Huawei Blames 'Lack of Innovation' on Loss of Steve Jobs
Firm's consumer CEO also criticizes Samsung's material.
During the Consumer Electronics Show, Huawei consumer CEO Richard Yu blamed the supposed "lack of innovation" in the technology market due to the death of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
"Steve Jobs is gone. Now there is a lack of innovation," he said. Jobs was seen by many as one of the few worthy of being a visionary, with the late Apple co-founder helping the firm become the most valuable company on the planet via the launches of the iPod, iPhone and iPad.
Yu also criticized South Korean technology giant Samsung, stating that it doesn't utilize high-end materials: "their plastic is cheap".
He then referred to why Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is the best company in terms of design for two reasons. One being it mixes Asian and European design and the other being it has spirit. "We're a globalized company, so that's why we can do better. And behind all that, we have our spirit. It's very important."
"In the past people understood that the best products came from Apple or Samsung. We want to change this so that people understand that the best products come from Huawei. That's my target."
Due to the firm's history of building lower-end handsets, Yu acknowledged that it'll take time for U.S. carriers to accept its high-end devices. Huawei announced the 6.1-inch Ascend Mate phablet during CES, which it claims to have the world's largest phone screen, as well as the world's most powerful smartphone in the form of the Ascend D2. It also announced its first Windows Phone with the W1.
Responding to comments regarding the sheer size of the Ascend Mate smartphone, as echoed in our hands-on CES 2013 preview, Yu stressed that the device was "more comfortable than the Galaxy Note" due to its design, as well as one-handed mode available for the device's keyboard.
Tablet from 1969's - 2001 A Space Odyssey. It includes flat screen, facetime and siri.
Jobs wasn't an innovator. Apple was however the first to bring one of these to market, so they do deserve some credit, not a patent, just a pat on the shoulder.
congrats, that title may have been stupid but the article takes the cake...
really, i only click on the links for apple things half the time just to turn them purple so i dont have to keep thinking "hay, something new" but things like this just make be want to get some kind of word filter for this site and hide everything apple...
thats actually a good idea... anyone know of something like that? i want to filter "steve jobs" "sue" "apple" "iphone" "ipad" and "ipod" so any links with those do not show up for me.
otacon72 01/12/2013 3:52 AM
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If he had had slammed Apple instead of Samsung people in here would be congratulating him. Bunch of hypocrites.
You are a dumb and stubborn one. If someone enters the room and says 1+1=3 then people will bash him. If that person same person comes in the room and says 1+1=2, of course people will accept him. Hypocrisy has nothing to do with this. You are one of the most hateful apple trolls I have seen on tech sites. You and eric, are the worse.
vaughn2k 01/12/2013 3:55 AM
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who wants a "phablet" by the way? 6in??? I'll pass...
Then pass and millions will buy! That is what is cool with android...so many sizes...colors...shapes...different tech from phone to phone...so many choices for us consumers.
apple on the other hand tells you what to buy and offers the same bland products with no choice
This is correct.
Jobs took open source software (legally) and locked it down hard. Nobody had more contempt for his customers than Steve Jobs. He was not an innovator
One simple reminder of this is how the MPAA/RIAA are still in denial about how broken their traditional business practices are after over a decade worth of increasingly less successful litigation. Most of the "powers that be" want to resist change, they do not want to risk having to reinvent their business model.
If you're going to complain, you could at least not copy the username of the member whom you're complaining about.