• 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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        121 minutes ago

        I really liked their phones.

        Have I got good new for you! AND, it’ll be gold ᶜᵒˡᵒʳᵉᵈ!

      • EbbyA
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        3 hours ago

        “In May 2019, then-United States President Donald Trump announced that HUAWEI and several other Chinese companies were now on the “Entity List.” Companies on this list cannot do business with any organization that operates in the United States.”

        Oh good golly it’s going to be a wonderful day today!

        Edit: as ahornsirup pointed out, this isn’t really relevant. I got crossed up searching HTC with Huawei somewhere along the line.

          • ahornsirup
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            184 hours ago

            Well, HTC is Taiwanese so there really isn’t much of a story there.

            • EbbyA
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              Facepalm

              Wow, my google-fu failed me pretty spectacularly. I was searching the HTC ban for patent infringement from Apple and at some point crossed with Huawei.

              Though having said that, hey Apple, does that camera protrusion look familiar? Ask your lawyers!

        • @23lonestar@thelemmy.club
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          315 hours ago

          Looks like HTC worked with Google on the first Pixel then sold them about half of the R&D talent and non-exclusive rights on the technology. So yes and no.

      • Watermark710
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        225 hours ago

        They’re only real if you’re a journalist. The random sheep who pre-ordered them are never gonna get theirs. Mark my words.

      • LordWarfire
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        22 hours ago

        An ODM is a type of company - although it’s very possible they paid the same ODM to make the phones, since they likely have the tooling ready to go.