You know Android is the king of smartphone when you get numbers like this – a report online shared that the OS from Google is currently holding about 86.2% of the world smartphone market share for the first half of 2016. Trailing way behind is iOS with under 12%.  

The smartphone business is always a tough war to compete with each brand offers their best of the best flagship and budget devices. Yesterday, a Market research firm TrendForce has released market numbers for Q2 2016. Surprisingly, Huawei took a the lead in China with nearly 21% share. Do note that, China is the world's largest smartphone market.

In regards to the news of Huawei working on its own OS, we previously reported that that Huawei has hired a former Apple designer to design their new independent mobile OS, even a team of developers is in Scandinavia now working on the mobile OS (rumours). News has reached the ears of Huawei CEO, Richard Yu and he has responded to the news in a positive manner.

We know Huawei is already working on their next EMUI, but just a day after posting the news, we got another different story which is not only Huawei is working on their next EMUI, but their very own mobile OS just in case their partnership with Google expires.

On 25 May 2016, Huawei has filed lawsuits on Samsung in the United States and China, including District Court for the Northern District of California and  Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court for patent infringement. As a major holder of standard essential patents relating to cellular networks, Huawei is committed to licensing these patents on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms, but it believes that it is entitled to reasonable compensation from firms that use its technology without such a license.

With the global economy doom and gloom that is permeating the world right now, one would expect the consumer electronics market will suffer. No, not really. Smartphone sales are actually up by 3.9% when compared to the same time last year, according to Gartner.  

Today, Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) has announced their collaboration with Ericsson Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Huawei Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd as the company's main network infrastructure partners to integrate, deploy and manage its 4G LTE network developments. From now onwards, both Ericsson and Huawei will be responsible for the Full Turnkey supply and delivery of product, equipment, system, works and services for Celcom Radio Access Network (RAN), leading to further enhance customer experience.

Huawei Consumer Business Group and Leica Camera AG have announced a strategic long-term partnership to reinvent smartphone photography. Both are leaders in their respective fields but there are no specific details about any upcoming Huawei-Leica cameraphones just yet. The partnership will include research and development, design, co-engineering, user experience, marketing and retail distribution. Hopefully this will result in more value devices but for now check out they had to say about it in this article.

Huawei was ranked within the Top 50 Most Innovative Companies for the third time this year by Fast Company, a highly regarded businesses and technology publication. They have listed Huawei in the 13th spot.

In their publication, Fast Company stated how Huawei got into the Top 50 again was because of their expertise in mobile networks and devices, expansive infrastructure of industry partners and clients. What's more, Huawei has been able to establish itself as the world’s leading ICT solutions provider and becoming the third largest smart phone manufacturer globally.

Ever thought of how to get rid of your old smartphone? Well Huawei is here to help. Huawei Technologies Malaysia has just become the first smartphone manufacturer in Malaysia to offer an online trade-in. The trade-in service can be done officially from the company's online retail portal, Vmall.my. 

“The digital era, with its many benefits, does result in e-waste. If not managed well, it can be significantly harmful to the environment. At Huawei, we believe that it is critical to pave the way for environmental sustainability together with business growth and product development. And the road to sustainability needs to be one that consumers can choose it easily. That is what we are trying to achieve through our online trade in service on Vmall.my. We hope that the move will also raise general awareness about e-waste management by providing consumers an effective channel of e-waste disposal,” said Mr Zhu Yonggang, Country Director of Consumer Business Group (MRO).