Chinese networking equipment maker Huawei is targeting the financial services sector, which includes a UK focus, alongside technology and IT services partners to enable Google-like performance.
The IT engines underpinning technology giants such as Google and Facebook process massive volumes of transactions in real time and are the envy of banks that often still rely on 40-year-old mainframe systems.
Facebook, for example, has more than a billion users . By comparison, Lloyds Bank has 30 million customers, HSBC has 52 million and Barclays has 48 million .
Microsoft has lost its spot as the world's third-largest mobile phone vendor to a rival from China, according to a new report by market researcher Strategy Analytics.
During the second quarter, Microsoft's share of the global mobile phone market sunk to 6.4 percent from 11.9 percent for the same quarter last year. In terms of mobile phone shipments, Microsoft's plummeted to 27.8 million from 50.3 million a year earlier, Strategy Analytics said Wednesday.
Huawei has been on a solid run lately, with various fantastic smartphone offerings that cover the price spectrum. With their latest flagship, Huawei decided to drop the Ascend moniker, while retaining what defines the company’s P-series of smartphones: style, beauty, and great performance. Does Huawei succeed in taking things to the next level? We find out, in this in-depth review of the Huawei P8!
Huawei P8-19
The screen is very nice with good viewing angles, although the color was a bit warmer than I was used to. It works well for reading or watching videos, but you may notice the lower resolution (720p) when zoomed out when web-browsing. The screen itself is larger than my last phone (Nexus 4) and is definitely a key reason to get this phone.