Potential backfire from Google Ban

solarz said:

I recently got the Huawei P20 (not pro, not lite). The specs are good so I can play Hearthstone without slowdown, and the two rear cameras take great pictures, much better than iPhone IMO. Ergonomically, it's pretty much the same as the LG and Samsung I had before. Battery power seems pretty good too, but that might be because it's still new.

I was never an avid photographer, but with the P20, I find myself snapping a lot more shots!

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Totoro said:

There is potentially also the issue of us firm content. It may very well happen that Facebook, Instagram, snapchat, Uber and myriad of other firms don't get allowed to provide their apps to Huawei new ecosystem. If that happens, many a user who hold such apps as important may simply opt for another handset.

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manqiangrexue said:

I could really use a new phone. My current one is a 2014 Motorola MotoX with a badly cracked screen and a PCR 96 well plate sticker holding it in one piece. I never valued an expensive phone because all I do with it is call, text, run Wechat, and take pics maybe once a month.

Now I'm wondering if I should get a Huawei now with Google or wait and get it with the new HongMeng. I hardly ever open Playstore and the only Google service I used is Chrome (Yahoo email) which I can sub with Firefox, Safari or whatever. I'm still not going to be paying a grand for a top-of-the-line phone when I only use basic functions but I wouldn't mind paying more than basic phone price for a nice Huawei with a good camera. I like a small screen to fit in my pocket. Any recommendations?

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Gatekeeper said:

My wife choose her huawai because of the photo lens made by Leica, a great lens maker.

But I supposed the sanctions will affect this in the future?

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taxiya said:

There is many legal ways to circumvent the "Google ban" to Google services. All google services are available to desktop computers via browsers. Huawei phone just need an app that behaves like an ordinary desktop browser to access data in Google cloud without revealing itself as an ordinary Gapp on a certified phone. Google would have to drop its web service if it goes after the circumvention.

As of now before these circumvention app becomes available, one can still use existing apps to access Google service EVEN from a "banned" Huawei phone. For example, Gmail can be accessed by POP3 or IMAP mail client such as MS Outlook or many others. There are other apps that present Google map data, these apps do not follow Google's certification of phone, they are certified by Google and pass on Google data freely.

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taxiya said:

Depends on how you use Google service. See my post #52

Example, Gmail <- POP3/IMAP==Outlook (Android)

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Gatekeeper said:

You might as well be talking marsian. Lol.
Its too techy for me. Me and tech dont get on.

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Gatekeeper said:

No, it has got nothing to do with google, its the camera lens providef by Leica, a german firm i think.
If I underdstand Trump's sanctions, is that any company that trade with huawei will be sanctioned. Thus, most company will avoid trading huawei in fear of being sanctioned.

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taxiya said:

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That was last year in Portugal. And I have found YouTube in Aptoide store, it means in whole EU 3rd party Android app store can offer Google's app to any phone.

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B.I.B. said:

Maybe I read it here from a directed link to a conversation that suggested that Goolge could fix it so their apps would recognize a Huawei device and not work. Is this possible?

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