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Huawei's New MateBook Fold Could Be Mistaken for Apple's Rumored Foldable iPad
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Really intrigued by the device, but couldn't justify buying one. Still, it would be nice to see it here in the States so I could wander into a Best Buy and check it out.
These companies are making apple look very slow and behind the times. There’s no excuse for it either with apple’s endless wealth.
It’s more the other way around. There are products out there that can theoretically do a lot of things, but usually Apple is the one who can make things happen in the real world — smartphones, tablets, mobile payments, ARM computers…
The key point is not making a lot of things, but making great things. We can’t speak for SJ, but companies like Huawei are on the polar opposite of what he always did. Another quote from Jony Ive:
“The thing is, it’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better”.
Chinese companies are experts at copying. They can make anything US companies make much cheaper with a touch of child labor 😂
If Apple thinks that people want a folding iPad so they can type on glass, then they've learned nothing from the TouchBar fiasco.
Have you heard the expression, "It's the thought that counts" before. It means if Apple engineers and product developers have thought of something, then they own it. It doesn't matter who produced it first.
That's the beauty of "It's the thought that counts".
I think with this form factor, good well-planned software will be the key to making it truly useful for a lot of people instead of a gimmick or very niche. Interested in seeing what Huawei have come up with and what Apple comes up with if they release something similar.
Glasses will never replace something you have on your wrist or in your pocket. No matter how you stripe it, glasses are far more inconvenient than something on your wrist or in your pocket. That will never change.
Who’s to say Apple isn’t copying them?
This looks like a terrific product and quite innovative. The Huawei holds more patents than any tech company in the world. Looking forward to seeing reviews on YouTube soon.
Competition is good, and this looks like a great product. Not for me, but wow, that looks impressive.
Huawei has no shame, they even copied apple's ev car. /s
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That’s called a good way to lose focus. That’s one of the reasons Apple was about to go bankrupt before Steve Jobs came back and refocused their product line.
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.”
― Steve Jobs
Also I don’t know why you assume Apple is willingly offering hints of their R&D.
We'll have to say the opposite when the Apple fold comes out?
Also what people are missing is that Huawei came-up with their own operating system which runs on phones, tablets, computers, and now this hybrid tablet-laptop form factor (and seems to synchronise/interact nicely when you have multiple Huawei devices).
So they have a complete ecosystem whereby they fully integrated chips design/production, device design/manufacturing, operating system, and cloud services.
While they aren’t the best at all of this (especially their chips are lagging behind a bit and their OS is still in early stages although it looks pretty good), controlling the whole chain isn’t a small achievement and makes them a powerhouse for consumer electronics.
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It's the all-glass MacBook I always thought Apple was headed toward.
I always felt Touchbar was Apple's toe-dip into an eventual all-glass MacBook. And I suspect we would have been there by now had Apple not uncharacteristically caved to a vocal minorty, lurking in some niche forums, that simply could not get past the loss (in some instances) of F-keys (as if a solution wasn't a simple macOS point update away or an easy key command to toggle ON/OFF or SHOW/HIDE). I've never played the Steve card - until today. Steve would have let Touchbar play out, which I feel would have eventually resulted in an all-glass MacBook. The beauty here? We'll never know. 😜
That said, if Matebook Fold were an Apple device, the chorus of complaints about an all-screen keyboard would be deafening (so much so that Apple likely can't introduce an all-glass MacBook). But when a competitor does it, the forum is overrun with posts about how Apple can't innovate. We're a special group.
I always felt Touchbar was Apple's toe-dip into an eventual all-glass MacBook. And I suspect we would have been there by now had Apple not uncharacteristically caved to a vocal minorty, lurking in some niche forums, that simply could not get past the loss (in some instances) of F-keys (as if a solution wasn't a simple macOS point update away or an easy key command to toggle ON/OFF or SHOW/HIDE). I've never played the Steve card - until today. Steve would have let Touchbar play out, which I feel would have eventually resulted in an all-glass MacBook. The beauty here? We'll never know. 😜
That said, if Matebook Fold were an Apple device, the chorus of complaints about an all-screen keyboard would be deafening (so much so that Apple likely can't introduce an all-glass MacBook). But when a competitor does it, the forum is overrun with posts about how Apple can't innovate. We're a special group.
you just dont understand that different cultures have different tastes.
Reminds me of the Chinese exclusive version of the Samsung galaxy fold
Huawei tends to be fond of Apple aesthetics
That's one way of putting it.
I would love to try this device. Shame it’s only available in China.
It’s not going to be sold in the USA. In China, you can get a very good copy of iOS on some of their brands. Even China has limits on what risk they’re willing to take.
Copytition doesn’t really hurt Apple because it’s still an imitation of the real thing. It’s like fake Rolex watches don’t hurt sales of real Rolex watches. I think it looks cute and maybe it will sell fairly well in China because they have strong loyalty towards their country.