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Huawei Trolls Apple By Giving Battery Packs To People Waiting in Line For the iPhone XS (abacusnews.com)
Huawei, which recently surpassed Apple to become the world's second largest smartphone player, can't stop taking shots at the iPhone maker. From a report: After the iPhone XS was unveiled with little new, Huawei tweeted "Thank you for letting us be the real hero of the year," a tease for their upcoming Mate 20 Pro unveiling next month. Now Huawei's taking another shot -- by handing out battery packs to people waiting in line for the iPhone XS and XS Max in Singapore. The packaging says "You'll need it", which is actually a valid boast: Anandtech found that Huawei's P20 and P20 Pro had better battery life than the iPhone 8 and X.
Get rid of silly useless energy-hogging smartphones that you really don't need in the first place and get a nice cheap basic dumbphone instead, the battery will last a week on one charge and you'll have so much more time to do other things when you're not wasting it all with your eyes glued to the screen like some silly child.
And the iPhone isn't anymore efficient or significantly better performing per watt in either synthetic tests or real life usage.
Just in case you were wondering.
Of course their phones have better batteries. How is the Chinese gov't going to spy on you if your phone dies?
apple isn't about being better; its about paying more.
I think it's mostly just preaching to the converted. A certain set of Android fans really love to attack Apple products. Which ... something something glass houses, you get the idea. But it is a great way to convert Android fans between brands, not from Apple to Android.
I own a 5 years old Nexus 5 on which I've been running LineageOS pretty much since its inception. I recently made a few pro-privacy changes in my life and realised that I don't actually need any Google software on my phone anymore. Having disposed of G-Apps, the battery life went from 1 day to almost 3 days. This clearly shows how much their apps do behind the scenes. If I had to guess, I'd say that they are probably covertly using your location (regardless of your settings) to predict things like traffic, peak hours at shopping centres and such like.
Fuck them. Nexus 6Ps were made by Huawei, and those phones are plagued with battery issues. The batteries aren't replaceable and they didn't stand behind them.
Why Huawei thought a marketing stunt comprised of taking the piss out of consumers was a good idea is beyond me. Taking the piss out of Apple? Well, sure. But of Apple *users*? That's a remarkably crass thing for a company to do.
apple isn't about being better; its about paying more.
Which is better for Apple ...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Huawei devices having higher capacity batteries does not make a boast about iPhone users needing external batteries valid.
Did you really paste that same prewritten talking point sheet twice?
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
It's a great way to convert prospective buyers from Apple to Huawei. The point being, phones are already way fast enough. Now battery life is more important. Huawei gets it.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Reading these responses, I can see that Apple users have no sense of humor.
Relax and enjoy your free gift.
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
But it does make you a copy-pasting troll.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
I get herd mentality, fashion, and the lust for status and luxury. However, waiting in line for consumer products which can be ordered online and delivered to your door? Is it really that important to have the first one sold at a particular store? And even if being _the_ very first in line might be fun, what is the point of being number 87?
As opposed to the fount of relevant information you clearly are. Thanks so much for your input.
In what way, except being cheap, is Huawei better than Apple?
Just off the top of my head: 1) better battery life 2) runs Linux, a much better kernel than Apple's FreeBSD. Oh, and 3) much better value, as you say.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
You asked "In what way, except being cheap, is Huawei better than Apple?" and I told you. And no, Android flagships are not as expensive as Apple. Pixel 2 XL, $540. Galaxy S9 $620. iPhone X, $1060. Current prices on Amazon.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Huawei Passes Apple in Smartphone Share
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
I don't know just what google all did to linux to use it on android
An ancient list of kernel features unique to Android is here. Almost all of these have were ported to mainline kernel, so the difference between mainline and Android is very small. Android version 9 (Pie) is based on mainline kernel 4.14. Pretty soon, Android will simply be using mainline Linux, it is almost there now.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
No, Hateboi, he's not.
Yawn. Let us know when Huawei passes Samsung in profits, much less Apple.
I am sure that Huawei investors are all very rich now, you don't need to stay awake at night worrying about their profits. Instead, be happy that they have such great success in getting customers.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Could you perhaps help me understand how the kernel differences materially effect your use of the device?
Just that Android could switch from one to the other and I don't think I'd notice or care.
Huawei was the company who proudly showed excellent quality selfies produced with their new phones - and then it turned out that they were actually taken by a professional with a professional DSLR camera. Not on a phone as they claimed.
And the iPhone XS and XS Max have significantly longer battery life than the older models.
Talking out your butt?
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
the newer ones will probably have even better life and might just beat the Huawei ones (for real life use especially).
There can be no fair comparison, since the Huawei firmware kills critical background processes and services. So their selling point is also a bug. Apple probably works much better in that regard, but I can't vouch for it.
A cat can't teach a dog to bark.
my iPhone X easily lasts about a day and a half with moderate use. The Xr looks to have quite a lot of battery compared to even the current models, it should easily go two.
It's great your device lasts so long, but it's pretty hard to compare Android to iOS devices as we have no idea what you might have set to achieve that.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
LOL! Yeah, and an update I applied caused my iPad to fly.
Yes, and your using those words to describe other people buying the products they want at the prices they feel like paying is a hallmark of your religion, Hateboi.