Huawei's general license just expired leaving older devices in limbo

15 August 2020
Huawei and Honor devices manufactured before May 16 2019 might be cut off from Google's security and app support.

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  • Anonymous
  • vGS
  • 16 Aug 2020

I am using honor, and truth is google update sucks, making mobile phones slower day by day by adding 100s of hidden and useless functions that user never care about.

number of google files increasing, that are forced to install you cannot remove them. Size of google files increasing rapidly, keep your eyes on google play store app you will see the difference in next few days or months how fast the size is increasing.

i am happy with my honor, if you ever buy honor you will see there is no bloatware like samsung does, you can uninstall every single file from honor in it. I have never used such phone before. I just love it

    AnonD-909757, 16 Aug 2020I wasn't on the phone business back when the N9* was t... moreIf microsoft and Nokia failed to attract developers, it's not much others can do unfortunately. Linux never managed to get any traction on the PC market, we can safely assume that Google's Android and iOS are there to stay for now. Unless Chinese manufacturers will do their own OS for it's internal market, but even so it's a big question mark on how that will work for the western market. Nokia's meego could've been something nice but elop killed it before it even had a chance to take off.

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      • Anonymous
      • vGS
      • 16 Aug 2020

      we never know who is spying the most

      google, microsoft, fb? or huawei?

        Bogdan, 16 Aug 2020So buying a 4 year old iphone SE will make me look rich? Or... moreHe I fortunately he is right. I was born in North Macedonia and l lived there for 25 years until I moved to Germany. I've seen many of my friends, relatives and especially students with ridiculous low income buying an iPhone with their last money or even taking a credit just not to look poor when going downtown to drink one coffee for 3 hours.
        The amount of people buying an iPhone for showing off is very concerning honestly.

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          • Sparrow
          • LHA
          • 16 Aug 2020

          Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020It's Better to never Buy Huawei or Honor phones... The... moreThings won't be as it is if Biden win

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            • Anonymous
            • PZa
            • 16 Aug 2020

            Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020It's Better to never Buy Huawei or Honor phones... The... moreThe US can restrict competition in their own marketplace. But that doesn't mean everyone else has to too. Have fun choosing from only a few brands of phones.

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              • Anonymous
              • fXp
              • 16 Aug 2020

              Bogdan, 16 Aug 2020Not from a 3rd world country (well technically I am, but no... moreYou may buy iPhone but first everything you do on iPhone you have to cost, you need data, voucher. Nothing you don't buy when you use iPhone. iTunes you can't use someone's iTunes without logging into your account using Data. If you check iPhone it's a sh**t product for normal people. Android is the best.

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                • Anonymous
                • PZa
                • 16 Aug 2020

                HelloZoomer, 16 Aug 2020Please go read about Huawei's ownership and CCP. Huaw... moreHaha, there is no direct evidence that Huawei is owned by the CCP. It's rumours and propaganda used to attack Huawei's lead in 5G technology. No one is buying it.

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                  • fXp
                  • 16 Aug 2020

                  Huawei is the best and I love it, whatever what they say about it I will always support Huawei, Donald Trump he's just a President who don't think of people, he just think for White's like him, what he is doing is to take the economy US down because he's rich. I wish Huawei gets plan B for there company.

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                    • LDd
                    • 16 Aug 2020

                    Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020It's Better to never Buy Huawei or Honor phones... The... moreSeeing how Google is badly managing Android. Time to switch to Apple

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                      • Frederick
                      • yKC
                      • 16 Aug 2020

                      Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020It's Better to never Buy Huawei or Honor phones... The... moreI bought a Huawei to support the company

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                        • Anonymous
                        • DkY
                        • 16 Aug 2020

                        It's Better to never Buy Huawei or Honor phones... There's no sign of any relief for them even after US elections no matter who wins the elections...

                        Same case with other companies working under CCP Guidance.. And that list includes Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus and their subsidiaries like Redmi, Realme, IQOO, Poco, Motorola, Lenovo, ZTE, Nubia, etc..


                        Guessing whats safe to buy in future ?? The lists include Apple, Samsung, LG ,Sony, Nokia, Asus and Google Pixels of course.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • nD@
                          • 16 Aug 2020

                          Bogdan, 16 Aug 2020So buying a 4 year old iphone SE will make me look rich? Or... moreThat time of the week when no one takes my emag.ro reviews seriously.

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                            • Bogdan
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                            • 16 Aug 2020

                            [deleted post]So buying a 4 year old iphone SE will make me look rich? Or experience in any way what rich people feel when buying expensive iphones? You must be a genius, your logic is incredible. Lol.
                            I switched to iphones now, because after 9 years of Android phones I was getting tired and sick of so many bad phones (software wise).
                            And yeah I bought a cheap iphone because I didn’t afford a more expensive one right now and also I didn’t want to spend more money and be disappointed, being that I am new to IOS and didn’t know what to expect.
                            But now I can see that a cheap iphone is much better than any 200-300EUR Android phone. No matter how many features they put on paper, the end experience is still bad on this type of Android phones.

                            And yeah maybe the flagship category is more equal, when it comes to usability. But Android phones resell value is pathetic. I bought a S9+ in September 2018 with 750EUR new. And I sold it after 6 months with 350EUR.

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                              • 16 Aug 2020

                              Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020I really don't understand when people make these comme... morePlease go read about Huawei's ownership and CCP.
                              Huawei is different from BBK or Xiaomi. BBK and Xiaomi are more 'traditional' companies owned by some private and public stakeholders. While they are highly influenced by CCP policies, they are not 'completely' controlled by it. Pretty much like Google or Apple. Huawi on the other hand, oh boy.....

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                                • 16 Aug 2020

                                Koma, 16 Aug 2020Please, please do not spread lies around. I am using iPhon... moreThink this is just for Huawei phones, believe they are referring to Google mobile services for Huawei, to your concern though it has been a problem with apple anyway.. they have admitted in the past of slowing down their old phones and draining the battery quicker with the updates when they launch new ones..

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Nue
                                  • 16 Aug 2020

                                  Bogdan, 16 Aug 2020Not from a 3rd world country (well technically I am, but no... moreNay, don't get this all wrong, this expiration is affecting only the Huawei phones of specified time-frame above. Not about Apple or Android persey.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PZa
                                    • 16 Aug 2020

                                    Anonymous, 16 Aug 2020It can always stop if they break free from the CCP. They ch... moreI really don't understand when people make these comments. How does a corporation break free from their own government? Can Apple and Google break free from the US government?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Nue
                                      • 16 Aug 2020

                                      Bogdan, 16 Aug 2020Can you be more specific, I am curious. What is lagging an... moreInternational politics. Yes! Call it espionage at worst.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • pN4
                                        • 16 Aug 2020

                                        Njay , 16 Aug 2020Competition is good healthy for businesses, keeps every com... moreIt can always stop if they break free from the CCP. They chose not to, so ban it is.