver, Canada.

Collaborating with British Telecom, Telecom Italia, China Mobile and T-Mobile the Huawei reports demonstrate fruitful research in four key topics. The published papers are based on successful case studies and innovative research of Huawei and its customers. They are titled 'The uniformity of the VRLA battery', 'Deployment of FTTCab with remote powering and future evolution towards FTTdp with reverse powering', 'Trial of super high efficiency rectifiers in telecom networks', 'Smart management of LTE outdoor power system cabinet-migrate towards simplicity', focusing on the ideal 'Let energy be simple', 'Let site be efficient'.

One of the papers, 'The uniformity of the VRLA battery' explains how intelligent management of battery cells is resulting in a better user experience. Wireless base stations use a high quantity of valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries. Improving the uniformity of the battery cells is important for performance and life span. Huawei completed a battery monitoring project through wireless communication technology, which will help customers to simplify engineering, promptly replace the faulty batteries, prolong life span and ensure system reliability.

The 'Deployment of FTTCab with remote powering and future evolution towards FTTdp with reverse powering' paper introduces the power supply solution of Telecom Italy 'Fiber to the Cabinet' network. Centralized management of remote powering (provided by carrier) brings the advantage of saving operation expenses. The paper describes how the evolution of the FTTCab architecture towards the 'Fiber to the Distribution Point' architecture, will enable the shift from ''remote powering' to 'reverse powering' paradigm. Reverse powering means the power is directly provided by the customers. Customers' network business and power supply will be able to integrate and make telecom power simpler.

Sharing the successful case where British Telecom introduced Huawei's ultra-efficient rectifier, the paper 'Trial of super high efficiency rectifiers in telecom networks' explains the 98 percent efficient live trial. In the live trial the new products offered an efficiency improvement of 10-12 percent depending on individual power system loading and rectifier utilization. Using the super high efficiency rectifier at indicative price points provides customers with improved return on investment over a two year period and is successful for proving new technology, offering best in class network operation costs and reducing carbon emission to the lowest possible level.

The paper 'Smart management of LTE outdoor power system cabinet-migrate towards simplicity (MTS)' indicates that with the large-scale deployment of LTE networks, new challenges arise for power supply in outdoor sites. Challenges include improving multi-mode baseband and transmission reliability, reducing acoustic noise, conveniently managing site and power systems and improving power system efficiency. To overcome these challenges, networks should adopt advanced thermal management, acoustic control, unified OSS and deploy rectifiers hybrid application. Huawei 'Migrate towards Simplicity' telecom energy solution will support customers with overcoming the challenges. The solution features Multi-Input and Multi-Output energy technology to realize efficient and green sites.

Huawei are leaders in telecommunications energy technology and innovative solutions which have a simple and efficient outlook. By partnering with global customers in the field of telecom energy, Huawei is helping customers deliver better user experiences through their understanding and technological achievements in energy efficiency management.

Huawei Presents Its Latest Research Papers at Intelec 2014

 

[劉天兆]

why no one talk about MEIZU MX4? it's best smartphone in china!

 

[TaiShang]

why no one talk about MEIZU MX4? it's best smartphone in china!

Do share some images, mate! It is always better to have more than a few big kids on the block.

 

[cirr]

Do share some images, mate! It is always better to have more than a few big kids on the block.

And I strongly recommend the vivo X5L if you are a music lover：

See the diamond shaped “home” button？

The device sports a sapphire screen and the best Hi-Fi system there is in a mobile phone。

 

[cirr]

Huawei third-quarter smartphone shipments jump 26 percent

Reuters

October 23, 2014, 7:54 pm

Journalists attend the presentation of the Huawei's new smartphone, the Ascend P7, launched by China's Huawei Technologies in Paris, May 7, 2014. The mobile - billed as the world's slimmest phone at 6.5 mm thick - will go on sale in 31 markets, including Britain, Germany and China, starting this month for 449 euros ($630) without a SIM card or service contract. It will not be sold in the United States. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY LOGO)

By Yimou Lee


HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd said third-quarter smartphone shipments jumped 26 percent year-on-year, doubling devices shipped to the high-margin premium market dominated by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc.

Shenzhen-based Huawei, the world's third-biggest smartphone supplier after the dominant pair, shipped 16.8 million smartphones globally in the quarter ended Sept. 30, according to company data. About a quarter of those were mid- to high-end models, more than twice as many as the same period last year.

"We are breaking our bottlenecks of mid- to high-end models step by step, especially in overseas markets," Huawei consumer business group marketing executive Shao Yang told Reuters in an interview.

Huawei, like Chinese rivals Lenovo Group Ltd and ZTE Corp, is better known for selling low- and mid-priced handsets in emerging markets than high-end models in developed countries.

Industry watchers say that although Huawei's premium devices are cutting-edge, the company has struggled to break into the high-end sector markets like the United States due to a lack of brand recognition and security concerns. Huawei had 6.7 percent of the global smartphone market in the second quarter, a distant third behind Samsung Electronics and Apple, according to analysis firm IDC.

As if to prove a point, Huawei unveiled a smartphone with an advanced sapphire glass display just days before Apple released its highly anticipated iPhone 6 in September.

"We have never questioned our ability to make products, but sometimes we are worried if we could occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts. So we will try to achieve that next year," Shao said.

Huawei's global marketing budget would leap at least 30 percent in 2015, compared with $440 million this year, he said.

The company has shipped 51 million smartphones globally in the first three quarters of 2014 - about 63.8 percent of its annual shipment target of 80 million, according to Reuters' calculations, based on figures provided by Huawei.

Shao said he expected quarter-on-quarter shipments growth of up to 80 percent in the fourth quarter, a peak holiday season for smartphone vendors.

A little more than half of Huawei's smartphone shipments went to China in the third quarter. Elsewhere, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific recorded the strongest growth.


(Editing by Stephen Coates and Kenneth Maxwell)

 

[Speeder 2]

Huawei's high-end Honor 6 phone packs octa-core CPU



The 16GB Honor 6 will reportedly sell for 1,999 Chinese yuan renminbi, (about $320), with the 32GB model fetching 2,499 Chinese yuan renminbi (about $400).

With this price tag and specs, it´ll eat Samsung Galaxy and iphone 6 alive in Europe.

 

[Speeder 2]

"We have never questioned our ability to make products, but sometimes we are worried if we could occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts. So we will try to achieve that next year," Shao said.

Huawei's global marketing budget would leap at least 30 percent in 2015, compared with $440 million this year, he said.

Huawei guys, or most other Chinese handset makers, need to hire me as its head of Int'l branding in high-end markets, since this Shao is absolutely clueless!!!

Seems that he doesn't understand what makes a premium phone, or "occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts". The size of Global marketing budget, or ability to make similar products, as he cited, is far away from being the key.

Although with similar specs of Samsung and iphones' flagships , the Huawei counterparts( and from many other Chinese handset makers) having only half the prices , they still don't occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts as great as Samsung and iphones.

WHY?

1. software quality and consistancy of this quality all the time: some of Huawei phone's hardware are great. but lagging on software quality and still have small gliches here and there. This is a no no for high-end consumers, who just like ones who check into a 7-star hotel expecting nothing short of perfection, not "more or less", of the services/software.

2. Innovation, innovation, innovation! to make products with features and hi tech that other premium competitors don't have. That's the key! So the strategy should not be that "Huawei can more or less also make what Samsung and iphones make but with only half a price", not only that, but also more importantly beyond that to become "Huawei can make some flagship phones with tech that are so good ans so unique that neither Samsung nor iphone can do".

In other words: if the best of Samsung and iphone are marked at £700 in the market, the day when Huawei is able to, and dare to, mark its counterpart flagships at £800 instead of usual £350 is the day when Huawei handsets "occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts", and THE place. Want to compete with £700 brand names? then start to make £800 phones rather than £350 ones which always look "cheap". e.g. one of my first phones a decade ago around Y2K was a tiny Sony (only 2G GSM, with a sizable antenna ) which costed me about 1,000 euro at a time. I didn't care and I wanted the best in the market. This is the high end market that Huawei wants to compete in. The high-end market is not money-conscious by default, but quality and technology-conscious.

 

[kawaraj]

Huawei guys, or most other Chinese handset makers, need to hire me as its head of Int'l branding in high-end markets, since this Shao is absolutely clueless!!!

Seems that he doesn't understand what makes a premium phone, or "occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts". The size of Global marketing budget, or ability to make similar products, as he cited, is far away from being the key.

1. software quality and consistancy of this quality all the time: some of Huawei phone's hardware are great. but lagging on software quality and still have small gliches here and there. This is a no no for high-end consumers, who just like ones who check into a 7-star hotel expecting nothing short of perfection, not "more or less", of the services/software.

2. Innovation, innovation, innovation! to make products with features and hi tech that other premium competitors don't have. That's the key! So the strategy should not be that "Huawei can more or less also make what Samsung and iphones make but with only half a price", not only that, but also more importantly beyond that to become "Huawei can make some flagship phones with tech that are so good ans so unique that neither Samsung nor iphone can do".

In other words: if the best of Samsung and iphone are marked at £700 in the market, the day when Huawei is able to, and dare to, mark its counterpart flagships at £800 instead of usual £350 is the day when Huawei handsets "occupy a place emotionally in consumers' hearts", and THE place. Want to compete with £700 brand names? then start to make £800 phones rather than £350 ones which always look "cheap". e.g. one of my first phones a decade ago around Y2K was a tiny Sony (only 2G GSM, with a sizable antenna ) which costed me about 1,000 euro at a time. I didn't care and I wanted the best in the market. This is the high end market that Huawei wants to compete in. The high-end market is not money-conscious by default, but quality and technology-conscious.

Well I tend to disagree, time is the only thing that these ambitious Chinese phone makers need and if they won't be satisfied with their huge domestic profit.

First, Chinese software venders are decent these days. We have outsourced some of our program to China and it turned out be even better that the US firm we used before. As for phone system, I have my old phone rebooted using MIUI provided by Xiaomi. Wonderful just one word.

Secondly some Chinese firms are big tech names such as Huawei. Its tech reputation is no less than Apple. Innovation is no issue for these level of brands.

 

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Well I tend to disagree, time is the only thing that these ambitious Chinese phone makers need and if they won't be satisfied with their huge domestic profit.

First, Chinese software venders are decent these days. We have outsourced some of our program to China and it turned out be even better that the US firm we used before. As for phone system, I have my old phone rebooted using MIUI provided by Xiaomi. Wonderful just one word.

Secondly some Chinese firms are big tech names such as Huawei. Its tech reputation is no less than Apple. Innovation is no issue for these level of brands.

1. on software: I meant by overall software reliability , accesories (e.g. battery overheating issue) reliability, consistancy of quality control, and user friendness, not 1 or 2 of them, but all. Huawei tends to be still green being a newcomer in the biz.


e.g. in the UK market Huawei flagship P7 costs about 350 quits, which beats piece of shit iphone 5s in almost every department you can think of. yet iphones 5s costs > 750! And people still buy 5s instead of P7. WHY??? because 1. brand name! higher price tag = more premium brand, whatever that means, and 2. software/battery: some customers reviews complain that some P7 have battery over heating issue - meaning huawei setting the price tag too low that some Huawei suppliers may cut the corners on quality and/or quality control of batteries?? how much it costs to curb this issue? not much. So for the sake of saving that tiny amount of profit ( a few quits per handset?) on battery limited by P7's cheap price tag, P7 is fucking up its overall reputation royally in the market vís-a-vís iphone 5s, AND reputation of Huawei vís-a-vís Apple. What an idiot!

2. on innovation: it is true that Huawei's telecom hardware B-2-B business has far more reputation than apple alike. but as a newbie in the consumer handset biz that we're talking about, it is an open book that Huawei and most of not all Chinese firms ( and all the rest of the world as well for that matter) are still "copying" the first Apple smartphone. To beat it, huawei needs to invent - e.g. new shape, new way of using, new tech ( holographic? curved? foldable? etc). It can only command loyalty from premium customers once it is the tech leader (e.g. being the #1 or the 1st one to use ...blah blah) with WOW factor instead of a follower of similar quality with cheaper price. Iphone and Samsung got their names by being the 1st in the market on many areas previously, so must do any Chinese handset maker hoping to fundamentally challenge them in the high-end market segment.