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Why even buy Huawei consumer devices now... even ignoring the CCP and their bs, Huawei now makes the same stuff as everyone else. Expensive, unrepairable, with
by bserge 6y ago
Why even buy Huawei consumer devices now... even ignoring the CCP and their bs, Huawei now makes the same stuff as everyone else. Expensive, unrepairable, with locked down software and HiX bloatware. Maybe they do well in the Chinese market, I don't know.
The Kirin 980 was pretty damn good (faster and cooler than Exynos and the SD845 of that year) but otherwise, you might as well get a Samsung or whatever.
- BelenusMordred 6y ago> Why even buy Huawei consumer devices now > Huawei now makes the same stuff as everyone else Did you not answer your own question? Why not buy their product if the value is better?
- agloeregrets 6y agoThat was their point, the value isn't better at all. Their product costs the same too. plus you can't get the Play Store out of the box.
- ncann 6y agoI've used the P20 Pro and P30 Pro and their cameras are awesome, almost magical in low light situations. I would have upgraded to the P40 Pro as well if not for the whole Google ecosystem shenanigan.
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- Reason077 6y agoMy Huawei 5G router is quite good. E6878-870. Cheapest I could find when I bought it.
- friedman23 6y agoDo you value privacy? I don't think you can claim huawei products are good if privacy is factored into the evaluation.
- mrvenkman 6y agoCan you elaborate on that opinion?
- ncann 6y agoI think it's just fearmongering. Has anyone have definite proof that Huawei routers phone home or have backdoor? And if you extend the same skepticism to other devices like phones then I think it's rather funny when just yesterday there's a front page HN link about how much data Google collect from Android phones.
- bserge 6y agoYeah, they used to compete on price, but it's getting rare. I also loved how open the Ascend P6 was, played with its SoC to my heart's content. Now you can't even request an official bootloader unlock for Huawei phones :/
- afr0ck 6y agoIn many countries of Africa (e.g.; Algeria, but north Africa in general), Huawei has a huge market share and they commercialize models that are well aligned with the consumer's budget in that region, given that they can't easily afford devices from Apple and Samsung which generally come at a higher price and higher maintenance costs. The last one is very important for those people as buying new devices is not that easy. For the average person, a new Iphone is equivalent to a work of 3/4 months.
- bserge 6y agoI'm from Eastern Europe and Huawei isn't popular because the prices are simply the same as comparable Samsung/LG/etc devices. They used to be lower, but as I said, they stopped competing on price quite a while ago. Instead, it's Xiaomi that's offering good value for a lower price. And they have Google Apps on their phones. Is it a known brand in North Africa? Their accessories at least are good quality and cheap. I'd never buy Apple, don't fall for their trap haha