Pricey high-tech features define new smartphone wars


  • TECH
  • Saturday, 21 Oct 2017

Huawei, like Apple, has bet on artificial intelligence capabilities designed to take some of the load off users' shoulders, showcasing them in their phones' cameras.

The front lines of the battle for smartphone dominance over the coming years have grown clearer after Chinese technology firm Huawei presented an AI-powered phone designed to go head-to-head with Samsung and Apple. 

Features needed to propel a device into the top end are growing increasingly complex and expensive to develop, meaning only the companies with the deepest expertise and pockets can hope to compete.

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