Question regarding Huawei

[n8cwhite]

https://www.androidcentral.com/huawei-will-stop-focusing-us-market-following-security-setbacks

 

What does this mean? Will current devices already in the US Market stay there? I've been eyeing the Mate SE but lack sufficient funds for it and it would really suck if it got removed from Amazon or the Huawei store before I could grab it.

[pcguy0000]

I think, if they do stop focusing on the U.S market, it will only mean that they wont "push" their product to consumers as much. They will still sell them there.

[ScratchCat]

It would mean that you would not find Huawei phones as part of a carrier bundle.

Finding an unlocked phone should be as simple as before, you may however have to look at alternative sites such as importers on eBay if Huawei decide to completely pull back from the US (unlikely but as their reputation is being hit repeatedly it is not out of the question that they will refocus on less resistant markets such as eastern Europe).

[Guest The Viking]

i think they just mean they won't bother with advertisement and proper after sales service and such. You'll still find some of their devices, unlocked, on amazon.com and maybe one or two small physical stores that sell all kinds of phones (does that even still exist?). Not sure you've noticed, but Huawei USA is very active on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram and even answers all questions people ask on amazon.com, but having a few people doing that+warranty & all must cost $$$$$$ for the little they sell.

 

so i do think you'll be able to buy the Mate SE in a few months, though you may want to hurry up.

 

Now, woudn't surprise me if they end up pulling away entirely, it does seem to cost a fortune to sell few units here and there in the US (see LeEco how they are nearly bunkrupt)

 

seems the US is getting what they want. shame for the consumer, now you have Samsung & Apple left alone (google/lg/sony... not really a choice, are they?)

 

edit: the sad part is how the US gov. keeps hammering the "they spy on us" part without proofs, they've been doing it for so long it's not even funny anymore, especially when you find out that the NSA managed to spy on Huawei a few years ago. There's people who literally have nothing to do of their free time and need to post negative reviews on the Huawei (& other chinese) phones on amazon, but then you see the rating and... 

 

it's even in the bestselling category, like, common, the consumer definitely loves this one:

 

[dizmo]

On 4/18/2018 at 10:17 AM, pcguy0000 said:

I think, if they do stop focusing on the U.S market, it will only mean that they wont "push" their product to consumers as much. They will still sell them there.

 

On 4/18/2018 at 10:34 AM, ScratchCat said:

It would mean that you would not find Huawei phones as part of a carrier bundle.

Finding an unlocked phone should be as simple as before, you may however have to look at alternative sites such as importers on eBay if Huawei decide to completely pull back from the US (unlikely but as their reputation is being hit repeatedly it is not out of the question that they will refocus on less resistant markets such as eastern Europe).

 

They're being more forced out. There have been stores that have already dropped them. I imagine Amazon will continue to carry them, but we may see them drop Huawei too as I imagine having only one retailer (and likely drastically low sales after the US lead smear campaign) sort of defeats the point.

 

 

On 4/18/2018 at 10:43 AM, The Viking said:

i think they just mean they won't bother with advertisement and proper after sales service and such. You'll still find some of their devices, unlocked, on amazon.com and maybe one or two small physical stores that sell all kinds of phones (does that even still exist?). Not sure you've noticed, but Huawei USA is very active on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram and even answers all questions people ask on amazon.com, but having a few people doing that+warranty & all must cost $$$$$$ for the little they sell.

 

so i do think you'll be able to buy the Mate SE in a few months, though you may want to hurry up.

 

Now, woudn't surprise me if they end up pulling away entirely, it does seem to cost a fortune to sell few units here and there in the US (see LeEco how they are nearly bunkrupt)

 

seems the US is getting what they want. shame for the consumer, now you have Samsung & Apple left alone (google/lg/sony... not really a choice, are they?)

 

edit: the sad part is how the US gov. keeps hammering the "they spy on us" part without proofs, they've been doing it for so long it's not even funny anymore, especially when you find out that the NSA managed to spy on Huawei a few years ago. There's people who literally have nothing to do of their free time and need to post negative reviews on the Huawei (& other chinese) phones on amazon, but then you see the rating and... 

 

it's even in the bestselling category, like, common, the consumer definitely loves this one:

They've already lost a couple of companies that used to carry their products, so I think most imports will have to be grey market. They've also stated they won't bother shipping any P20/P20 Plus units to the US.

 

I don't see why the other players you listed are any less of a choice. They're as in the US market as Huawei was.

 

LeEco went bankrupt for other reasons. They were trying to do way too many things at once, and it cost them dearly.

They're using the excuse of "they spy on us" to make it easier for the US population to understand. In reality they're fearful because Huawei is a state backed company, and thus the state has more fingers in the pot. They're able to pull more strings. It's not uncommon, and it's the same reason Canada and I believe the UK refuse to use Huawei on any back end infrastructure.

[Guest The Viking]

37 minutes ago, dizmo said:

They've already lost a couple of companies that used to carry their products, so I think most imports will have to be grey market. They've also stated they won't bother shipping any P20/P20 Plus units to the US.

pretty much. I've seen some americans wanting it though.

37 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I don't see why the other players you listed are any less of a choice. They're as in the US market as Huawei was.

Google/LG/Sony/Etc don't make very interesting phones. Why do you think they nearly disappeared in Europe? 5 years ago a bunch of people had Xperias and whatever lg made at the time. Now nobody has xperia, and instead Huawei's the preference, with Xiaomi already officially implemented in the spanish market and being a top seller. Google, sure, it's niche and not available here so whatever. LG? Haven't seen an LG or LG ad in forever. There's the new nokia coming back though, with new players such as Oneplus, but isn't extra choice a good thing? Huawei's budget line-up sells very well and their flagships sell more and more, with the P9 shipping 12 million units alone.

39 minutes ago, dizmo said:

LeEco went bankrupt for other reasons. They were trying to do way too many things at once, and it cost them dearly.

They're using the excuse of "they spy on us" to make it easier for the US population to understand.

ok

40 minutes ago, dizmo said:

In reality they're fearful because Huawei is a state backed company, and thus the state has more fingers in the pot. They're able to pull more strings. It's not uncommon, and it's the same reason Canada and I believe the UK refuse to use Huawei on any back end infrastructure.

Not really? it's a private company. The founder did come from the chinese army, like 500K other people who were there at the same time. If you have 500K, easily one of them is going to succeed in life, right? Besides, which country doesn't have somebody the gov. involved in some of their biggest companies? When I see Apple or Google phoning Trump to get some help to not pay taxes in Europe, what am I supposed to think about that? If they do it, why is it bad China does it?

 

The UK originally refused Huawei in infrastructure until they built a special center were their material is checked and approved by the gov for public usage. The UK government in itself is a joke, a puppy from the US government who'll do anything to be in their right side. Other European states have said that they prefer chinese equipment in their govenrment infrastructure rather than using any american one, which just shows how much European govs trust the US gov. Think about it, we would rather trust the chinese than the americans. This is especially true with the entire Cisco thing that happened few years ago.

 

There's now also the entire 5G debate, and when you see Huawei's one of the main 5G players who already have signed contracts to deploy 5G by 2019/2020 in the UK, Spain, France or Germany, it makes you wonder where the US companies are at (let me summarize it, they are late on it).