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Is there a legitimate security concern or is it that Huawei is a potential threat to companies here in the US who sell similar or same products for far more? C

Is there a legitimate security concern or is it that Huawei is a potential threat to companies here in the US who sell similar or same products for far more? Call me pessimistic, but anytime a government tells me something is a national security threat, my b.s. detector starts to go off. Not to go completely on a tangent, but the goals of the US republic are to protect its elite. Everything else is just a distraction, IMO.

thetechlead 8y ago
Simply put, Huawei's products have better quality and companies in the US can't compete with it. They are already #1 in telecommunication equipment and for consumer electronics like smart phones, they are killing other competitors in markets like China and Europe. Their phones were just like another cheap knock-off a few year back and what impressed me most is how they innovated through hard core R&D in the last 3 years. I'm now typing on a Huawei Matebook 13 and carrying a Huawei Mate 10 phone. Those things have amazing quality and it's a real pity customers can't have them in the States.
- msravi 8y ago
  Does it matter that Huawei has reached that position by possibly stealing code? https://blogs.cisco.com/news/huawei-and-ciscos-source-code-correcting-the-record https://blogs.cisco.com/news/huawei-and-ciscos-source-code-c...
  - thetechlead 8y ago
    to be honest I think it's all bullshit, just like how oracles sued google for fucking 9-line copyright infringement, when the first jury trail came out i was working at google. or the lawsuit Qualcomm 'won' against apple in china. imo copyright law is hurting competition and innovation in the long term
- bobx11 8y ago
  This is not my experience. I have several lte devices from them and they are very unreliable. Their only advantage is price (for the time being).
  - thetechlead 8y ago
    their phones are not cheap, at least for the flagship models like mate/p series. if you're really looking for the best budget phone your money can get, try a xiaomi

thetechlead 8y ago

Simply put, Huawei's products have better quality and companies in the US can't compete with it. They are already #1 in telecommunication equipment and for consumer electronics like smart phones, they are killing other competitors in markets like China and Europe. Their phones were just like another cheap knock-off a few year back and what impressed me most is how they innovated through hard core R&D in the last 3 years. I'm now typing on a Huawei Matebook 13 and carrying a Huawei Mate 10 phone. Those things have amazing quality and it's a real pity customers can't have them in the States.

msravi 8y ago
Does it matter that Huawei has reached that position by possibly stealing code? https://blogs.cisco.com/news/huawei-and-ciscos-source-code-correcting-the-record https://blogs.cisco.com/news/huawei-and-ciscos-source-code-c...
- thetechlead 8y ago
  to be honest I think it's all bullshit, just like how oracles sued google for fucking 9-line copyright infringement, when the first jury trail came out i was working at google. or the lawsuit Qualcomm 'won' against apple in china. imo copyright law is hurting competition and innovation in the long term
bobx11 8y ago
This is not my experience. I have several lte devices from them and they are very unreliable. Their only advantage is price (for the time being).
- thetechlead 8y ago
  their phones are not cheap, at least for the flagship models like mate/p series. if you're really looking for the best budget phone your money can get, try a xiaomi