There's firm, tough leadership, and then there's ... whatever this is.
Calling one of your company's newest high-profile releases essentially useless probably isn't the best way to boost team morale — but that didn't stop Huawei Deputy Chairman and rotating CEO Eric Xu Zhijun from trashing even the concept of a smartwatch.
“I am always confused as to what smartwatches are for when we have smartphones,” he said, declaring he'd never wear one of the devices during a Q&A session at Huawei’s 2017 Global Analyst Summit event in China, according to the South China Morning Post.
Huawei recently released the Watch 2, an Android Wear 2.0-based update to its smartwatch line. Our verdict? Meh. Sounds like Xu agrees. Read more...
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