South Africa, March 12 -- There exists a theory that the US only cut Huawei off at the supply chain knees to protect Samsung when it was losing ground in the smartphone race.

Now, with near exclusive access to Google AI software integrations - sometimes surpassing that of even Google's own Pixel - Samsung seems to be resting on its hardware laurels.

Lindsey Schutters 3 Feb 2025

Yes, there are some miniscule gains in ever-so-slightly shrunken bezels and a 6g weight saving, but this is the fourth year running with identical camera hardware (the 12MP ultrawide camera sensor now stretching to its sixth year of service in this model).

When Honor is dropping its flagship Magic6 Pro device at the same price with vastly superior cameras and s...