Huawei explains the future of its smartphones but loses its RAM, processor and storage memory suppliers

The decision by the Trump administration to ban Huawei from the United States placed the Chinese manufacturer on the “Entity List”. This is a list of companies that cannot buy technologies from American companies without the agreement of the American government.

After theloss of Google Android licenseand related services, Huaweialso loses its RAM, processor and storage memory suppliers. Huawei has just provided afirst response regarding the future of its smartphones.

After Google, it's the turn ofQualcomm and Qorvoto stop supplying processors to Huawei.Micron Technologywhich supplies RAM for Huawei products, has also followed suit and cut off the tap of its components for the Chinese manufacturer.

We also learn that Western Digital, known in the world of storage products, has just cut ties with Huawei.Western Digitalsupplied the Chinese manufacturer with storage memory for its smartphones and other products.

All these American suppliers must respect the executive order of the Trump administration. But more surprisingly, a German company, Infineon, has also stopped supplying Huawei with processors.

Infineon is concerned about legal repercussions in the United States, because the “Entity List” does not only concern American companies. Thatcan also affect foreign companieswhich use American technologies in their products.

At the same time, after the announcement of the loss of license for Google Android,Huawei has just provided a first response regarding the future of its smartphones.

“For existing or stock smartphones (and tablets), there is no problem, they will continue to receive security updates.
They will also always have access to various Google services, including Google Play and Android applications.”

On the other hand, Huawei's next smartphone models will probably have to use the open source version of Android. This version does not include the Google Play Store or native Google apps like Gmail, Maps and others.

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