Huawei CEO: potential absence from Windows Phone 8 launch due to US political factors

CEO Yu Chengdong

Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong

It looks like the other shoe has dropped with OEM manufacturer Huawei and US relations. We reported a few weeks ago that the United states of america Congress took a potent stance against Huawei and ZTE due to their closeness to the Chinese government, accusations of IP theft and other irregularities with the company.

Now the CEO, Yu Chengdong, has taken to the social network Sina Weibo to announce that Huawei volition exist absent from the Windows Phone eight launch at the finish of the month and the reason is due to (translated) "Sino-US political and economic storm".

That sounds like Microsoft may be distancing themselves a bit from Huawei until this controversy blows over or in the worst case scenario, Huawei is dropped from Windows Telephone 8. Indeed, through personal communication with people in the know at Microsoft the impression nosotros were given is they exercise not want to talk nearly Huawei.

Sina Weibo

The message posted on Sina Weibo

Recently, a render and real photos of the Huawei Arise W1 fabricated the rounds. Featuring a 4" WVGA display and a 5MP camera, the device looks to make full in a mid-range portion of the Windows Telephone 8 lineup—an area that we think is not exactly defective.

The device is quite nice looking but as we've suggested, Huawei has borrowed heavily from Nokia (colour, 2D glass) and HTC (One X's photographic camera housing). We're not sure if that factor has played into this apparent distancing past Microsoft only we don't think it helped.

Source: Sina Webio; Thanks, hengxiang32401, for the tip!