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A mobile handset business spun off from Huawei Technologies in 2020, Honor is one of China's leading smartphone brands.
Labubu dolls. Photo: EPA-EFE
China economy

China adapts to tariffs, Lujiazui forum and more

This week: US-China trade framework leaves tariffs in place, Geely to stop building new EV plants and Macau satellite casinos to close. Next week: May economic data releases; TikTok ban deadline nears, Chinese regulators to release new financial policy and more.

Robotics

Honor enters robotics race after pledging US$10 billion AI investment

Hong Kong society

‘Opportunity I could not let pass’: Hong Kong expats embrace life in Qatar

Smartphones

Chinese smartphone makers turn to Google AI to compete globally

Chinese handset brands are leveraging Google AI to compete with Apple and Samsung, but differentiation is a challenge.

Visitors attend MWC25 in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: EPA-EFE
Smartphones

Honor’s new CEO unveils US$10 billion plan for AI transformation

The Huawei spin-off aims transform from a smartphone maker into an ecosystem company focused on AI devices, CEO James Li Jian says.

Smartphones

Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek

DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.

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US-China tech war

China’s antitrust probe into Google seen as warning shot to the US

While the immediate impact is limited, China could escalate its actions depending on how its negotiations with the US unfold, analysts say.

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A Google logo outside a building in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Smartphones

Honor brings on Huawei veteran to lead firm as CEO George Zhao Ming resigns

Honor’s leadership shuffle could add some degree of uncertainty to the company’s preparations for an initial public offering.

Apple

Apple’s pricey iPhones ineligible under China’s new subsidy scheme

China’s latest stimulus measure offers a 15 per cent subsidy for purchases of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.

Alibaba Cloud’s partnership with Transsion will enable generative artificial intelligence services in the Phantom V Fold2 5G smartphone. Photo: Phantom
Smartphones

China’s Honor targets Indonesia’s growing appetite for premium smartphones

Honor expects to initially launch more than 30 products this year in Indonesia, where it plans to open over 10 ‘experience’ stores.

Honor expects to launch its initial batch of products in Indonesia in the first quarter. Photo: Shutterstock
Tencent

Tencent and smartphone maker Honor team up on AI while Apple lags behind

Tencent is providing cloud computing resources to strengthen Honor’s AI offerings while Apple Intelligence is still absent in China.

Smartphones

Huawei premium smartphone shipments surge, as Apple leads segment in China

Mainland shipments of Huawei’s premium-priced smartphones – handsets that cost more than US$600 – rose 34 per cent in the third quarter.

Smartphones

Oppo brings back premium Find X smartphones to global markets

The Chinese Android handset maker is making a renewed push in the premium segment in Southeast Asia and western Europe.

Oppo’s Find X8 and Find X8 Pro smartphones feature the latest artificial-intelligence functions. Photo: SCMP
Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales fall during China’s Singles’ Day shopping festival: report

The event’s two-week sales period saw ‘a double-digit, year-on-year decline’ in iPhone sales amid stiff competition from Chinese rivals.

This year’s Singles’ Day debacle for Apple reflects the continued cutthroat competition in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Chinese smartphone brands beat Apple to the AI punch at home

With no word on when Apple Intelligence will arrive in China, domestic players from Xiaomi to Honor are touting their own AI features.

Smartphones

China smartphone market on track to post first annual sales growth in five years

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024.

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Huawei

Xiaomi, Honor look ready to push trifold handsets, following Huawei’s lead

Both Xiaomi and Honor have previously applied for a design patent on a double-hinged handset, according to public records.

An advertisement for Huawei Technologies’ Mate XT trifold smartphone outside the company’s store in Beijing’s Wangfujing shopping area on September 13, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg
Smartphones

Huawei trifold smartphone seizes mainland’s interest ahead of iPhone 16 launch

Around 3.04 million people have made online reservations to buy Huawei’s new 5G Mate XT as of Monday afternoon.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese unicorn Zhipu AI raises new funding from state-backed investor

State-backed investment vehicle Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development estimates Zhipu AI’s value at around US$2.8 billion.

Samsung Electronics

Samsung said to slash 8% of sales team in mainland China amid weak performance

This marks the start of a broader restructuring that would potentially cut up to 30 per cent of Samsung’s mainland workforce by next year.

Shoppers at a Samsung Electronics store, next to other smartphone retailers, inside the Xidan Joy City Shopping Centre in Beijing. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Honor beats Samsung as top foldable phone brand in west Europe

The Huawei spin-off took that crown for the first time in western Europe, the second-largest foldable handset market after China.

Honor’s Magic V2 foldable smartphone. Photo: Handout
Xiaomi

Xiaomi gains share in Latin America, Japan, India amid smartphone war in China

Xiaomi shipped 6.2 million handsets to Latin America last quarter, ranking behind market leader Samsung’s shipments of 10.2 million units.

Video gaming

China’s Guangdong allows video gaming firms to test pre-licensed titles

The new rule appears to provide an advantage to Shenzhen-based video gaming giant Tencent and major smartphone vendors that run app stores like Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Honor.

Smartphones

Samsung-ByteDance AI pact and Xiaomi heat up China’s foldable smartphone market

Major Android handset vendors are betting on foldable, artificial intelligence-powered models to compete with Apple ’s iPhone in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

Samsung Electronics’ ByteDance AI-supported foldable handsets for China could potentially boost demand for its devices in the world’s largest smartphone market. Photo: EPA-EFE
Smartphones

China’s smartphones vie for global market share

China’s smartphone makers picked up market share from Samsung and Apple in the second quarter, with the all-important China market proving to be key for most players.

A billboard showing a Huawei Pura 70 smartphone. Photo: Reuters
China manufacturing

My Take | How China’s automated super factories are raising hopes for an economic revival

The environment inside a highly automated plant appears a far cry from the days when mainland Chinese factories were known as ‘labour-intensive’ sweatshops.

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Smartphones

China’s Honor sees slim, AI-powered foldable smartphones driving premium market push

Honor expects on-device artificial intelligence and a slim design will differentiate its foldable smartphones against rival models from Huawei and Samsung.

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