ARM the British computer chip producer told their staffs to stop business with Huawei.
*And how does it affect us?*
Recently ARM the computer chip or a semiconductor manufacturer stopped supplies to Huawei. As a Huawei smartphone users. This made me feel like its getting risky. The reason why ARM stopped business is because the semiconductors they are making for the phones are made with An American owned technologies. Came with the Trump administrations ban. I believe this is a part and the effect from the trade war between the United States and China. This decision slows down and shakes the whole company in to chaotic situation. Huawei uses the chips for 5G devices and servers. And Vodafone found a back doors hidden in Huawei’s equipment. So there could be some security issues that we don’t know.
The US government have banned Huawei for Security reasons since 2012. This case gave a really bad image on Huawei. The US government is concerned about Huawei taking over the 5G technology and use it for spying,which will bring profits to China. “Whoever gets to dominate 5G infrastructure will become the owner of the next generation of the World’s telecoms infrastructure. Recently Google said that the Huawei ban threatens National security of the US. There is a rumor that the Google will stop all the services on Huawei devices such as Update, Google play service, which are used for most of the apps like YouTube and the Operating system, Android. But google have announced that they will cut off Huawei devices from future Android updates.
For this i personally think the US government have made the best decision for them selves and the Huawei users. My first Huawei phone was Nova 2i, I thought the company makes phones with great balances for both Cost and performance. But after i saw the news about the Backdoor, and the security policies it changed my mind. I’ve questioned myself “Are they watching me?”, “Should i change my phone?”.
Would you buy a phone that can’t use Google apps like Play store, YouTube, Chrome, Google drive? Facebook stopped Huawei pre-installing their apps on the devices. The western allies of the US are banning Huawei and agreeing that Huawei is a National risk. There are Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan and the United States. Italian politicians are reportedly pushing for Huawei 5G ban.
Lastly the value of the Huawei devices are hitting the bottom. The latest flagship phone of Huawei the P30pro the price in Singapore is about 1025 US dollars. but the real problem occurs when reselling it. The price sinks down to 130 US dollar. it has lost almost 90% of its value. My questions are does it worth it? Is it okay to upgrade my phone?
The conclusion is that the decision that the US government have made affected the whole world. And confused companies and companies valued customers which is us. It can be dangerous to own it. It’s not stable like Apple or Samsung. So i bought the Samsung Note8 in the end. And i think its not okay to use Huawei smartphones or products until they make a clear statements about their security policies towards the users and prove themselves that they have no connections to the Chinese government.
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