They’ll be involved in that process in the sense that the process will be “we are not buying those chips. Go away.”
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Huawei 'Open' to Selling 5G Chips to Apple
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Do you know what the five eyes are? The United States gathers zero days and learns how to crack pretty much any US made device. They use these techniques to peer into the global network. It's more likely that they don't like Huawei because perhaps they can't easily crack it or Huawei refuses to give them access to networks running on their infrastructure.
Do you trust intel? Watch this and learn.
Why do you suppose that exists at all?
Very good news for Apple if it’s really true. Finally Apple has a fallback option to not being pinned to a dead end. Lagging behind too much on the 5G racing would do BIG BIG harm to Apple.
Exactly. Oooh, it's China it must be bad. Get over the politics and West vs Communism. It's foreseeable that Huawei might open up with more transparency and build in better security so that they might be able to play in a global market.
Yes, the Feds hate competition in the spying space.
US politicians aren't that expensive. They can be bought for just tens of thousands of dollars.
So very true. Or sometimes, even a $600 hooker will suffice to buy the votes of US politicians.
The Chinese Communist Empire is going to win because they already know that American democracy can be bribed.
The reason Huawei was never trusted by the US Government is from the fact that Huawei's founding members had ties to (and were retired officers of) the People's Liberation Army. Of course the Huawei corporate leadership is going to deny that they are loyal to the Chinese military-industrial complex, and will do everything to cover up such ties. I certainly would do the same thing if I were them.
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So very true. Or sometimes, even a $600 hooker will suffice to buy the votes of US politicians.
The Chinese Communist Empire is going to win because they already know that American democracy can be bribed.
Look how Israel basically controls congress now. Almost everyone in Congress pledged allegiance to Israel.
See:
And no one is screaming about foreign meddling at all. Double standard.
Oh, god not another one of these. Apple is a company, not your friend. These are all companies trying to make money off of you. Samsung and Qualcomm are not in competition with you...you don’t win anything if Apple sells more products
Instead of selling chips to Apple directly, why not just selling chips to Chinese iPhone iPad only? Oh well. China is boycotting the entire world after all.
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No public records at least. Not like Chinese would say something logical and meaningful anyway.
5G is called 5G sub6 NR for the below 6 GHz version and 5G mmWave for the 20+GHz versions.
Me thinks Macrumors bot had one too many drinks last night.
Dear Apple,
I think I speak for every intelligent Apple user and insist you say NO!! To Huawei!
Giving China a free pipeline to data-mine our phones is NOT worth jumping on to a new network that is still YEARS away from functioning across the country!
I think I speak for every intelligent Apple user and insist you say NO!! To Huawei!
Giving China a free pipeline to data-mine our phones is NOT worth jumping on to a new network that is still YEARS away from functioning across the country!
I’d sooner go back to my old rotary phone before I ever purchase a device containing a sliver of silicone that has passed through Huawei!
[doublepost=1554781849][/doublepost]I would sooner trust Facebook, Google, and Experian with all my credit cards, CVN codes, social Security and bank pins before I ever touch a device using a Huawei
[doublepost=1554781849][/doublepost]I would sooner trust Facebook, Google, and Experian with all my credit cards, CVN codes, social Security and bank pins before I ever touch a device using a Huawei
So, do Americans like you really think that Chinese government wants to spy on you? That would be really funny if it was not sad.
This is actually a really good offer for both Apple and Huawei when looking at it rationally, assuming if it is true of course.
Apple currently has patent disputes with both Samsung and Qualcomm (none with Huawei). If Intel fails to deliver, the only option left would be MediaTek and Huawei, Huawei being the much stronger and mature product. Furthermore, modem is not something that is really visible to the end user and will have no impact on Apple trying to develop modems in house, so the supplier really does not matter if the functionality is there. The only downside is security concerns, Apple may well sell multiple versions of their phone with different modems for different markets.
Huawei gains some quick cash, and it also improves their reputation. If their modems are used by Apple, Apple would surely have conducted a through security analysis.
While Apple and Huawei are certainly competitors, their overlap is relatively small. Both Apple and Huawei's biggest competitor in Europe and India is Samsung. In the U.S. there is zero overlap. In China both Apple and Huawei compete against a slew of other Chinese manufacturers.
Apple currently has patent disputes with both Samsung and Qualcomm (none with Huawei). If Intel fails to deliver, the only option left would be MediaTek and Huawei, Huawei being the much stronger and mature product. Furthermore, modem is not something that is really visible to the end user and will have no impact on Apple trying to develop modems in house, so the supplier really does not matter if the functionality is there. The only downside is security concerns, Apple may well sell multiple versions of their phone with different modems for different markets.
Huawei gains some quick cash, and it also improves their reputation. If their modems are used by Apple, Apple would surely have conducted a through security analysis.
While Apple and Huawei are certainly competitors, their overlap is relatively small. Both Apple and Huawei's biggest competitor in Europe and India is Samsung. In the U.S. there is zero overlap. In China both Apple and Huawei compete against a slew of other Chinese manufacturers.