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...“Other Android manufacturers — Vivo, Oppo and Honor — all have entered the premium segment, but premium brand status cannot be built overnight,” said Counterpoint analyst Archie Zhang....
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...X-Date Approaching: The failure to reach a deal to raise or suspend the debt limit by the x-date would be a negative signal of the broader governance and willingness of the U.S. to honor its obligations...
...tolerance for failure and gives its copywriters, planners and artists more creative freedom,” they said, adding that Tencent had been overreliant on monetising its hugely popular but ageing titles PUBG and Honor...
...Tencent insiders say the company has become over reliant on squeezing revenue from its legacy titles Honor of Kings and PUBG, and needs to devote more resources to develop new smash hits internally....
...Roaring back in Barcelona Two of China’s top smartphone makers — Honor Device and Oppo — have chosen to release their first foldable models for the international market in Barcelona this week, in a bid...
...A movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, is slated for release in March this year....
...Huawei’s market share in China collapsed in the second half of 2020, and it was forced to spin off Honor to save it from sanctions....
...It has been an honor working with you.” The loss of Autopilot’s top executive comes at a time of increasing scrutiny over Tesla’s self-driving efforts....
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...Washington’s sanctions have forced Huawei to sell its budget brand Honor to a government-backed consortium and retool its business away from smartphones, which had once been a key pillar for the company....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on January 26 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...To reach them, brands will invest further in gaming partnerships (Fortnite, Honor of Kings) and NFTs, the latter of which is becoming a revenue stream in its own right....
...Tencent has previously curbed the duration that minors are allowed to spend gaming on its flagship title Honor of Kings each day from 1.5 hours to one hour, and from three hours to two on holidays....
...Tencent, which has come under regulatory pressure over its lucrative Honor of Kings mobile game in recent months, said it took the physical and mental health of minors “very seriously”....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 29 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Restricting favourites such as Honor of Kings signals an even larger crackdown on their corporate owners as Beijing reins in tech tycoons in the name of “common prosperity”....
...Huawei in November sold its Honor budget brand to a consortium of more than 30 Chinese companies in a bid to help Honor regain access to critical components and parts subject to the US restrictions....
...Alibaba-backed Youku also benefited from its unexpected blockbuster Word of Honor....
...Huawei, which agreed to sell its low-end Honor smartphone brand in November, fell to third place overall in 2020 behind Apple as its annual sales slumped by almost a quarter....
...Huawei sells HonorHuawei is selling its budget smartphone unit Honor to a Chinese government-backed consortium in an effort to ensure the brand’s survival after the US cut off access to component suppliers...
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...A special version of Huawei sub-brand Honor’s Play 4 Pro smartphone has been launched that includes an infrared temperature sensor able to measure the temperature of objects, animals, and people . . . perhaps...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on October 28. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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