Huawei
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security this week imposed a $300 million fine on Seagate for violating U.S. export control restrictions. The storage company has admitted to shipping 7.4 million hard drives to Huawei in the 2020-2021 period, in direct violation of restrictions imposed by the U.S. government against the Chinese company in 2020. In response to those actions, the Bureau of Industry and Security has levied the largest standalone fine in the department's history against Seagate – one that will take Seagate several years to pay off. Back in 2019 – 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added Huawei and virtually all of its subsidiaries to its Entity List and imposed export rules that...
Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design Unboxing and Hands On Benchmarks
Alongside the Mate 9 launch a few weeks back, Huawei also announced the Mate 9 Porsche Design model. The presentation in Munich was heavily skewed towards the Porsche branded...
18 by Ian Cutress on 11/18/2016Huawei Mate 9 Launch and Hands On: Kirin 960, 5.9in FHD, Daydream VR
Today in Munich Huawei is releasing the covers on their new flagship smartphone. The Mate 9 follows the 8 and 7 as the leading devices under the Huawei brand...
29 by Ian Cutress on 11/3/2016Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design Launched: Curved 5.5-inch 1440p, Kirin 960, 6GB/256GB, $1300, non-US
Along with the Mate 9 launch, Huawei's event in Munich today featured a second higher-specification variant with branding tied in with one of the world's premium automobile and design...
47 by Ian Cutress on 11/3/2016Huawei Munich Press Event Live Blog (starts 2pm CET / 9am ET)
Following the launch of the Kirin 960 SoC, the first announce ARM's Cortex A73 cores and G71 GPU cores, we've been shipped to Munich to discover a new Huawei...
21 by Ian Cutress on 11/3/2016Huawei announces the HiSilicon Kirin 960: 4xA73 + 4xA53, G71MP8, CDMA
Last year we had the opportunity to attend HiSilicon's launch event of the Kirin 950. The 950 SoC was the first to employ ARM's Cortex A72 in a smartphone...
43 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 10/19/2016The Huawei Honor 8 Review
Huawei’s first foray into the US smartphone market was with the Honor 5X, a lower-cost device with a well-balanced design. Encouraged by its initial reception, Huawei is back with...
95 by Matt Humrick on 10/13/2016Gen-Z Consortium Formed: Developing a New Memory Interconnect
Anyone tasked with handling the way data is moved around a processor deserves praise. It takes time, dedication and skill to design something that not only works appropriately and...
15 by Ian Cutress on 10/12/2016One Month With: The Huawei TalkBand B3
I think I'm getting the reason why smartwatches exist now - or at least watches in general. When I was younger, before smartphones, I wore a simple cheap watch...
10 by Ian Cutress on 10/4/2016The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 39
Here’s the second part of AnandTech’s smartphone podcast, post the Apple event where the iPhone 7 was launched. On the Podcast are Ian, Josh and Matt (apologies for his...
10 by Ian Cutress on 10/3/2016Huawei Launches the NOVA Brand: Two Midrange Snapdragon 625 Smartphones
This week at IFA 2016, Huawei has announced another brand/line of smartphones. The NOVA brand, to counter the Mate line of devices and go up against its own H5onor...
8 by Ian Cutress on 9/1/2016IFA 2016: Huawei Press Event
We're here with Huawei, expecting a new phone or two.
13 by Ian Cutress on 9/1/2016honor Press Event Live Blog
We're in the California Academy of Sciences in SF awaiting a press event for Honor.
9 by Ian Cutress & Joshua Ho on 8/16/2016Huawei Announces The Honor 5A
Today Huawei announced a new member to the Honor 5 series, the Honor 5A, which brings a number of upgrades to the Honor 4A it replaces. The 5A comes...
15 by Matt Humrick on 6/13/2016Two Months With: The Huawei TalkBand B2
As part of the test with the Huawei Mate S, I also decided to use Huawei’s TalkBand B2 wearable which I got at the end of a press event...
29 by Ian Cutress on 5/11/2016Two Months With: The Huawei Mate S in Rose Gold, with Force Touch
Last time I wrote about smartphones beyond the odd news post and live blogs at events, I had purchased a $160 smartphone for my own use that ran four...
28 by Ian Cutress on 5/10/2016Huawei Launches the TalkBand B3
I’ve been using the TalkBand B2 for a couple of months (a write-up will come soon), and Huawei is announcing the release of their TalkBand B3. This is a...
4 by Ian Cutress on 4/6/2016Huawei Launches The P9 and P9 Plus
Today in London, Huawei has launched the latest devices in its P-series line. The P9 and P9 Plus take cues from the previous P8 but also some hardware moves...
34 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 4/6/2016The Huawei Honor 5X Review: Mid-Range Meets Maturity
Late last year Huawei introduced the Honor 5X, a phone branded and sold under their Honor sub brand for their home Chinese market. A few months later, the company...
30 by Brandon Chester on 2/29/2016The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 36: Mobile World Congress 2016, Snapdragon 820 and Exynos 8890
AnandTech Podcast #36: The annual smartphone extravaganza known as Mobile World Congress has come and gone. We clocked up 45.4km on foot during the week, averaging around five hours...
14 by Ian Cutress on 2/29/2016Huawei Enters The PC Market With The MateBook Convertible Tablet
Move over Microsoft. One of the world’s largest smartphone makers has decided to enter the PC marketplace with the launch of the MateBook 2-in-1 tablet. Well, maybe not, but...
15 by Brett Howse on 2/21/2016