Huawei owner panic as ‘hundreds of Brits flock to sell phone’

[rambro]

Trumps tantrums reflect badly on his administration
Doesnt he know that as an acute shrewd businessman that he is?

 

[rott]

PANICKED Brits are selling their Huawei smartphones amid fears they'll stop working properly, a top trade-in site has warned.

MusicMagpie – which lets you swap your old phones for cash – says it's seen a huge spike in the number of people selling their Huawei smartphones today.

The news follows Huawei becoming the latest casualty in the ongoing trade war between the US and China.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump has forced Google to "suspend" business with Huawei.


That means Huawei smartphones could miss out on software updates for Google's Android software – and even lose apps like Gmail or Google Maps.

Speaking to The Sun, a MusicMagpie spokesperson said revealed that this may be to blame for a sudden rise in Huawei trade-ins.

"With recent news that Huawei's use of Android is being restricted by Google, there has been a substantial 25% increase in the number of Huawei trade-ins at musicMagpie this morning compared with an average Monday morning at the tech site," MusicMagpie revealed.

"This shows that Huawei users are preparing for a potential device change in the event of further restrictions being put in place against the Chinese phone manufacturer."


MusicMagpie confirmed to The Sun that the number of Huawei customers trading in their devices today was in the hundreds.

It's bad news for Huawei, which is one of the top phone brands in the UK and around the world.

Globally, Huawei is the second-biggest smartphone vendor with a 19% share – behind Samsung (23.1%) but ahead of Apple (11.7%).

The firm is less dominant in the UK, holding a 12.3% share of the British market.

By contrast, Apple has a 41.1% share and Samsung has a 19.2% share, based on 2018 figures from Strategy Analytics.

It's not just Huawei being blacklisted that should worry phone owners, either.

According to MusicMagpie, the value of Huawei smartphones is very unstable – and falling fast.

"Looking at Huawei's depreciation rate, in general, Android devices depreciate faster than Apple handsets," MusicMagpie told The Sun.

"But in the space of a year, the P20 has depreciated by a huge 81%.

"Whilst the P30, which was only released last month, has depreciated by 46% already."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9115415/huawei-trade-in-price-sell-phone/

Your masters must be extremely honored with white a$$ kissing. Must be very proud of yourself too, huh?

 

[powastick]

You can buy from Singapore, there's a mini spike as well.

https://mothership.sg/2019/05/carousell-google-huawei/

https://www.asiaone.com/digital/mobile-phone-shops-singapore-arent-accepting-huawei-phones-trade-now

lol, i'll buy sell me, here plenty of buyer. But of course qoute me rock btm price.

 

[313ghazi]

I'm in the market for a p30 pro. InshaAllah this will drive down prices.

 

[Blue Marlin]

i have the honor view 20 great phone albeit a bit too big for comfort. prices will go down due to fear. but not as bad as the blackberry key 2 which is going for less than half of the retail price.

 

[UKBengali]

I'm in the market for a p30 pro. InshaAllah this will drive down prices.

Huawei phones are excellent - I am very pleased with the P20 Pro.

 

[Globenim]

a huge spike in the number of people selling their Huawei smartphones today

there has been a substantial 25% increase in the number of Huawei trade-ins at musicMagpie

this morning compared with an average Monday morning

So like .... 1 more?

 

[Azadkashmir]

it has finger print reader at back very comfortable pikup with one hand n press finger fone opens and best of all china gets my finger print.

 

[Keysersoze]

Your masters must be extremely honored with white a$$ kissing. Must be very proud of yourself too, huh?

Stop being a professional victim..

 

[rott]

Stop being a professional victim..

Why are you so triggered when I mention about a$$ kissing? Are you a victim too?

 

[Keysersoze]

Why are you so triggered when I mention about a$$ kissing? Are you a victim too?

Ah no. I have no interest in professional victims like you. Now report back to your master dog.

 

[Jlaw]

I was going to buy a Samsung S10. But now I'll buy Huawei p30. However, I do not use any of these Google apps and services.so f..k google!

Huawei already has the apps in the phone. When Google gets involved the apps are duplicated by Google. Also when you update, Google stealthily install other apps you do not know about. So this is a good thing. My Huawei is running smoother after getting rid of duplicated Google apps

 

[rott]

Ah no. I have no interest in professional victims like you. Now report back to your master dog.

There ya go... Use some brain cells if you wanna talk to me. Not gibberish.

 

[nang2]

Huawei should start to provide unlocking code for rooting their phones. Some tech-savvy folks can buy those used phones, root them with stock Android and sell them for a profit. What stands out in those Huawei phones is the hardware, not software.

 

[UKBengali]

Huawei should start to provide unlocking code for rooting their phones. Some tech-savvy folks can buy those used phones, root them with stock Android and sell them for a profit. What stands out in those Huawei phones is the hardware, not software.

Yep my P20 Pro has absolutely amazing specs in terms of camera, battery and screen quality.

If worse comes to worse and no support at all from Google after August, I will use it as normal but for web browsing no secure web sites initially till it becomes clear on Huawei's ability to push out security updates.
Huawei will not let us down I am sure in the worse case scenario.

In fact this attempt to destroy Huawei or use it as a bargaining chip with China in a trade war will only make sure that I just stick with Huawei for my next phone.