Microsoft Removed Huawei Laptops From Store But Hasn’t Banned Windows from Huawei Yet

Huawei…

Who? What?

Now, if you haven’t got all caught up with the Huawei saga, read these first:

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• Several Mobile Phone Shops in S’pore Declare Huawei Phones with ‘$0 Resale Value’
• China Netizens Support Huawei After Google’s Ban
• Huawei’s New OS is Reportedly 60% Faster than Android & Expected to be Out By Oct

Yes, we’re leveraging on this news for more clicks we’re loving Huawei so much that we’ve decided to write another article about them.

And anyways…

The purge has begun.

Microsoft has removed Huawei products from its online store and taken it off the shelves. It is like it never existed.

In addition, they’ve stayed silent on this topic, without saying if they would be banning Huawei from using its Windows OS.

A few days ago, I wrote an article on the Huawei Matebook Pro coming to Singapore and I said that the laptop would be something worth considering.

However, in light of the most recent developments in this saga, Chipmakers Qualcomm, Xilinx Inc and Intel have announced that they will be ending business with Huawei.

Google is also terminating its ties with Huawei and now, with this latest news, you might want to avoid this laptop. (Am sad. Spent a good amount of time writing that article. Even considered getting one for my next laptop)

In any case, it’s rumoured that Huawei’s new OS for smartphone is a universal one: it can be used in smartphones, laptops, watches and even cars.

That means if Microsoft really decides to ban Huawei, they’d still have a backup in place – that is, if the rumours are true.

Why the ban

As Huawei has been put on the Entity List by the US Commerce Department, it is a blacklisted company.

America’s discomfort with Huawei was not originally an economic one. At first, it was because the US was afraid it would increase the chances of being spied on if it used Huawei’s system for communications in the country. Then it escalated into what it is now.

Will Huawei be able to recover from this?

As a marker of the value of Huawei in the market now, it has been reported that second-hand phone shops in Singapore will no longer accept Huawei phones for trade-ins. This is because the resale value of the phone is equivalent to nothing.

The Huawei boss, Ren Zhengfei, has since come out to say that he is appreciative of the partnerships that he has had with the US companies after all these years. He understands that these companies are pushing for the Trump administration to revert its decision to put Huawei on the Entity List as well.

Confidently, he also added that these trade restrictions would have no impact on Huawei’s 5G plans and he does not foresee any other company beating Huawei in the next 2-3 years.

Also, Huawei claims that its chips reserve is enough to last for three months.

Last but not least, Huawei has revealed that the public can expect Huawei to release its own operating system from October onwards.

Will Huawei survive this trade war? Only time will tell.