☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoHuawei looks to upstage Apple with product launch just hours after expected iPhone 16 unveilingwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down13
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkHuawei looks to upstage Apple with product launch just hours after expected iPhone 16 unveilingwww.cnbc.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months ago“Looking to upstage Apple” I am sure Huawei will run a good presentation, but I have severe doubts about “upstaging”, especially since we don’t know what Huawei will launch.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoGiven that Huawei has been eating Apple’s market share in China, I’d say they’re already upstaging them.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSure, but is that due to a better product, cheaper product or a better political landscape? I am leaning on the latter two options.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoI mean we’re now at the point where there really isn’t much difference between phones hardware wise, and Huawei is indeed far cheaper than the iPhone https://versus.com/en/apple-iphone-15-pro-vs-huawei-mate-60-pro Another big factor is that the app ecosystem centres on meta apps like wechat that have a lot of combined functionality. That makes the actual underlying OS less important to the user since they do everything in the app anyway.
minus-squarethayerw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoFor all its faults (and there are many), Huawei continually features some of best phone cameras available worldwide.
“Looking to upstage Apple”
I am sure Huawei will run a good presentation, but I have severe doubts about “upstaging”, especially since we don’t know what Huawei will launch.
Given that Huawei has been eating Apple’s market share in China, I’d say they’re already upstaging them.
Sure, but is that due to a better product, cheaper product or a better political landscape?
I am leaning on the latter two options.
I mean we’re now at the point where there really isn’t much difference between phones hardware wise, and Huawei is indeed far cheaper than the iPhone https://versus.com/en/apple-iphone-15-pro-vs-huawei-mate-60-pro
Another big factor is that the app ecosystem centres on meta apps like wechat that have a lot of combined functionality. That makes the actual underlying OS less important to the user since they do everything in the app anyway.
For all its faults (and there are many), Huawei continually features some of best phone cameras available worldwide.