Goondu review: Google Nexus 6P
Google’s Nexus phones have always been marketed as the best that Android can offer. In terms of a thoroughly pleasant and friendly experience, the latest top-end Nexus 6P is no different. Like...
View ArticleFive tablets and phones from China making a difference
As Chinese around the world celebrate Lunar New Year tomorrow, all eyes are on the festivities and people getting together. How many in Singapore, however, will be carrying a phone or tablet from a...
View ArticleHands on: Huawei Mate 8
Fresh from winning over Android diehards with the Nexus 6P, Huawei this week launched its new Mate 8 flagship in Kuala Lumpur for the region. Unlike the Nexus phone, Huawei has added some spice to...
View ArticleGoondu review: Huawei Mate 8
Huawei has been basking in very positive light of late especially when its Google Nexus 6P gained the Chinese company much street cred among Android users. It is of little wonder that eyes are on the...
View ArticleGoondu review: Huawei P9
The Huawei P9, the very first smartphone to have a Leica lens in its slim body, has been creating waves lately. Some positive, in the sense that it brings the promise of great image quality from the...
View ArticleHands on: Huawei Mate 9 is an undeniable flagship
Huawei Mate 9 launch in Munich, Germany Huawei’s new Mate 9, packed with new tricks and souped-up hardware such as a camera system co-developed with Leica, is a phone that will challenge the best...
View ArticleGoondu review: Huawei Mate 9
Huawei Mate 9 launch in Munich, Germany These days, it is hard to be a smartphone manufacturer. When budget or mid-end models run the latest version of Android and feature things like fingerprint...
View ArticleCan Huawei overtake Apple as it aspires to smartphone crown?
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group, speaking at the launch of the Mate 9 in Munch in November 2016. PHOTO: Wilson Wong Huawei has been talking big this year. A couple of weeks ago, at...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide 2016: What to buy for a digital nomad
Okay, we’ll come out and admit that digital nomad sounds a little hipster. In the past, we used to call people who travel all the time for work road warriors. All the same, these folks on the go want...
View ArticlePhone makers pile in to exploit Samsung weakness
A hostess holds Huawei’s new P10 Plus device after its presentation ceremony at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna By Eric Auchard and Harro Ten Wolde...
View ArticleFour flagship smartphones from Mobile World Congress to look out for this year
The Mobile World Congress (MWC), the biggest mobile show of the year industry came to an end yesterday, and many of the big smartphone manufacturers unveiled their latest and greatest offerings. Eager...
View ArticleHands on: Huawei P10 Plus banks on camera quality
Huawei P10. PHOTO: Handout Huawei was on everyone’s lips last year when it debuted its P9 with a dual lens system that was co-engineered with famed German camera maker Leica. There’s no denying how...
View ArticleEyeing Chinese market, Orange partners Huawei to launch international public...
Orange Business Services is partnering Huawei in hopes of making it big in the China market. PHOTO: Handout France-based Orange Business Services (OBS) is partnering with Chinese telecom equipment...
View ArticleSmartphone camera shootout: Asus Zenfone Zoom S, Huawei P10 Plus, Oppo R11...
The phones in the shootout (from left): Huawei P10 Plus, Samsung Galaxy S8+, Asus ZenFone Zoom S and Oppo R11. PHOTO: Wilson Wong Since our smartphone camera shootout last year with three flagship...
View ArticleHuawei aims to be global player in cloud services
Huawei’s rotating CEO Guo Ping speaking at his company’s event in Shanghai on September 5. PHOTO: Handout Cloud computing was at the front and centre at Huawei’s annual gathering of customers, business...
View ArticleTechnology is disrupting public safety: Huawei
Koh Hong-Eng, Huawei’s chief public safety expert. PHOTO: Huawei website Assuring public safety in cities and countries hard work. There must be enough boots on the ground to patrol the streets, put...
View ArticleWind on its back, Huawei seeks innovation to sail ahead of smartphone rivals
A caretaker tends to a lake at Huawei’s sprawling Silicon Valley-style campus, where a family of black swans imported from Australia call home. PHOTO: Alfred Siew When network engineers spoke about...
View ArticleHuawei banks on AI-enabled Kirin 970 processor to set it apart
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: Handout Over the years, smartphone makers have stretched the screen sizes, used new materials such as glass and installed cameras that take stunning pictures. Even mid-end phones...
View ArticleHuawei launches Mate 10 series to cement its new market position
Huawei’s new Mate 10 series, including this top-end Porsche Design version, seek to cement its new market position. PHOTO: Wilson Wong During last year’s Mate 9 in Munich, Huawei’s consumer business...
View ArticleHuawei is doing something right but it has to start differentiating from...
The basic Huawei Mate 10 still sports a button at the front, but the more expensive Mate 10 Pro and Porsche Design versions are sleeker without it. PHOTO: Handout With the new Mate 10 just out today in...
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