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A mobile handset business spun off from Huawei Technologies in 2020, Honor is one of China's leading smartphone brands.
Honor gives a preview of its robot phone, which features a fold-out gimbal-attached camera, ahead of MWC Barcelona. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China’s Honor debuts robot phone and humanoid companion in push into AI hardware

Robot phone – featuring motorised arm that tracks motion and interacts with users through camera movement – unveiled ahead of MWC Barcelona.

Smartphones

Chinese smartphone makers bet on pivot to AI to weather memory chip crunch

China’s private sector

Insta360, Vivo challenge DJI’s turf, eyeing a slice of the gimbal camera boom

Smartphones

Huawei reclaims top spot over Apple in China smartphone market

Huawei turns to China-designed processors to complete a rebound from US sanctions and ship nearly 47 million smartphones domestically.

Huawei secured 16.4 per cent of China’s smartphone market against Apple’s 16.2 in 2025, according to the International Data Corporation. Photo: Shutterstock
Smartphones

Surging chip prices force Chinese smartphone maker Meizu to abandon launch

Memory-chip prices could jump between 40 and 50 per cent in the first quarter after rising by the same level in the previous quarter.

IPO

China’s DRAM giant CXMT plans US$4.2 billion IPO on Shanghai’s Star Market

Listing aims to fund wafer expansion and DRAM upgrades as Beijing drives tech self-reliance.

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Smartphones

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

Xiaomi’s new 17 Ultra premium smartphone. Photo: Weibo
Xiaomi

Memory crunch: China’s Xiaomi and Honor raise tablet prices as chip costs surge

Supplies of memory products for electronic devices squeezed by AI pivot of chipmakers, spurring companies to pass on costs to consumers.

North Korea

Kim’s sister spotted with suspected luxury Chinese foldable phone

The device, seen at a hospital opening in North Korea, appears to be an ultra-thin ‘Magic’ foldable from Chinese tech giant Honor.

China Future Tech briefing

AI | Smart-glasses makers see AI as long-awaited must-have app

Chinese smart-glasses makers, such as Rokid and Alibaba, and global giant Meta are counting on artificial intelligence to kick-start demand for the devices.

Smart-glasses makers see AI as long-awaited must-have app
China manufacturing

Chinese AI, humanoid robot make Time magazine’s ‘Best Inventions of 2025’ list

New generation of innovators in spotlight as DeepSeek’s advanced reasoning model and Unitree’s affordable humanoid draw acclaim.

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Image of Unitree R1 humanoid . Photo: Handout
Smartphones

China’s Honor teases ‘Robot Phone’, new AI handset with gimbal-attached camera

Honor says details of the ‘revolutionary AI device’ will be released at the MWC Barcelona trade show next March.

Huawei

Huawei unveils new trifold smartphone before Apple’s iPhone 17 reveal

The Mate XTs is powered by Huawei’s self-developed Kirin 9020 chipset and runs on the company’s HarmonyOS ecosystem.

Smartphones

China’s Android phone brands promote new privacy permission platform

As Chinese smartphone makers rush to equip AI features, the issue of user data collection has become the focus of debate.

The Xiaomi 15 Ultra handset. The brand held 17 per cent of China’s smartphone market in the second quarter. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Smartphones

Samsung bets on AI foldable phones to challenge Apple, Chinese rivals

The South Korean giant lost its global smartphone crown to Apple in 2023, and faces growing competition from Huawei and Honor.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 (left) and Z Flip 7 (right) from Samsung. Photo: Handout
Smartphones

Honor’s AI agent-equipped foldable smartphone is world’s thinnest and lightest

The Shenzhen-based firm’s newly launched Magic V5 has an AI agent that can make presentations and coordinate ride-hailing across multiple apps.

Banking & finance

Chinese smartphone maker Honor moves closer to onshore share listing

Mainland market’s fourth-largest smartphone maker first announced plans to list A shares in November 2023.

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China economy

China adapts to tariffs, Lujiazui forum and more

This week: US-China trade framework leaves tariffs in place, Geely to stop building new EV plants and Macau satellite casinos to close. Next week: May economic data releases; TikTok ban deadline nears, Chinese regulators to release new financial policy and more.

Labubu dolls. Photo: EPA-EFE
Robotics

Honor enters robotics race after pledging US$10 billion AI investment

Honor’s foray into robotics comes after its CEO announced a high-profile AI initiative earlier this year called the ‘Honor Alpha plan’.

Hong Kong society

‘Opportunity I could not let pass’: Hong Kong expats embrace life in Qatar

Despite facing cultural adjustments, Hongkongers are discovering unexpected benefits of relocating to Islamic country.

Smartphones

Chinese smartphone makers turn to Google AI to compete globally

Chinese handset brands are leveraging Google AI to compete with Apple and Samsung, but differentiation is a challenge.

Visitors attend MWC25 in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: EPA-EFE
Smartphones

Honor’s new CEO unveils US$10 billion plan for AI transformation

The Huawei spin-off aims transform from a smartphone maker into an ecosystem company focused on AI devices, CEO James Li Jian says.

An Honor Magic 6 Pro smartphone seen during last year’s MWC in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AFP
Smartphones

Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek

DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.

US-China tech war

China’s antitrust probe into Google seen as warning shot to the US

While the immediate impact is limited, China could escalate its actions depending on how its negotiations with the US unfold, analysts say.

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Smartphones

Honor brings on Huawei veteran to lead firm as CEO George Zhao Ming resigns

Honor’s leadership shuffle could add some degree of uncertainty to the company’s preparations for an initial public offering.

Honor’s long-standing chief executive, George Zhao Ming, has resigned from the smartphone maker owing to personal reasons. Photo: Visual China Group via Getty Images
Apple

Apple’s pricey iPhones ineligible under China’s new subsidy scheme

China’s latest stimulus measure offers a 15 per cent subsidy for purchases of smartphones, tablets and smartwatches.

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China’s new subsidy scheme puts Apple and other foreign premium smartphone vendors at a disadvantage against domestic rivals. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.

Smartphones

China’s Honor targets Indonesia’s growing appetite for premium smartphones

Honor expects to initially launch more than 30 products this year in Indonesia, where it plans to open over 10 ‘experience’ stores.

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